These links connect you to the Web sites of organizations that promote and support organ donation through community and nationwide educational programs and initiatives.
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is a private, nonprofit organization recognized as a national representative of organ procurement organizations (OPOs). AOPO is a professional organization dedicated to the special concerns of OPOs.
The North American Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO) is an organization design to support, develop and advance the knowledge and practice of its members and to influence the effectiveness, quality and integrity of donation and transplantation.
The American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) is a scientific, not-for-profit, peer group organization founded in 1976. Its mission is to facilitate the provision of high quality transplantable human tissue in quantities sufficient to meet national needs.
The United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit, scientific, and educational organization* that administers the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), established by the U.S. Congress in 1984. Located in Richmond, Virginia, UNOS was awarded the initial OPTN contract on September 30, 1986. UNOS has continued to administer the OPTN for more than 16 years and four successive contract renewals, and continues to be the only organization ever to manage the OPTN.
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is the unified transplant network established by the United States Congress under the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984. The act called for the network to be operated by a private, non-profit organization under federal contract.
Donate Life America is a not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States, dedicated to inspiring all people to donate life through organ and tissue donation. To address the misinformation and mistrust of the transplant network and the healthcare system in general among different minorities, Donate Life America also developed http://www.donevida.org/ and an African-American campaign.