organ procurement organization organ procurement organization in the united states, an organ procurement organization (opo) is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the evaluation and procurement of deceased-donor organs for organ transplantation. there are 57 such organizations in the united states, each responsible for organ procurement in a specific region, and each a member of the organ procurement and transplantation network (optn), a federally-mandated network managed by the united network for organ sharing (unos) under federal contract. the individual opos represent the front line of organ procurement, having direct contact with the donor's hospital and the family of the recently deceased donor. once the opo receives authorization for donation from the decedent's family or through first-person authorization (such as a state or national donor registry), it works with unos to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient. opos are also charged with educating the public to increase awareness of and participation in the organ donation process. list of organ procurement organizations all organ procurement organizations in the united states are members, by law, of the organ procurement and transplantation network (administered by the united network for organ sharing, and most are also members of the association of organ procurement organizations (aopo). many of the opos are also members of donate life america. some opos are affiliated with hospitals and are not considered independent. nameregion served legacy of hopealabama arkansas regional organ recovery agencyarkansas carolina donor servicesnorth carolina, virginia center for donation and transplantmassachusetts, new york, vermont center for organ recovery & educationnew york, pennsylvania, west virginia donor alliancecolorado, wyoming donor network of arizonaarizona donor network westcalifornia, nevada finger lakes donor recovery networknew york gift of hope organ & tissue donor networkillinois, indiana gift of life michiganmichigan gift of life donor programdelaware, new jersey, pennsylvania sierra donor servicescalifornia indiana donor networkindiana donorconnectidaho, nevada, utah, wyoming iowa donor networkiowa, nebraska kentucky organ donor affiliateskentucky, indiana, ohio, west virginia legacy of life hawaiihawaii life center northwestalaska life choice donor servicesconnecticut, massachusetts life connection of ohioohio lifealliance organ recovery agencyflorida lifebancohio lifecenter northwestidaho, alaska, montana, washington lifecenter organ donor networkkentucky, indiana, ohio lifegift organ donation centertexas lifelink of floridaflorida lifelink of georgiageorgia, south carolina lifelink of puerto ricopuerto rico, u.s. virgin islands lifenet healthnorth carolina, virginia, west virginia lifepointsouth carolina lifequest organ recovery servicesflorida lifeshare of oklahomaoklahoma lifeshare of the carolinasnorth carolina, south carolina lifesharingcalifornia lifesource upper midwest organ procurement organizationminnesota, north dakota, south dakota, wisconsin lifeline of ohio organ procurement agencyohio, west virginia living legacy foundation of marylandmaryland louisiana organ procurement agencylouisiana mid-america transplantarkansas, missouri, illinois mid-south transplant foundationarkansas, mississippi, tennessee midwest transplant networkkansas, missouri nebraska organ recovery systemnebraska, iowa nevada donor networknevada new england organ bankconnecticut, maine, massachusetts, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont new jersey organ & tissue sharing networknew jersey new mexico donor servicesnew mexico new york organ donor networknew york, pennsylvania onelegacycalifornia mississippi organ recovery agencymississippi pacific northwest transplant bankidaho, oregon, washington southwest transplant alliancetexas tennessee donor servicestennessee, georgia, kentucky, virginia texas organ sharing alliancetexas translife/florida hospitalflorida university of wisconsin organ and tissue donationillinois, upper peninsula of michigan, minnesota, wisconsin upstate new york transplant servicesnew york washington regional transplant consortiummaryland, virginia, washington, d.c. wisconsin donor networkwisconsin