Donor Alliance Inc.

“The 990 is reviewed first internally by the cfo and ceo. It is then reviewed by the finance/audit committee chair and provided to the board of directors before it is filed.”

“The conflict of interest form is filled out annually by all directors and employees, and reviewed by the board chair and ceo. As part of the form, they acknowledge that they will disclose any conflicts which currently exist, or any that may arise during the year. The policy addresses "moonlightling" or any activity when a director, employee or their family member is involved that may result in personal gain. Board director's disclosed conflicts will be addressed by the board and the conflicted party will abstain from voting on any matters that directly impact their financial situation. Employee disclosed conflicts will be addressed by the senior leadership of donor alliance. Failure to disclose conflicts could result in dismissal of a director or termination of an employee.”

“In 2014, donor alliance utilized a compensation consultant along with independent third party surveys and association of organ procurement organizations (aopo) surveys to evaluate and make salary adjustments for the top executives (ceo, coo and cfo). The surveys were then communicated at an annual meeting of the executive compensation committee. The executive compensation committee is comprised of a subset of the board of directors and none of the committee members has a conflict of interest with regard to compensation. The ceo, coo and cfo are not present at the meeting during discussion of their compensation. All discussions are documented in the executive compensation committee meeting minutes. The chairman of the board is responsible for completing an annual performance appraisal on the ceo based on pre-determined goals and competencies. The ceo is responsible for completing an annual performance appraisal on the cfo and coo based on pre-determined goals and competencies. After all the information is presented, the executive compensation committee approves compensation levels for the next year based on the independent salary surveys, performance evaluations, and the ceo's recommendation for the coo and cfo. Key employees are evaluated annually by executive leadership (ceo, cfo, and coo) and salary increases are based on their performance, within prescribed salary ranges. The human resources director reviews independent salary surveys to evaluate the salary ranges, and they have been determined to be reasonable compared to organizations of similar size and scope of responsibility. Performance is based on pre-determined goals and competencies.”

“The financial statements, conflict of interest policy, and articles of incorporation and by-laws are made available to the public upon request.”

“Donor alliance saves lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. As a center of excellence, donor alliance serves all who need transplantation by optimizing available organs and tissues with a commitment to education, collaboration, innovation, and influencing policy. Donor alliance is one of 58 federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving colorado and most of wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of and accredited by both the association of organ procurement organizations (aopo) and american association of tissue banks (aatb).”

“Line 4a clinical activities for organ and tissue donation donor alliance is a leader in facilitating the donation and recovery of transplantable organs and tissues. With more than 120,000 people awaiting transplantation throughout the country and over 2,400 in the states of colorado and wyoming, donor alliance is dedicated and focused on recovering lifesaving organs for those awaiting transplantation. In order to fulfill its mission of saving lives through organ donation and transplantation, donor alliance establishes and maintains strong relationships with donor hospitals helping the hospital maximize their donation opportunities. Donor alliance deploys an effective family approach and recovery programs in more than 100 hospitals in the two state service area. Additionally, donor alliance saves and heals lives by facilitating the recovery of tissue for those needing human tissue allografts. Donor alliance facilitated the donation and recovery of 337 organ transplants from 109 local donors. Improvements in innovation and stewardship helped lead to a 35% increase over the previous high mark in tissue donors; as 1,590 local tissue donors enabled countless lives to be saved and healed. The organization reported a 90% authorization rate, the rate at which organ donor families say yes to donation when approached. Nearly 61% of the 109 local organ donors and 63% of the 1,590 tissue donors in 2014 were listed on either the colorado or wyoming state donor registries, respectively. Below is a list of other significant accomplishments and programs for 2014: donor alliance maintained in-house hospital coordinator positions at key hospitals to improve customer service, donation outcomes and interactions with donor hospital staff. Donor alliance recognized four colorado hospitals at the colorado hospital association's annual meeting with ending the wait awards in appreciation of their extraordinary efforts in organ and tissue donation. Representative of the organization's commitment to innovation and process improvement, donor alliance continued its performance excellence journey in 2014 focusing on streamlining its strategic planning process by using the baldridge criteria. Building on its 2011 achievement of opening the doors to a free-standing recovery center, 40% of the 109 organ donors in the service area in 2014 were recovered at the specialized, denver-area facility ensuring streamlined processes. Tissue utilization of the facility was at 95% with 1,515 tissue recoveries taking place at the recovery center.”

“Line 4b community relations and public education a large barrier to authorization for donation is a lack of knowing the facts about donation. Many myths and misconceptions about organ and tissue donation persist, and prevent people from becoming donors. Donor alliance works directly with community leaders and gatekeepers to provide information, answer questions, listen to concerns and ultimately find ways to encourage new donors to say "yes". Donor alliance inspires the public to register as organ and tissue donors through community partnerships, public outreach and education campaigns throughout its donation service area. Colorado's donor designation rate (the rate at which people say yes when obtaining or renewing their driver's license) was 67.7% percent at the close of 2014 - making it one of the highest performing state donor registries in the nation. Wyoming, ranked within the top 10 of state donor registries, closed 2014 with a 59.6% percent donor designation rate. Donor alliance runs a program with local businesses called workplace partnership for life. This program allows colorado and wyoming businesses to partner with donor alliance to increase awareness and encourage registering as organ, eye, and tissue donors. Donor alliance also manages a school-curriculum program that educates middle and high school students on the science behind organ and tissue donation. The program, titled transplantation science, reached more than 10,500 students in both colorado and wyoming in 2014. The organization's collaboration with the colorado division of motor vehicles continued throughout 2014 with outreach, education and collateral materials provided to all 56 driver's license offices in colorado as well as 29 in wyoming.”

“There has been no change in the selection process.”