Donorconnect

“The form 990 is reviewed by the cfo prior to signing by the president. Donorconnect also provides the board an opportunity to review the 990 and give feedback. The feedback from the board will be noted in the board meeting minutes.”

“Each year the executive director and the corporate compliance officer review the completed conflict of interest forms. If a conflict is identified, they meet with the employee, director or officer to discuss. A conclusion is reached and a plan is determined and implemented. An example is a transplant surgeon who is on the board and is contracted with donorconnect to perform organ recoveries. We would exclude that person from discussions regarding contracted recovery surgeon pay.”

“For determination of the executive director compensation, the board meets and follows irs guidelines for determining executive pay. The board also reviews the annual aopo compensation survey to benchmark with similar organizations.”

“For determination of compensation of other officers and key employees, the president and cfo determine the pay range by using salary data from other organ procurement organizations and utah organizations to determine the range for the position. Employees are hired within the range based on their experience and relative to similar positions in the agency. Raises are given on performance evaluations and goal completion.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Background donorconnect, headquartered in the salt lake city area, is a federally designated, nonprofit organ procurement organization (opo) that serves utah, southeastern idaho, western wyoming, and elko, nevada. Its service area extends to 3.8 million residents, 94 hospitals, and three transplant centers. Mission with an overarching mission to save and heal lives, honor donors, and educate and inspire, donorconnect plays an essential role in the community, serving as a bridge between organ donors and transplant recipients. Delivery to accomplish its mission, donorconnect works with donor families, hospitals, and transplant programs to facilitate a successful donation and transplant matching process. This is accomplished through 1) professional education to develop hospital donation policies and procedures, and inform healthcare professionals about the donation process; 2) compassionate care and grief support to donor families before, during, and after donation; 3) clinical support to donors to ensure organ donations are medically suitable for transplant; and 4) community education, public awareness, and minority outreach programs to help people understand the donation process and make informed decisions for themselves and their loved ones.”

“Organ transplants donorconnect screened a total of 1800 potential donors and was able to recover organs from 300 donors. This resulted in transplantation of 463 kidneys, 280 livers, 101 hearts, 13 pancreas, 70 lungs, and 45 organs for research. Tissue recovery donorconnect was able to retrieve tissue from 450 donors. This resulted in the recovery of 364 bone, 322 skin, 200 heart valves, 233 vein, and 150 aorta, and 164 other tissues for transplant. Grief support donorconnect provided compassionate care and grief support to all donor families throughout the entire donation process. This includes a comprehensive 2-year bereavement program with follow up support, bereavement education materials, quarterly communication through an in- house newsletter that reaches more than 3600 households, and donor recognition at the annual celebrate life monument event.”

“Professional education the professional education team visited and/or contacted hospitals in the donorconnect service area 491 times, and made more than 190 presentations to doctors, nurses, and other clinical staff. Efforts within the five largest hospitals included the formulation of donor councils to address the various needs associated with the donation process, coordination and review of cms requirements that extend to all hospitals with more than 150 beds. Members of this team also frequently interfaced with coroners, law enforcement personnel, and medical examiners in utah, idaho, nevada, and wyoming to provide education, support, and encouragement to facilitate the protocols of organ donation. Public education the public education/public relations team visited 497 junior and senior high schools during 2023-24, making more than 1,500 presentations to a total audience of 36,568 students in utah, idaho, and wyoming. This program is one of the most successful student education programs in the united states. During april, donorconnect also actively worked with public relations students at five universities to help promote national donate life month. Donorconnect maintains an active minority outreach program including live events, advertising, education, and awareness activities that extend to a variety of minority audiences. These efforts are designed to educate special-interest communities on the donation process, and dispel misinformation about donation that may exist within various minority cultures. Volunteers were advised in becoming advocates, providing public education on the need for donation, and driving the community to the donor registry. Donorconnect was able to work with scores of volunteers that logged 384 hours of service during 2023-24.”

“Donorconnect registry yesutah and yesidaho are secure on-line donor databases established and maintained by donorconnect. The respective registries provide legal documentation of an individual's wishes concerning organ donation if they should pass away. Because driver license division (dld) offices play such an integral role in promoting donor registration, donorconnect staff made 73 visits to dld locations throughout utah and idaho during 2023-24. During these visits, meetings with dld staff are conducted, educational materials are distributed, and presentations are made on the donation process. Additionally, donorconnect meets on a regular basis with state officials of the driver license divisions in both utah and idaho. The national average for donor registration through a registry is 59.3%, and the national average for first-time driver license applicants saying "yes" to donation is 49%. The utah and idaho registries realized 1,350 registrants in 2023-24. Compared to 2020 census data, in utah 64% of individuals aged 16 and above registered as donors and 50% of applicants said "yes" at the time of getting their driver license. In idaho 68% of individuals aged 16 and above registered as donors. Idaho had 55% of applicants say "yes" at the time of their license being issued.”

“Functional expenses depr difference 93,879 depreciation on 990-t -93,879 prior period adjustment -25,022 total -25,022”