Minnesota · Nonprofit
UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC
UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $256,861 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($66,110). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $82M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $257k
- Net assets
- $59M
What Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization Inc does
Mission
We partner with communities, families and healthcare professionals to save and heal lives through advocacy and excellence in organ, eye and tissue donation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Organ procurement: the organ procurement department works collaboratively with hospital staff in the lifesource donor service area (minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, and a portion of western wisconsin) to identify potential organ donors, provide support to families throughout the donation process, support protocols established by the united network for organ sharing to match the organs with the intended recipient, coordinate all clinical activities and arrange the surgical recovery of organs. Donation coordinators in conjunction with donor services center staff acquire known information about an individual's documented designation for donation. If no known documentation exists, the coordinator will work with the next-of-kin to obtain authorization for donation. In 2024, lifesource managed 258 organ donation cases, resulting in 874 organ transplants. In addition, staff coordinated the import and subsequent transplant of 209 organs from donors outside the lifesource region for transplantation in the lifesource region. These services support the work of nine transplant programs located in the lifesource service area.
$62,370,704 spent$69,848,458 earned by the program92% of program spendingPublic education:lifesource maintains a strong commitment to public education activities designed to increase awareness and understanding about the need for organ and tissue donation in the lifesource region. The lifesource region has an overall donor designation rate of 56%, among the highest in the nation. The education activities are focused on developing external relationships for the purpose of building support for donation and positioning lifesource as the donation expert in the region. This work is critical as the growing need for organs and tissues will not be met without increased public support and individuals who designate themselves as donors through the state driver's license bureaus or online state donor registry. In 2024, 241 volunteers supported the lifesource mission through high school and community education. The public education department also worked to increase donation through media campaigns, community outreach initiatives, government relations and donor family services.
$3,537,794 spent5% of program spendingTissue and eye procurement: lifesource tissue recovery staff coordinated 966 tissue donation cases, resulting in the transplant of approximately 72,400 tissue grafts consisting of bone, connective tissue, fascia, skin, vein and heart valves. Lifesource tissue recovery staff also coordinated 217 eye donation cases, resulting in corneas recovered for transplant and research.
$2,208,671 spent$9,876,407 earned by the program3% of program spendingHospital services:the hospital services department is committed to maximizing organ and tissue donation by building successful relationships with key staff members of 279 donor hospitals located throughout the lifesource region. Lifesource hospital liaisons and clinical hospital coordinators are strategically located in minneapolis, mn; duluth, mn; fargo, nd; bismarck, nd; and rapid city, sd. The goals of this department include maintaining strong working relationships with hospital staff, providing education to clinicians, assisting hospital staff comply with federal standards and on-site support during donation cases.
Other services reimbursement:as lifesource holds clinical expertise in the donation process, other services are provided to transplant centers and eye banks in our serivce area where we are reimbursed for our service and costs. Services range from pumping kidneys for transplant recovered outside of our serivce area, potential donor screening and donor referals to providers recovering cornea.
$602,251 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,117,169.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $54M to $62M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2021 4% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kelly White
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Mylynn Tufte
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $30k → $39k.
8 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 97% · 2019 57% · 2020 37% · 2021 58% · 2022 54% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $96k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $256,861 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($66,110). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $256,861 in grants to UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $66,110 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPPER MIDWEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing