2025 was a strong year for KY organ donors

Tennessee organ donors helped save over 1,000 lives in 2025, TDS reports

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2026) – Tennessee Donor Services (TDS) honored the extraordinary generosity of Tennessee donor heroes whose gifts made 1,344 lifesaving organ transplants possible in 2025, saving and improving lives across the state and beyond. In 2025, 485 organ donor heroes said yes to donation, giving hope to patients waiting for a second chance at life. In addition, TDS facilitated 2604 tissue donations and provided support to over…

2025 was a strong year for KY organ donors

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Donate Life Kentucky Trust marked 2025 as one of the strongest years in its history with more than 75,000 Kentuckians joining the state’s organ, eye and […]

2025 was banner year for Donate Life Kentucky Trust as 75K join registry - NKyTribune

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Donate Life Kentucky Trust marked 2025 as one of the strongest years in its history with more than 75,000 Kentuckians joining the state’s organ, eye and tissue donor registry, and more than $1.7 million raised to support the lifesaving mission. More than 1,000 Kentuckians need a life-saving transplant. Each new...

Tennessee Donor Heroes Saved More Than 1,300 Lives Statewide In 2025

Tennessee Donor Services honored the extraordinary generosity of Tennessee donor heroes whose gifts made 1,344 lifesaving organ transplants possible in 2025, saving and improving lives across the state and beyond. In 2025, 485 organ ...

Gift of Life Shatters U.S. Transplant Records With Breakthrough 2025 Results

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Gift of Life Donor Program set a new national benchmark in 2025, coordinating more life-saving organ transplants than any organ procurement organization in U.S. history while recording the highest number of donor heroes in its 51-year history. The Philadelphia-headquartered nonprofit coordinated 1,955 organ transplants in 2025, the most ever by a U.S. OPO. That total included 984 kidney transplants, marking the tenth consecuti…