Lifegift Organ Donation Center
Donations deductibleRevenue
$104.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$99.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$104.7m
$24.3m liabilities
Net assets
$80.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
17
6.2 years on average
Staff
518
620 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
17
named in Part VII
Lifegift Organ Donation Center's network
17 people9 organisationsi17 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (17). Violet dotted lines (9) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
17 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Maurerrnmba | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Chase Lesane-Brownphd | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Lance Black MD | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| George B Mallory JR MD (also filed as George Mallory JR MD) | Public Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jenifer Jarriel | Public Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joseph Deleon | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kevin A Myer (also filed as Kevin Myer) | President and CEO - Lifegift | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kristyn Sorensen | Public Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| M Adriana Valencia | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Matthew Girotto MHA MHR | Texas Children's Hospital | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Nancy Cychol | Cook Children's Medical Center | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Roberta Levy Schwartz MHS | Houston Methodist Hospital | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ruth Schiermeyer | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Sharyn Ivory Fache (also filed as Sharyn Ivory) | Public Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Steve Sanders | Public Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Stuart Levin | Public Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Tom Flanagan | Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
17 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Mires | Donation Clinical Specialist | 2018 |
| Beth M Amundsen MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | since 2022 |
| Chris Curran | VP or Organ Operations-Lifegift | 2020 |
| David C Staley | VP of Human Resources-Lifegift | since 2018 |
| Donna Smith | VP of Organ Operations-Lifegift | since 2018 |
| Jeffrey Reese MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | since 2022 |
| Jerry Dunn | Director of Information Technology | since 2018 |
| Jessica Leibold | Sr Managing Dir-Facilities-Lifegift | since 2018 |
| Justin Johnson | Sr. Director of Organ Operations | 2018 |
| Kaitlyn Fitzgerald | VP of Organ Operations | since 2022 |
| Larry Easterling MD | Associate Medical Officer-Lifegift | since 2019 |
| Lauren Quinn | VP of External Relations-Lifegift | since 2019 |
| Nicholas Onaca MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | since 2022 |
| Patricia A Rubin | Sr Exec VP and CFO-Lifegift | since 2018 |
| R Patrick Wood MD Facs | Former Chief Medical Officer | since 2018 |
| Schawnte Williams-Taylor RN | VP of Family Engagement and Donation | since 2018 |
| Yolanda Becker | Chief Medical Officer | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin A Myer | President and CEO | 50 | $656k | $45k | |
| Nicholas Onaca MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | 50 | $491k | $45k | |
| Jeffrey Reese MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | 50 | $470k | $40k | |
| Patricia A Rubin | Sr Exec VP and CFO | 50 | $457k | $43k | |
| Beth M Amundsen MD | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | 50 | $420k | $37k | |
| Yolanda Becker | Chief Medical Officer | 50 | $392k | $25k | |
| David C Staley | VP of Human Resources | 50 | $291k | $36k | |
| Javier A Nieto | Abdominal Organ Recovery Surgeon | 50 | $288k | $38k | |
| Schawnte Williams-Taylor | VP of Family Engagement | 50 | $272k | $34k | |
| Kaitlyn Fitzgerald | VP of Organ Operations | 50 | $264k | $16k | |
| Jenifer Jarriel | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Deborah Maurer RN MBA | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| George Mallory Jr MD | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Lance Black MD | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nancy Cychol | Cook Children's Medical Center | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Deleon | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tom Flanagan | Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sharyn Ivory | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Chase Lesane-Brown PhD | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Stuart Levin | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Roberta Levy Schwartz MHS | Houston Methodist Hospital | 1 | $0 | ||
| M Adriana Valencia | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ruth Schiermeyer | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kristyn Sorensen | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Girotto Mha MHR | Texas Children's Hospital | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Deese | Public Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Oliver Banks | Memorial Hermann Hospital | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Lifegift Organ Donation Center
- EIN
- 760231238
- Address
- 2510 Westridge St, Houston, TX, 77054-1508
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- The mission of lifegift is to provide community benefit by ethically, effectively and efficiently recovering appropriately transplantable organs and tissue to give the gift of life. Lifegift also provides public and professional education to increase awareness of the need for donor organs and tissues. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- E61Z Health care
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Health Care
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1987
- Principal officer
- Kevin Myer (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1998
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsGeorge B Mallory JR MD
≥8years on the filingsJenifer Jarriel
≥8years on the filingsKevin A Myer
≥8years on the filingsMatthew Girotto MHA MHR
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $104.7m
- Total liabilities
- $24.3m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $80.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $451k
- Program service revenue
- $101.5m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $250k
- Employees
- 518
- Volunteers
- 620
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $92.1m | $87.1m | $5m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Methodist Foundation | Deceased organ donation research | $250k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Lifegift Organ Donation Center likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 18 August 1987
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.