About UNOS

Life without limits
UNOS staff 2026

Our mission is to save and transform lives through research, innovation and collaboration.

Our vision is a world where health has no boundaries.

Who we are

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, UNOS is a nonprofit that builds on its experience and expertise to strengthen organ donation and transplantation systems. UNOS helps people live life without limits by developing new initiatives, conducting data-driven research and analysis, providing expert consulting services, and advocating for reforms to help patients.

What we do

At UNOS we serve the U.S. organ transplantation system by providing:

  • Management of parts of the U.S. organ donation and transplant system under contract with the federal government
  • Technology to solve critical challenges in organ donation and transplantation
  • Tools, services and resources for organ donation and transplant professionals
  • International and domestic consulting services
  • Data-driven research, analysis and insights that drive solutions

UNOS Mission, Vision, and Values
Careers at UNOS

More about UNOS

UNOS technology

Learn how UNOS leverages advanced life-saving technology to save lives every day.

UNOS’ life-saving technology

UNOS Tools

UNOS Tools help transplant programs improve patient outcomes and drive performance improvement initiatives.

UNOS Tools

UNOS-NASA partnership

UNOS and NASA Langley Research Center partner to study transporting organs by drones.

Read the latest news

UNOS leadership

At UNOS, our leaders are advancing organ donation and transplantation through innovation.

Our leadership team

Advocacy

UNOS advocates for actions to strengthen the U.S. organ donation and transplant system.

Advocacy agenda

Spotlight: 2-minute reads

UNOS shares insights and analysis on health care, transplant policy, technology, research and advocacy.

Read our Spotlight: 2-minute reads

Integrity & transparency

UNOS is committed to trust and accountability. We are proud of our platinum-level designation by Candid, the premier source of information on U.S. non-profit organizations.

Learn more about our annual financial reporting.