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The Organ Donor Coordinator position is responsible for supporting the organ procurement services required for transplantation and maintains the peri-operative phase of recipient transplantation.

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How much do donor coordinator jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 22, 2026, the average hourly pay for donor coordinator in the United States is $23.95, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.27 and $27.40 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a donor coordinator?

A Donor Coordinator is a professional responsible for managing relationships between an organization and its donors, ensuring that donations are handled efficiently and donors are kept informed and engaged. In healthcare or organ donation, Donor Coordinators facilitate the donation process, communicate with donors and recipients, and ensure all legal and ethical guidelines are followed. Their role is essential for maintaining trust, ensuring compliance, and supporting successful donation outcomes.

How does a donor coordinator typically collaborate with other departments within a nonprofit organization?

A Donor Coordinator often works closely with fundraising, communications, and program teams to ensure donor engagement is aligned with organizational goals. They may coordinate with the communications department to craft compelling donor messages, work with the finance team to track contributions, and collaborate with program managers to provide donors with impact reports. This collaboration is essential for maintaining donor relationships and ensuring a seamless donor experience. Effective teamwork and communication skills are crucial in this role.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a donor coordinator, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Donor Coordinator, you need strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a background in fundraising or nonprofit management, often supported by a relevant degree. Familiarity with donor management systems (such as Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce), CRM tools, and basic financial tracking is typically required. Excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication, and the ability to build and maintain relationships make someone stand out in this position. These skills are crucial for ensuring donor satisfaction, managing contributions efficiently, and supporting the organization’s fundraising goals.

What is the difference between Donor Coordinator vs Fundraising Coordinator?

AspectDonor CoordinatorFundraising Coordinator
CredentialsTypically requires a bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, communications, or related fieldsSimilar educational background, often with additional fundraising certifications
Work EnvironmentNonprofit organizations, charities, hospitalsNonprofits, educational institutions, healthcare organizations
Primary FocusManaging donor relationships, tracking donations, donor communicationPlanning and executing fundraising events, campaigns, donor outreach

While both roles support nonprofit funding efforts, a Donor Coordinator primarily manages existing donor relationships and donation tracking, whereas a Fundraising Coordinator focuses on developing and implementing fundraising campaigns. Understanding these differences helps organizations assign roles effectively and job seekers target the right positions.

How to become a donor coordinator?

To become a donor coordinator, candidates typically need a high school diploma or equivalent, with some roles preferring a bachelor's degree in social work, healthcare, or related fields. Relevant skills include communication, organization, and knowledge of fundraising or healthcare environments; certifications in nonprofit management or healthcare can enhance prospects. Gaining experience through volunteering or entry-level positions in healthcare or nonprofit organizations is also beneficial.
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Infographic showing various Donor Coordinator job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 84% Full Time, 13% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 81% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 17% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $49,806 per year, or $23.9 per hour.

Organ Donor Coordinator

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Houston, TX • On-site, Remote

$29.44 - $43.79/hr

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Job description

Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team's efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world. In our commitment to advancing standards in an ever-evolving healthcare environment, our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience-modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education. Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other. Our collaboration is focused on increasing access to care through a growing network of leading specialists and revolutionizing healthcare to save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
The Organ Donor Coordinator position is responsible for supporting the organ procurement services required for transplantation and maintains the peri-operative phase of recipient transplantation. Primary responsibilities for this position include logistics management, preservation, packaging and labeling of organs for transplantation; facilitating organ offer review and acceptance processes, recipient admission and pre-operative preparation for transplantation, and ensuring adherence to current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network of Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) regulations and allocation policies. The Organ Donor Coordinator position communicates with all members of the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), recovery and transplant teams, and recipient candidate and family to ensure proper coordination of the organ recovery and transplant events.
  • PEOPLE - 20%
    Communicates in an active, positive, and effective manner to all team members and outside organization partners while facilitating the critical events of recovery and transplantation. Collects the appropriate data necessary for decision-making regarding organ acceptance/decline for transplant and communicates with the organ procurement agency and as well as the physicians/surgeons to relay donor and/or recipient information accurately and timely to support the transplant event. Participates in organ pumping/ perfusion per transplant center protocols.
    Identifies and responds to the psychosocial needs of the transplant candidate/ family/caregivers during the pre-operative and peri-operative phases of transplantation.
    Fosters teamwork approach in all interactions with peers and team members, offering assistance. Anticipates needs of other team members; proactively offering assistance. Contributes to meeting the department score for employee engagement.
  • SERVICE - 30%
    Participates in organ recovery process according to transplant center protocol. Ensures proper review of donor verifications (surgical time-out) prior to recovery with a recovery surgeon. Facilitates transportation arrangements, assures availability of necessary supplies and equipment for recovery. Accompanies recovery surgeons to donor facilities via applicable transportation. Assists in surgical recovery procedures as required. Assists in appropriate organ and tissue-specific preservation procedures. Ensures the organ packaging and labeling process per protocol are followed.
    Participates in the organ transplant process according to transplant center protocol. Responds timely to initial organ offers, verifies all donor and recipient information, collects appropriate data necessary for decision making regarding organ acceptance/decline for transplant and prepares a thorough report for the physician to review. Facilitates admission/transfer of recipient for transplantation and oversees pre-operative process. Coordinates timing of events with procurement team and OPO.
    Enters appropriate acceptance and decline codes via DonorNet in a timely manner and alerts appropriate parties for any variances in allocation documentation immediately. Exhibits ability to timely remove transplant recipients from waitlist per OPTN/UNOS regulations. Participates in recipient waitlist management review forums as indicated and monitor appropriate communications affecting recipient's candidacy. Provide timely notifications at specified time-points throughout the recovery and transplant process and ensure thorough hand-offs to team members if required. Contributes to meeting department and organ program targets for process and patient satisfaction measures.
  • QUALITY/SAFETY - 30%
    Communicates effectively to ensure proper review of donor medical history and diagnostic data; allocation sequencing; and recipient medical information, current medical status, and crossmatch results if applicable with appropriate members of recovery and transplant team physicians/surgeons to determine eligibility for organ acceptance and recipient eligibility for transplantation.
    Ensures organs and tissues will be recovered, packaged, and transplanted to maximize utilization in accordance with OPTN/UNOS policies. Preserves organs and tissue according to OPO and national standards to ensure maximum viability for transplantation including pumping/perfusion of organs.
    Ensures adequate tissue typing material is recovered for each organ and tissue and archiving as well as inclusion of vascular grafts as required with packaged extra renal organs and tissue. Ensures proper documentation of extra-renal organ and tissue anatomy and abnormal findings and kidney anatomy, measurements, and abnormal findings.
    Operates within Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OPTN, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulatory compliance throughout the recovery and transplant event processes. Maintains CMS and OPTN compliant documentation throughout the phases of the process including but not limited to logistics documentation, procurement and transplant verification forms, Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) requests, HIM-required consents, organ donor disclosure, and recovery transplant reporting records. Contributes to meeting department and organ program targets for quality, compliance, and safety.
  • FINANCE - 10%
    Maintains and submits accurate data for hospital-based statistics and regulatory agencies such as UNOS/UNET, CMS, and Medicaid to ensure proper department financial management, compliance with all governmental reporting requirements, and proper quality outcomes monitoring. These data requirements include, but are not limited to units of service, recovery logistics tracking, recovery supply utilization, and UNOS TIEDI forms.
    Utilizes appropriate supply inventory to ensure supply costs are maximized. Follows protocol for transportation logistics to maintain expenses in alignment with quality management. Submits variances timely to management for proper billing management. Contributes to meeting department and organ program financial measures on department dashboard.
  • GROWTH/INNOVATION - 10%
    Participates and contributes in department initiatives for quality and process/performance improvement. Works in collaboration with the team to provide solutions by participating in department projects and shared governance activities. Provides staff and community education in the areas of transplant and organ donation. Participates in department donor awareness events, educational opportunities, and community activities.
    Identifies and assumes responsibility for its own learning needs, consults with healthcare team experts, and seeks continuing education opportunities to meet those needs. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management.
  • On-Call - Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (i.e., Disaster, Severe Weather Event, etc.) regardless of selection above.

Job Requirements
Required
  • Three years of healthcare experience, one year which must be in direct patient care/contact or Organ Procurement Organization, upon hire and

Preferred
  • Transplant-related experience, upon hire
  • Certified Surgical Technologist, upon hire or
  • Certified Surgical First Assistant, upon hire