Gift of Life Michigan

Legal name: Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382772488
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Ann Arbor, MI, US
Phone
800-482-4881
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,537,058
Expenses
$123,558,458
Assets
$92,090,406
Liabilities
$17,966,600

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LADORA DILS (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LADORA DILS (PRESIDENT/CEO): $815,760 total reported compensation
  • MIGUEL WEST MD (PROCUREMENT SURGEON): $476,182 total reported compensation
  • BRUCE NICELY (VP DONATION OPTIMIZATION): $415,907 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To honor life by connecting people who need vital organ and tissue transplants with donors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Facilitated donation for 478 organ donors, which led to 1,206 organ transplants, each one representing new life for the recipient. Facilitated donation for 1,796 tissue donors, whose gifts may help cancer and burn victims with reconstructive surgery and may provide mobility for others with orthopedic injuries. Organized a ceremony that paid tribute to the previous year's organ and tissue donors which included a virtual option for families that could not attend in person. There were 333 individual family members who attended in-person, representing 118 families. Online, there were 147 unique logins, who self-reported that they represented 273 individual viewers. We recognized a total of 192 organ, eye or tissue donors or donors in spirit. Through its volunteer corps, provided 470 service hours for promoting donation. More than 186,000 new names added to the donor registry, bringing the statewide total to nearly 4.9 million residents representing 61% of the adult population in the state. Conducted 600 critical-care inservices that educated more than 15,000 health care individuals about the best practices of organ (see continuation on schedule o)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 97
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $105.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $816K · 30 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.2M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.