Organizations like IDN work daily to identify eligible donors and make organs and tissue available to people waiting for lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants. View the information and link on this page to see how we’re addressing this challenge to give hope and life to people in need.
Stats and Facts
- Every 8 minutes a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.
- An average of 13 people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant.
- In 2025, more than 49,000 transplants from 23,788 donors brought renewed life to patients and their families and communities.
- One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and enhance between 50 – 300 lives through tissue donation.
- Every driver’s education class in Iowa must have one educational session on organ and tissue donation for their students.
- The U.S. achieved its 1 millionth organ transplant, more than any other country in the world and a historical milestone in the world of transplant.

View the Latest Donation Statistics
Iowa Donor Network’s Donation Activity for 2025
Organs Transplanted – 376
Organ Donor – 124
Tissue Donors – 1,308
Local and National Waiting List as of 5/1/2026
National Organ Waiting List: 109,362
Iowa Organ Waiting List: 621
Iowa Organ Waiting List by Organ as of 5/1/2026
Heart – 18
Lungs – 6
Liver – 18
Kidney – 551
Kidney/Pancreas – 25
Pancreas – 3