$96.7M in expenses

Transfusion services - gulf coast regional blood center ("the blood center or "GCB") collected over 323,000 units of blood and blood components from voluntary donors. We shipped more than 358,000 units to area hospitals and surgical centers. In 2024, gulf coast regional blood center received $435,150 of in-kind contributions in support of its programs. This support is in addition to the $107,560,977 of revenue shown above.

$15.8M in expenses

The blood center performs 14 different tests on every unit of blood collected. Our consultation and reference laboratory serve as a compatibility testing service and provides suitable, safe and effective blood and blood components for transfusion to patients in over 100 facilities. The laboratory also functions as a reference laboratory for clients and area hospitals performing and evaluating a wide variety of tests to resolve complex serological patient problems. Consultation and reference also registers rare donors with the american rare donor program (ardp) and provides and receives rare units through ardp.

$2.4M in expenses

Cellular therapy services - the blood center performs specialized cellular collections by apheresis for patients with specific types of cancers, infectious diseases, and autoimmune disorders. The collected products are further modified by biomedical companies for reinfusion to the patients as a means of disease treatment or development of novel therapeutics and advanced treatment regimens.