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· Public charity

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Serving our professionals to provide the highest quality musculoskeletal care.

$533k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.7MEducation$302kInternational$15kYouth Development$5kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $478,240, the rows itemized in this filing. The $533,363 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $55,123 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$24,900
Median grant
12
States reached
$193M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS$100,000
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION$50,000
NTH DIMENSIONSOPM EDUCATION$45,440
RUTH JACKSON ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY$31,572
THE PERRY INITIATIVE$30,000
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF MN FOUNDATION$25,000
ARTHROSCOPY ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA$25,000
PRIDE ORTHOPAEDICS INC$24,900
TEXAS ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION$21,728
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$17,500
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$14,000
MEDICAL STUDENT ORTHOPEDIC SOCIETY$12,600
PEACHTREE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC FOUNDATIONS INC$12,500
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SAN DIEGO YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%LOVE TAKES ROOT: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
IA
PA
CA
MO
MD
DE
NM
NC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 14 repeat orgs$917k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
24

Total granted

$2.1M
$665k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+20%

Still filing today

79%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TO
    THE ORTHOPAEDIC LEARNING CENTER
    2× · 2017–2020 · $1.0M · revenue +5% · 35% of their budget
  • OR
    Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +5%
  • OR
    ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $119k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON INFECTION C/O CHESHIRE LAW GROUP
    one grant, 2022 · $140k · revenue -25% · 62% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
    one grant, 2023 · $73k
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2022 · $70k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southern Oregon Orthopedic Research Foundation
Health
2
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Serving our professionals to provide the highest quality musculoskeletal care.

Health
3
American Osteopathic Association

The american osteopathic association (aoa) is a membership association representing more than 168,000 osteopathic physicians (do) and osteopathic medical students. as the primary certifying body for do and the accrediting agency for all…

Health
4
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (the Association) is a nonprofit corporation, organized to exchange information, stimulate development and advancement of orthopaedic surgery, train leaders, sponsor and contribute to the…

Health
5
American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine
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6
Int'l Soc of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

A nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to advance the worldwide exchange and dissemination of education, research and patient care in arthroscopy, knee surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine.

Health
7
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Inc

The mission of asoprs is to advance education, research, and the quality of clinical practice in the fields of aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery specializing in the face, orbits, eyelids and lacrimal system.

—
8
Georgia Orthopaedic Society Inc

Promote orthopaedic medical activities

—
9
The American Society of Breast Surgeons

The society was formed to encourage the study of breast surgery, to promote research and development of advanced surgical techniques, to improve standards of practice for breast surgery in the united states, and serve as a forum for the…

—
10
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the

The mission of hospital for special surgery is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related…

Health
11
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Aacom leads and advocates for the osteopathic medical education community to improve the health of the public. aacom represents and advances the continuum of medical education by: supporting our member institutions as they educate the…

Education
12
American Academy of Osteopathy

To teach, advocate, and research the science, art and philosophy of osteopathic medicine, emphasizing the integration of osteopathic principles, practices and manipulative treatment in patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; the most unlike its peers is Llrs-Asami-Na. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/40
Grantees still filing
31/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ORTHOPAEDIC LEARNING CENTER: $1,023,428 · EducationTHE ORTHOPAEDIC LEARNING CENTEROPM EDUCATION INC: $95,880 · EducationOPM EDUCATION INCThe Perry Initiative: $80,000 · EducationThe Perry InitiativeAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS INC: $54,728 · EducationRUTH JACKSON ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY: $47,572 · Education+7 more: $118,960 · Education+7 moreOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $250,000 · HealthOrthopaedic Research and Education Fou…UNITED STATES BONE & JOINT INITIATIVE NFP: $246,728 · HealthUNITED STATES BONE & JOINT INITIATIVE …INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON INFECTION C/O CHESHIRE LAW GROUP: $140,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON INF…ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY: $119,000 · HealthORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETYAMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY FOR SPORTS MEDICINE: $100,000 · HealthAMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY FOR SPORT…Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: $46,195 · Health+8 more: $135,900 · Health+8 moreSINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS: $100,000 · OtherSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM…UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $72,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORI…Indiana University School of Medicine: $70,000 · OtherIndiana University …American Joint Replacement Registry NFP: $50,000 · OtherAmerican Joint Repl…McMaster University: $40,000 · OtherMcMaster UniversityOrthopaedic Trauma Association: $37,992 · OtherOrthopaedic Trauma …ASCENSION SETON: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN SHOULDER & ELBOW SURGEONS: $20,000 · OtherNEW MEXICO ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION: $18,000 · Other+10 more: $103,477 · Other+10 morePRIDE ORTHOPAEDICS INC: $24,900 · Arts & CultureSIOUXLAND TANZANIA EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL MINISTRIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesLOVE TAKES ROOT INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Education$1,420,568Health$1,037,823Other$531,969Arts & Culture$24,900Human Services$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ORTHOPAEDIC LEARNING CENTER: $1,023,428 over 2y, 35% of budgetOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $250,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED STATES BONE & JOINT INITIATIVE NFP: $246,728 over 7y, 15% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON INFECTION C/O CHESHIRE LAW GROUP: $140,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY: $119,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY FOR SPORTS MEDICINE: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOPM EDUCATION INC: $95,880 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetThe Perry Initiative: $80,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS INC: $54,728 over 2y, 15% of budgetAmerican Joint Replacement Registry NFP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRUTH JACKSON ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY: $47,572 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetPediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: $46,195 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMcMaster University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrthopaedic Trauma Association: $37,992 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOCIETY OF MILITARY ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS: $32,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJ ROBERT GLADDEN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPRIDE ORTHOPAEDICS INC: $24,900 over 1y, 29% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASCENSION SETON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SHOULDER & ELBOW SURGEONS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $17,460 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION: $16,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACHTREE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetMUSCULOSKELETAL TUMOR SOCIETY: $10,400 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLLRS-ASAMI-NA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Orthopaedic Society: $8,252 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSIOUXLAND TANZANIA EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE TAKES ROOT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Zimmer Biomet Foundat…American Association …Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Zimmer Biomet Foundation IncIN17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Zimmer Biomet Foundation Inc · American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home