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American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

The association carries on the orthopaedic community's advocacy activities related to healthcare issues on behalf of patients and professionals.

$21M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$21M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$140MCommunity Improvement$117kHuman Services$25kPhilanthropy$5kOther$527k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
  • $250k+1 grant · $21M
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS$20,563,131
MONTANA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY$15,000
ORTHOPAEDIC SOCETY OF OKLAHOMA$10,000
NEW JERSEY ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY$10,000
CALIFORNIA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION$10,000
MINNESOTA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY$7,500
MISSOURI STATE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION$7,500
GEORGIA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY INC$7,500
OREGON ASSOCIATIONS OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS$7,000
SOUTH CAROLINA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION$6,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–18, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MT
ND
MN
IL
NY
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AR
NC
DC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$141M · 18 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +15% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$141M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+2%

Still filing today

89%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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
HealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AA
    AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $140M · revenue +14% · 50% of their budget
  • CO
    CALIFORNIA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +12%
  • MO
    MINNESOTA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +32% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +41%
  • NQ
    NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -65%
  • FO
    FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +5%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Connecticut Orthopaedic Society Inc

To assure the professional development of orthopedic physicians and to the benefit of their patient population

Health
2
Southern Oregon Orthopedic Research Foundation
Health
3
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

The american orthopaedic society for sports medicine (the society) is a nonprofit corporation which develops and disseminates knowledge in the field of sports medicine. the society supports and encourages the development and education in…

Health
4
Southern Orthopaedic Association

To promote, encourage, foster, and advance the art of science and orthopaedic surgery and matters related thereto, and to establish a forum for free discussion and teaching of orthopaedic methods and principles among the members.

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5
American Orthopaedic Association

Engaging the orthopaedic community to develop leaders, strategies, and resources to guide the future of musculoskeletal care.

Health
6
Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons

Provide a forum for the interchange of medical knowledge as it relates to the practice of care for military personnel.

Health
7
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

To advance pediatric orthopaedics by promoting education, research, and quality care.

Health
8
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
9
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons

The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons is committed to assuring excellence in osteopathic surgical care through education, leadership development, and the fostering of professional and personal relationships.

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10
Arkansas Ophthalmological Society

To advance medical knowledge and elevate the standard of medical education of ophthalmology.

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11
Orthopterists' Society

The orthopterists' society (formerly the pan american acridological society) is an international scientific organization devoted to facilitating communication among those interested in orthoptera and related organisms, and to encourage…

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12
Eastern Orthopaedic Association

To promote, encourage, foster, and advance the art of science and orthopaedic surgery and matters related thereto, and to establish a forum for free discussion and teaching of orthopaedic methods and principles among the members.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the most unlike its peers is Congressional Football Game for Charity Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%4%5–10yr18%21%10–20yr15%21%20–35yr14%46%35–55yr22%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr15%0%20–35yr14%0%35–55yr22%100%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/29
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/72,330

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS — $139,923,538 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS+3 more — $61,000 · HealthPennsylvania Orthopaedic Society — $87,750 · OtherCALIFORNIA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — $73,500 · OtherMINNESOTA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $59,750 · OtherDELAWARE SOCIETY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS — $57,500 · OtherTEXAS ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — $49,750 · OtherNORTH DAKOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION — $33,750 · OtherSOUTH CAROLINA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOC — $21,000 · OtherMISSOURI STATE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSN — $21,000 · Other+11 more — $122,500 · OtherVIRGINIA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $45,000 · Community ImprovementNEW JERSEY ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY INC — $32,500 · Community ImprovementNEVADA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $25,000 · Community ImprovementOREGON ASSOC OF ORTHOPAEDISTS INC — $14,500 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS — $25,000 · Human ServicesCONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHARITY INC — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Health$139,984,538Other$526,500Community Improvement$117,000Human Services$25,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS — $139,923,538 over 8y, 50% of budgetPennsylvania Orthopaedic Society — $87,750 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — $73,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetMINNESOTA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $59,750 over 7y, 27% of budgetTEXAS ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — $49,750 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetVIRGINIA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $45,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNEW JERSEY ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY INC — $32,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetNEVADA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $25,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL QUALITY FORUM — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOC — $21,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY — $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMISSOURI STATE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSN — $21,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION INC — $17,500 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetMARYLAND ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetOhio Orthopaedic Society — $15,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetOREGON ASSOC OF ORTHOPAEDISTS INC — $14,500 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetNEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS INC — $12,500 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetALABAMA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetMISSISSIPPI ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetGEORGIA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHARITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetARKANSAS ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

American Academy of O…
American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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