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Ao North America Inc

Promoting excellence in patient care and outcomes in trauma and musculoskeletal disorders by:- improving performance through education- optimizing clinical treatment pathways and guidelines- promoting innovation through research and developmentour purpose is to serve as a credible and validated resource for continuing professional…

$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
87
Grants FY2024
61
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$24,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$101,000
Organizations funded a year
48 to 61
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$13M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Ao North America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $443k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving63$2.2M13%
FY202361$2.8M25%
FY202248$4.6M13%
FY202153$4.7M40%
FY202052$4.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$12MEducation$6.0MReligion$1.7MArts & Culture$210kScience & Tech$164kHuman Services$20kSocial Science$20kYouth Development$15k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ao North America Charitable Fund$4,620,000359%
University of California San Francisco$887,0005n/a
University of Washington$739,8805n/a
Washington University$563,85050%
University of Alabama at Birmingham$380,0005n/a
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$379,5385n/a
Regents of the University of California$360,0004n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$324,9985n/a
Orthocarolina (Ar)$320,0004n/a
University of Utah$320,0005n/a
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All grantees of Ao North America Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ao North America Charitable Fund$4,620,000359%
University of California San Francisco$887,0005n/a
University of Washington$739,8805n/a
Washington University$563,85050%
University of Alabama at Birmingham$380,0005n/a
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$379,5385n/a
Regents of the University of California$360,0004n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$324,9985n/a
Orthocarolina (Ar)$320,0004n/a
University of Utah$320,0005n/a
University of Minnesota$319,3505n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$304,73050%
Atrium Health Foundation$300,00050%
University of Maryland College Park$297,5004n/a
St Louis University$294,60050%
Johns Hopkins University$286,85050%
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc$281,66253%
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The$270,00050%
Rush University Medical Center$270,00050%
Emory University$270,00050%
Curators of the University of Missouri$265,0004n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$252,5005n/a
The Metrohealth System$245,0005n/a
State of West Virginia$240,0005n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$239,37740%
Wake Forest University Health Sciences$235,00050%
Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr$210,0004n/a
Augusta University Research Institute Inc$205,00040%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$205,00040%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga$200,0004n/a
University of Miss Medical Center$200,0003n/a
Yale University - Subordinates$198,00032%
University of Rochester$195,00030%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers$195,0004n/a
Detroit Medical Center Harper Hospital$185,0004n/a
The Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation$182,5004n/a
Shock Trauma Associates Pa$179,00040%
Rutgers University Foundation$175,00040%
Regents of the University of Michigan$170,3505n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$160,0003n/a
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc$130,00020%
San Diego Spine Foundation$110,00038%
Upmc$110,0002n/a
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$96,35040%
Head and Neck Foundation$95,000485%
St John Health System Foundation Inc$90,00020%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation$89,53430%
University of Maryland Baltimore$87,5001n/a
University of California Davis$77,5003n/a
North Shore University Hospital$75,00020%
Orthopaedic Trauma Association$75,00031%
University of Florida$75,0003n/a
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association$75,00021%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$71,8812n/a
University of Virginia Foundation$65,00010%
Alpha Lambda Delta$65,0001n/a
Orthocarolina Spine Center$65,0001n/a
Virginia Mason Medical Center$65,00020%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return$65,00010%
The Spiegel Center$64,5004n/a
University Otolaryngology of Cny LLP$62,5004n/a
Rutgers University Foundation$60,0001n/a
Vanderbilt University$60,00010%
The University of Tennessee$60,0001n/a
Cooper University Hospital$60,0001n/a
Oregon Health & Science University$60,0002n/a
Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans$48,0003n/a
University at Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc$45,00020%
Rih Orthopaedic Foundation Inc$45,00021%
Northwestern University$45,00020%
Duke University$45,00020%
University of Cincinnati$45,0002n/a
The Kansas University Endowment Association$34,50020%
Regents of the University of Colorado$30,0001n/a
New York University School of Medicine$30,0001n/a
The Hughston Foundation Inc$30,00014%
MCV Associated Physicians$25,0001n/a
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Wayne State University$25,0001n/a
Loyola University of Chicago$24,78610%
Enuval$20,000151%
The Spiegel Foundation$20,00013%
University of San Diego$20,00010%
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research$20,00010%
Philadelphia University$20,00010%
University of Kansas Medical Center Auxiliary Inc$20,0001n/a
Louisiana State University$20,0001n/a
The Uc Davis Foundation$20,00010%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$20,00010%
Orlando Health Inc$20,00010%
Ucla Payment Solutions and Compliance$20,0001n/a
Baylor College of Medicine$20,00010%
Regents Univ of California$20,0001n/a
Trauma & Emergency Suspecialty Surgeons$16,0502n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$15,00010%
The Ohio State University$15,0001n/a
The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa$15,0001n/a
The Scientific Education & Research Foundation$15,000126%
Trustees of Indiana University$14,5001n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Dubois Pa$10,00011%
Orthopaedic Research Foundation INC$10,00012%
The Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation$5,46710%

Where it is load-bearing

Ao North America Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAo North America Charitable Fund: $4,620,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetWashington University: $563,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $304,730 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAtrium Health Foundation: $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis University: $294,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $286,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTampa General Hospital Foundation Inc: $281,662 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetNew York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The: $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $239,377 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University Health Sciences: $235,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAugusta University Research Institute Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $205,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYale University - Subordinates: $198,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $195,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShock Trauma Associates Pa: $179,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSan Diego Spine Foundation: $110,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $96,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHead and Neck Foundation: $95,000 over 4y, 85% of budgetSt John Health System Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSan Francisco General Hospital Foundation: $89,534 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Shore University Hospital: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrthopaedic Trauma Association: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCharcot-Marie-Tooth Association: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Virginia Foundation: $65,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia Mason Medical Center: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRih Orthopaedic Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNorthwestern University: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $34,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hughston Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $24,786 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnuval: $20,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetThe Spiegel Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Uc Davis Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Health Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

American Heart Association IncTX20.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Heart Association Inc · Omega Medical Grants Association · Rheumatology Research Foundation · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Center for Orthopaedic Trauma Advancement · Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · American Cancer Society Inc · The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc · Johns Hopkins University

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.

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How do I get to Ao North America Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ao North America Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Ao North America Inc

How much does Ao North America Inc give?
Ao North America Inc reported 87 grants totaling $2,333,778 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Ao North America Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (59%), Education (30%), Religion (8%).
Who are Ao North America Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ao North America Charitable Fund ($4.6M), University of California San Francisco ($887k), University of Washington ($740k).
Does Ao North America Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ao North America Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Heart Association Inc, Omega Medical Grants Association, Rheumatology Research Foundation.
Where is Ao North America Inc based?
Ao North America Inc is based in PA.

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 109 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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