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Arthroscopy Association of North America

The mission of the Arthroscopy Association of North America is to advance the art and science of arthroscopy and minimally invasive surgery through education, skills assessment and advocacy.

$660k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$156k
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$5.9MEducation$668kScience & Tech$131kPhilanthropy$75kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $532,127, the rows itemized in this filing. The $660,269 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $128,142 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 $10k15 grants · $98k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $269k
$9,874
Median grant
18
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Geneva Foundation$156,250
Henry M Jackson Foundation$62,500
Piedmont Orthopaedic Foundation$50,000
Rush University Medical Center$44,798
Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation$18,424
Duke University Attn E Berthold$17,326
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$12,500
University of Wisconsin - Madison GAR Account$12,500
DiFelice Foundation for Orthopaedics Inc$12,500
Houston Methodist Hospital$12,222
Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation$11,848
American Sports Medicine Institute$11,848
Steadman Philippon Research Institute$11,677
Mississippi Sports Medicine Foundation$9,874
Southern California Orthopedic$9,874
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISAKOS: $50k → 9%San Diego Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine Fellowship: $16k → 11%Southern California Orthopedic: $28k → 14%ARTHREX INC: $50k → 10%Andrews Research & Education Foundation: $127k → 16%Detroit Sports Medicine Foundation: $21k → 8%Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center: $27k → 16%UConn Health: $25k → 11%Steadman Philippon Research Institute: $26k → 7%Geneva Foundation: $19k → 9%Rush Univeristy Medical Center: $53k → 14%Virtua Health Organization: $44k → 8%Piedmont Orthopaedic Foundation: $50k → 8%Henry M Jackson Foundation: $63k → 8%MedStar Union Memorial Hospita: $21k → 19%Rothman Institute Orthopaedic Foundation: $26k → 22%Southern California Orthopedic: $26k → 14%HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $25k → 17%The Univerisity of Texas HSC of Houston: $22k → 16%Andrews Research & Education Foundation: $120k → 16%American Sports Medicine Institute: $22k → 16%Steadman Philippon Research: $25k → 7%Rush University Medical Center: $22k → 14%Virtua Health Organization: $40k → 8%Sports Medicine Fellowship Fund: $17k → 22%Southern California Orthopedic Institute: $22k → 14%Andrews Research & Education Foundation: $18k → 16%American Sports Medicine Institute: $21k → 16%Steadman Philippon Research Institute: $24k → 7%AANA Education Foundation: $2.5M → 14%Sports Medicine Fellowship Fund: $16k → 22%American Sports Medicine Institute: $19k → 16%Steadman Philippon Research Institute: $16k → 7%Sports Medicine fellowship grants: $460k → 14%University of Pittsburgh Physicians: $28k → 11%Southern California Orthopedic: $17k → 14%University of Pittsburgh Physicians: $22k → 11%Rush Univeristy Medical Center: $17k → 14%Infinite HC: $17k → 11%Rush UNIVERSITY Medical Center: $18k → 14%Massachusetts General Hospital: $30k → 16%New England Baptist Hospital: $18k → 16%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $50k → 14%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $47k → 14%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $31k → 14%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $31k → 14%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $25k → 14%Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $16k → 14%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
LA
MS
AL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 50 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
25

Total granted

$3.3M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+10%

Still filing today

64%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k 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
HealthEducationPublic BenefitScience & TechOther
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

  • RU
    Rush University Medical Center
    7× · 2018–2024 · $241k · revenue +39%
  • AR
    ANDREWS RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $194k · revenue +60%
  • VH
    VIRTUA HEALTH INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $160k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • AA
    Arthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $2.5M · revenue -71% · 53% of their budget
  • SM
    Sports Medicine fellowship grants
    one grant, 2017 · $460k
  • AI
    ARTHREX INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
4
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
5
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
6
Emory University

Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)

Education
7
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc

See schedule omedstar health research institute is dedicated to supporting the academic platform of medstar health by conducting high quality translational and health sciences research throughout the medstar system.

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8
A T Still University of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences serves as a learning-centered university dedicated to preparing highly competent professionals through innovative academic programs. The University is committed to continuing its osteopathic…

Education
9
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

Endeavor Health Clinical Operations follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
12
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Henry M Jackson Foundation. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 85 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/53
Grantees still filing
38/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Arthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation: $2,450,970 · HealthArthroscopy Association of North America Educational FoundationKerlan - Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $256,713 · HealthKerlan - Jobe Orthopaedic FoundationRush University Medical Center: $240,676 · HealthRush University Medical CenterANDREWS RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $194,141 · HealthVIRTUA HEALTH INC: $160,000 · Health+25 more: $993,229 · Health+25 moreSports Medicine fellowship grants: $460,050 · OtherSports Medicine fellowship gran…Southern California Orthopedic Research and Education Center: $132,987 · OtherSouthern California Orthopedic …ROTHMAN INSTITUTE ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION: $95,146 · OtherAlvarado Knee Research Institute Inc dba The Docere Foundation: $87,323 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $75,191 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $69,812 · Other+35 more: $981,683 · Other+35 moreMISSISSIPPI SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $71,403 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine: $59,412 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $52,264 · EducationNew York University: $47,758 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31,844 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $18,199 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $17,624 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $17,510 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $17,326 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13,574 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $13,455 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $12,447 · EducationGENEVA FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Science & TechASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $27,412 · Public Benefit
Health$4,295,729Other$1,902,192Education$372,816Science & Tech$175,000Public Benefit$27,412

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 budgetArthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation: $2,450,970 over 1y, 53% of budgetKerlan - Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation: $256,713 over 7y, 10% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $240,676 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANDREWS RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $194,141 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetGENEVA FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVIRTUA HEALTH INC: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Orthopedic Research and Education Center: $132,987 over 7y, 15% of budgetAmerican Sports Medicine Institute Inc: $115,562 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $104,701 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $101,890 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetROTHMAN INSTITUTE ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION: $95,146 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetAlvarado Knee Research Institute Inc dba The Docere Foundation: $87,323 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH OF VIRGINIA ATTN MORGAN TURNBULL: $75,750 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetMISSISSIPPI SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $71,403 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetTHE HAWKINS FOUNDATION: $68,961 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $63,694 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetNEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE: $59,724 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $59,412 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL: $59,067 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $52,264 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRIA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $48,570 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNew York University: $47,758 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $42,823 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31,844 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,888 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $30,736 over 2y, 44% of budgetOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $30,228 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $27,412 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBURKHART RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ORTHOPAEDICS: $25,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBarton Healthcare System: $19,542 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTMH PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION: $19,017 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $18,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $18,330 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $18,199 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $17,624 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $17,510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES INC: $17,492 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $17,326 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13,574 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $13,455 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIFELICE FOUNDATION FOR ORTHOPAEDICS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $12,447 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health Care Corporation: $11,092 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES ORTHOPEDICS FOUNDATION: $10,452 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Sports Medicine Foundation Inc: $8,355 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.

  • Who funds Arthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Kerlan - Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds ANDREWS RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRTUA HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern California Orthopedic Research and Education Center ↗
  • Who funds American Sports Medicine Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ROTHMAN INSTITUTE ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Alvarado Knee Research Institute Inc dba The Docere Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH OF VIRGINIA ATTN MORGAN TURNBULL ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HAWKINS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRIA ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗

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.

Omega Medical Grants …American Orthopaedic …American Heart Associ…American Association …Mayo ClinicAmerican Orthopaedic …American Cancer Socie…Orthopaedic Research …Ases FoundationRheumatology Research…The George Washington…University of Pittsbu…
Omega Medical Grants AssociationIL28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Omega Medical Grants Association · American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Inc · American Heart Association Inc · American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons · Mayo Clinic · American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine · American Cancer Society Inc · Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation · Ases Foundation · Rheumatology Research Foundation · The George Washington University · University of Pittsburgh

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 Arthroscopy Association of North America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthroscopy Association of North America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • New England Baptist Hospital: 1% of income from government
  • Virtua Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 85 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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