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Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) mission is improving lives by supporting excellence in orthopaedic research. OREF's vision is that it will be the leader in supporting orthopaedic research to improve function, eliminate pain and restore mobility.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $912k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $270k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $552k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.0M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.9M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $839k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $934k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $2.1M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $2.1M | 74% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The | $2,214,557 | 7 | 0% |
| Washington University | $1,344,621 | 8 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $644,378 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $548,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $502,997 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $439,653 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $415,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $319,745 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $313,340 | 5 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $304,969 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The | $2,214,557 | 7 | 0% |
| Washington University | $1,344,621 | 8 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $644,378 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $548,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $502,997 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $439,653 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $415,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $319,745 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $313,340 | 5 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $304,969 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $297,726 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $285,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $248,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | $217,821 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $217,261 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Hospital | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $173,707 | 2 | n/a |
| Medstar Health Research Institute Inc | $154,948 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $153,176 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $145,803 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | $119,999 | 2 | 1% |
| University of California Davis | $119,908 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $108,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carilion Medical Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NYU Langone Medical Center | $89,999 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York University | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $49,698 | 1 | n/a |
| Rothman Institute Orthopaedic Foundation | $44,037 | 1 | 7% |
| The Ohio State University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern California Permanente Medical Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $19,968 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $19,534 | 1 | n/a |
| Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans | $18,765 | 1 | n/a |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orthopaedic Research Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Albany Med Health System | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Highmark Health | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic · University of Pittsburgh · Johns Hopkins University · Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · American Cancer Society Inc · American Society for Surgery of the Hand · American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Inc · Arthroscopy Association of North America · The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
- How much does Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation give?
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $912,069, out of $3,092,451 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (93%), Education (3%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The ($2.2M), Washington University ($1.3M), State University of Iowa ($644k).
- Does Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mayo Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Johns Hopkins University.
- Where is Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation based?
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation is based in IL.
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