Illinois · Public charity
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
To improve the lives of patients with cardiothoracic diseases.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $359k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $320,833
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $101M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Society of Thoracic Surgeons funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $359k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $456k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $797k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $352k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $843k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $713k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $754k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $716k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thoracic Surgery Foundation | $4,474,400 | 8 | 58% |
| Thoracic Surgery Directors Association | $156,688 | 4 | 15% |
| Women in Thoracic Surgery | $153,500 | 7 | 12% |
| American Association for Thoracic Surgery | $78,875 | 8 | 0% |
| Association of Black Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| General Thoracic Surgical Club | $36,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | $27,338 | 2 | 0% |
| American College of Surgeons | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- How much does The Society of Thoracic Surgeons give?
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons reported 4 itemized grants totaling $358,833, out of $1,036,624 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Society of Thoracic Surgeons fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (98%), Education (2%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are The Society of Thoracic Surgeons's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Thoracic Surgery Foundation ($4.5M), Thoracic Surgery Directors Association ($157k), Women in Thoracic Surgery ($154k).
- Does The Society of Thoracic Surgeons fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Society of Thoracic Surgeons?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Society of Thoracic Surgeons based?
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is based in IL.
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