Missouri · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,100 to it, the largest being DR CHARLES J BURSTONE FOUNDATION ($160,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $29M
What American Association of Orthodontists does
Mission
To advance the art and science of orthodontics and contribute to public health through education of members and the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Simon sinek + aao inspiring leadership program
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Educational programs - conferences, publications, and continuing education are to provide information on advancement in the field and promote high standards of care for the public. Convention and trade show - seminars and conferences are conducted to educate members. All members are invited. Total attendees 11,415; doctor/staff attendees 8,096; member attendees 5,267. Winter conference 1,588 attendees; bulletin is issued 6 times per year to all members; all members receive subscription to the ajo/do journal. On-line webinars, staff webinars, and educational materials are provided through the year.
Promotions, literature, and advertising provided to the general public - purpose is to promote health care and increase the public's awareness and knowledge of the orthodontic profession and the benefits of orthodontic treatment from qualified professionals.
Professional advocacy - federal and state level advocacy to drive legislative and policy changes to protect and support the interests of the orthodontic industry, orthodontists and their patients, and to ensure quality of care.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $42M to $38M (−10%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Paul Lawrence
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Aao Political Action Committee · exempt
- Aao Services Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,100 to it, the largest being DR CHARLES J BURSTONE FOUNDATION ($160,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $195,100 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS?
- DR CHARLES J BURSTONE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing