Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC
AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE HOCHBERG FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $27M
What American Board of Thoracic Surgery Inc does
Mission
The american board of thoracic surgery serves the public by promoting excellence in practice through rigorous evaluation and examination, providing leadership in education, and ensuring high standards for professionalism, lifelong learning and certification.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Certification - since 1948, the american board of thoracic surgery has protected the public by establishing and maintaining high standards in thoracic surgery. To achieve these objectives, the board has established qualifications for examinations and procedures for certification. To date, the american board of thoracic surgery has certified over 9,300 thoracic surgeons.
Continuing certification - since 1976, the american board of thoracic surgery has required its diplomates to complete a recertification program every 10 years. Starting in 2008, the american board of thoracic surgery changed its recertification program into a maintenance of certification process (moc) process that required the diplomates demonstrate every five years that they meet standards in professionalism, life-long learning and self-assessment, cognitive expertise and performance in practice. In 2024, the process of continuing certification replaced moc, and diplomates must continue to demonstrate the above mentioned standards every five years to maintain certification.
Congenital cardiac surgery subspecialty certification - since 2009, the american board of thoracic surgery has offered a subspecialty certificate in congenital cardiac surgery. To be eligible for this certificate, diplomates must either complete a congenital cardiac fellowship or provide documentation on their training, current clinical experience and professional accomplishment in the field of congenital cardiac surgery. To date, the american board of thoracic surgery has issued over 270 certificates in congenital cardiac surgery.
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 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $25M (+20%).
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. 1 of the last 7 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
Cameron D Wright Md
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300 → $350.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC’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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state 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 BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC: 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 BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC?
- AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE HOCHBERG FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC?
- THE HOCHBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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