Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,192 to it, the largest being WELD LEGACY FOUNDATION ($42,594). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What American Burn Association does
Mission
The American Burn Association is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by burn injury through promoting and supporting burn-related care, prevention, education, and research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs, conferences, and professional journals; medical research.
$3,737,465 spent$4,727,785 earned by the program58% of program spendingMember services
$932,564 spent$301,750 earned by the program15% of program spendingQuality of care initiatives; burn center verification, burn fellowship program verification, burn care quality platform (bcqp) registry, certification.
$1,517,268 spent$1,291,481 earned by the program24% of program spendingAdovcacy
$219,117 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,406,414.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.1M to $4.8M (+57%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 30% · 2018 31% · 2020 4% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Kimberly A Hoarle
Executive director until 9/6/24
Board chair
Steven Kahn Md Faba
Program chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $67.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION’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 BURN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 BURN ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $463 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.0M on record — $8.0M federal, $130 state.
- Department of Defense$8.0M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$130
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION
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.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION: 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 BURN ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,192 to it, the largest being WELD LEGACY FOUNDATION ($42,594). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $61,192 in grants to AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION?
- WELD LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,594 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 4 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