Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,083,874 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($214,100). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $17M
What American Orthopaedic Association does
Mission
Engaging the orthopaedic community to develop leaders, strategies, and resources to guide the future of musculoskeletal care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting - members attend various scientific presentations and discussions of current issues. Additionally, industry sponsorships of $69,000 and individual contributions of $26,500 were received to support orthopaedic critical issues addressed at this program.
$534,951 spent$487,419 earned by the program16% of program spendingOwn the bone is a web-based quality improvement program designed to improve the diagnosis and management of patients' bone health after suffering fragility fractures. Additionally, industry grants of $167,534 and individual contributions of $16,710 were received to support this program.
$432,382 spent$271,874 earned by the program13% of program spendingThe aoa offers leadership development offerings to orthopaedic surgeons including apex: in 2024, aoa collaborated with usc to offer 2, multi-day leadership development offerings in different regions of the country. Additionally, individual contributions of $19,400 were received to support leadership development programs.
$286,989 spent$121,851 earned by the program9% of program spendingAcademics is comprised of the cord/academics committee and the council on orthopaedic residency directors, and expenses associated to this area related to committee meetings and education activities. Additionally, industry sponsorships of $35,000 and individual contributions of $177,973 were received to support these programs.
$364,422 spent$343,120 earned by the program11% of program spendingResident leadership activities - industry sponsorships of $25,0000 and indidivudal contributions of $22,750 were received to support the resident leadership forum.
$134,927 spent$164,398 earned by the program4% of program spendingTraveling fellowships recognizes young leaders for their early contributions to orthopaedics, identifying and promoting their leadership skills to the broader orthopaedic community. Individual contributions of $122,164 were received to support this program.
$112,329 spent3% of program spendingEmerging leaders program recognizes young leaders for their early contributions to orthopaedics, identifies, develops and promotes their leadership skills to the broader orthopaedic community and supports educational growth and exchange of information. Industry grants of $5,000 and individual contributions of $156,217 were received to support this program.
$102,700 spent$110,321 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther programs - industry grants of $13,127 and individual contributions of $384,028 were received to support these programs.
$1,305,254 spent$20,940 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,273,954.
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 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $14M (+23%).
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: 2020 10% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC 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. 1 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
Kristin Olds Glavin Esq
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $66k → $100k.
10 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 ORTHOPAEDIC 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 ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
92% 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 ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 38% · 2019 59% · 2020 27% · 2021 47% · 2022 41% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $387k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $697k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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 ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin 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
Organizations like AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Omega Medical Grants Association · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,083,874 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($214,100). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,083,874 in grants to AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $214,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC 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 20 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