Wisconsin · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,089 to it, the largest being THE ALLERGAN FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $9.6M
What American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Inc does
Mission
The mission of the american society for laser medicine and surgery is to promote excellence in patient care by advancing biomedical application of lasers, light, and energy-based technologies worldwide.the vision of aslms is to be the world's pre-eminent resource for biomedical laser and energy-based technologies, research, education, and clinical knowledge.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The society held the 2025 annual conference in person. This included 3.5 days of education, 2 days of a tradeshow floor and networking opportunities. In addition to the annual conference, the organization held courses and seminars as part of regional or online education programs.
$1,876,314 spent$1,783,706 earned by the program96% of program spendingGrants for research and professional development.
$78,500 spentof which $78,500 as grants4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,954,814.
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 $9.1M to $7.7M (−15%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC’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 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
Michelle Morrison
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $21.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND 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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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 SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89 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 SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND 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 SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC?
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,089 to it, the largest being THE ALLERGAN FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,089 in grants to AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC?
- THE ALLERGAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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