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American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated

American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,665 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOARD OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$12M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$141k
Net assets
$9.6M
1/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated does

Mission

The society consists of physicians, cardiac sonographers, scientists and other healthcare professionals dedicated to excellence in the development and application of cardiovascular ultrasound for patient care.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The association holds live courses, including scientific sessions, to bring members and scholars together to educate and update them in the field of echocardiography.

    $3,788,735 spent$5,992,642 earned by the program
    38% of program spending
  2. The journal of the american society of echocardiography is published 12 times a year and distributed to each member. The exempt purpose achieved is to disseminate data and valuable information to the membership.

    $1,220,587 spent$948,599 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Approximately 17,000 members pay dues to belong to the society. Through membership, they promote, maintain, and pursue excellence in their field.

    $1,828,002 spent$85,669 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  4. Other program services include legislative and regulatory updates on new regulations affecting the practice of echocardiography, products, research, and marketing/public relations.

    $3,052,758 spent$971,767 earned by the program
    31% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,890,082.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8.5M) Expenses 100 ($7.6M) Net assets 100 ($5.5M)2018 Revenue 110 ($9.4M) Expenses 116 ($8.8M) Net assets 96 ($5.3M)2019 Revenue 101 ($8.7M) Expenses 109 ($8.3M) Net assets 114 ($6.3M)2020 Revenue 104 ($8.9M) Expenses 88 ($6.7M) Net assets 145 ($8.0M)2021 Revenue 98 ($8.3M) Expenses 86 ($6.5M) Net assets 188 ($10M)2022 Revenue 109 ($9.3M) Expenses 139 ($11M) Net assets 139 ($7.7M)2023 Revenue 125 ($11M) Expenses 146 ($11M) Net assets 155 ($8.6M)2024 Revenue 123 ($11M) Expenses 143 ($11M) Net assets 162 ($9.0M)2025 Revenue 140 ($12M) Expenses 157 ($12M) Net assets 172 ($9.6M)
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Revenue (140)Expenses (157)Net assets (172)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $14M (+30%).

$9.3M
$8.7M
$9.8M
$11M
$14M
$12M
$13M
$13M
$14M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$929k
’17
$574k
’18
$341k
’19
$2.2M
’20
$1.8M
’21
−$1.3M
’22
−$470k
’23
−$376k
’24
$21k
’25
0.9
months of
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

Robin Wiegerink Mnlp

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

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Listed241817182328363540
Joined·+2+2+5+7+11+12+12+15
No longer listed·8342641310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $81k.

From the IRS filings of American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated’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 of Echocardiography Incorporated leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

71% 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 Society of Echocardiography Incorporated.

39%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 68% — 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.

Where its funders are

American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 7 states in all.

IL
OR
OH
PA
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’21
’23
North Carolina out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated

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 North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

31
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • ASE Education and Research Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated?
American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,665 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOARD OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $140,665 in grants to American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated?
NATIONAL BOARD OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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