Illinois · Nonprofit
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Arthroscopy Association of North America (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,258 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Arthroscopy Association of North America does
Mission
The mission of the Arthroscopy Association of North America is to advance the art and science of arthroscopy and minimally invasive surgery through education, skills assessment and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual and interim meetings-the association holds meetings for members and other medical professionals for the purpose of discussing current topics in arthroscopic surgery via clinical papers, courses and symposia.
$1,519,334 spent$1,646,573 earned by the program18% of program spendingSurgical skills courses- the association presents courses on arthroscopic surgical skills, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. A portion of the grants are support of a related organization.
$1,296,442 spent$879,692 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe association produces and provides editorial direction to a journal for members and other medical professionals to increase the level of understanding in the field of arthroscopy.
$1,030,406 spent$2,459,352 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther programs
$3,300,685 spent$1,555,253 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe association supports research to support new innovations and techniques in the field of arthroscopy.
$1,082,125 spentof which $660,269 as grants$304,485 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,228,992.
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 2017 to 2018, from $9.5M to $6.7M (−30%).
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 5% · 2021 5% · 2022 4% · 2023 12% · 2024 11%. 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 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $41.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Arthroscopy Association of North America Educational Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Arthroscopy Association of North America raised.
From the IRS filings of Arthroscopy Association of North America’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
Arthroscopy Association of North America leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
Arthroscopy Association of North America 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. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like Arthroscopy Association of North America
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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
- Arthroscopy Association of North America Education Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Arthroscopy Association of North America: 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 Arthroscopy Association of North America?
- Arthroscopy Association of North America (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,258 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Arthroscopy Association of North America have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $125,258 in grants to Arthroscopy Association of North America, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Arthroscopy Association of North America?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Arthroscopy Association of North America 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 6 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