Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY
CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($121,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $141k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Cervical Spine Research Society does
Mission
Cervical Spine Research Society is a national nonprofit organization organized to conduct education seminars, research and programs concerning the effective management of patients with acute and chronic problems of the cervical spine.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The 2024 csrs instructional course and annual meeting were held in chicago, il and accomplished the following objectives: review appropriate anatomy of the cervical spine, compare the methods for diagnosis of neck disorders, evaluate operative and non-operative treatment options for cervical spine disorders, recognize and respond to complications of surgical treatment, and exchange information on cervical spine research, diagnosis and treatment with both us and international surgeons.
$668,836 spent$843,689 earned by the program41% of program spendingIn 2024 csrs awarded just over $431,000 in research grants, award papers, and scholarships furthering their mission of carrying out research and the exchange of information on the cervical spine.
$544,823 spentof which $431,974 as grants$18,123 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe 2024 hands-on surgical techniques course was held in carmel, indiana and hosted over 70 attendees, faculty and corporate representatives. The three day course featured surgical techniques put on through presentations and labs.
$159,526 spent10% of program spendingMember and general program services.
$244,335 spent$262,661 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,617,520.
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 $22M to $17M (−20%).
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.
24% of CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY’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. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $6k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY’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
CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 74% · 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
100% of CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 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
Organizations like CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 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 CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY?
- CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($121,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $141,000 in grants to CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $121,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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