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RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,071 to it, the largest being INTUITIVE FOUNDATION ($180,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $455k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons does
Mission
The foundation is organized for charitable, scientific and educational purposes as set forth in its articles of incorporation. The foundation shall develop fundraising projects and approve funding of research and educational programs related to colon and rectal disease.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Career development award: award provides funds for two years of research for young colon and rectal surgeons. In the areas of pathophysiology, evaluation or management of the small bowel, colon, rectum or anus.
$150,000 spentof which $150,000 as grants43% of program spendingGeneral surgery grant: to attract general surgery residents into the field of colon and rectal surgery by providing opportunities to engage in clinical or laboratory-based research focused on diseases of the colon, rectum and anus.
$120,000 spentof which $120,000 as grants34% of program spendingLimited project grant: to provide investigators the opportunity to pursue research interest, specifically germane to the field of colon and rectal surgery.
$70,000 spentof which $70,000 as grants20% of program spendingOther misc grants awarded
$11,081 spentof which $6,686 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $351,081.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.2M to $7.3M (−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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
David A Westman
Ascrs executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $180k → $18.
1 of 2 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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS’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
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
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
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71 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.
Organizations like RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
20%
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
- American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS: 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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS?
- RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,071 to it, the largest being INTUITIVE FOUNDATION ($180,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $180,071 in grants to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS?
- INTUITIVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS 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 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