Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,577 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,500). 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
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Foundation does
Mission
To be the philanthropic arm of the society for surgery of the alimentary tract. The foundation supports the research and education mission of the society. The history of the society demonstrates that research is the basis for new techniques, new procedures, and ultimately improved patient care. Education supports the research component by assuring that these new developments in surgery rapidly become part of everyday practice for the surgeons.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Awards and grants - for young faculty members to assist in the establishment of investigators, basic or clinical, in digestive diseases; for speakers presenting at the annual meeting; for fellowships to promote interaction and learning either among ssat members within the united states or canada, or in surgical units overseas; and for outstanding surgical educators/mentors and clinical surgeons.
$185,485 spentof which $185,485 as grants64% of program spendingAwards reception - the annual ssat foundation awards reception is the event at which the grant recipients for each year's awards are announced, so that the successes of the foundation can be celebrated. The reception is meant to further build awareness of the foundation and its efforts, and serves as an additional fundraising mechanism for the foundation.
$54,372 spent$18,900 earned by the program19% of program spendingResidents conference - ssat held a resident conference at which educational and scientific information in the medical field relating to alimentary tract surgery is imparted to the residents attending. The foundation presents awards at this conference.
$48,232 spentof which $27,842 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $288,089.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $4.4M to $3.6M (−18%).
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.
43% of SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Stanley W Ashley Md Facs
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $19 → $16.
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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $866k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION’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
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION.
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
100% of SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION'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. $6k 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
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION: 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 SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION?
- SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,577 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,500). 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 SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,577 in grants to SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2018–2024), 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