Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $456,305
- Total expenses
- $165,763
- Contributions and grants received
- $34,670
- Grants paid
- $50,000
- Program service revenue
- $300,049
- Investment income
- $121,586
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,633,580
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,633,580
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $143,563
- Management and general expenses
- $22,200
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $143,563
Program services were 86.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$34,670
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2a · Program service revenue: BIENIAL EVENT
total $300,049
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3 · Investment income
total $127,917 · excluded $127,917
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $228,489
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $234,820
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$6,331
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$6,331 · excluded -$6,331
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $50,000 · program services $50,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,102 · program services $551 · management and general $551
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,050 · program services $2,025 · management and general $2,025
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $19,034 · management and general $19,034
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $48,127 · program services $48,127
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $16,693 · program services $16,693
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,493 · program services $1,493
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24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAX - PER 1099
total $579 · management and general $579
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24b · Other expenses: TN ANNUAL FEE
total $21 · program services $10 · management and general $11
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24c · Other expenses: AWARDS/HONORIUMS/
total $2,222 · program services $2,222
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24d · Other expenses: PRINTING - NEWSLETTER/PAMPHLETS
total $22,442 · program services $22,442
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $334,449 · end of year $205,572
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,008,589 · end of year $2,428,008
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,343,038 · end of year $2,633,580
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The ASSFN is dedicated to the treatment of functional disorders of the nervous system through the use of stereotaxy and other forms of surgical technology . The Society accomplishes this mission through public and professional education, dissemination of novel research, outreach to patients, and promotion of excellence in clinical care.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The mission of the society is to promote advances in the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery through scientific inquiry and the free exchange of information.
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ASSFN held its Biennal event on June 1-4, 2024. The event took place in Nashville, TN. The scientific organization committee planned sessions,on explore cutting-edge topics at the Daily PlenarySessions, featuring experts on Innovation in Neurosurgery,Collaborations in Music, Sports, and Neurosurgery, Exploringthe Conscious and Unconscious Brain, Advances in NeuralInterfaces, and Unlocking the Brain. Tailor your experiencewith parallel sessions covering diverse topics, includingBig Data and AI, Pediatric Surgical Advances, The Evolutionof Epilepsy Surgery, The Evolution of Movement DisorderSurgery, The Evolution of Psychiatric Neuromodulation,The Evolution of Pain Surgery, and Connectomic FunctionalNeurosurgery and Bench to Bedside Advances. There was sessions covering preclinical and basic research as well as lectures on clinical research. This event was attended by professionals with an interest in the field of SFN to support the mission of the society. Altogether the nearly 700 registrants for the event enjoyed 4 days of SF neurosurgery content .
Expenses $143,563 · Revenue $300,049
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Rushani AliRUSHANI ALI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Andre MachadoANDRE MACHADO
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Julie PilitsisJULIE PILITSIS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Shabbar DanishSHABBAR DANISH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ellen AirELLEN AIR
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wael AsaadWAEL ASAAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sara BickSARA BICK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Clement HamaniCLEMENT HAMANI
SEC- TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jon WillieJON WILLIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer SweetJENNIFER SWEET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ashwin VismanathanASHWIN VISMANATHAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Chenyuan WuCHENYUAN WU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
- 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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UTMB
$50,000
NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202502209349300645
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