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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,031,550
Total expenses
$1,968,253
Contributions and grants received
$481,202
Grants paid
$431,974
Program service revenue
$1,109,702
Investment income
$421,875
Other revenue
$18,771
Total assets, end of year
$21,850,912
Total liabilities, end of year
$467,283
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,383,629
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,617,520
Management and general expenses
$350,733
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,617,520

Program services were 82.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $481,202

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING REVENUE

    total $785,041 · related or exempt $781,041 · unrelated business $4,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES & ASSESSMENTS

    total $218,914 · related or exempt $218,914

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE

    total $70,748 · related or exempt $70,748

  • 2d · Program service revenue: JOURNAL INCOME

    total $34,999 · related or exempt $34,999

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $421,825 · excluded $421,825

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,153,082

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,153,032

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $50

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $50 · excluded $50

  • 11a · Other revenue: UNUSED GRANT FUNDS

    total $18,123 · related or exempt $18,123

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $648 · related or exempt $648

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,771

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $294,974 · program services $294,974

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,250 · program services $31,250

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $105,750 · program services $105,750

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $444,195 · program services $260,000 · management and general $184,195

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,670 · program services $12,616 · management and general $1,054

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,975 · management and general $9,975

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $88,052 · management and general $88,052

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,079 · program services $47,079

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,078 · program services $7,760 · management and general $1,318

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,300 · program services $47,020 · management and general $8,280

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,597 · program services $24,016 · management and general $1,581

  • 17 · Travel

    total $164,568 · program services $135,346 · management and general $29,222

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $681 · management and general $681

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,532 · management and general $2,532

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $306,462 · program services $297,751 · management and general $8,711

  • 24b · Other expenses: VENUE RENTAL

    total $163,190 · program services $163,190

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUDIO SERVICES

    total $136,100 · program services $134,815 · management and general $1,285

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPEAKER HONORARIUM

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $48,800 · program services $34,953 · management and general $13,847

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $285,677 · end of year $595,724

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $44,492 · end of year $50,202

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,361 · end of year $87,060

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $19,328,672 · end of year $21,117,926

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $681 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $113,848 · end of year $233,098

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $157,134 · end of year $234,185

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,617,690 · end of year $16,065,234

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,821,211 · end of year $5,318,395

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • 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.

    Expenses $668,836 · Revenue $843,689

  • IN 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.

    Expenses $544,823 · Grants $431,974 · Revenue $18,123

  • THE 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.

    Expenses $159,526

  • MEMBER AND GENERAL PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $244,335 · Revenue $262,661

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alpesh A Patel MD MBA Facs

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas E Mroz MD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher I Shaffrey MD

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven C Ludwig MD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zoher Ghogawala MD Facs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael D Daubs MD

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James S Harrop MD Mshqs

    PAST-PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503109349302415

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