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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$238,208
Total expenses
$201,626
Contributions and grants received
$86,790
Grants paid
$20,000
Program service revenue
$121,657
Investment income
$29,761
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,761,937
Total liabilities, end of year
$168,058
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,593,879
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$71,170
Management and general expenses
$130,456
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$71,170

Program services were 35.3% 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

    $86,790

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $119,062 · related or exempt $119,062

  • 2b · Program service revenue: IFSSH CONGRESS

    total $2,595 · related or exempt $2,595

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,666 · excluded $31,666

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $31,414

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

    securities $33,319

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,905

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,905 · related or exempt -$1,905

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,416 · management and general $27,416

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,687 · management and general $30,687

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,620 · program services $7,620

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,625 · management and general $1,625

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $146 · program services $146

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,439 · management and general $12,439

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,328 · management and general $42,328

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,776 · management and general $12,776

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,185 · management and general $3,185

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $34,068 · program services $34,068

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,040 · program services $3,040

  • 24c · Other expenses: FINANCE SOFTWARE

    total $1,831 · program services $1,831

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES WITHHELD

    total $1,734 · program services $1,734

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,731 · program services $2,731

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $416,656 · end of year $445,943

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,141,816 · end of year $2,315,994

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,604 · end of year $2,434

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $165,624

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,990,996 · end of year $1,946,192

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $565,872 · end of year $647,687

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND IN THIS WAY INCREASE AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE OF SURGERY OF THE HAND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

  • THE FEDERATION CONDUCTS A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC EVENT EVERY THREE YEARS (THE "CONGRESS"). THE CONGRESS INCLUDES A FULL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, INCLUDING LECTURES, ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS. ATTENDEES INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION'S MEMBER SOCIETIES AND TRAINEE SURGEONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2025, THE CONGRESS WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C., USA, MARCH 24-28. IT ATTRACTED 2400 HAND SURGEONS, HAND THERAPISTS, AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM 87 COUNTRIES. THE ASSOCIATED TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HOSTED 20 YOUNG SURGEONS AT US HAND SURGERY CENTRES. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THIS CONGRESS IN REPORTED IN THE 2025 FORM 990. THE NEXT CONGRESS WILL BE HELD IN SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 2028.

    Expenses $17,102 · Revenue $121,657

  • THE FEDERATION SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF HAND SURGERY WORLDWIDE BY MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH A MAJOR INTEREST IN HAND SURGERY TO FUND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES LIKELY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HAND SURGERY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN 2025, THE IFSSH-AAHS-ASSH TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WAS UNDERTAKEN (ASSOCIATED FINANCE REPORTED IN THE 2024 FORM 990). FURTHER GRANTS WERE AWARDED AND PAID IN 2025 TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND (10,000) TO RUN IFSSH-NAMED WORKSHOPS AT THEIR BIENNIAL SCIENTIFIC EVENT (MARCH 2026, MUMBAI) AND TO PROGRESS HAND SURGERY IN BURUNDI THROUGH SPECIFIC WALANT SURGICAL WORKSHOPS (10,000).

    Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

  • THE FEDERATION PUBLISHES AN EZINE (E-MAGAZINE) WHICH INCLUDES SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL SURGEONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSORS AND OTHERS. THE FEDERATION ALSO OVERSEES AND ADMINISTERS THE "HAND SURGERY RESOURCE" EDUCATIONAL ASSET, PROVIDING ONLINE FREE ACCESS TO ALL HAND SURGEONS FOR THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION.

    Expenses $34,068

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • S Raja Sabapathy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Warwick

    PRESIDENT EL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Nagle

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jin Bo Tang

    SECRETARY GE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aida Garcia Gomez

    COMMUNICATIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Satoshi Ichihara

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ilse Degreef

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Hobby

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Moran

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fidel Cayon

    MEMBER-AT-LA

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
30 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202612439349300701

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