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Form 990 for tax year 2024

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

Totals

Total revenue
$223,493
Total expenses
$221,474
Contributions and grants received
$66,293
Grants paid
$42,000
Program service revenue
$124,959
Investment income
$32,190
Other revenue
$51
Total assets, end of year
$2,558,472
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,556,868
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$104,880
Management and general expenses
$116,594
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$104,880

Program services were 47.4% 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

    $66,293

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $124,859 · related or exempt $124,859

  • 2b · Program service revenue: IFSSH CONGRESS

    total $100 · related or exempt $100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,190 · excluded $32,190

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $51 · related or exempt $51

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

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

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $22,000 · program services $22,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,000 · management and general $21,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,643 · management and general $3,643

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,880 · management and general $5,880

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,845 · management and general $20,845

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,948 · management and general $3,948

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,634 · management and general $3,634

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,301 · management and general $15,301

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $708 · management and general $708

  • 17 · Travel

    total $44,779 · program services $7,205 · management and general $37,574

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,711 · program services $19,882 · management and general $829

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,232 · management and general $3,232

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $35,793 · program services $35,793

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $423,441 · end of year $416,656

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,041,508 · end of year $2,141,816

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $648 · end of year $1,604

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,928,371 · end of year $1,990,996

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $535,930 · end of year $565,872

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • THE FEDERATION CONDUCTS A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC EVENT EVERY THREE YEARS (THE "CONGRESS"). THE CONGRESS INCLUDES SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND A FULL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM INCLUDING LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS. ATTENDEES INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND TRAINEE SURGEONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2022 THE SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS WAS HELD IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, (JUNE 6TH-10TH) AND ATTRACTED 3,765 REGISTRANTS FROM 91 COUNTRIES. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THIS CONGRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE 2022 FORM 990. THE NEXT SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 24TH-28TH, 2025 AND WILL BE REPORTED IN THE 2025 FORM 990.

    Expenses $27,087 · Revenue $100

  • 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 2024, GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT EDUCATION WORLDWIDE. GRANTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL HOST ORGANIZATION OF THE UPCOMING 2025 IFSSH-IFSHT CONGRESS, TO SPONSOR THE 2025 IFSSH-AAHS/ASSH TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT BRINGS YOUNG SURGEONS TO THE USA, VISITING HAND SURGERY CENTERS AND ATTENDING THE 2025 CONGRESS. GRANTS WERE APPROVED TO ASSIST THE PREPARATION OF THE "CURRENT PRACTICE IN HAND SURGERY" TEXTBOOK. AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN CHINA WAS SUPPORTED IN WHICH EXPERIENCED SURGEONS FROM EASTERN CHINA ATTENDED CENTERS IN TWO MAJOR WESTERN CHINA PROVINCES TO TEACH AND ASSIST LOCAL SURGEONS. EDUCATIONAL GRANTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR HAND THERAPY THERAPISTS (IFSHT) TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $42,000 · Grants $42,000

  • 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 THE "HAND SURGERY RESOURCE" EDUCAITONAL ASSET, PROVIDING ONLINE FREE ACCESS TO ALL HAND SURGEONS FOR THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION.

    Expenses $35,793

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Garcia Elias

    IMMED PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Nagle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • S Raja Sabapathy

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Warwick

    SECRETARY-GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jin Bo Tang

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francisco Del Pinal

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Bain

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Shewring

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge Clifton Correa

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aida Garcia Gomez

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    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
21 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521419349301502

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