Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$12,705,880

Total expenses

$12,504,063

Contributions and grants received

$1,636,194

Grants paid

$2,090,634

Program service revenue

$8,524,446

Investment income

$2,029,578

Other revenue

$515,662

Total assets, end of year

$42,528,794

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,024,091

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$36,504,703

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,682,344

Management and general expenses

$3,821,719

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,682,344

Program services were 69.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ANNUAL MEETING: THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING TOOK PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. OVER 2,400 INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING. THIRTY TWO PRE AND POST COURSES AND SKILLS LABS WERE OFFERED OUTSIDE OF THE SESSIONS INCLUDED WITH REGISTRATION. THE TOPICS THEY COVERED INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO, MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND, CARPAL INSTABILITY, TREATMENT OF NERVE INJURIES, ELBOW, SCAPHOID FRACTURES, WRIST ARTHROSCOPY, DIVERSITY, DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES, UPPER EXTREMITY FLAPS, WALANT, MUSICIAN AND ELITE ATHLETE SURGERY, ULNAR SIDED WRIST PAIN, ACADEMIC CAREER BUILDING, TENDON AND NERVE TRANSFER, AND NONUNIONS AND MALUNIONS BELOW THE ELBOW. THERE WAS A SUB MEETING, WHICH WAS FOR THE FURTHERING EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS IN WHICH DOCTORS REPORT ON AND DISCUSS DIFFERENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES RESEARCHED AND USED IN UPPER EXTREMITY CARE. ALMOST EVERY EVENT AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING IS PRODUCED TO SERVE OUR MISSION OF ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY.

  Expenses $3,840,798 · Grants $22,283 · Revenue $2,969,659

• EDUCATION MATERIALS: INCLUDED IN HERE ARE THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY, SELF-ASSESSMENT EXAM AND ALL PUBLICATIONS OFFERED BY ASSH. THE SELF-ASSESSMENT EXAM IS PRODUCED BY ASSH EVERY YEAR AND IS A SELF-STUDY PROGRAM WHICH MEMBERS USE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CURRENT WITH THEIR HAND SURGERY KNOWLEDGE. IN 2024 THERE WERE 2,110 REGISTRANTS. THE EXAMINATION IS OFFERED AS A CONVENIENT SELF-EDUCATION EXERCISE BY THE SOCIETY AND IS AVAILABLE TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, ESPECIALLY THOSE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOCUSING ON THE CARE OF THE HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY. DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE PHYSICIAN IN REVIEWING BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HAND CARE, THE EXAM ALSO HELPS TO KEEP THE PHYSICIAN ABREAST OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND CONCEPTS WITHIN THE SPECIALTY. THE EXAMINATION COVERS DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROBLEMS, BOTH SURGICAL AND NON-OPERATIVE, BASIC SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE, AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF HAND SURGERY. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL (CLINICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND RADIOGRAPHS) IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXAMINATION. THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY IS THE FLAGSHIP PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND. THE JHS OFFERS ORIGINAL, PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES REFLECTING CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH AS WELL AS SURGICAL TECHNIQUES RELATED TO DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY. THE PUBLICATION CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 5,000 PAYING SUBSCRIBERS AND IS GIVEN TO ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE ASSH AS PART OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP. THE JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED BY ELSEVIER INC., THROUGH A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH THE HAND SOCIETY. ALL EDITORIAL TASKS ARE PERFORMED BY AN EDITOR IN CHARGE AND DEPUTY EDITORS WHO ARE ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. OUR CONTRACT WITH ELSEVIER PROVIDES FOR GUARANTEED ROYALTIES WHICH PROVIDE A MAIN SOURCE OF THE SOCIETY'S REVENUE. PUBLICATIONS OFFERED BY ASSH INCLUDE THE ASSH TEXTBOOK WHICH IS COMPRISED OF 81 CHAPTERS THAT COMPREHENSIVELY COVER THE FULL CURRICULUM OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY, FEATURING OVER 2000 IMAGES AND NEARLY 140 TECHNIQUE VIDEOS. DOZENS OF INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES, TRADITIONAL PRINT BOOKS AND E-BOOKS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS RELATED TO HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY.

  Expenses $1,329,272 · Revenue $2,831,967

• IN 2024 ASSH CONTRIBUTED $2,000,000 TO AFSH. THROUGH THE COMBINED SUPPORT OF DONORS AND ASSH, AFSH WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER THEIR FUNDING OF RESEARCH EFFORTS TO ENHANCE TREATMENT OF AND PREVENT HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY DIFFICULTIES. FUNDING FOR EDUCATION OF HAND SURGEONS IS ALSO PROVIDED BY AFSH IN ORDER TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE SKILL SET OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY SURGEONS. OUTREACH INITIATIVES ARE ALSO FUNDED BY THE SUPPORT OF DONORS AND ASSH. THESE INITIATIVES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NUMEROUS MISSIONS TO UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE FREE SURGERY AND CONSULTATION AND DOMESTIC OUTREACH DAYS TO PROVIDE FREE SERVICES IN VARIOUS CITIES THROUGHOUT THE US TO THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY CARE.

  Expenses $2,000,000 · Grants $2,000,000

• COURSES

  Expenses $508,346 · Revenue $564,676

• RESEARCH

  Expenses $75,853

• HAND-E

  Expenses $28,743

• PRACTICE DIVISION

  Expenses $151,455 · Grants $16,850

• OUTREACH

  Expenses $547,129 · Grants $51,501

• JOINT IFSSH MEETING

  Expenses $200,748

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

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

• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

  $2,000,000

  TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH IN THE FIELD OF HAND SURGERY

• RUTH PAZ FOUNDATION

  $16,365

  TOUCHING HANDS MISSION REIMBURSEMENT

• SOCIETY OF MILITARY ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS

  $15,000

  WAR INJURY SYMPOSIUM SPONSORSHIP

• THE GUATEMALA HEALING HANDS FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  TOUCHING HANDS MISSION REIMBURSEMENT

• WORLD PEDIATRIC PROJECT

  $11,800

  TOUCHING HANDS MISSION REIMBURSEMENT

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

  501 (C)(3) · SUPPORT THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR HAND SURGERY · IL · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

• AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND PROFESSIONAL ORG

  501(C)(6) · FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE GROWTH FOR HAND SURGERY · IL · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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