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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,263,250
Total expenses
$2,127,759
Contributions and grants received
$2,980,562
Grants paid
$1,825,443
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,277,583
Other revenue
$5,105
Total assets, end of year
$41,407,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,685,072
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,722,132
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,916,660
Management and general expenses
$108,025
Fundraising expenses
$103,074
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,916,660

Program services were 90.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,000,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $980,562

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $992,524 · excluded $992,524

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,168,578

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

    securities $2,883,519

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $285,059

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $285,059 · excluded $285,059

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,105 · related or exempt $5,105

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,252,566 · program services $1,252,566

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $475,469 · program services $475,469

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $97,408 · program services $97,408

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,292 · program services $37,197 · management and general $17,297 · fundraising $11,798

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,082 · program services $38,200 · management and general $17,765 · fundraising $12,117

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,013 · program services $3,374 · management and general $1,569 · fundraising $1,070

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,211 · program services $6,291 · management and general $2,925 · fundraising $1,995

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,950 · program services $4,461 · management and general $2,074 · fundraising $1,415

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $250 · management and general $250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,591 · management and general $24,591

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,363 · management and general $24,363

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,667 · program services $1,694 · management and general $16,309 · fundraising $664

  • 17 · Travel

    total $264 · fundraising $264

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $64,456 · management and general $882 · fundraising $63,574

  • 24a · Other expenses: PLANNED GIVING ANNUITY

    total $10,177 · fundraising $10,177

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,340,164 · end of year $1,026,733

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,740,247 · end of year $2,691,122

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $50,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $26,822,563 · end of year $30,082,216

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,912,441 · end of year $7,414,021

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $138,372 · end of year $143,112

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,080 · end of year $718,532

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,420,312 · end of year $922,374

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $46,462 · end of year $44,166

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,218,491 · end of year $38,036,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,261,442 · end of year $1,686,026

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE CARE OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY DISORDERS BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE EFFICIENT COLLECTION OF DONATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING HAND SURGERY; TO STIMULATE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION OF AND TEACHING ON THE METHODS FOR PREVENTING, CORRECTING AND TREATING DISEASES OF THE HAND ARISING FROM CONGENITAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, NUTRITIONAL, TRAUMATIC, OR OTHER CAUSES; TO PERFORM AND DO ANY AND ALL SUCH OTHER ACTS AS ARE NECESSARY, CONVENIENT, OR PROPER TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES.

  • GRANTS PROGRAM - DEVELOP NEW IDEAS AND NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY CARE THROUGH A VARIETY OF GRANTS.ISSUED FIRST ROUND OF PRACTICE GRANTS

    Expenses $900,333 · Grants $900,333

  • EDUCATION PROGRAM - ELEVATING THE SKILL LEVEL OF SURGEONS IN THE AREAS OF HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY THROUGH FUNDING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AWARDING OF GRANTS. INCLUDED IN HERE ARE RESIDENT AND FELLOW SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH ALLOW APPROXIMATELY 170 YOUNG SURGEONS TO ATTEND THE ASSH ANNUAL MEETING AT NO COST.

    Expenses $547,291 · Grants $547,291

  • OUTREACH PROGRAM - TO PROVIDE "SHORT TERM MISSIONS" OF HAND SURGERY/THERAPY IN COMBINATION WITH PRACTICAL EDUCATION ON CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR COMMON PROBLEMS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS. IN 2024 THE TOUCHING HANDS PROJECT CONDUCTED MISSIONS TO ETHIOPIA AND HONDURAS.

    Expenses $377,819 · Grants $377,819

  • ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR GRANTS AND AWARDS.

    Expenses $91,217

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy L Ladd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Duretti T Fufa MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Ana Escagedo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie A Katarincic MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Edward Diao MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey A Greenberg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • R Glenn Gaston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William H Seitz Jr

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • L Scott Levin MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Steven L Moran MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Ryan P Calfee MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Charles A Goldfarb

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Bobby Chhabra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Mihir J Desai

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Baratz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jennifer Moraitis Wolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Tamara D Rozental

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related
  • Brent R Degeorge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Chandler

    CFO/ FOUNDATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $331,464
    From this org
    $54,171
    From related orgs
    $216,685
    Other
    $60,608
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $51,171 + $204,685 related
    Bonus
    $3,000 + $12,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,500 + $22,001 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,621 + $26,486 related
    Filer's total
    $66,292 + $265,172 related
  • Kevin Kleifgn

    DIGITAL PROJECT AND CONTENT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $124,403
    From this org
    $14,111
    From related orgs
    $89,189
    Other
    $21,103
    Hours/week
    5.5 + 34.5 related

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE RELATED ORGANIZATION USES A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349300119

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