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PERRY INITIATIVE

EIN 27-3728166 OMAHA, NE

Largest nonprofits in Nebraska

Revenue 2024
$590,154
Expenses 2024
$505,941

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B03
Classification
2000
Street
1402 JONES ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Perry Initiative was formed to promote the advancement of women in orthopaedic surgery and engineering through mentorship, strategic research and advocacy, and community outreach. The Perry Initiative strives to develop future leaders in the fields of Orthopaedic Surgery and Engineering.

  • The Perry Initiative is a non-profit organization that inspires young women to pursue careers in orthopaedics through day-long outreach programs, Perry Outreach Program - POP for high school students and for first and second year medical students Medical Student Outreach Program - MSOP. Both POP and MSOP feature laboratory-based workshops that introduce surgical and engineering skills along with small-group mentoring from prominent women surgeons, biomedical engineers, and business professionals in orthopaedics Program evaluation results indicate that both POP and MSOP are effective in building the pipeline for women in the orthopaedics workforce. Follow up studies have shown that 85 of POP alumnae are pursuing STEM majors at the college level, with 25 in engineering and 60 in the biosciences. The MSOP has had a similar positive effect on first and second year medical students' intentions to pursue careers in orthopaedics. After participating in the program, 90 of the students who were initially undecided on a specialty, 100 of those initially considering another specialty, and 96 of those who were initially considering orthopaedic surgery indicated that they were now considering or strongly considering applying to orthopaedic surgery residency programs.

    Expenses $420,112 · Grants $3,000 · Revenue $243,960

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Amelia Knarr

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $65,933
    From this org
    $58,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,600
    Hours/week
    40
  • Traci Beeson

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $25,000
    From this org
    $25,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Lattanza MD

    Co-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Coyner MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenni Buckley PhD

    Co-President & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Haydee Brown MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Laporte MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith D'Amico MA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Van Heest MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristy Weber MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meg Smith PhD

    Director

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $590,154
    Expenses
    $505,941
    Contributions
    $284,735
    Grants paid
    $3,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $530,101
    Expenses
    $439,336
    Contributions
    $209,073
    Grants paid
    $24,452
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $486,757
    Expenses
    $383,410
    Contributions
    $345,831
    Grants paid
    $30,675

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $173,133
    Expenses
    $252,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $314,100
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $164,848
    Expenses
    $261,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $366,947
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $416,086
    Expenses
    $354,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $489,509
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,361
    Expenses
    $308,894
    Assets (EOY)
    $435,699
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $399,231
    Expenses
    $318,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,503
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,031
    Expenses
    $251,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,552
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $303,715
    Expenses
    $245,028
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,477
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $288,866
    Expenses
    $248,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,342
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $208,948
    Expenses
    $209,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,475

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
Lisa Lattanza MD
Mailing address
300 Montgomery Street Suite 1050San Francisco CA 94104
Website
www.perryinitiative.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • Sawbones

    $4,290

    2023

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.