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AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

EIN 74-2428242 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$4,263,250
Expenses 2024
$2,127,759

Program services were 90.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H5XZ
Classification
1000
Street
822 W WASHINGTON BLVD

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

2 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

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.

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.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,263,250
    Expenses
    $2,127,759
    Contributions
    $2,980,562
    Grants paid
    $1,825,443
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,389,748
    Expenses
    $1,859,648
    Contributions
    $2,408,268
    Grants paid
    $1,221,634
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,389,748
    Expenses
    $1,859,648
    Contributions
    $2,408,268
    Grants paid
    $1,221,634
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,353,909
    Expenses
    $1,713,965
    Contributions
    $1,530,417
    Grants paid
    $1,218,537

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

    Revenue
    $5,155,385
    Expenses
    $1,311,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,911,695

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,188,844
    Expenses
    $832,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,088,039

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,019,668
    Expenses
    $2,020,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,802,404

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,802,619
    Expenses
    $1,601,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,866,125

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,020,601
    Expenses
    $1,624,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,509,119

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,660,125
    Expenses
    $1,004,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,485,161

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $766,453
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,128,433

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $675,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,954,375

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.