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ORTHOCAROLINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

EIN 01-0648145 CHARLOTTE, NC

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Revenue 2024
$2,643,097
Expenses 2024
$2,078,142

Program services were 68.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H50
Classification
1200
Street
2001 VAIL AVE STE 300

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORTHOCAROLINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE (OCRI) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT 501(C)3 THAT EXISTS TO FACILITATE RELEVANT ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH WHICH ADVANCES ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENTS, IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS, AND EDUCATES THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND CONDUCT STATE OF THE ART SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHOPEDIC CARE. OCRI WORKS BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AS WELL AS IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, PHARMACEUTICAL AND DEVICE COMPANIES AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE MISSION.

  • THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION AND PRIORITIES ARE CENTRALLY FOCUSED ON (1) IMPROVED ORTHOPEDIC PATIENT CARE AND (2) HIGH QUALITY EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES WHOSE GOAL IS TO ANSWER CLINICAL QUESTIONS FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES. THE INSTITUTE LEADS ONGOING FDA-REGULATED CLINICAL TRIALS AND INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIC STUDIES. RESEARCH IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS WITH GREATER THAN 85 PUBLICATIONS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $1,327,706 · Revenue $347,405

  • THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS FOCUSED ON ADVANCING BOTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ORTHOPEDICS. THE ORTHOCAROLINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE HOSTS AN EDUCATIONAL CME (CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION) SYMPOSIUM, KNOWN AS OSCAR MILLER DAY, FOR 350-400 ORTHOPEDIC PROVIDERS AND ALLIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS EACH YEAR. THIS SYMPOSIUM IS OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND IS MARKETED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TOPICS ARE ROTATED ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $88,957

  • ARMS FOR ALL IS A PROGRAM UNDER OCRI THAT COVERS THE GAP EXPENSE BETWEEN WHAT INSURANCE WILL COVER AND WHAT IS THE BEST PROSTHETIC FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE LOST A LIMB.

    Expenses $5,167

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.

  • Clenn Gaston MD

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick M Connor

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Bruce Darden MD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Charles East III

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • John L Fraley Jr

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • William Griffin MD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Fred R Jones

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Smith

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard E Thigpen

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Velva Woolen

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brian Curtin MD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Nancy McNellis

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christi Cadd

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,466
    From this org
    $157,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,081
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,811
    Bonus
    $12,574
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,464
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,617
    Filer's total
    $181,466

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
    $2,643,097
    Expenses
    $2,078,142
    Contributions
    $2,030,884
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,847,078
    Expenses
    $2,302,760
    Contributions
    $989,188
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,579,440
    Expenses
    $2,039,263
    Contributions
    $945,893
    Grants paid
    $131,381

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
    $2,899,567
    Expenses
    $2,251,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,697,920
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,006,703
    Expenses
    $2,133,587
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,763,254
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,188,371
    Expenses
    $3,077,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,694,363
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,981,676
    Expenses
    $2,118,532
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,166,904
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,348,225
    Expenses
    $1,851,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,412,571
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,143,055
    Expenses
    $1,863,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,801,814
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,513,744
    Expenses
    $1,581,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,430,081
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,500,577
    Expenses
    $1,504,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,612,615
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,685,898
    Expenses
    $1,463,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,667,286
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,227,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,273,606

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.