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ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

EIN 36-6009467 ROSEMONT, IL

Revenue 2024
$4,671,069
Expenses 2024
$6,171,537

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H500
Classification
1000
Street
9400 W HIGGINS RD STE 320

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 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) mission is improving lives by supporting excellence in orthopaedic research. OREF's vision is that it will be the leader in supporting orthopaedic research to improve function, eliminate pain and restore mobility.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Improving lives by supporting excellence in orthopaedic research.

  • Grant program: The purpose of OREF is to support research into the causes and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. OREF's niche is supporting surgeon-researchers and PHD-researchers in basic science/translation, clinical, and health services research.

    Expenses $4,941,000 · Grants $3,092,451

  • OREF's education program offers new orthopaedic medical researchers the opportunity to develop their research interests and skills. Through educational programming, OREF supports emerging talent to help them successfully pursue research careers.

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.

  • Joshua J Jacobs MD

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Thomas P Sculco MD

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard F Kyle MD

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrew N Pollak MD

    President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James R Ficke MD

    2nd President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen L Hackett

    Secretary / Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Francis Y Lee MD PhD

    Chair RGC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeffrey S Abrams MD

    Chair, Innovations & Partn

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard F Santore MD

    Chair-Individual Developme

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeremie M Axe MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nicholas M Bernthal MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Daniel J Berry MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael P Bolognesi MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John D Kelly IV MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David C Templeman MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ivan Tormos

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stuart Weinstein MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rhonda Dirr

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $139,461
    From this org
    $116,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,420
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lee Grossman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $369,096
    From this org
    $308,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,547
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,633
    Filer's total
    $369,096

  • Dan Krupp

    Corporate Relations/Innova

    Total calculated
    $197,690
    From this org
    $153,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,193
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,497
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,109
    Filer's total
    $197,690

  • Deborah Cummins

    VP of Research and Grants

    Total calculated
    $197,637
    From this org
    $150,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,792
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,845
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,150
    Filer's total
    $197,637

  • Carmen Metoyer

    VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $118,965
    From this org
    $105,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,867
    Hours/week
    40

  • Karen Pubentz

    Sr. Director of Communicat

    Total calculated
    $175,119
    From this org
    $148,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,553
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,566
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,810
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,743
    Filer's total
    $175,119

  • John Johnson

    Campaigns Director

    Total calculated
    $147,591
    From this org
    $134,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,234
    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. 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
    $4,671,069
    Expenses
    $6,171,537
    Contributions
    $4,118,643
    Grants paid
    $3,092,451
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,255,766
    Expenses
    $5,238,185
    Contributions
    $3,251,613
    Grants paid
    $1,321,355
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,641,953
    Expenses
    $5,574,158
    Contributions
    $3,219,832
    Grants paid
    $2,130,495

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
    $3,972,441
    Expenses
    $4,263,330
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,322,488

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,855,378
    Expenses
    $3,507,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,903,586

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,436,812
    Expenses
    $5,424,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,173,135

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,672,082
    Expenses
    $4,946,601
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,718,387

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,087,726
    Expenses
    $5,187,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,537,755

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,105,233
    Expenses
    $5,165,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,717,011

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,816,461
    Expenses
    $5,623,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,480,383

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,572,135
    Expenses
    $5,133,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,669,534

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,640,568
    Expenses
    $7,512,237
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,971,473

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,219,190
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,158,671

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

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • Charitable Remainder Trusts

    T · Charitable trusts · IL

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.