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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE SURGERY OF TRAUMA

EIN 36-2985865 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$4,107,798
Expenses 2024
$3,919,756

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G9BZ
Classification
1000
Street
633 N SAINT CLAIR ST STE 2600

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

TO FURNISH LEADERSHIP AND TO FOSTER ADVANCES IN THE SURGERY OF TRAUMA; TO AFFORD A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING TO RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND TRAINING IN THE SURGERY OF TRAUMA; TO STIMULATE INVESTIGATION AND TEACHING IN THE METHODS OF TREATING INJURIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENCOURAGE SPECIALIZATION IN THE FIELD OF SURGERY OF TRAUMA.

  • THE ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED TO ENCOURAGE SPECIALIZATION IN THE FIELD OF SURGERY OF TRAUMA, INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED, PROMOTE, AND MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATERIALS.

    Expenses $2,224,409 · Grants $290,655 · Revenue $1,900,324

  • THE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY, WHICH IS AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION TO ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS. THE JOURNAL PROVIDES A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON TRAUMATIC INJURY, AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS WITHIN THIS GENERAL FIELD. EMPHASIZING CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TRAUMA CARE. EACH ISSUE PRESENTS PRACTICAL INFORMATION OF IMMEDIATE USE TO THE PHYSICIAN CARING FOR CRITICALLY INJURED PATIENTS. AAST also publishes Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open journal which is an open access journal and published manuscripts in the field of trauma, surgical critical care and emergency surgery.

    Expenses $531,266 · Revenue $665,639

  • THE ACUTE CARE SURGERY FELLOWSHIP IS A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SURGEONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED RESIDENCY AND WANT ADDITIONAL TRAINING. THE TRAINING PROGRAM IS TWO YEARS.

    Expenses $102,994 · Revenue $100,850

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.

  • CLAY COTHREN BURLEW MD

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KAREN BRASEL MD MBA

    PROGRAM CH/RECORDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PATRICK REILLY MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RONALD STEWART MD

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROSEMARY KOZAR MD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVID LIVINGSTON MD

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVID SPAIN MD

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • EILEEN BULGER MD

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOSEPH CUSCHIERI MD

    MANAGER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOSEPH GALANTE

    MANAGER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KENJI INABA MD

    MANAGER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROCHELLE DICKER MD

    MANAGER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • STEPHANIE SAVAGE MD MSC

    MANAGER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHARON GAUTSCHY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $4,107,798
    Expenses
    $3,919,756
    Contributions
    $355,809
    Grants paid
    $290,655
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,536,921
    Expenses
    $3,675,753
    Contributions
    $159,459
    Grants paid
    $267,533
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,610,187
    Expenses
    $3,522,200
    Contributions
    $144,195
    Grants paid
    $185,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,224,330
    Expenses
    $3,164,753
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,372,551

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,688,599
    Expenses
    $2,359,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,147,194

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,189,205
    Expenses
    $2,954,502
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,159,751

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,175,614
    Expenses
    $3,225,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,573,844

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,548,259
    Expenses
    $2,439,265
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,696,854

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

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