American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Legal name: American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364241052
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Rosemont, Illinois, USA
- Phone
- 847.823.7186
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,854,762
- Expenses
- $27,458,717
- Assets
- $21,374,711
- Liabilities
- $9,522,213
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
44 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL TORNETTA III MD (PRESIDENT)
- ANNUNZIATO AMENDOLA MD (FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT)
- WILFORD K GIBSON MD (SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN J BOZIC MD (PAST PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS E AREND JR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- LISE PUCKORIUS OLC (OLC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- THOMAS E AREND JR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $1,037,016 total reported compensation
- KONSTANTINOS T DAMALAS (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $611,685 total reported compensation
- ANNA SALT TROISE (CHIEF COMMERICAL OFFICER): $522,949 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Serving the orthopaedic profession to advance musculoskeletal health.
What it reported doing in 2024
The association carries on the orthopaedic community's advocacy activities related to healthcare issues on behalf of patients and professionals. Volunteers proactively support patient access to health care by contacting and meeting with members of congress and other decision makers together with their patients to make sure they understand the issues surrounding musculoskeletal health so they can make informed decisions regarding health care funding.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 76.5%; rating input score 76; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 13 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 44 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.