Chicago Arthroplasty Alumni Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453507904
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3124050359
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Surgery Specialties

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,837
Expenses
$16,136
Assets
$120,704
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOD GERLINGER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TOD GERLINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT SPORER (TREASURER)
  • GLEN WERA (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, and consistent with these purposes and by way of illustration, but not in limitation thereof, to educate members with respect to current practices and surgical techniques in hip and knee arthroplasty; to disseminate information on translational research and modern innovations in total hip and knee arthroplasty, to instill practice ideals consistent with the highest standards of patient care and ethical considerations and to ensure all members maintain the highest level of professionalism and encourage further participation in peer review and maintenance of the foundations quarterly newsletter.

What it reported doing in 2024

Professional education with respect to the current practices and surgical techniques in hip and knee arthroplasty.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.48; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.