American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Analysis

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery is a registered charity in United States, based in Mundelein, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $916k to $1.0m (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 290%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley View Hospital Foundation ($1.0m), Sunrise Center ($1.0m) and Nami-Oregon ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $318k, net assets of $1.9m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.