Ao North America Inc
Wayne, PA · EIN 37-1901892. Reported 265 grants totalling $15.0M to 89 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Ao North America Inc, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 89 distinct organizations, with 20% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 84% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $32,500. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $65,000; the smallest was $5,467 and the largest $1,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ao North America Charitable Fund | Wayne, PA | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $607,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Chicago, IL | $587,880 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $503,850 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Orthocarolina Spine Center | Charlotte, NC | $320,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Dallas, TX | $302,538 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $294,350 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $281,748 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $280,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Missouri - Columbia | Kansas City, MO | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Detroit, MI | $264,998 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $244,730 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $239,377 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr | Columbia, MO | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Augusta University Research Institute Inc | Augusta, GA | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $205,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $201,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center | Jackson, MS | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $198,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | New York, NY | $195,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metrohealth Medical Center | Cleveland, OH | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining | New York, NY | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| State of West Virginia | Morgantown, WV | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winstonsalem, NC | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $172,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesvle, VA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shock Trauma Associates Pa | Baltimore, MD | $159,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $130,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Trauma Fellowship | Detroit, MI | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | $124,600 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation | Independence, OH | $117,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Diego Spine Foundation | San Diego, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Upmc | Pittsburgh, PA | $110,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $96,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $77,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association | Glenolden, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Head and Neck Foundation | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Shore University Hospital | Westbury, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $71,881 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $69,948 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle, WA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Spiegel Center | Newton, MA | $64,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Otolaryngology of Cny Llp | Syracuse, NY | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orthopedic Trauma Association Inc | Schaumburg, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lsuhsc Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Shreveport, LA | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| R I H Orthopaedic Foundation Inc | Providence, RI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University at Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc | Buffalo, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kansas University Endowment Assoc | Lawrence, KS | $34,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nyu Grossman School of Medicine | Dorchester, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St John Health System Foundation Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcv Associated Physicians | Richmond, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| David Geffen School of Medicine | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Enuval | Vancouver, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orlando Health Inc | Orlando, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research | Westbury, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trauma & Emergency Suspecialty Surgeons | Highlands Ranch, CO | $16,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scientific Education & Research Foundation | Thornton, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ut Health San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Indiana University | Detroit, MI | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loma Linda University | Loma Linda, CA | $9,925 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation | Camden, NJ | $5,467 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
67 of 89 (75%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 55 of 89 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | $4,904,392 | $60,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $4,763,626 | $65,000 |
| 2023 | 65 | $2,956,925 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 87 | $2,353,949 | $24,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
21% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $32,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ao North America Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 86 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 11 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 435 Devon Park Drive 820, Wayne, PA, 19087.
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