Omega Medical Grants Association
OMEGA Medical Grants Association is a Form 990-EZ public charity based in Rosemont, Illinois. It awarded and administered grants for graduate orthopaedic medical education, including support for orthopaedic fellowships and continuing medical education scholarships. The organization appears to have wound down: its 2024 filing is marked as its final return, and it states that it completed its final liquidation and distribution payment during 2025. Its 2025 filing reports no grants and no assets.
Omega Medical Grants Association at a glance
- Revenue (2025)
- $14,375
- +10.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $7,388
- -95.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Omega Medical Grants Association
- Contact
Mailing address: 9400 W Higgins Road 315, Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 318-7482
Website: https://omegamedicalgrants.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Omega Medical Grants Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
184 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 136 grants of 184 (74%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Is Omega Medical Grants Association open to new grantees?
57%
first-time grantees, 2023
In 2023, 32 of 56 grantees (57%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $23K; repeat grants $19K. How we count
Medians: $15K first-time, $16K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2023). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $23K (2024) to $7.6M (2020). In 2024 it reported $23K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rothman Institute Ortho Fdn Philadelphia, PA | Fellowship | $75,500 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | Fellowship | $67,600 |
| Regents of University of MN Minneapolis, MN | Fellowship | $59,875 |
| New York University Boston, MA | Fellowship | $45,000 |
| Vanderbilt University Med Cent Nashville, TN | Fellowship | $44,750 |
| UT Health Science Ctr Houston Houston, TX | Fellowship | $44,750 |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | Fellowship | $39,750 |
| Washington University St. Louis, MO | Fellowship | $32,500 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Fellowship | $32,500 |
| Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD | Fellowship | $29,250 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The 2024 filing reported that accounts payable and grants payable, each of which had an opening balance, were both reduced to zero by year-end.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $14,375 | $7,388 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $152,219 | $12,976 | $172,016 | $22,840 | Total only | $12,976 |
| 2023 | $968,910 | $433,133 | $1,804,029 | $1,186,725 | 56 | $32,931 |
| 2022 | $3,000,228 | $1,817,222 | $3,085,194 | $2,488,395 | 58 | $19,684 |
| 2021 | $5,080,670 | $4,530,118 | $4,626,712 | $4,099,605 | 70 | $22,802 |
| 2020 | $7,030,259 | $10,095,451 | $8,223,103 | $7,638,630 | 76 | $7,068 |
| 2019 | $2,309,415 | $2,417,581 | $2,660,210 | $2,203,450 | 66 | $3,861 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission was to award and administer grants for graduate orthopaedic medical education through an open, accessible process intended to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest and ensure transparency in allocating resources. Its stated program areas were financial support for orthopaedic fellowships and CME scholarships.
Its 2023 grantees included medical centers, universities, and a foundation. The grantees described their own work in terms including patient care, education, research, and community health. For example, Mayo Clinic described its mission as providing care through integrated clinical practice, education, and research; Rush University Medical Center described a mission to improve health through patient care, education, research, and community partnerships. The Hand Rehabilitation Foundation described its work as education and research related to upper-extremity surgery and rehabilitation.
Grantmaking
In 2023, OMEGA reported giving $1,186,725 through 56 grants. Listed recipients included Mayo Clinic ($39,750), Rush University Medical Center ($19,000), Carilion Medical Center ($17,500), Montefiore Medical Center ($16,000), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($15,000), the University of Rochester ($14,000), the Hand Rehabilitation Foundation ($14,000), and Mercy Medical Center ($14,000).
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing were Paul T. Rubery, MD, president; Robert J. Bielski, MD, secretary; Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, treasurer; Jesse E. Bible, MD; Kevin P. Black, MD; Robert D. Bronstein, MD; Vincent D. Pellegrini Jr., MD; John A. Glaser, MD; and S. Ashfaq Hasan, MD, trustees; and Kristin Glavin, executive director.
Omega Medical Grants Association is led by Kristin Olds Glavin Esq., Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kristin Olds Glavin Esq.
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$31K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Paul T. Rubery MD
President
Director → President, 2024
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin P. Black MD
Trustee
President → Director, 2022
Director → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John A. Glaser MD
Trustee
Secretary → President, 2022
President → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert D. Bronstein MD
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
S. Ashfaq Hasan MD
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jesse E. Bible MD
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vincent D. Pellegrini Jr. MD
Trustee
Director → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert J. Bielski MD
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly J. Templeton MD
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Rhonda Taira (2019–2023) — Deputy Executive Director
- Former: Rex C. Haydon MD (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Richard J. D'ascoli MD (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Syed A. Hasan MD (2021) — Director
- Former: John C. Elfar MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: R. Dale Blasier MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Wayne J. Sebastianelli MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Langdon A. Hartsock MD (2020) — Secretary
- Former: Julie Y. Bishop MD (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Langdon A. Harstock MD (2019) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $37K, to Kristin Glavin (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Omega Medical Grants Association
What does Omega Medical Grants Association fund?
The organization’s stated mission was to award and administer grants for graduate orthopaedic medical education through an open, accessible process intended to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest and ensure transparency in allocating resources. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Omega Medical Grants Association?
Omega Medical Grants Association has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check omegamedicalgrants.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Omega Medical Grants Association's EIN?
Omega Medical Grants Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-0383913. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 1, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 24, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 29, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 5, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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