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Texas Orthopaedic Association

501(c)(6) organization Austin, TX EIN: 74-2410142 Website

To ensure outstanding musculoskeletal care for texans through educational and advocacy efforts.

Texas Orthopaedic Association at a glance

In short: Texas Orthopaedic Association gave $56K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $56K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$56,492
+15.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$56,492
+15.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$56,492
Total assets
$63,237
-10.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Texas Orthopaedic Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Texas Orthopaedic Foundation: $56KTexas Orthopaedic Foundation$56K

The largest 2025 recipient was Texas Orthopaedic Foundation ($56K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Austin

How Texas Orthopaedic Association gives

  • Giving grew 102% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2020) to $56K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $56K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Texas Orthopaedic Foundation Austin, TXGRANT$56,492
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$63,237$469,334$476,807$56,4921
2024$70,710$505,956$470,989$49,0001
2023$34,993$461,128$474,061$25,0001
2022$47,926$469,481$483,582$28,0001
2021$58,810$447,009$463,998$20,0001
2020$75,578$425,609$471,423$15,0001

About Texas Orthopaedic Association

Based on IRS filings

Texas Orthopaedic Association is a public charity, based in Austin, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $63K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $56K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Texas Orthopaedic Association is led by Robert Hillert, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 1 of 7 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Robert Hillert

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $163K (2020) → $194K (2025)

  • Vinod Panchbhavi MD

    President

    2nd President-Elect → President-Elect, 2024

    President-Elect → President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Johnson MD

    First Vice President & Director-At-Large

    Director-At-Large → First Vice President & Director-At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Saucedo MD

    Director-At-Large

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rajiv Rajani MD

    Director-At-Large

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Bruggeman MD

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Immediate Past President → Secretary & Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • B. Christian Balldin MD

    Past President

    1st President-Elect → President, 2024

    President → Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Henry Ellis MD (2021–2024) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Christina Brady MD (2024) — Director-At-Large
  • Former: Speight Grimes MD (2024) — Director-At-Large
  • Former: John Hinchey MD (2020–2023) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Luis Urrea MD (2020–2022) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Robert E. Wolf MD (2022) — Tma Delegate
  • Former: Ken Kaminski MD (2020–2021) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Andrew Kant MD (2020) — Socioecomic Chair
  • Former: Andrew Palafox MD (2020) — Legislative Chair
  • Former: Christopher Danney MD (2020) — Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: Kyle Dickson MD (2020) — Bylaws Chair
  • Former: Maureen Finnegan MD (2020) — Membership Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Robert Hillert — Executive Director: $194KRobert HillertExecutive Director$194K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $194K, to Robert Hillert (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Texas Orthopaedic Association

How much does Texas Orthopaedic Association give each year?

Texas Orthopaedic Association gave $56K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $49K across 1 grant.

How large is Texas Orthopaedic Association?

Texas Orthopaedic Association reported $63K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $469K.

Where does Texas Orthopaedic Association operate?

Texas Orthopaedic Association has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Texas Orthopaedic Association's EIN?

Texas Orthopaedic Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2410142. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 23, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 26, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 8, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 27, 2026)

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