American Association for Thoracic Surgery
ActivePublic CharityMutual & Membership Benefit
BEVERLY, MAWebsite
About American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Promote Scholarship, Innovation, and Leadership for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Focus Areas
Cardiothoracic surgerySurgical researchClinical and translational researchFellowships and scholarshipsEducation and conferences
Who They Fund
individual researchers / scholarsfellowship recipients (graduate students, postdocs, early-career academics)research programs at academic institutions or nonprofits
Funding Style
unrestricted / general operating supportproject-based research grantsfellowship / individual scholar support
About American Association for Thoracic Surgery
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery’s recent grantmaking is centered on one large 2023 award: $589,051 to AATS Foundation in Beverly, Massachusetts for general support and grant support for research and fellowship grants. That gives a clear picture of how the organization channels resources: through its own foundation infrastructure to support cardiothoracic research, fellowships, and education rather than through a broad mix of outside charities. The foundation’s program names also show a strong training orientation. The F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship supports a four- to six-week North American fellowship for recently trained cardiothoracic surgeons to study general thoracic clinical techniques at host institutions in North America. The Denton A. Cooley Fellowship serves North American surgeons in the final year of residency or just after completion, with study at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Together, those programs point to a funder that combines scholarship, clinical training, and surgical education within thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.
What American Association for Thoracic Surgery Funds
Education and clinical training are a major part of the foundation’s program design. The F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship gives North American cardiothoracic surgeons who have recently completed residency or fellowship a four- to six-week opportunity to study general thoracic clinical techniques at host institutions in North America. Another training pathway is the Denton A. Cooley Fellowship, which places North American surgeons in the final year of residency or recently completed residency at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. The Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award adds a different kind of training, offering an advanced educational experience in robotic cardiac surgery for North American cardiac surgeons with mitral valve repair experience. Research support is also present through the AATS Foundation Research Scholarship, a flagship scholarship program supporting cardiothoracic research and education.
How American Association for Thoracic Surgery Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size is singular in the data: p25, median, and p75 are all $589,051, matching the 2023 award listed in the recent grants table. The recipient pattern is highly concentrated, with 100% of grants going to recipients in Massachusetts. The organization is a Public Charity, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Several programs are structured as fellowships, scholarships, or awards that can be accepted through unsolicited applications, while some, such as the Cardiac Surgical Resident Investigator Award, are not open to unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$589K
Total Assets
$17.9M
Total Revenue
$10.4M
Total Expenses
$11.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $589K and $589K, with a median of $589K.
25th Percentile
$589K
Median
$589K
75th Percentile
$589K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
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