Aorn Foundation: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 84-1193583)

Colette Palmer’s $231K as Executive Director, Aorn Foundation is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Colette Palmer	$231,296	$212,840	$198,444	$186,206	$173,976

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowering nurses to improve surgical patient safety through support and resources.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Funded Initiatives

The foundation collects funding that is then directed to aorn for various mission related programs for which aorn provides services.

$1.1Mprogram expense

02

Education Grants

Monies to supplement conference registrations or certification completion.

$282Kprogram expense

03

Scholarships

Awards to individuals pursuing, or advancing, a career in nursing through academic education.

$105Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Integra Foundation INCFY2024$16K

Sandel Family Foundation Tali SandelFY2024$15K

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$10K

Competency & Credentialing InstituteFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$46K

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Grants paid · 22 grants · $2.1M · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$250,576

Unitemized GrantFY2024$218,280

Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,367

Unitemized GrantFY2023$157,960

Unitemized GrantFY2023$108,323

Unitemized GrantFY2023$53,655

Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,250

Unitemized GrantFY2022$318,230

Unitemized GrantFY2022$238,900

Unitemized GrantFY2022$131,916

Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,814

Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,944

Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,718

Unitemized GrantFY2021$156,813

Unitemized GrantFY2021$28,390

Unitemized GrantFY2021$27,587

Unitemized GrantFY2021$17,995

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.2M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$155K

Other incomeLn 4–11$82K

Money outPt IX

$2.0M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.7M

Managementcol C$133K

Fundraisingcol D$181K

Owns and owesPt X

$5.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$459K

Total assetsLn 16$6.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$739K

PeoplePt VI, VII

18

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a16

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$45K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$64K

Investment incomeLn 3$155K

Other incomeLn 4–11$82K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$49K

Total revenueLn 12$2.2M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$459K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$459K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.5M

Total assetsLn 16$6.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$739K

Net assetsLn 32$5.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

VolunteersI 645

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.0M	$459K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$4.4M	$5.5M
Total assetsLn 16	$5.9M	$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$780K	$739K
Net assetsLn 32	$5.1M	$5.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$379K	$379K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$8K	$8K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$225K	$86K	$34K	$106K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$97K	$41K	$3K	$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3K	$1K	$128	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3K	$1K	$142	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$22K	$9K	$3K	$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$24K		$24K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$7K		$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$21K		$21K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$7K			$7K
Office expensesLn 13	$1K		$1K
TravelLn 17	$12K		$12K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21	$1.1M	$1.1M
InsuranceLn 23	$9K		$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$19K		$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.0M	$1.7M	$133K	$181K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$2.6M	$2.6M	−$16K	$5.8M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$2.2M	$2.0M	$270K	$5.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.0M	$2.5M	$536K	$5.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.8M	$1.7M	$174K	$5.0M	990 PDF
FY2020	$2.6M	$2.4M	$210K	$4.7M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,242,024 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,890,360$2,005,585

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $123,295$154,797

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$81,642

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,013,655$2,242,024

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $766,292$386,932

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $352,401$351,235

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,358,934$1,234,092

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,477,627$1,972,259

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $536,028$269,765

Part VI · Governance 15 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16

VI-1b Independent voting members15

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,242,024 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$63,926

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,941,659

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$45,330

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,005,585

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $203,556$203,556

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$48,759−$48,759

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $81,642$81,642

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $236,439$2,242,024

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,972,259 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $379,333$379,333

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $7,599$7,599

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $85,674 · Management $33,819 · Fundraising $105,966$225,459

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $40,795 · Management $3,255 · Fundraising $52,858$96,908

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,335 · Management $128 · Fundraising $1,725$3,188

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,349 · Management $142 · Fundraising $1,742$3,233

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,817 · Management $2,550 · Fundraising $11,080$22,447

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,900$23,900

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $6,907$6,907

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $21,225$21,225

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $7,290$7,290

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,182$1,182

IX-17 TravelManagement $12,477$12,477

IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $1,133,370$1,133,370

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,064$9,064

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $18,677$18,677

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,658,272 · Management $133,326 · Fundraising $180,661$1,972,259

Part X · Balance sheet $6,437,947 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,019,898$458,721

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $420,900$399,000

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,100$35,706

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,400,648$5,544,520

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,852,546$6,437,947

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $421,702$374,452

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $204,937$123,835

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $153,752$240,905

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $780,391$739,192

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,959,109$2,368,307

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,113,046$3,330,448

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,072,155$5,698,755

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,852,546$6,437,947

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,698,755 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,242,024

XI-2 Total expenses$1,972,259

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$269,765

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,072,155

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$356,835

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,698,755

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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