MIDWEST FOUNDATION FOR ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
EIN 26-4444554 · Adult Education (B60)
What they do
THE CORPORATION is ORGANIZED to FUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS and RESEARCH IN ORTHOPEDIC MEDICINE. OUR MISSION is to CONTRIBUTE to THE ADVANCEMENT of MUSCULOSKELETAL KNOWLEDGE and PATIENT CARE, THROUGH RESEARCH and THE EDUCATION of MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS and THE COMMUNITY.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $7.80 was reported for mission work and $0.00 for fundraising. Understand this before you give.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
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They name their leaders5 people are listed in the latest report.
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Mission work is the Form 990 category called program services. These are the organization’s reported accounting categories, not an independent measure of results.
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Leadership and board
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2010
- Location
- 5875 E RIVERSIDE BLVD, ROCKFORD, IL 61114-4937
- County
- Winnebago
- In care of
- % DON SCHREINER