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Filing year 2023

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Rosemont, Illinois·EIN 36-6009467·NTEE H500 · Medical Research·3
Total revenue
$4.3M
Total assets
$21.5M
Total expenses
$5.2M
Reported officers
28
Mission

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) mission is improving lives by supporting excellence in orthopaedic research. OREF's vision is that it will be the leader in supporting orthopaedic research to improve function, eliminate pain and restore mobility.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base
$270k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$34k
Senior VP of Development
senior vice president
$178k
$197k
Base
$121k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$45k
VP of Research and Grants
vice president
$165k
$182k
Base
$127k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$32k
Corporate Relations/innova
highest compensated employee
$160k
$177k
Base
$146k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k
Sr. Director of Communicat
highest compensated employee
$157k
$174k
Base
$132k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Executive Director
$127k
$141k
Campaigns Director
highest compensated employee
$118k
$131k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 21 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Medical Research

Down 15%
from 2022

From $389k in 2022 to $329k in 2023.

$389k
2022
$329k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 18% in real terms$445k to $364k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.6M
$5.6M
2022
$4.3M
$5.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Medical Research executives earn

Comparable medical research organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $114,840.

25th percentile
$40k
Median
$114,840
75th percentile
$234k
90th percentile
$424k

These are medical research sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 283 organizations across 283 filings (2021 – 2023).

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