Corporate and Foundation Donations
Toward its mission to promote philanthropy in support of the College’s goals for improving surgical patient care and ensuring the professional standing of surgeons wherever they practice, the American College of Surgeons Foundation seeks grant support from private foundations, corporations and organizations as well as contributions from individual donors.
The ACS Foundation’s policy regarding contributions from industry (110K PDF) guides staff and volunteers in their grant-seeking efforts. The American College of Surgeons has also issued two Statements related to relationships with industry:
- [ST-33] Statement on Health Care Industry Representatives in the Operating Room
- [ST-36] Statement on guidelines for collaboration of industry and surgical organizations in support of continuing education
Corporate donors toward Continuing Medical Education programs are also required to sign a Letter of Agreement (35K PDF) detailing the parameters and limitations of their educational grant.
In addition to its Honor Roll of donors in its Annual Report, the ACS Foundation is pleased to provide quarterly updates on this webpage regarding corporate and foundation grants received.
Quarterly Reports of Corporate and Foundation Grants
Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
Fiscal Year 2011 (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
Fiscal Year 2010 (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
Fellows Leadership Society
Corporate and foundation donors providing grant support of $25,000 or more in the previous fiscal year (beginning July 1) are recognized as members of the Fellows Leadership Society at the Donors Circle level.
Corporate and foundation donors that have provided cumulative grant support totaling $250,000 or more are recognized as members of the Governors Circle in the Fellows Leadership Society.
Donors Circle (annual gift of $25,000 or more, July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
Covidien
Emerson Charitable Trust
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
Genentech Incorporated
Pfizer Inc.
Annual Honor Roll (annual gift up to $24,999 during July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011)
American Medical Association Foundation
Applied Medical
Boston Scientific Corporation
Cook Group Inc.
The Dana Foundation
Ethicon, Inc.
Jeannette & H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust
SeaChange Capital Partners
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Olympus
Sam & Jennie Rovit Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Governors Circle (cumulative gifts totaling $250,000 or more)
Coloplast Corp.
Emerson Charitable Trust
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Ethicon, Inc.
Genentech Incorporated
KCI
Medical Education Technologies, Inc.
Merck US Human Health
Pfizer Inc.
Glaxosmithkline
Revised April 10, 2012