Totals
- Total revenue
- $330,469
- Total expenses
- $257,720
- Contributions and grants received
- $330,238
- Grants paid
- $39,755
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $231
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $556,186
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $54,302
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $501,884
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $240,077
- Management and general expenses
- $15,719
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,924
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $240,077
Program services were 93.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$330,238
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3 · Investment income
total $231 · excluded $231
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $26,755 · program services $26,755
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $13,000 · program services $13,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,000 · management and general $5,000
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $703 · program services $464 · management and general $239
-
23 · Insurance
total $3,727 · program services $1,113 · management and general $2,614
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24a · Other expenses: Outside services
total $113,122 · program services $107,000 · management and general $5,040 · fundraising $1,082
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24b · Other expenses: Program costs and supplies
total $72,791 · program services $72,791
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24c · Other expenses: Database management, website
total $11,190 · program services $10,989 · management and general $201
-
24d · Other expenses: Technology & office expenses
total $2,936 · program services $1,821 · management and general $1,115
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,496 · program services $6,144 · management and general $1,510 · fundraising $842
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $142,264 · end of year $268,763
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $345,817 · end of year $277,555
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$13,599
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$11,872
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,430 · end of year $1,727
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $4,028 · end of year $8,141
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,459 · end of year $10,513
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $62,000 · end of year $43,789
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $109,778 · end of year $178,023
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $317,302 · end of year $323,861
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
LDA's mission is promoting awareness of & controlling spread of Lyme & other tick-borne (TBD) diseases and their complications through education; raising and distributing funds for research & education; assisting underprivileged patients.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Lyme Disease Association (LDA) raises funds for research, education, prevention and patient support. LDA partnered to establish Columbia Un. Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center. Provides research grants, LymeAid 4 Kids, physician conferences, public presentations.
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Education - the LDA's efforts are multi-pronged - providing free speakers for programs for various audiences: public, corporations, schools, government, health care providers, and radio interviews.LDA brochures are ordered through LDA website for shipping cost. Most LDA materials/articles are posted on website for free download/printing. LDA publishes a free monthly e-newsletter featuring articles on current research, news, links to resources & researcher funding opportunities/studies for public. LDA answers non-medical questions online & maintains a free tick-borne disease searchable nationwide doctor referral with about 800 medical providers/other professionals.This year's annual conference was held on zoom October 13-14: Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical Advances 2023.
Expenses $200,322
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Research, Education, Grants: Since 1992, LDA has provided 127 research grants including three 2023 grants.Research published in peer-reviewed journals helps move the field forward. To date there have been more than 60 journal publications from LDA funded research. From 1999 to 2023, LDA also awarded educational grants to other non-profits, hospitals, universities/other entities to provided educational programs, conferences, billboards, printed matter/other materials on Lyme/TBD.
Expenses $26,755
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LA4K Grants: The Lyme Disease Association's LymeAid 4 Kids (LA4K)fund was started in conjunction with author Amy Tan. It has been in operation since 2004 and has distributed $456,000 for children all over the United States since. The fund is for children who do not have insurance coverage or do not receive reimbursement for Lyme disease treatment/diagnosis and whose families have economic difficulties. LDA's LymeAid 4 Kids fund gave 13 financially disadvantaged families grants in 2023.
Expenses $13,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Patricia V Smith
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 56
-
Corey Lakin
2nd Vice Pres.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
Ruth Waddington
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Jeannine Phillips
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 9
-
Richard Smith
V P/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Timothy Lynagh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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University of Texas at Dallas
$18,150
research
-
Georgia Southern University
$13,788
research
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ILADS
$7,000
education
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 11 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202421329349300747
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