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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MELANOMA TISSUE BANK CONSORTIUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$321,187
Total expenses
$222,720
Contributions and grants received
$295,000
Grants paid
$206,799
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26,187
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,043,699
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,043,699
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$215,723
Management and general expenses
$6,997
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$215,723

Program services were 96.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $295,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,187 · excluded $26,187

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $206,799 · program services $206,799

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,975 · management and general $6,975

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22 · management and general $22

  • 24a · Other expenses: IRB REVIEW

    total $3,989 · program services $3,989

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUNDRY PROGRAM COSTS

    total $3,692 · program services $3,692

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONFERENCE AND MEETINGS

    total $1,243 · program services $1,243

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,139,878 · end of year $1,212,158

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $805,354 · end of year $831,541

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,945,232 · end of year $2,043,699

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MELANOMA TISSUE BANK CONSORTIUM WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE TISSUE FOR FUNDAMENTAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A MELANOMA TISSUE BANK OF ANNOTATED FRESH FROZEN PRIMARY MELANOMA TISSUE IS A FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH TOOL THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR RESEARCH. MTBC SPENT OVER TEN YEARS CREATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO OPEN THIS BANK. WITH THE HELP OF OUR RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS,THEIR INSTITUTIONAL STAFF, AND OUR ATTORNEYS, THIS PROCESS HAS ENTAILED DESIGNING THE BIOINFORMATICS, WRITING THE RESEARCH PROTOCOL, CREATING THE UNDERLYING MANUAL, GENERATING THE CONSORTIUM CONTRACTS AND IN GENERAL CREATING THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE NEEDED TO FUNCTION AS A CONSORTIUM. FOUR SITES HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 2021 AND ALL COLLECT TISSUE UNLESS STAFFING CHANGES OR OTHER SITE ISSUES FORCE A PAUSE. MTBC IS CURRENTLY DECIDING THE TOPIC AND GOALS OF THE FIRST RESEARCH PROJECT(S), TO BE COMPLETED BY THE CONSORTIUM'S PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS. MTBC WILL OPEN THE BANK, ITS DATA, AND ITS TISSUE TO OUTSIDE RESEARCHERS ONCE IT COLLECTS APPROXIMATELY 500 TISSUES.

  • IN 2025, MELANOMA TISSUE BANK CONSORTIUM (MTBC) RECEIVED $295,000 IN FUNDING FROM AIM AT MELANOMA. AIM AT MELANOMA IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TAKEN THE LEAD TO POOL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO FUND THIS INSTITUTION. IN 2025, THREE OF THE FOUR U.S. SITES CONTINUED TO COLLECT TISSUE, BLOOD, AND ANONYMIZED DATA. TWO SITES TRANSITIONED RESEARCH TEAMS AND PAUSED COLLECTION FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE YEAR. THE SITES COLLECTED A TOTAL OF 24 TISSUES IN 2025. ALSO IN 2025, DISCUSSIONS AND PRELIMINARY NEXT STEPS CONTINUED TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO OPEN THE TWO SITES OF THE TISSUE BANK IN AUSTRALIA AND TO START COLLECTING TISSUE THERE. MTBC ANTICIPATES GRANTING SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE COLLECTING TISSUE SAMPLES AT ALL FOUR US SITES AS WELL AS FOR OPENING TWO SITES IN AUSTRALIA.

    Expenses $215,723 · Grants $206,799

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Samantha Guild

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Stephen A Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia Oberman

    SECT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611749349300401

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