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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GAFFNEY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,768,918
Total expenses
$8,709,494
Contributions and grants received
$5,420,835
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,052,231
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,295,852
Total assets, end of year
$924,528
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,838
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$900,690
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,679,694
Management and general expenses
$29,800
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,679,694

Program services were 99.7% 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

    $5,420,835

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXHIBIT FEES

    total $1,725,000 · related or exempt $1,725,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REGISTRATIONS FEES

    total $327,231 · related or exempt $327,231

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRANSFERS

    total $1,085,300 · excluded $1,085,300

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $165,889 · excluded $165,889

  • 11c · Other revenue: MS CME DEPT

    total $44,663 · excluded $44,663

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,295,852

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,596 · program services $30,596

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $303,210 · program services $298,410 · management and general $4,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $891,967 · program services $891,967

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $4,567,107 · program services $4,567,107

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSFERS

    total $1,393,684 · program services $1,393,684

  • 24c · Other expenses: GAFFNEY EVENTS MGMT SVC

    total $774,875 · program services $774,875

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $533,434 · program services $508,434 · management and general $25,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $214,621 · program services $214,621

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $763,747 · end of year $574,393

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $350,135

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $80,746

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,227 · end of year $23,838

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $841,266 · end of year $900,690

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF GAFFNEY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST IS TO ASSIST IN ADVANCED PATIENT CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH SUPPORT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL (CME) PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ADVANCING THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE OF PRACTITIONERS IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY PRACTICALLY APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE TO PATIENT CARE SCENARIOS. THE GAFFNEY EVENTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO HOLD AND DISPERSE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM MEDICAL DEVICE AND PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS IN THE FORM OF EDUCATIONAL GRANTS. THESE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) TO PROFESSIONALS IN ALL MEDICAL FIELDS. THIS REQUIRED EDUCATION EMPOWERS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO MAINTAIN COMPETENCE AND LEARN ABOUT NEW AND DEVELOPING AREAS OF THEIR FIELD. THESE CME ACTIVITIES WILL BE LIVE EVENTS, WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS, ONLINE PROGRAMS, AUDIO, VIDEO, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIA. CONTENT FOR THESE PROGRAMS IS DEVELOPED, REVIEWED, AND DELIVERED BY FACULTY WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CLINICAL AREAS.

  • CONDUCT AND PROVIDE CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME)TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO PROFESSIONALS IN ALL MEDICAL FIELDS.

    Expenses $8,679,694 · Revenue $2,052,231

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tricia Gaffney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Chris Vattaks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202503089349302490

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