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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CURE STARTS NOW INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,231,630
Total expenses
$6,057,974
Contributions and grants received
$4,315,043
Grants paid
$4,144,313
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$916,587
Total assets, end of year
$2,625,696
Total liabilities, end of year
$612,509
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,013,187
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,404,103
Management and general expenses
$132,925
Fundraising expenses
$520,946
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,404,103

Program services were 89.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $604,455

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,710,588

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $63,560

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,421,135

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $604,455

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $508,713

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $912,422 · excluded $912,422

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,165 · related or exempt $4,165

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,165

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,026,147 · program services $2,026,147

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,118,166 · program services $2,118,166

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $237,081 · program services $162,422 · management and general $11,783 · fundraising $62,876

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $580,887 · program services $397,960 · management and general $28,870 · fundraising $154,057

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $264,038 · program services $175,013 · management and general $19,694 · fundraising $69,331

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,610 · program services $5,922 · management and general $2,345 · fundraising $2,343

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,956 · program services $13,930 · management and general $5,515 · fundraising $5,511

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,995 · program services $3,346 · management and general $1,325 · fundraising $1,324

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $145,223 · program services $144,673 · fundraising $550

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $104,158 · program services $81,960 · management and general $3,571 · fundraising $18,627

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $129,873 · program services $88,417 · management and general $6,429 · fundraising $35,027

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $175,719 · program services $119,630 · management and general $8,698 · fundraising $47,391

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,444 · program services $16,734 · fundraising $3,710

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,581 · management and general $43,581

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,270 · program services $4,269 · management and general $310 · fundraising $1,691

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $86,284 · fundraising $86,284

  • 24b · Other expenses: FAMILY AWARENESS

    total $28,874 · program services $28,874

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $27,842 · fundraising $27,842

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER

    total $16,247 · program services $11,061 · management and general $804 · fundraising $4,382

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,579 · program services $5,579

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,479,537 · end of year $1,916,662

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,145 · end of year $6,553

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $22,500 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $41,775 · end of year $34,625

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $240,135

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $188,205

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $95,511 · end of year $51,930

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,780 · end of year $2,019

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $9,940 · end of year $29,940

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $184,295 · end of year $583,967

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,869 · end of year $93,982

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $518,527

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,584,614 · end of year $1,601,082

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $412,105

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO EDUCATE, AID, AND FUND CURES FOR CANCER, STARTING FIRST WITH PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER

  • IN ITS EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON THOSE CANCERS THAT PRESENT THE GREATESTOPPORTUNITES FOR AN ENCOMPASSING CANCER CURE, THE FOUNDATION ANNUALLYAWARDS RESEARCH GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.TYPICALLY, GRANTS AWARDED HAVE A FOCUS ON PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCERS, ASTHIS WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE FOUNDATION'S PHILOSOPHY. GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL BE JUDGED ON A PEER-REVIEWED BASIS WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MEDICALADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF TOP ONCOLOGISTS AND RESEARCHERSFROM AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS PARENT ADVOCATES. GRANTS ARE JUDGEDBASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC MERIT, DISEASE IMPACT,INNOVATION, FEASIBILITY, AND EXPERTISE OF THE INVESTIGATOR.

    Expenses $4,179,459 · Grants $4,144,313

  • THE DIPG/DMG SYMPOSIUM, ORIGINALLY HELD IN CINCINNATI IN 2011, IS A BIENNIAL CONFERENCE THAT FEATURES CANCER EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE WORLDIN COLLABORATION WITH FAMILIES AND FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTING THEIR WORK.ATTENDED BY FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE. THE DIPG/DMGCOLLABORATIVE SYMPOSIUM QUICKLY BECAME A DYNAMIC COOPERATIVE, EXPLORINGREVOLUTIONARY DIPG AND DMG RESEARCH, CLINICAL PROTOCOLS, AND UNIVERSALAPPLICATIONS OF DIPG RESEARCH IN THE SEARCH FOR A CURE FOR ALL FORMS OFCANCER.

    Expenses $13,512

  • FAMILY SUPPORT AND AWARENESS FUNDS PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, MECHANISMS TO HONOR THEIR CHILD'S LEGACY AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES BATTLING PEDIATRIC CANCER. THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION WEBSITES, TRIAL DISCOVERY TOOLS, PATIENT ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAMS TO FEATURE PATIENTS WITH THE INTENTION OF BUILDING LOCAL SUPPORT AND AWARENESS.

    Expenses $1,211,132

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keith Desserich

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $41,134
    From this org
    $29,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,140
    Hours/week
    60

  • Gavin Baumgardner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terry Regan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamara Ekis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Saladonis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alyssa Hawranko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Desserich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brooke Desserich

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $111,461
    From this org
    $100,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,375
    Hours/week
    60

  • Mike Weiner

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $133,712
    From this org
    $107,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,711
    Hours/week
    60

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
2022
Filed
18 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331999349300228

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