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← SAM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,202,541
Total expenses
$2,264,970
Contributions and grants received
$692,684
Grants paid
$170,552
Program service revenue
$117,348
Investment income
$379,718
Other revenue
$12,791
Total assets, end of year
$10,135,586
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,860,098
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,275,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,885,982
Management and general expenses
$106,075
Fundraising expenses
$272,913
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,885,982

Program services were 83.3% 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

    $692,684

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $57,487 · related or exempt $57,487

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPEAKING FEES & HONORARIUMS

    total $37,800 · related or exempt $37,800

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM FEES

    total $22,061 · related or exempt $22,061

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $366,185 · excluded $366,185

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,481,463

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,467,930

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $13,533

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,533 · excluded $13,533

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,791 · excluded $12,791

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,791

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $170,552 · program services $170,552

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $264,530 · program services $177,500 · management and general $9,711 · fundraising $77,319

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $409,106 · program services $271,800 · management and general $10,665 · fundraising $126,641

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $79,872 · program services $53,594 · management and general $2,932 · fundraising $23,346

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,338 · program services $37,830 · management and general $6,275 · fundraising $8,233

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $656,395 · program services $656,395

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,134 · management and general $40,134

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,271 · management and general $24,271

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $455,260 · program services $452,359 · management and general $2,901

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,339 · program services $41,797 · management and general $4,336 · fundraising $18,206

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,326 · program services $7,601 · management and general $416 · fundraising $3,309

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $31,717 · program services $15,858 · fundraising $15,859

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,130 · program services $696 · management and general $4,434

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $376,121 · end of year $120,340

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,583 · end of year $12,393

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $14,063

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,792 · end of year $33,945

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

    $2,097,063

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,097,063

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,452,604 · end of year $7,671,540

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $194,074 · end of year $186,242

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,439 · end of year $398,019

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,461,329

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,032,735 · end of year $8,275,488

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PURSUE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT AND FACILITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUND DRUG POLICY, AND PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT AND FACILITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUND DRUG POLICY.

  • HELD EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,885,982 · Grants $170,552 · Revenue $117,348

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon Talcott

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Steve Millette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Colhoun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Bloom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Cort

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kevin A Sabet-Sharghi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $6,668
    From this org
    $6,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Luke Niforatos

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $257,862
    From this org
    $231,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,916
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,500
    Bonus
    $9,645
    Other
    $40,801
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,916
    Filer's total
    $257,862
  • Brendan Fairfield

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $110,097
    From this org
    $110,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related
  • John Spurlock

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,000
    From this org
    $145,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349303511

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