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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALTERNATIVES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$750,868
Total expenses
$634,425
Contributions and grants received
$77,619
Grants paid
$266,937
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$673,249
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$14,204,946
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,178
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,188,768
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$478,143
Management and general expenses
$152,646
Fundraising expenses
$3,636
Program service expenses (Part III)
$478,143

Program services were 75.4% 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

    $77,619

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $185,725 · excluded $185,725

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,634,274

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

    securities $2,146,750

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $487,524

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $487,524 · excluded $487,524

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $196,937 · program services $196,937

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $70,000 · program services $70,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,071 · program services $3,443 · management and general $8,265 · fundraising $2,363

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,267 · program services $6,504 · management and general $2,820 · fundraising $943

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,123 · program services $2,061 · management and general $821 · fundraising $241

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,355 · management and general $17,355

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $121,976 · management and general $121,976

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $136,956 · program services $136,834 · management and general $93 · fundraising $29

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,689 · program services $10,036 · management and general $593 · fundraising $60

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,352 · program services $17,739 · management and general $613

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,809 · program services $12,809

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $600 · program services $600

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $141 · program services $106 · management and general $35

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH AND INFORMATIO

    total $1,009 · program services $984 · management and general $25

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $140 · program services $90 · management and general $50

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $690,750 · end of year $80,052

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $403,362 · end of year $1,044,307

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $18,075

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,212 · end of year $3,358

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

    $12,396

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

    $10,896

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,100 · end of year $1,500

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,366,590 · end of year $12,634,377

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $408,778 · end of year $423,277

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $72 · end of year $7,496

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $42,392 · end of year $8,682

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,943,315 · end of year $13,229,485

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $890,013 · end of year $959,283

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ARDF IS TO FUND AND PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND ADOPTION OF NON-ANIMAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, PRODUCT TESTING, AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARDF PROMOTES AND DEVELOPS ALTERNATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF ANIMAL TESTING.

  • THE "ANNUAL OPEN" GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO REDUCE OR REPLACE ANIMAL USE IN RESEARCH AND TESTING.2023'S FUNDED PROJECTS WERE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: 1.) USING HUMAN LUNG SLICES TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKE AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), AND TO TEST DRUG CANDIDATES FOR TREATING COPD. 2.) USING HUMAN GINGIVAL SLICES TO DEVELOP A NON-ANIMAL MODEL FOR STUDYING ORAL INFLAMMATORY DISEASES. 3.) USING HUMAN BRAIN ORGANOIDS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF SEX HORMONES ON NEURODEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS CAN ALTER IMPORTANT PROCESSES IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN. 4.) HUMAN-BASED IN VITRO 3D MODEL OF BONE FRACTURE HEALING TO STUDY THE INITIAL BLEEDING AND HEALING PROCESSES THAT OCCUR DURING BONE FRACTURE. 5.) PANCREATIC ISLET ORGANOIDS-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEM TO STUDY TYPE 1 DIABETES, PROVIDING A NOVEL PLATFORM THAT COULD REPLACE THE USE OF ANIMALS IN IDENTIFYING NEW TREATMENTS FOR THIS CHALLENGING DISEASE. 6.) A CARDIAC CELL MODEL TO EXAMINE DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH ALCOHOL, SINCE CARDIOTOXICITY IS THE LEADING REASON DRUGS FAIL TO SUCCESSFULLY MOVE FROM ANIMAL STUDIES TO HUMAN TREATMENT. 7.) USING A LIVER-BASED CELL CULTURE SYSTEM TO STUDY THE POTENTIALLY TOXIC EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS ON LIVER TISSUE. THIS YEAR'S FOCUS ON DEVELOPING MODELS TO AID DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENTS UNDERSCORES THE TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL OF IN VITRO MODELS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE, ANIMAL-FREE MODELS, ARDF CONTINUES TO ADVANCE BOTH ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN HEALTH.ARDF ALSO SPONSORED SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO ACCELERATE UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION.

    Expenses $478,143 · Grants $266,937

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sue A Leary

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $91,145
    From this org
    $20,000
    From related orgs
    $65,203
    Other
    $5,942
    Hours/week
    12 + 35 related

  • Nadia S Adawi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Robert Finn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Francis Krafchik

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Joseph Ludwig

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Aaron McIntyre

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Denise Cowie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 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.

Grants on this return

  • UNIVERSTY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER

    $40,000

    DR. KSHITIZ RESEARCH GRANT - HIGHLY MATURED HUMAN CARDIAC MODELS TO MEASURE CARDIOTOXICITY

  • UNIVERSTY OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS

    $40,000

    DR. VINCENZO CIRULLI RESEARCH GRANT - MODELING DIABITIES IN AN ORGANOID ON CHIP PLATFORM

  • JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

    $40,000

    DR. MAREN SCHENKE RESEARCH GRANT - ADVANCED NEUROTOXICITY TESTING WITH AN IN VITRO MODEL OF SEX DIFFERENCES

  • ADA SCIENCE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC

    $40,000

    DR. QUINN EASTER RESEARCH GRANT - PRECISION-CUT GINGIVAL SLICES AS AN ANIMAL-FREE MODEL OF ORAL INFLAMMATION

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY JHURA

    $40,000

    DR. VENKATARAMANA SIDHAYE RESEARCH GRANT - DEVELOPING MODEL USING HUMAN LUNG SLICES TO STUDY COPD AND POTENTIAL DRUG THERAPEUTICS

  • INSTITUTE FOR IN VITRO SCIENCES INC

    $10,000

    SUPPORT OF IIVS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS

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
2023
Filed
13 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441349349305714

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