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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LMSARCOMA DIRECT RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$432,152
Total expenses
$230,111
Contributions and grants received
$427,425
Grants paid
$212,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,727
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$915,978
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$915,978
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$225,687
Management and general expenses
$4,424
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$225,687

Program services were 98.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $427,425

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,727 · related or exempt $4,727 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $212,000 · program services $212,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,300 · program services $0 · management and general $3,300 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,623 · program services $4,499 · management and general $1,124

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,833 · program services $1,833 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,450 · program services $1,450 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,905 · program services $5,905 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,226 · end of year $258,093

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $601,543 · end of year $657,885

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,832 · end of year $0

  • 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 $713,937 · end of year $915,978

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To help find a cure for leiomyosarcoma by creating relationships with researchers and funding research that can lead to an effective treatment. To provide a forum for patients and care givers to share there experiences and to keep them informed of current studies.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To help find a cure for Leiomyosarcoma by creating a relationship with researchers in which we help fund projects that can lead to effective treatments. The secondary mission is to provide a forum for Patients and care givers to share information and access to the latest studies.

  • The major program is to raise funds for the researching a cure for Leio0myosarcoma, a rare cancer. Very little money is invested in seed grants to discover methods that may lead to a cure. Research is done by reputable organizations. $150,000 Grant to Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center to fund ongoing research studying Leiomyosarcoma. $10,000 funding grant for extension of SARC grant from 2022 to study Lieomyosarcoma. $50,000 funding for Ichan School of Medicine for research and $100,000 funding.

    Expenses $210,000 · Grants $210,000

  • We have a Support Group Lifeline in order to serve newly diagnosed patients with information, support, guidance, and hope for treatment of their condition.

    Expenses $1,832

  • We sponsored a conference to inform and update patients and caregivers on the current treatments and research.

    Expenses $5,904

  • Provided an online web page and Facebook Group for Patient support and information sharing.

    Expenses $1,832

  • Funded the updating of Data for an old research project for Stanford University.

    Expenses $6,119 · Grants $2,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Howard Smith

    Dir

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sharon Anderson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Edward Kurtz

    Treasurer and V. President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Denice Brice

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

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

  • Mcgill University

    $150,000

    METABOLIC REPROGRAMING IN LEIOMYOSARCOMA (a multi year study)

  • Ichan School of Medicine

    $50,000

    Leiomyosarcoma Cancer Research

  • SARC

    $10,000

    Sponsorship supports investigator travel, follow up meetings for present and future Researchers. SARC is a 501C3 organization.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443209349317749

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