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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LMSARCOMA DIRECT RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,465,263
Total expenses
$330,368
Contributions and grants received
$1,445,845
Grants paid
$292,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$19,418
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,077,910
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,070
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,076,840
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$322,946
Management and general expenses
$7,422
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$322,946

Program services were 97.8% 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

    $1,445,845

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,418 · related or exempt $19,418 · 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 $292,000 · program services $292,000

  • 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

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,300 · management and general $3,300

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,841 · program services $3,318 · management and general $1,523

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,259 · program services $1,259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,369 · program services $26,369

  • 24a · Other expenses: Office Expenses

    total $1,585 · program services $0 · management and general $1,585 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: shipping and mail

    total $1,014 · program services $0 · management and general $1,014 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $258,093 · end of year $20,056

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $657,885 · end of year $1,024,592

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,033,262

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,070

  • 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 $915,978 · end of year $2,076,840

Mission and programs · 2024

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. LMSDR was able to fund 4 different research projects.

    Expenses $292,000 · Grants $292,000

  • 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 $3,318

  • LMSDR sponsors conference where researchers can collaborate with each other and presents there work to LMS patients and caregivers.

    Expenses $27,628

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sharon Anderson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Denice Brice

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Howard Smith

    Dir

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Edward Kurtz

    Treasurer and V. President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • Research Institute McGill University Health Center

    $150,000

    Research project "Multi Omic profiles and invasive properties of extracellular vesicles in Leiomyosarcoma"

  • Ichon School of Medicine

    $67,000

    Build an integrated multi-omic + functional validation platform using patient-derived ULMS models to identify and validate therapeutic targets, then generalize findings using public ULMS datasets.

  • City of Hope

    $50,000

    Extension of grant made in 2022. Development of an Immune Biomarker for Metastatic Disease in Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma (RP LMS).

  • Stanford University

    $25,000

    Research regarding "Distribution of Novel Human Macrophage Subsets in LMS"

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621009349300947

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