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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ETHICAL RESEARCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$409,060
Total expenses
$174,387
Contributions and grants received
$389,347
Grants paid
$95,921
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$19,713
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,528,054
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,690
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,524,364
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$144,993
Management and general expenses
$29,394
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$144,993

Program services were 83.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $389,347

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,271 · excluded $27,271

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $103,807

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

    securities $111,365

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,558

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,558 · related or exempt -$7,558

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $95,921 · program services $95,921

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $28,476 · program services $28,476

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,492 · management and general $9,492

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,586 · program services $2,645 · management and general $5,941

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $618 · program services $463 · management and general $155

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,920 · management and general $12,920

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $209 · management and general $209

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP

    total $17,488 · program services $17,488

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $677 · management and general $677

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,090 · end of year $253,503

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $314,272 · end of year $35,666

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $98,888

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $837,268 · end of year $1,137,450

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,547

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $3,690

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,138,630 · end of year $1,524,364

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN-RELEVANT,NON-ANIMAL ALTERNATIVES IN RESEARCH, TESTING AND EDUCATION.

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ETHICAL RESEARCH, INC. HAS FUNDED 6 MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE HUMAN-RELEVANT, NON-ANIMAL ALTERNATIVES AS THEIR TEST MODELS. THE PROJECTS MAY HELP COUNTLESS PATIENTS WITHOUT HARMING ANIMALS.

    Expenses $123,343 · Grants $95,921

  • IFER IS INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVANCE THE MISSION OF REPLACING ANIMAL TESTING IN RESEARCH. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCEMENTS THAT BRING THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY CLOSER TO THE ELIMINATION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH. MOREOVER, FUNDING THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDES IFER WITH THE TWIN OPPORTUNITIES OF RECRUITING EXPERTS FOR ITS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS.

  • IMPS: THE INTERNATIONAL MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY (IMPS) IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILITY OF MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVICES. SOMETIMES CALLED ORGANS-ON-A-CHIP", MPS DEVICES MIMIC BODILY ORGANS, AND IN DOING SO THEY INCREASINGLY PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH. CURRENTLY, NO OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION EXCEEDS THE IMPORTANCE AND REACH IN THE MPS FIELD. SPONSORING AND EXHIBITING AT THE IMPS SUMMIT IS CENTRAL TO IFER'S EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE REPLACEMENT OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH.

    Expenses $9,750

  • BMES: THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO BIOMEDICAL CHALLENGES. BMES' RELEVANCE TO IFER'S MISSION LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE WORK OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS HAS CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVICES, SUCH AS ORGANS-ON-A-CHIP, THAT MIMIC BODILY FUNCTIONS. THUS, WHILE NOT ALL BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS FOCUS ON REPLACING ANIMALS IN RESEARCH, THE WORK OF MANY IN THIS FIELD DOVETAILS WITH RESEARCHERS WHO ARE SEEKING TO REPLACE ANIMALS IN RESEARCH. SPONSORING AND EXHIBITING AT THE BMES CONFERENCE BEARS DIRECTLY ON IFER'S EFFORT TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH SCIENTISTS WHOSE WORK CONTRIBUTES TO THE REPLACEMENT OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH.

    Expenses $9,400

  • WC: WORLD CONGRESS ON ALTERNATIVES AND ANIMAL USE IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. THE WC IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO THE REPLACEMENT, REDUCTION, AND/OR REFINEMENT IN THE USE OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH AND TESTING. MANY WITHIN THE WC SHARE IFER'S COMMITMENT TO REPLACE ALL ANIMAL TESTING WITH RELEVANT HUMAN MODELS. THUS, SUPPORTING WC'S CONFERENCE ALLOWS IFER TO PLACE ITSELF IN THE FOREFRONT OF RESEARCHERS WHO SEEK TO ELIMINATE ALL ANIMAL TESTING.

    Expenses $2,500

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kenneth Kandaras

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $91,583
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $91,583
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

  • John H Scheid Jr

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mary Cunniff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvia Decker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tom Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Pam Osenkowski PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues

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
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2025
Filed
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621279349301937

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