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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,799
Total expenses
$5,488
Contributions and grants received
$32,312
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,487
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,011,543
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,011,543
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$493
Management and general expenses
$4,995
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$493

Program services were 9.0% 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

    $32,312

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,487 · excluded $2,487

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,250 · management and general $1,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130 · management and general $130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $800 · management and general $800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,528 · management and general $2,528

  • 24a · Other expenses: Website

    total $493 · program services $493

  • 24b · Other expenses: Licenses and Permits

    total $287 · management and general $287

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $662,504 · end of year $109,510

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $316,424 · end of year $681,809

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $220,224

  • 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 $978,928 · end of year $1,011,543

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association's (AFSA) primary mission is to fund superior quality, scientific studies on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), which is an extremely painful, fatiguing, and often debilitating medical condition.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Fund superior quality scientific studies on fibromyalgia syndrome.

  • With research grants from AFSA, talented scientists advance the understanding of fibromyalgia. AFSA's primary research goal is to fund projects designed to explain the physiology of fibromyalgia so better treatments can be tested. AFSA remains one of the only nonprofits funding biomedical studies on this condition and our awards program is essential for progress in the field. Our 2019 funded project results were published online ahead of print April 2023 in the journal PAIN (with a summary posted to our website), and the study showed low level inflammation throughout the brain. In addition, partial results from the 2020 funded project appeared in March 2023 in the journal Pain, Behavior, and Immunity, and the study showed an abnormal immune response to an immune challange. Additional findings to correlate the brain imaging results with blood markers are due to be published in 2024. Furthermore, now that these two projects are done, AFSA has announced a request for applications to fund five more projects. Over 60 fibromyalgia researchers from around the world have been solicited to submit an application before the March 1, 2024 deadline.

    Expenses $493

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristin Thorson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Steve Thorson

    Vice President & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer E Randle

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Brent Songer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420399349301507

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