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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$361,852
Total expenses
$998,987
Contributions and grants received
$117,010
Grants paid
$1,060,171
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$244,842
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,529,044
Total liabilities, end of year
$896,162
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,632,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$985,129
Management and general expenses
$13,858
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$985,129

Program services were 98.6% 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

    $20,384

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $96,626

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $95,988 · excluded $95,988

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $957,674

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

    securities $808,820

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $148,854

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $148,854 · excluded $148,854

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $860,171 · program services $860,171

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $200,000 · program services $200,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,057 · management and general $12,057

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,286 · management and general $1,286

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, LICENSING AND SUB

    total $515 · management and general $515

  • 24b · Other expenses: RETURN OF UNUSED GRANTS

    total -$75,042 · program services -$75,042

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,466,420 · end of year $1,095,850

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $42,790 · end of year $52,062

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $53,757 · end of year $2,500

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,253,212 · end of year $3,344,872

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,807 · end of year $33,760

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $175 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $735,941 · end of year $896,162

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,101,870 · end of year $3,632,882

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • PROVIDE 24 MONTH GRANTS RELATED TO SPINAL CORD INJURY AND/OR DISEASE IN BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, APPLIED CLINICAL CARE, AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. GRANTS FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS. GRANT AWARDS ARE MADE BASED ON SCIENTIFIC MERIT AND MISSION.

    Expenses $985,129 · Grants $1,060,171

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Thomas

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $134,212
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,615
    Other
    $7,597
    Hours/week
    4 + 44 related

  • Peter Axelson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rory A Cooper

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Kenneth C Curley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cheryl Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 20 related

  • Eduardo Tinoco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Matthew Mickunas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 20 related

  • Col Daniel Dudek

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cheryl Topping

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $288,807
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,519
    Other
    $46,288
    Hours/week
    4 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $234,427 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,092 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,291 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,997 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $288,807 related

  • Shaun Castle

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $260,798
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $217,158
    Other
    $43,640
    Hours/week
    4 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $200,403 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $16,755 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,392 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,248 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $260,798 related

  • Lindsay Perlman

    SECRETARY (FROM 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $116,835
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $98,598
    Other
    $18,237
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • Cheryl Vines

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $85,548
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $81,675
    Other
    $3,873
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
PVA RESEARCH FOUNDATION DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN STAFF AND RELIED ON PVA, A RELATED ORGANIZATION, TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION. PVA USED THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION: - COMPENSATION COMMITTEE - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS - COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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
2024
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601179349301100

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