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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COG RESEARCH FOUNDATION LLC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,417,189
Total expenses
$1,249,916
Contributions and grants received
$1,417,189
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$593,097
Total liabilities, end of year
$415,470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$177,627
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,216,276
Management and general expenses
$33,640
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,216,276

Program services were 97.3% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,202,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $200,163

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,026

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,421 · program services $89,421

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $100,201 · program services $100,201

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,618 · program services $6,618

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,098 · program services $57,098

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,884 · program services $17,884

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $25,717 · management and general $25,717

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $557,309 · program services $557,309

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,000 · management and general $7,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $42,268 · program services $42,268

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,329 · program services $28,329

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,673 · program services $64,673

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,584 · program services $2,584

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,853 · program services $16,853

  • 24a · Other expenses: SITE AUDITOR FEES AND T

    total $190,038 · program services $190,038

  • 24b · Other expenses: HOMORARIUMS

    total $43,000 · program services $43,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $923 · management and general $923

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,354 · end of year $410,032

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $121,986

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $15,832

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $45,247

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $373,243

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $42,227

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,354 · end of year $177,627

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COG RESEARCH FOUNDATION, LLC IS A CALIFORNIA 501(C)(3) ENTITY FOUNDED IN 2024 AND DESIGNED TO BECOME THE FEDERAL GRANTEE ORGANIZATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP (COG). THE COG, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI) NATIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK (NCTN), IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ORGANIZATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT CANCER RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COG RESEARCH FOUNDATION, LLC WAS DESIGNED TO BECOME THE FEDERAL GRANTEE ORGANIZATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP (COG).

  • COG RESEARCH FOUNDATION, LLC PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, AS WELL AS STATISTICAL AND DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP (COG). THE COG, A CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ORGANIZATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT CANCER RESEARCH. COG BRINGS TOGETHER MORE THAN 10,000 EXPERTS IN CHILDHOOD CANCER AT MORE THAN 200 INSTITUTIONS. THEY SUPPORT CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS THAT STUDY AND DETERMINE THE UNDERLYING BIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD CANCERS, EMERGING TREATMENTS, SUPPORTIVE CARE, AND SURVIVORSHIP, AND CARE FOR 80-90% OF THE 13,500 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER EACH YEAR.COG IS STRUCTURED TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY, PROMOTE COLLABORATION, AND RETAIN THE FLEXIBILITY TO FOCUS RESOURCES ON THE MOST PROMISING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES. EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION AND INTEGRATION ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT COG'S ORGANIZATION. THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP HAS OVER 50 ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS OPEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THESE TRIALS INCLUDE FRONT-LINE TREATMENT FOR MANY TYPES OF CHILDHOOD CANCERS, STUDIES AIMED AT DETERMINING THE UNDERLYING BIOLOGY OF THESE DISEASES, AND TRIALS INVOLVING NEW AND EMERGING TREATMENTS, SUPPORTIVE CARE, AND SURVIVORSHIP. THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP RESEARCH HAS TURNED CHILDREN'S CANCER FROM A VIRTUALLY INCURABLE DISEASE 50 YEARS AGO TO ONE WITH A COMBINED 5-YEAR SURVIVAL RATE OF 86% TODAY. OUR GOAL IS TO CURE ALL CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CANCER, REDUCE THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER TREATMENTS, AND DETERMINE THE CAUSES AND FIND WAYS TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD CANCER.

    Expenses $1,216,276

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas S Hawkins MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Lia Gore MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Elizabeth Raetz MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Leo Mascarenhas MD Ms

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Cindy L Schwartz MD MPH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Jason A Jarzembowski MD PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Deborah L Crabtree

    EXECUTIVE VP & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald Wilson JD

    VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Plunkett

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel T Woods

    ASST VP & ASST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $119,097
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $105,039
    Other
    $14,058
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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
10 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621039349301412

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