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← ALZHEIMERS DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALZHEIMERS DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 21 September 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,742,020
Total expenses
$61,943,588
Contributions and grants received
$30,595,495
Grants paid
$47,673,524
Program service revenue
$4,205,157
Investment income
$3,119,933
Other revenue
-$178,565
Total assets, end of year
$324,173,528
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,182,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$259,990,581
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$55,585,427
Management and general expenses
$2,308,982
Fundraising expenses
$4,049,179
Program service expenses (Part III)
$55,585,427

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $5,895,178

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,700,317

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,713,217

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRI INCOME

    total $4,205,157 · related or exempt $4,205,157

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,119,289 · excluded $3,119,289

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $455,706,533

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

    securities $455,705,889

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $644

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $644 · excluded $644

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $463,950

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $5,895,178

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $642,515

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$178,565 · excluded -$178,565

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,679,288 · program services $35,679,288

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,994,236 · program services $11,994,236

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,715,374 · program services $1,123,649 · management and general $360,486 · fundraising $231,239

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,767,011 · program services $2,700,852 · management and general $688,693 · fundraising $1,377,466

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $586,556 · program services $346,125 · management and general $89,662 · fundraising $150,769

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $834,099 · program services $486,752 · management and general $132,115 · fundraising $215,232

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $423,067 · program services $249,313 · management and general $68,044 · fundraising $105,710

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,098,725 · program services $1,098,725

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $85,189 · management and general $85,189

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,144,070 · program services $499,148 · management and general $324,887 · fundraising $320,035

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $573,425 · program services $318,038 · management and general $96,398 · fundraising $158,989

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,852 · program services $27,567 · management and general $36,908 · fundraising $18,377

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $129,072 · program services $42,946 · management and general $57,497 · fundraising $28,629

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $390,662 · program services $188,657 · management and general $95,525 · fundraising $106,480

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $732,283 · program services $588,502 · management and general $36,553 · fundraising $107,228

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,675 · management and general $43,675

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING EXPEN

    total $986,920 · fundraising $986,920

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $420,744 · program services $156,337 · management and general $79,160 · fundraising $185,247

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $256,340 · program services $85,292 · management and general $114,190 · fundraising $56,858

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,660,731 · end of year $418,639

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $45,203,944 · end of year $39,796,956

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $213,144,667 · end of year $188,735,033

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $270,603 · end of year $403,557

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $726,033

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $568,226

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $160,061 · end of year $157,807

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $77,192,847 · end of year $92,342,872

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,620,988 · end of year $2,318,664

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,594,953 · end of year $2,790,497

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $50,849,708 · end of year $58,002,921

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $637,024 · end of year $1,034,282

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,659,982 · end of year $2,355,247

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,551,323 · end of year $74,577,885

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $221,960,851 · end of year $185,412,696

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ACCELERATE THE DISCOVERY OF DRUGS TO PREVENT, TREAT AND CURE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACCELERATE THE DISCOVERY OF DRUGS TO PREVENT AND TREAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS.

  • THE ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATING THE DISCOVERY OF DRUGS TO PREVENT, TREAT AND CURE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS. THE ADDF IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON FUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS FOR ALZHEIMER'S, EMPLOYING A VENTURE PHILANTHROPY MODEL TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN ACADEMIA AND THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $55,585,427 · Grants $47,673,524 · Revenue $4,205,157

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alice Shure

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beatriz Illescas Putzeys-Claugus

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Pfeifer Evans

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Weinreb

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary M Lauder

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Fillit MD

    FOUNDING EXEC. DIR. & CHIEF SCI. OFF.

    Total calculated
    $664,906
    From this org
    $632,502
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $616,014
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $16,488
    Deferred
    $6,082
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,322
    Filer's total
    $664,906
  • Lanny Edelsohn MD

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurence Leeds Jr

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard Lauder

    CO-CHAIRMAN /GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melvin Goodes

    HONORARY GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miia Kivipelto MD PhD

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Corzine

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Goodes

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Zahn

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randal Sandler

    CO-VICE CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Mohs PhD

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Belfer

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Diaz Brinton PhD

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Lauder

    CO-CHAIRMAN /GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Day O'Connor

    HONORARY CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Sager

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas McWilliams

    CO-VICE CHAIRMAN & TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Smith Jr

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Harris

    CFO AND HEAD OF MISSION

    Total calculated
    $391,475
    From this org
    $366,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,726
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,581
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $3,168
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,526
    Filer's total
    $391,475
  • Mark Roithmayr

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $658,993
    From this org
    $619,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,387
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $616,438
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,168
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,187
    Filer's total
    $658,993
  • Aaron Burstein

    HEAD OF SEARCH AND EVALUATION

    Total calculated
    $350,096
    From this org
    $301,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,672
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,064
    Deferred
    $12,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,060
    Filer's total
    $350,096
  • Christopher Carlson

    DIRECTOR, SEARCH & EVALUATION

    Total calculated
    $213,612
    From this org
    $182,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,842
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,776
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,994
    Deferred
    $7,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,462
    Filer's total
    $213,612
  • Jane McIntosh

    CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $371,820
    From this org
    $359,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $358,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $720
    Deferred
    $12,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $371,820
  • Lakita Cavin

    ATTORNEY, MISSION-RELATED INVESTMENTS

    Total calculated
    $229,623
    From this org
    $208,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,418
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,101
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,104
    Deferred
    $8,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,972
    Filer's total
    $229,623
  • Laura Nisenbaum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DRUG DEV.

    Total calculated
    $466,550
    From this org
    $434,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,393
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $430,989
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,168
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,193
    Filer's total
    $466,550

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE BONUSES REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN B(II) WERE APPROVED BY THE CEO.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349312057

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