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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,009,384
Total expenses
$21,903,273
Contributions and grants received
$47,044
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,198,681
Investment income
$852,718
Other revenue
$4,910,941
Total assets, end of year
$25,756,610
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,374,805
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,381,805
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,502,256
Management and general expenses
$7,296,304
Fundraising expenses
$104,713
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,502,256

Program services were 66.2% 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

    $47,044

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACCREDITATION

    total $5,444,320 · related or exempt $5,444,320

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES & EDUCATION

    total $4,324,727 · related or exempt $3,768,477 · excluded $556,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DUES

    total $3,947,973 · related or exempt $3,605,718 · excluded $342,255

  • 2d · Program service revenue: NATIONAL BLOOD EXCHANGE

    total $949,860 · related or exempt $949,860

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $301,789 · related or exempt $301,789

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $230,012 · related or exempt $230,012

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $339,299 · excluded $339,299

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $692,779 · unrelated business $56,362 · excluded $636,417

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $283,815

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $283,815

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $283,815 · excluded $283,815

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $23,474,466

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

    securities $22,961,047

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $513,419

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $513,419 · excluded $513,419

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,100,000

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $416,124

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $683,876 · related or exempt $683,876

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $2,396,227 · excluded $2,396,227

  • 11b · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $610,401 · excluded $610,401

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $243,843 · excluded $243,843

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,250,471

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,600,795 · program services $1,120,210 · management and general $480,585

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,056,889 · program services $4,938,295 · management and general $2,118,594

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $192,335 · program services $134,593 · management and general $57,742

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $699,376 · program services $489,411 · management and general $209,965

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $558,092 · program services $390,544 · management and general $167,548

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $203,557 · management and general $203,557

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $469,892 · management and general $469,892

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $29,011 · management and general $29,011

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,893,109 · program services $2,701,185 · management and general $1,189,358 · fundraising $2,566

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $92,674 · program services $30,883 · management and general $61,640 · fundraising $151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $572,699 · program services $190,848 · management and general $380,917 · fundraising $934

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,154,305 · program services $470,191 · management and general $658,913 · fundraising $25,201

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $800,176 · program services $501,806 · management and general $298,370

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,155,674 · program services $1,895,037 · management and general $204,650 · fundraising $55,987

  • 20 · Interest

    total $264,733 · management and general $264,733

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $431,352 · program services $270,508 · management and general $141,929 · fundraising $18,915

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $446,808 · program services $316,129 · management and general $130,679

  • 24a · Other expenses: CATERING

    total $644,383 · program services $621,610 · management and general $22,773

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCR.

    total $313,572 · program services $234,866 · management and general $78,706

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING AND DEV.

    total $73,825 · program services $73,825

  • 24d · Other expenses: AWARDS/GIFTS

    total $35,691 · program services $35,691

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $214,325 · program services $86,624 · management and general $126,742 · fundraising $959

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,848,435 · end of year $2,282,130

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,538,019 · end of year $4,147,159

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $418,669 · end of year $166,188

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $82,201 · end of year $607,529

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

    $5,215,126

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

    $4,142,122

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,504,359 · end of year $1,073,004

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,091,582 · end of year $13,994,818

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,036,002 · end of year $3,485,782

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,934,936 · end of year $9,924,630

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,033,037 · end of year $3,659,451

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,159,900 · end of year $4,159,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,195,713 · end of year $5,630,824

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,195,681 · end of year $2,381,805

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IMPROVING LIVES BY MAKING TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND BIOTHERAPIES SAFE, AVAILABLE, AND EFFECTIVE WORLDWIDE

  • ACCREDITATION:AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS DEVELOPS STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AND ACCREDITATION PROCESSES. THESE DEFINE OPTIMAL PATIENT AND DONOR CARE IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND CELLULAR THERAPIES.

    Expenses $4,580,580 · Revenue $5,444,320

  • CONFERENCES & MEETINGS:AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING CONFERENCES AND AUDIO CONFERENCES TO PROVIDE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIELD OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND CELLULAR AND RELATED BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES.

    Expenses $4,292,107 · Revenue $3,768,477

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS:AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS (AABB) IS THE PREMIER PUBLISHER FOR PUBLICATIONS IN THE BLOOD BANKING, CELLULAR THERAPIES AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE FIELD. OUR HIGH QUALITY PUBLICATIONS AND PRACTICE STANDARDS ARE RELEVANT FOR TODAY'S HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. AABB ADVANCES THE ACQUISITION, TRANSLATION, AND APPLICATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE DISCIPLINES OF BASIC, CLINICAL, BEHAVIORAL, MANAGERIAL AND LABORATORY SCIENCES AS THEY APPLY TO TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, CELLULAR AND RELATED BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES THROUGH ITS SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, "TRANSFUSION". IN ADDITION, AABB INFORMS ITS MEMBERS THROUGH DAILY, WEEKLY, AND MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS, BULLETINS, MAGAZINES AND ONLINE PEER TO PEER INTEGRATION THROUGH THE AABB HUB.

    Expenses $1,389,998 · Revenue $286,374

  • AABB CONSULTING SERVICES IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING EXPERTISE WORLDWIDE IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO BLOOD, PLASMA AND TISSUE COLLECTION AND/OR MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TRANSFUSION SERVICES, CLINICAL LABORATORIES, CELLULAR AND RELATEDBIOLOGICAL THERAPY FACILITIES.

    Expenses $1,336,261 · Revenue $301,789

  • NATIONAL BLOOD EXCHANGE (NBE) CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE BLOOD BANKING AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE COMMUNITY. NBE RELIES ON A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF BLOOD FACILITIES WITH A SURPLUS OF BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS. THIS NATIONWIDE NETWORK HAS ENABLED NBE TO BECOME THE PRIMARY RESOURCE SHARING PROGRAM IN THE US. EACH YEAR, NBE COORDINATES THE DISTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN 181,000 UNITS OF BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS.

    Expenses $536,734 · Revenue $949,860

  • MEMBERSHIP SERVICES HELP AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS TO PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS TO INTERACT WITH PEERS AND EDUCATION ON CURRENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR TRANSFUSION SAFETY, BLOOD MANAGEMENT, CELLULAR THERAPIES AND BLOOD QUALITY AND TESTING.

    Revenue $3,947,973

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $2,366,576 · Revenue $285,259

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • AARON TOBIAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • MEGHAN DELANEY

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • JOSE CANCELAS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

  • RICHARD SCHAFER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • DELISA ENGLISH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • BRIAN GANNON

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • DANA DEVINE

    IMM. PAST PRESIDENT (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • PHIL ACCOOE

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SALLY CAMPBELL-LEE

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • NANCY DUNBAR

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • MAGALI FONTAINE

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAYMOND GOODRICH

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN HAGINS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JERRY HOLMBERG

    BOARD DIRECTOR (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WEN LU

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CELINA MONTEMAYOR-GARCIA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FEDERICO RODRIGUEZ QUEZADA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RONIT SLOTKY

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL SMITH

    BOARD DIRECTOR (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUZANNE THIBODEAUX

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAWN WARD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAMPEE YOUNG

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBRA BENAVRAM

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $788,893
    From this org
    $680,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,911
    Hours/week
    35.5 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $594,192
    Bonus
    $85,800
    Other
    $990
    Deferred
    $66,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,942
    Filer's total
    $788,893

  • MICHAEL GROGAN

    COO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $402,566
    From this org
    $365,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,671
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,177
    Bonus
    $31,200
    Other
    $1,518
    Deferred
    $9,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,771
    Filer's total
    $402,566

  • JULIA ZIMMERMAN

    CHIEF ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $409,336
    From this org
    $362,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,856
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,620
    Bonus
    $31,200
    Other
    $660
    Deferred
    $8,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,892
    Filer's total
    $409,336

  • LEAH MENDELSOHN

    VP, PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $288,086
    From this org
    $242,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,404
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,106
    Bonus
    $11,586
    Other
    $990
    Deferred
    $7,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,892
    Filer's total
    $288,086

  • DIANE KILION

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $264,554
    From this org
    $251,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,766
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,013
    Bonus
    $11,393
    Other
    $8,382
    Deferred
    $7,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,716
    Filer's total
    $264,554

  • CHRISTINE BALES

    VP, GLOBAL AND CONSULTING

    Total calculated
    $256,250
    From this org
    $221,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,239
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $13,597
    Deferred
    $6,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,759
    Filer's total
    $256,250

  • SHARON CARAYIANNIS

    VP, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

    Total calculated
    $245,691
    From this org
    $198,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,010
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,509
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,172
    Deferred
    $6,068
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,942
    Filer's total
    $245,691

  • JACQUELINE THOMAS

    VP, EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $216,051
    From this org
    $206,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,867
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,396
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,788
    Deferred
    $6,113
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,754
    Filer's total
    $216,051

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
DEBRA BENAVRAM PARTICIPATED IN A SECTION 457(F) IN 2022. DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION MADE A CONTRIBUTION OF $59,835 TO THE PLAN. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN PART VII, COLUMN F AND SCHEDULE J, COLUMN C.
PART I, LINE 7
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS PROVIDED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS TO DEBRA BENAVRAM DURING THE TAX YEAR. THE BONUS IS CALCULATED USING A PERCENTAGE OF HER BASE SALARY AS PRESCRIBED IN HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

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

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.

  • AABB FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · TO FUND RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING · MD · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202543219349309279

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