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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUMAIRA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,345,639
Total expenses
$1,329,611
Contributions and grants received
$1,460,672
Grants paid
$134,954
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$21,757
Other revenue
-$93,276
Total assets, end of year
$618,636
Total liabilities, end of year
$105,072
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$513,564
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$846,221
Management and general expenses
$160,373
Fundraising expenses
$323,017
Program service expenses (Part III)
$846,221

Program services were 63.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $70,498

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,390,174

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,618 · excluded $18,618

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

    other assets $40,375

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$40,375

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$40,375 · related or exempt -$40,375

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $13,583

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

    $70,498

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $102,326

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$88,743 · excluded -$88,743

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,363

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,896

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$4,533 · unrelated business -$4,533

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $69,328 · program services $69,328

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $65,626 · program services $65,626

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $584,888 · program services $321,689 · management and general $58,488 · fundraising $204,711

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $5,777 · program services $2,889 · management and general $2,888

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,579 · program services $9,790 · management and general $9,789

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,908 · program services $954 · management and general $954

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,222 · program services $1,611 · fundraising $1,611

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,149 · program services $13,289 · management and general $4,430 · fundraising $4,430

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,134 · program services $5,480 · management and general $1,827 · fundraising $1,827

  • 17 · Travel

    total $109,243 · program services $65,546 · management and general $21,849 · fundraising $21,848

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,749 · program services $3,187 · management and general $3,186 · fundraising $6,376

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $225,394 · program services $123,966 · management and general $22,540 · fundraising $78,888

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT

    total $102,326 · program services $102,326

  • 24c · Other expenses: FILM PRODUCTION

    total $44,301 · program services $44,301

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $20,974 · management and general $20,974

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,013 · program services $16,239 · management and general $13,448 · fundraising $3,326

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $12,350

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $553,827 · end of year $487,627

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,814 · end of year $101,305

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

    $2,765

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

    $1,290

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,028 · end of year $1,475

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $65,086 · end of year $15,879

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,719 · end of year $94,355

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $119,500 · end of year $10,717

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000

  • 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 $497,536 · end of year $513,564

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION"), A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, THAT IS DEDICATED TO GENERATING GLOBAL AWARENESS OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER ("NMOSD"), FUNDRAISING TO HELP FIND A CURE, AND CREATING A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THE ORGANIZATION IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY THROUGH GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

  • GRANTS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA AND MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN ANITBODY DISEASE.

    Expenses $206,952 · Grants $134,954 · Revenue $73,144

  • WORKING TO GENERATE GLOBAL AWARENESS OF NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER (NMOSD) AND MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN ANITBODY DISEASE (MOGAD), AND CREATING A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS + THEIR CAREGIVERS.

    Expenses $107,460 · Revenue $528,500

  • ORGANIZING REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FEATURING LOCAL EXPERTS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY, EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT FOR NMOSD/MOGAD PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $129,181 · Revenue $504,175

  • Expenses $402,628

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sumaira Ahmed

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $300,305
    From this org
    $300,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,305
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,305

  • Melissa Barash

    TERM ENDED 05/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Devlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $284,583
    From this org
    $284,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,583
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $284,583

  • Lauren Michaels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Hamzo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexis Ahmad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

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

  • BRAIN HEALTH CENTER OF THE ROCKIES

    $46,000

    THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ASSIST BRAIN HEALTH CENTER OF THE ROCKIES IN THEIR MISSION.

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.

  • THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION FRANCE

    ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION IN FRANCE · FR

  • THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION CANADA

    ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION IN FRANCE · CA

  • SUMAIRA FOUNDATION ITALY

    ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE SUMAIRA FOUNDATION IN FRANCE · IT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349310026

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