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← GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,854,709
Total expenses
$2,721,867
Contributions and grants received
$2,975,690
Grants paid
$872,859
Program service revenue
$93,925
Investment income
$33,630
Other revenue
-$248,536
Total assets, end of year
$3,843,093
Total liabilities, end of year
$719,053
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,124,040
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,891,027
Management and general expenses
$379,626
Fundraising expenses
$451,214
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,891,027

Program services were 69.5% 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

    $1,618,846

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,356,844

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $15,429

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $93,925 · related or exempt $93,925

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,630 · excluded $33,630

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $151,430

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

    $1,618,846

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $399,966

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$248,536 · excluded -$248,536

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $872,859 · program services $872,859

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $364,815 · program services $247,697 · fundraising $117,118

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $476,035 · program services $270,604 · management and general $121,916 · fundraising $83,515

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,499 · program services $13,113 · management and general $9,748 · fundraising $3,638

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,670 · program services $41,335 · management and general $9,334 · fundraising $16,001

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,906 · management and general $54,906

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $283,264 · program services $37,921 · management and general $122,700 · fundraising $122,643

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $87,029 · program services $22,391 · management and general $15,957 · fundraising $48,681

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $116,994 · program services $72,536 · management and general $16,379 · fundraising $28,079

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,633 · program services $8,110 · management and general $3,703 · fundraising $1,820

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,040 · program services $16,040

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,200 · management and general $4,200

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,774 · program services $33,340 · management and general $7,528 · fundraising $12,906

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,556 · program services $7,165 · management and general $1,618 · fundraising $2,773

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWARENESS

    total $214,663 · program services $202,187 · fundraising $12,476

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLINICAL STUDIES/OTHER

    total $45,046 · program services $45,046

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSE FEES & PERMITS

    total $10,326 · management and general $10,326

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $2,157 · management and general $1,157 · fundraising $1,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,401 · program services $683 · management and general $154 · fundraising $564

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $388,799 · end of year $852,688

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,855,434 · end of year $2,346,964

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $213,575 · end of year $60,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,275 · end of year $7,518

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $200,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,645 · end of year $65,606

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

    $351,265

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

    $321,887

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,152 · end of year $29,378

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $334,616 · end of year $156,616

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,180 · end of year $124,323

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $121,185 · end of year $69,848

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $699,574 · end of year $552,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,564 · end of year $96,705

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,293,587 · end of year $2,458,077

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $870,766 · end of year $665,963

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE IS THE LEADING NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO CONQUERING LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES. OUR MISSION: CURE LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, AWARENESS, AND EMPOWERING THE PATIENT VOICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE FUNDS RESEARCH, EDUCATION & AWARENESS FOR LYME & TICK-BORNE DISEASES.

  • GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE (GLA) HAS A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THREE MAJOR AREAS, MEASURED BY EXPENSES: RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS: GLA INVESTS IN RESEARCH, DRIVING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE STUDIES. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENT, AND UNDERSTANDING OF LYME BACTERIA. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS COMPRISE CHARACTERIZING CHRONIC LYME DISEASE, GENOME SEQUENCING OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI STRAINS, UNCOVERING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISMS, AND DOCUMENTING IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS. RECENT DISCOVERIES INCLUDE THE ROLE OF CELL WALL-DEFICIENT FORMS (L-FORMS) IN CHRONIC INFECTIONS, POTENTIALLY AIDING EARLY LYME DISEASE CURE.PATIENT SUPPORT: GLA IS COMMITTED TO AIDING PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND LOVED ONES AFFECTED BY THESE DISEASES. THEY OFFER VARIOUS SUPPORT PROGRAMS, SUCH AS ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, CLINICAL TRIAL OPPORTUNITIES, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT MENTORSHIP, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. THEIR HOLISTIC APPROACH ADDRESSES PATIENTS AND FAMILIES' CHALLENGES COMPREHENSIVELY.KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS: GLA'S RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. THEIR FUNDING OF STUDIES CONNECTING LYME DISEASE TO PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS HAS BROADENED AWARENESS OF THE DISEASES' IMPACT ON PATIENTS' WELL-BEING. MOREOVER, GLA'S DEDICATION TO SHARING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND CLINICAL TRIAL INFORMATION EMPOWERS THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE INFORMED HEALTH DECISIONS.

    Expenses $1,018,168 · Revenue $93,925

  • GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THE RESEARCH AND SCIENCE FOR LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES THROUGH ITS ROBUST RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM. GLA'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (SAB), COMPRISED OF DISTINGUISHED RESEARCHERS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELDS IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE, PROVIDES STRATEGIC GUIDANCE TO GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE IN ITS REVIEW AND AWARD PROCESS TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AT LEADING INSTITUTIONS WITH A GOAL OF IMPROVING DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES.AS THE LEADING PATIENT VOICE LYME NON-PROFIT MEASURED BY OUR AUDIENCE SHARE, GLA GETS INPUT FROM OUR MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD AND PATIENT ADVOCATES TO DRIVE RESEARCH DISCOVERY; GLA BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN PATIENT AND RESEARCH TO INFORM WHERE SCIENCE NEEDS TO GO TO FIND A CURE.

    Expenses $872,859 · Grants $872,859

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Ross

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Janet Vaccaro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Henry Dosch

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Deborah Siciliano

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Diane Blanchard

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Robert Kobre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Nancy Del Genio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Nolan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward O'Connell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Peetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana McAvity

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brett Kristoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lorrie Nadel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ridgway Barker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Corrinet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Gerstner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julia Knox-Comeau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Lefkowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lewis Leone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Norley

    DIRECTOR TO NOVEMBER 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Norma Russo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexander Tisch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erin Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aziz Syriani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brent Patry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Balducci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rose Anastasio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Avril Lavigne

    DIRECTOR TO FEBRUARY 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Moresco

    DIRECTOR TO NOVEMBER 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura MacNeill

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $113,850
    From this org
    $113,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Timothy Sellati

    CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $247,246
    From this org
    $237,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,746
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,000
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,746
    Filer's total
    $247,246

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
EXECUTIVE TEAM'S BONUSES ARE BASED ON MEETING GOALS AND OBJECTIVE AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, HR COMMITTEE WITH APPROVAL OF THE EC OF THE BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR. THE AMOUNT OF THE BONUS IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HR COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOD.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332799349300438

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