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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GLIOBLASTOMA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,804,767
Total expenses
$1,112,732
Contributions and grants received
$1,775,406
Grants paid
$189,316
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29,361
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,432,059
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,353
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,395,706
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$874,610
Management and general expenses
$101,982
Fundraising expenses
$136,140
Program service expenses (Part III)
$874,610

Program services were 78.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,775,406

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,361 · excluded $29,361

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $148,860 · program services $148,860

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $40,456 · program services $40,456

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,693 · program services $106,007 · management and general $10,843 · fundraising $10,843

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $115,111 · program services $104,432 · management and general $67 · fundraising $10,612

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,367 · program services $16,786 · management and general $870 · fundraising $1,711

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,749 · program services $18,622 · management and general $5,127

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,293 · management and general $46,293

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,960 · program services $6,264 · fundraising $696

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,132 · program services $80,219 · fundraising $8,913

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $103,881 · program services $55,220 · management and general $26,903 · fundraising $21,758

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,617 · program services $17,655 · fundraising $1,962

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,776 · program services $42,098 · fundraising $4,678

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,989 · program services $19,989

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $601 · program services $601

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,105 · management and general $4,105

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $186,305 · program services $159,111 · fundraising $27,194

  • 24b · Other expenses: DOCUMENTARY EXPENSE

    total $45,155 · fundraising $45,155

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $25,190 · program services $25,190

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $23,294 · program services $12,902 · management and general $7,774 · fundraising $2,618

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,198 · program services $20,198

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $75,767 · end of year $181,178

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $598,566 · end of year $1,212,253

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,918 · end of year $22,678

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,763 · end of year $12,920

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

    $4,668

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

    $1,638

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $661 · end of year $3,030

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,549 · end of year $11,353

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $25,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,455

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $703,671 · end of year $1,395,706

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

GLIOBLASTOMA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, INC. IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR NEW GLOBAL, CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH TO HELP FIND A CURE FOR GLIOBLASTOMA.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAIL.THE ORGANIZATION TO DATE, HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS THROUGH SIXTEEN FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT LEADING CANCER CENTERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DONATED OVER $675,000 IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HAS PARTNERED WITH GBM-RELATED PROJECTS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH LEADERS IN NEURO-ONCOLOGY AS WELL AS CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY GLIOBLASTOMA. THE STORIES BEHIND THIS DEADLY CANCER DRIVE OUR RESEARCH FUNDING MISSION. FUELED BY OUR FOUNDER'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GBM, THE GLIOBLASTOMA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS, SUCH AS SOCIAL MEDIA, SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO CONNECT THOSE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM GLIOBLASTOMA OR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A HUB FOR COMMUNICATION WHERE PEOPLE IN THE SAME SITUATION CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $849,667 · Grants $189,316

  • SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAIL.THE ORGANIZATION HAS ESTABLISHED OVER 20 UNIQUE CAMPAIGNS, TO CONTINUE ITS ADVOCACY WORK, TO SHARE THE STORIES OF PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS DEALING WITH BRAIN CANCER IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE GLIOBLASTOMA AKA GBM PODCAST, IN WHICH THE HOST HAS MEANINGFUL AND INSIGHTFUL CHATS WITHMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND BIOTECH COMPANIES - TO FURTHER AWARENESS AND PROVIDE ANOTHER OUTLET FOR COMMUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT BRAIN CANCER, IS NOW GOING INTO ITS THIRD SEASON WITH OVER 80,000 DOWNLOADS SINCE CREATION.

    Expenses $24,943

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amber Barbach

    FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,429
    From this org
    $108,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elissa Barbach

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,264
    From this org
    $19,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kylie Barnes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marvin Lew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Yonatan Bardash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Azul M Diez

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,792
    From this org
    $104,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611689349300346

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