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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE AIDS INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,761,798
Total expenses
$2,511,132
Contributions and grants received
$2,761,798
Grants paid
$187,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,285,704
Total liabilities, end of year
$455,376
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$830,328
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,372,334
Management and general expenses
$138,798
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,372,334

Program services were 94.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $999,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,762,198

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $187,500 · program services $187,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $209,000 · program services $209,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,369,205 · program services $1,290,423 · management and general $78,782 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $198,902 · program services $184,276 · management and general $14,626 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,523 · program services $56,084 · management and general $15,439 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,741 · program services $9,458 · management and general $8,283 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $161,628 · program services $160,607 · management and general $1,021 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $173,801 · program services $155,490 · management and general $18,311 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $2,408 · program services $72 · management and general $2,336 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Support

    total $119,424 · program services $119,424 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $987,387 · end of year $825,553

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $227,255 · end of year $450,511

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,281 · end of year $9,640

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

    $51,623

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

    $51,623

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,593 · end of year $32,456

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $634,668 · end of year $422,920

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $579,662 · end of year $830,328

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of The AIDS Institute is to promote action for social change through public policy, research, advocacy, and education.

  • The AIDS Institutes (TAI) began as a grassroots community mobilization and advocacy effort in Florida in 1985. In 1992, this advocacy network became incorporated as a Florida 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to promote action for social change through public policy, research, advocacy, and education. As TAI evolved into a highly respected national organization over the years, it maintains its roots in Florida as the only statewide policy and planning organization dedicated to HIV/AIDS. Over the years, TAI has expanded its vision and scope to include policy offices in Washington, DC, and Tallahassee, Florida. TAIs administrative and program office is located in Tampa. The Tampa office is situated at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine. The breadth of TAIs programs includes: federal policy research, analysis, and advocacy; capacity building and technical assistance; public health research and analysis; education and training; HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis community planning and research; Florida statewide policy and advocacy programs; customized convening and communications. Some TAI specific programs include AIDS Alliance for Women, Infants, Children, Youth, and Families; Aging; and Florida HIV/AIDS Advocacy Network (FHAAN). Other programs include a micro-grant program Women Informing Now (WIN) and Center for Patient Advocate Leaders (CPALS). This expanded vision and scope of TAI effectively address the many aspects of HIV, hepatitis, and other chronic diseases- related issues. TAIs state and federal policy for HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs and health care access is the core of its portfolio. TAI uses the social determinants of health to help guide other issues and work on them as it relates to barriers and access to prevention, care, and treatment. We impact social change through improved policies, legislation, and resource allocation through our work with the state officials, the administration, executive agencies, congress, media, and national/community partners. These activities often impact the entire country. While the focus of TAIs mission is HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis, its goal is to prevent new infections for all those at risk, which are often at risk for other STIs.

    Expenses $1,217,035 · Grants $187,500

  • Florida Comprehensive Planning Network - The AIDS Institute coordinates and supports meeting logistics for the statewide Florida Comprehensive Planning Network (FCPN). HIV community planning is an ongoing, comprehensive planning process intended to help assure that resources, particularly federal HIV prevention and care resources, target populations living with or at risk for HIV infections. The FCPN is a community-based HIV prevention and patient care planning body that collaborates with the Department to develop a comprehensive statewide HIV prevention and care plan. In 2023, TAI added the Florida Viral Hepatitis Network (FVHN) to the activities which includes an annual face-to-face meeting. The purpose of this contract is for The AIDS Institute to assist the Department in supporting the Florida Comprehensive Planning Network (FCPN), committees, and statewide workgroups with the coordination and planning of activities that impact persons living with HIV within the state of Florida. For 2024 and 2025, there were four active workgroups as part of TAIs work with the Florida Department health contract. The workgroups include the Community HIV Advisory Group (CHAG), Florida Mens Health Workgroup (FMW), and the HIV/AIDS Section Medication Formulary Workgroup (HSMFW), and the Statewide Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan Workgroup. TAI facilitated an additional meeting above our two planned regular FCPN meetings. The Florida HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Planning Network (FCPN) meeting was a hybrid in-person/virtual formal with nearly 140 FCPN members, Department of Health staff, and community guests participating. The focus of the meeting was to develop further the Florida Statewide Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan CY 2022-2026 (Integrated Plan).TAI also provided support for the development and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan for the Integrated Plan. TAI also started work on Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan CY 2027-2031 (Integrated Plan).The AIDS Institute also provided support for the Florida Comprehensive Planning Network (FCPN) to the following FCPN committees: Membership, Nominations, and Bylaws Committee, Coordination of Efforts Committee, Medication Access Committee, Needs Assessment Committee, and Executive Co-Chairs Committee. Additionally, TAI provides support for the Florida Viral Hepatitis Network (FVHN). TAI also supported ongoing scheduling and/or distribution of multiple correspondences for the Community HIV Advisory Group (CHAG), Florida Mens Health Workgroup (FGMW), Florida Viral Hepatitis Network (FVHN), and the HIV Section Medication Formulary Workgroup (HSMFW). Services performed by The AIDS Institute for this program include: administrative support services to FCPN, Committees, and Statewide Workgroups. Other services included, but were not limited to: preparation, planning, and logistics for convening meetings; as well as related activities, conference calls, community training and education; communication; technical assistance; and records management. In addition, TAI coordinated communication such as scheduling, promoting, inviting, sending participation notices, agendas, record management of meetings and conference calls for workgroups, planning, and advisory groups, and recording and distributing summaries of FCPN, FVHN, and FCPN-related committees, and workgroup meetings. Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) - Hillsborough County: The AIDS Institute (TAI), serving as the Center for Systems Integration and Coordination (C-SIC), plays a pivotal role in the implementation of teh Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative in the Hillsborough and Pinellas County jurisdictions. As the coordinating backbone organization, TAI facilitiates collaboration among subrecipients, government agencies, community partners, and people with HIV (PWH). It supports strategic planning, ensures stakeholder engagement, and fosters alignment across othe rgetting to Zero initiatives such as Zero Hillsborough and Fast-Trach Cities. TAI also leads efforts to engage underrepresented populations, using community assessments, interviews, and focus groups to identify gaps and tailor services to meet local needs. TAI is responsible for driving innovation and capacity building by identifying and implementing evidence-informed models of care that address gaps in linkage, retention, and viral suppression. It provides technical assistance, organizes training in partnership with regional providers like SEAETC, and leads quality improvement efforts through data analysis and continuous feedback. TAI also manages the coordination of evaluation activities, ensuring that both qualitative and quantitative data inform the adaption of services and strategic direction. For the EHE project, TAI contributes to sustainability planning and policy alignment by leveraging its expertise in advocacy, research, and systems integration. Ryan White Part A including Clinical Quality Management: The AIDS Institute (TAI) is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of quality management and evaluation-related efforts undertaken by TAI in the Tampa/St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area. TAI is also responsible for ensuring compliance with established policies, procedures, and all mandated federal, state, and local laws and regulations of the Ryan White program according to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program National Monitoring Standards. This work requires the development and implementation of various quality management and performance evaluation plans in conjunction with stakeholders or as required by grant deliverables. It also entails facilitating quality management workgroup meetings and ensures attendees are represented across the spectrum of HIV care, including individuals living with HIV. TAI provides training, support, and technical assistance on the implementation of standards of care, outcome measures, Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) methods and practices, and agency specific CQI efforts consistent with HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau National Quality Center expectations and guidelines. TAI compiles clinical, patient, and provider data and report out utilizing quantitative and qualitative methodologies, presenting outcome evaluation activities, clinical chart review activities, and client satisfaction measurements to the community and funders.

    Expenses $999,599

  • The AIDS Institutes (TAI) education programs are expansive in scope and impact. Most are part of TAIs general programs and education. The following details some of the programs. As part of TAIs Florida Consortium for HIV/AIDS Research (FCHAR) program. TAI staff planned and facilitated the 2025 Florida Community Providers and Researchers (Florida CPR). The conference sponsors were TAIs FCHAR and the Southern HIV & Alcohol Research Consortium (SHARC), brought together community members, providers, and researchers to network with colleagues and peers, learn about ongoing and current research initiatives throughout the state, and create synergy amongst the attendees for potential future collaborative research projects. This unique event brought community stakeholders, healthcare providers, and researchers to the same room to cross-share information that might not otherwise be heard, promoting inclusion of community and providers perspectives into the research community. Another component of TAIs education and advocacy programs is the Patient Advocacy Leaders (PALS) Initiative and Center for Patient Advocacy Leaders (CPALs). PALS has been a trusted and respected series of patient advocacy meetings considered to be best-in-class. It was designed to connect diverse health advocacy leaders to improve their advocacy capacity and identify ways to collaborate and unify the voices of many. The Center (CPALs) was launched upon fundamental principles, practices, and values of PALS; the staff has been better able to harness and more broadly utilize the resources, learnings, and the collective advocacy actions of health leaders and their grassroots organizations from all across the country. This has ultimately led to amplifying the patient voice loud and making advocacy efforts more effective. The Advocate Advisor network (an expansion of our former PALS Advisory Board) is crucial to enabling our well-established advocate-centered model, By Advocates, For Advocates, which focuses on the needs of patients and caregivers, health advocacy leaders, their organizations, and the diverse communities they serve. In addition to establishing CPALs and expanding the pool of advisors, TAI also introduced a program called Patient Advocacy Leaders United (PALs United). PALs United programs are designed to focus on a single therapeutic area or population instead of cross-therapeutic/general healthcare programs like National PALs. Working in this more focused way allows for a deeper dive into the therapeutic area or populations issues, with a better chance for identifying and pursuing meaningful action. Another of TAIs programs is Women Informing Now (WIN) Micro-Grant Program. It was established to provide micro-grant funds to activate individuals and organizations leading grassroots HIV outreach projects that innovatively reach cis and/or transgender women to break down isolation and stigma via the prevention, education, and engagement regarding HIV and sexual health. TAIs capacity building & technical assistance, patient advocacy training & support, women & children programs, faith initiatives, public policy & health policy analysis, community and provider education, training & skills building, HIV/AIDS & hepatitis community planning, HIV/AIDS & hepatitis research, communications, convening, conference planning & meeting coordination, and a highly acclaimed intern and fellowship program are just some of the successful programs. This expanded vision and scope of TAI, effectively addresses the many aspects of HIV/AIDS and other chronic disease-related issues. Part of TAIs work included planning, coordinating, and facilitation of all-digital webinars, virtual meetings, and small and large-scale face-to-face meetings and conferences.

    Expenses $155,700

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Ogunsuri

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cindy Snyder

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Quinton Rasberry

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Peter Ralin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maximillion Wilson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sarah Alexander

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Dallen Michael Greene

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Susan Tusher

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Robert Renzi

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Michael Ruppal

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $229,589
    From this org
    $209,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,589
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,577
    Filer's total
    $229,589
  • Ivy Turnbull

    Compensated Employee

    Total calculated
    $135,520
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,520
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rachel Klein

    Compensated Employee

    Total calculated
    $193,538
    From this org
    $174,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,538
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,578
    Filer's total
    $193,538
  • Kimberly Molnar

    Compensated Employee

    Total calculated
    $136,280
    From this org
    $113,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,947
    Hours/week
    40
  • Denise Ruppal

    Compensated Employee

    Total calculated
    $133,218
    From this org
    $116,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,218
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michelle Scavnicky

    Compensated Employee

    Total calculated
    $142,150
    From this org
    $118,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,317
    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. 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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202642249349301879

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