Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,736,580

Total expenses

$4,808,607

Contributions and grants received

$4,722,337

Grants paid

$3,491,248

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$192

Other revenue

-$985,949

Total assets, end of year

$2,073,213

Total liabilities, end of year

$145,871

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,927,342

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,290,266

Management and general expenses

$272,874

Fundraising expenses

$245,467

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,290,266

Program services were 89.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE ORGANIZATION RAISED MONEY FOR THE MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS, A RESEARCH CENTER DEVOTED TO THE TREATMENT OF AND RESEARCH FOR POTENTIAL CURE OF PARALYSIS INDUCED BY SPINAL CORD INJURIES.THE ORGANIZATION EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED AT THE MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS BY PERSONAL CONTACT, PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MAKING AVAILABLE VIDEOS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESEARCH ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

  Expenses $3,797,101 · Grants $3,433,333

• THE DARRELL GWYNN QUALITY OF LIFE CHAPTER - WHEELCHAIR DONATION PROGRAM: THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH PARALYSIS BY ENABLING THEM TO GAIN INCREASED INDEPENDENCE AND MOBILITY. THESE DONATIONS TYPICALLY HAPPEN 2-3 TIMES A YEAR AND ARE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC EVENTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THOSE LIVING WITH PARALYSIS AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE SOMEONE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND LEVEL OF MOBILITY. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE GIVEN CUSTOMIZED WHEELCHAIRS TO MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS. APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL NEED DOCUMENTATION. TWO WHEELCHAIRS WERE PROVIDED DURING THE CURRENT YEAR.WHEELCHAIR CHALLENGE PROGRAM: ABLE BODIED INDIVIDUALS ARE CHALLENGED TO SIT IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR A DAY TRYING TO DO EVERY DAY NORMAL ACTIVITIES AT THEIR HOME OR OFFICE AS PART OF AN AWARENESS PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT PARALYSIS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PARTICIPANTS TYPICALLY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES VIA SOCIAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY.

  Expenses $57,915 · Grants $57,915

• THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PAID LOBBYISTS TO LOBBY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND FEDERAL LEGISLATURES FOR APPROVAL OF FUNDING FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH.

  Expenses $334,000

• PUBLIC RELATION FIRMS WERE ENGAGED TO ENHANCE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONS AND PROGRAM.

  Expenses $101,250

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS

  $3,433,333

  SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH FOR TREATMENT OF AND CURES FOR PARALYSIS DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURIES

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.

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS

  501(C)(3) · EDUCATION, RESEARCH & HEALTH CARE · FL

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

4 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202540639349300539

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