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← ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,188,898
Total expenses
$22,405,990
Contributions and grants received
$29,074,072
Grants paid
$17,638,901
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$121,046
Other revenue
-$6,220
Total assets, end of year
$28,668,788
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,818,226
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,850,562
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$20,176,490
Management and general expenses
$130,319
Fundraising expenses
$2,099,181
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,176,490

Program services were 90.0% 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

    $6,922,752

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,778,404

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,372,916

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $946,545

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $155,175 · excluded $155,175

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $21,387,359

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

    securities $21,421,488

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$34,129

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$34,129 · excluded -$34,129

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,230,444

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

    $6,922,752

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,230,444

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: LOSS ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE

    total -$6,220 · excluded -$6,220

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$6,220

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,349,297 · program services $1,349,297

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $16,289,604 · program services $16,289,604

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $341,577 · program services $222,025 · fundraising $119,552

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $786,429 · program services $694,392 · management and general $13,535 · fundraising $78,502

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,396 · program services $38,203 · management and general $1,338 · fundraising $11,855

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $132,523 · program services $101,325 · management and general $3,450 · fundraising $27,748

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,128 · program services $62,806 · management and general $2,060 · fundraising $14,262

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,343 · program services $61,983 · fundraising $18,360

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $571,358 · fundraising $571,358

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,331 · management and general $16,331

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $569,306 · program services $453,976 · management and general $2,936 · fundraising $112,394

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $493,543 · program services $400,266 · fundraising $93,277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,083 · program services $29,749 · management and general $10,776 · fundraising $15,558

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $151,623 · program services $122,693 · management and general $4,993 · fundraising $23,937

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $141,259 · program services $38,963 · management and general $73,816 · fundraising $28,480

  • 17 · Travel

    total $231,421 · program services $164,932 · management and general $21 · fundraising $66,468

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,748 · program services $10,575 · fundraising $173

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $61,644 · program services $45,367 · management and general $784 · fundraising $15,493

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,343 · program services $34,673 · fundraising $18,670

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT STAGING, ETC.

    total $408,952 · fundraising $408,952

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT STAFFING & MGT

    total $306,042 · fundraising $306,042

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT EVENT COST

    total $115,781 · fundraising $115,781

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY AND VALET

    total $22,772 · fundraising $22,772

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $85,487 · program services $55,661 · management and general $279 · fundraising $29,547

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $579,907 · end of year $2,700,372

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,090,723 · end of year $4,534,869

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,584,237 · end of year $5,387,619

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $189,274 · end of year $328,506

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

    $202,257

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

    $114,887

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $125,051 · end of year $87,370

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,717,894 · end of year $15,542,298

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,373 · end of year $87,754

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $165,986 · end of year $388,367

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $7,428,929 · end of year $10,373,802

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,404,980 · end of year $2,053,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,079 · end of year $2,557

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,960,914 · end of year $7,846,674

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,354,571 · end of year $8,003,888

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 1992, THE FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE LEADING INDEPENDENT AIDS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD. WITH THE MOBILIZATION OF OUR SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS, WE FUND LOCAL EXPERTS ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS TO PROVIDE CARE AS WELL AS INFLUENCING GOVERNMENTS TO END AIDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BE A POWERFUL FORCE TO END THE AIDS EPIDEMIC AND THE STIGMA THAT SURROUNDS HIV/AIDS.

  • THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION FUNDS PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD, FROM UKRAINE TO MOZAMBIQUE, FROM THE UNITED STATES TO INDIA, IN SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING CONTEXTS TO ADVANCE COMPASSIONATE CARE AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY HIV/AIDS. THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS PROVIDE NOT JUST ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE BUT ON SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND HIV/AIDS STIGMA REDUCTION. THERE ARE THREE GROUPS IN PARTICULAR WHO THE FOUNDATION FOCUSES OUR SUPPORT TO HELP HASTEN AN END TO AIDS LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUANCE.IN 2020, WE EMBARKED ON AN EXCITING NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, DESIGNED TO REDUCE STIGMA AND HIV TRANSMISSION, ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE CARE AND TREATMENT, AND THAT GOVERNMENTS INVEST EQUITABLY IN THOSE POPULATIONS MOST AFFECTED BY HIV. OUR STRATEGY FOCUSES ON REACHING THE MOST MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SO OFTEN LEFT BEHIND AND EXCLUDED FROM THE HIV RESPONSE.THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION'S GRANTMAKING IS MADE FROM BOTH OUR U.S. AND U.K. ENTITIES. IN 2022, THE U.S. ENTITY AWARDED $17,638,901 IN GRANT FUNDING AND THE U.K. ENTITY AWARDED $6,534,738, TOGETHER SUPPORTING 54 GRANTS ACROSS 30 COUNTRIES. WE REACHED OVER 130,000 PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES AND SUPPORTED OVER 65,000 PEOPLE TO TEST FOR HIV. GRANTS WERE AWARDED ACROSS OUR STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO AREAS:1. YOUNG PEOPLE: TO MEET THE GROWING GLOBAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND PREVENT A RESURGENCE OF THE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, WE WILL PILOT AND SCALE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES WHICH MEET YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE THROUGH INNOVATIONS IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY. 2. LGBTQ+: LGBTQ+ POPULATIONS ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF HIV INFECTION DUE TO PERVASIVE INEQUALITIES AND INJUSTICES, WHICH CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED. WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, SOCIAL POWER, AND ACCESS APPROPRIATE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE.3. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT END WITHOUT CONCERTED ACTION FROM BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR. WE ARE STRENGTHENING THESE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE HEALTH WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES, TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY AND DEMAND FOR HIV PREVENTION AND TESTING COMMODITIES, TO ENHANCE LINKAGES TO CARE WITHIN COMMUNITIES, AND TO ADDRESS NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL POLICY BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND THOSE AT HEIGHTENED RISK OF INFECTION.4. EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, HIV INFECTIONS AND AIDS-RELATED DEATHS CONTINUE TO RISE, DEMANDING URGENT ACTION TO TURN THE TIDE OF THE EPIDEMIC. TO ACHIEVE EPIDEMIC CONTROL IN EECA, WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND HIV SERVICES FOR ALL, TO REDUCE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION EXPERIENCED BY KEY POPULATIONS, AND TO SHARE LEARNING ON EFFECTIVE APPROACHES. IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN UKRAINE AND INCREASED BURDENS ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM, WE ARE MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS TO BOLSTER AND SUSTAIN THE HIV/AIDS RESPONSE DURING THIS CRISIS. 5. PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS: CRIMINALIZATION, VIOLENCE, AND A LACK OF POLITICAL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPEDE HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS. WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS ARE FREE FROM CRIMINALIZATION, HAVE ACCESS TO RELEVANT AND EFFECTIVE HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, AND CAN RELY ON CONTINUED POLITICAL COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT TO MEET THEIR HEALTH NEEDS.ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC. WAS FOUNDED BY SIR ELTON JOHN AND IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS, TECHNICAL EXPERTS, AND LEADERS IN THE GLOBAL HIV/AIDS RESPONSE.

    Expenses $20,176,490 · Grants $17,638,901

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne Aslett

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $366,347
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $333,845
    Other
    $32,502
    Hours/week
    21 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $333,845 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,531 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,971 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $366,347 related

  • David Furnish

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Richard Reger To 622

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jared Cranney As Of 722

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tracy Blackwell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jamie Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Monica Risam To 622

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Thomas Moore As Of 1122

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lucretia Gilbert

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $341,577
    From this org
    $293,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,163
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,893
    Filer's total
    $341,577

  • Fiona Russell

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,551
    Other
    $25,949
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,551 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,399 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,550 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $182,500 related

  • Sara Best

    MGR-FUNDRAISING OPS/DONOR

    Total calculated
    $131,695
    From this org
    $107,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,351
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Anne Scott

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT & IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,493
    From this org
    $220,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76
    Filer's total
    $220,493

  • Noelle Esquire

    BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $141,551
    From this org
    $116,587
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,964
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • Emily Poznanski

    ASSOC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $133,677
    From this org
    $110,893
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,784
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION

    CHARITABLE · UK

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • EJAF TRADING LIMITED

    C · SUPPORT ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION · UK

    Directly controlled by ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION UK

  • EJAF SOCIAL IMPACT CIC LTD

    C · SEE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION · UK

    Directly controlled by ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION UK

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342759349300414

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