Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$127,949

Total expenses

$263,584

Contributions and grants received

$127,329

Grants paid

$43,766

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$620

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$169,383

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$169,383

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$181,179

Management and general expenses

$63,604

Fundraising expenses

$18,801

Program service expenses (Part III)

$181,179

Program services were 68.7% 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

• NON-EQUIPMENT BASED SUPPORT FORMS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF GBF'S OVERALL PACKAGE OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY. THE CONTINUING WAR IN UKRAINE SAW A CONTINUATION OF 2022 ACTIVITY WITH UKRAINIAN PARTNER DONOR UA, WHEREBY LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED TO STAFF AT ZAPORIZHZHIA BLOOD CENTER; A SYMBOLIC APPRECIATION FROM THE GLOBAL BLOOD BANKING COMMUNITY FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND HARD WORK. THIS EFFORT WAS FACILITATED THROUGH DONOR PROMOTIONS RUN BY SEVERAL BLOOD CENTER PARTNERS TO RAISE MONEY FOR UKRAINE-FOCUSED ACTIVITY. IN OCTOBER 2023, BOTH GLOBAL BLOOD FUND AND DONOR UA WERE RECOGNIZED WITH AABB'S PRESTIGEOUS PRESIDENT'S AWARD 'FOR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING TRANSFUSION MEDICINE PROFESSIONALS IN WAR-TORN AREAS OF UKRAINE. GBF LAUNCHED THE PILOT OF AN INTERNATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF SEASONED BLOOD BANKING PROFESSIONALS IN THE US AND EUROPE, TO HELP PROFESSIONAL COUNTERPARTS IN THE NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE GHANA (THE AFRICAN PARTNER SELECTED FOR THE PILOT) IMPROVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO MEET THE TRANSFUSION NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY'S PATIENTS. GBF WORKED WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN GHANA TO RUN A 'STORY CONTEST' TO GENERATE NARRATIVE TO PROMOTE DONATION AND ENCOURAGE NEW DONORS TO COME FORWARD, AS WELL AS A PILOT FOR USING PRE-DONATION ABO TYPING AS A STRATEGY FOR RECRUITING NEW DONORS. IN FEBRUARY 2024, GBF USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BIENNIAL AfSBT MEETING IN KAMPALA, UGANDA, TO DISTRIBUTE, FREE OF CHARGE, SEVERAL HUNDRED DECKS OF A PROPREITY NEW BLOOD GROUP CARD GAME, 'REVIVR'. THIS TO BE USED AS A DONOR ENGAGEMENT AND STAFF TRANING TOOL. FEEDBACK WAS EXTREMELY POSITIVE, BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT. THIS EVENT WAS ALSO USED TO OFFER TO BLOOD SERVICES ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE, FREE OF CHARGE, HEMA-QUEBEC'S '130-FOR-1' DONOR RECRUITMENT VIDEO. PERMISSION WAS OBTAINED FROM HEMA-QUEBEC FOR THIS OFFER BECAUSE OF THE VIDEO'S SUITABLILITY: FEATURING AN ENTIRELY BLACK CAST AND CARRYING A STRONG MESSAGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD IN TREATING SICKLE CELL DISEASE THAT RESONATES ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

  Expenses $72,471 · Grants $17,506

• RE-HOMING OF DISPLACED EQUIPMENT RETAINED ITS STATUS AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. GBF OWNS AND MANAGES 'EqXCHANGE', A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM ENABLING BLOOD SERVICES WORLDWIDE TO LIST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR DONATION. THIS TYPICALLY BECOMES AVAILABLE WHERE ITEMS ARE DISPLACED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ROUTINE UPGRADE PROGRAMS, LEAVING STILL-SERVICEABLE EQUIPMENT SURPLUS TO LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. AS WELL AS VIEWING AND RESPONDING TO OFFERS, THE SYSTEM OFFERS BLOOD SERVICES IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES THE ABILITY TO LIST AND CIRCULATE THEIR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WORLDWIDE. ONCE A MATCH IS MADE BETWEEN DONOR AND RECIPIENT, GBF MANAGES AND RESOURCES THE LOGISTICS OF RE-HOMING. DONATIONS MOSTLY COME FROM THE US AND EUROPE. RECIPIENTS ARE TYPICALLY BLOOD SERVICES IN AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, AND ASIA. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WORK HAS COMMENCED ON BUILDING NEW FUNCTIONALITY INTO THE PLATFORM. EXAMPLES OF 2023/24 ACTIVITY INCLUDE THE DONATION OF SEVERAL BLOODMOBILES, PORTABLE DONOR BEDS, CENTRIFUGES, BLOOD MIXERS AND T-SHIRTS FOR USE AS DONOR RECOGNITION ITEMS.

  Expenses $45,295 · Grants $10,941

• IN ADDITION TO THE LAUNCH OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM, DISCUSSED ABOVE, GBF CONTINUES TO PROMOTE ITS ONLINE TRAINING COURSE FOCUSED ON DONOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND MANAGEMENT. THIS REMOTE LEARNING INITIATIVE OFFERS SIX HOURS/12 MODULES OF FREE VIDEO CONTENT. SEVERAL HUNDRED ENROLEES HAVE NOW COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND IT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INTEREST AND ENGAGEMENT AND WIDESPREAD APPROBATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BLOOD BANKING COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $36,236 · Grants $8,753

• MUCH OF GBF'S ACTIVITY RELATES TO ITS ABILITY TO CREATE AND GALVANIZE NETWORKS IN THE US, EUROPE, AND AUSTRALASIA (NATIONAL AND REGIONAL BLOOD SERVICES, INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS, REGULATORY BODIES ETC.) TO ASSIST DEVELOPING-WORLD BLOOD COLLECTION ORGANIZATIONS. WORKING BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH PAN-NATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, GBF IS ABLE TO ASSEMBLE MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATIONS, WITH OBJECTIVES AND CONFIGURATIONS DIFFERING BY PROJECT. OVER THE PERIOD, CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WERE NURTURED WITH ASBT (AFRICA SOCIETY FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION), ISBT (INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION), COBA (COALITION OF BLOOD FOR AFRICA), AABB (ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLOOD AND BIOTHERAPIES), ADRP (ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD DONOR PROFESSIONALS), GCIAMT (GRUPO COOPERATIVO IBEROAMERICANO DE MEDICINA TRANSFUSIONAL), ETC. A FORMAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND WAS SIGNED WITH GCIAMT TO REFLECT GBF'S INCREASED FOCUS ON THE LATIN AMERICA REGION. GBF ALSO PARTNERED WITH A FRENCH MANUFACTURER OF ABO/RH TESTING TECHNOLOGY, DIAGAST, TO SUPPORT A PILOT IN GHANA OF PRE-DONATION BLOOD TYPING AS A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.

  Expenses $18,118 · Grants $4,378

• GBF'S "OPEN ARMS" PROGRAM GIVES BLOOD CENTERS ACROSS THE U.S. AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THEIR BLOOD DONORS A CHARITABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE USUAL RECOGNITION ITEMS OF PRINTED T-SHIRTS, ETC. THIS PROGRAM CREATES A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE OF ACTIVITY SUCH AS IMPROVING DONOR CHOICE, MOTIVATING COLLECTION STAFF, SAVING BLOOD CENTERS MONEY, PROVIDING A DIVERSITY PLATFORM TO ENCOURAGE BLOOD DONATION FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK IN AN AREA OF INTEREST TO ALL PARTIES. HOWEVER, BLOOD COLLECTORS ARE INCREASING LOOKING TO RAISE CHARITABLE FUNDS TO RESOURCE THEIR OWN CORE-MISSION, LEADING TO A REDUCTION IN THE WILLINGNESS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR DONORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO GIVE TO THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATIONS, HOWEVER RELEVANT THE CAUSE. IN RESPONSE, GBF HAS SWITCHED ITS STRATEGY AWAY FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, A PASSIVE BRANDED PRESENCE IN POINT-REDEMPTION STORES, TO INSTEAD OFFER TACTICAL SUPPORT ON A CAUSE-SPECIFIC BASIS THAT WILL ENGAGE BLOOD DONORS AND THEREBY IMPROVE COLLECTION, OR DELIVER AGAINST SOME OTHER SPECIFIC BUISNESS OBJECTIVE. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WAS A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS APPROACH, THOUGH THE SALIENCE OF THIS CAUSE WANED DURING 2023.

  Expenses $9,059 · Grants $2,188

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

• OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE

  501(c)(3) · BLOOD CENTER · OK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by OBI HOLDING COMPANY

• OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE FOUNDATION

  501(c)(3) · SUPPORT ORG · OK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by OBI HOLDING COMPANY

• OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE REAL ESTATE

  501(c)(25) · REAL ESTATE · OK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by OBI HOLDING COMPANY

• OBI HOLDING COMPANY

  501(c)(3) · HOLDING CO · OK

  Directly controlled by NA

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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