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CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 65-0404623 FAIRLAWN, OH

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Revenue 2024
$2,870,657
Expenses 2024
$1,865,950

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
3634 W MARKET ST STE 110 # S

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD) IS A RARE, RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, ONE OF SEVERAL PRION DISEASES CAUSED BY PRION PROTEINS THAT MISFOLD IN THE BRAIN. THERE IS NO TREATMENT OR CURE AND THE DISEASE IS INVARIABLY FATAL. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY PRION DISEASE, RAISE AWARENESS, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

  • THE CJD FOUNDATION'S NATIONWIDE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS INCLUDE: HELPLINE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, FAMILY CONFERENCE, FAMILY WORKSHOPS, MONTHLY VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS, SPEAKER SERIES, BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS, CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND REFERRALS TO THE TELENEUROLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR CJD (TAPCJD). THE CJD FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDING AND REFERRALS FOR TAPCJD AND OFFERS GUIDANCE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY PRION DISEASE, WHILE COLLECTING NATURAL HISTORY DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH PURPOSES.HELPLINE SUPPORT: THE CJD FOUNDATION RESPONDED TO 2,563 CALLS AND EMAILS IN 2024, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND REFERRALS AND RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, AND INFECTION CONTROL SPECIALISTS. WE SENT CAREGIVING BINDERS TO MORE THAN 174 FAMILIES AND HOSPICE PROVIDERS. AT OUR 2024 CJD FOUNDATION FAMILY CONFERENCE, A TOTAL OF 155 FAMILY MEMBERS, PRION DISEASE EXPERTS, AND PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED. CONFERENCE SESSIONS INCLUDED AN UPDATE FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, RESEARCH UPDATES, AND INFORMATION ON SURVEILLANCE, TREATMENT, AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CJD.SUPPORT GROUPS, WEBINARS AND SPEAKER SERIES: WE HOSTED 43 TELECONFERENCE SUPPORT GROUPS IN 2024. THESE CALLS ALLOW CONSTITUENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND IN-PERSON EVENTS TO ACCESS AN EXPERT AND ADDRESS THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. INTERVIEWS WITH PRION DISEASE EXPERTS WERE RECORDED AND POSTED TO THE CJD FOUNDATION WEBSITE.

    Expenses $503,902

  • IN 2024, THE CJD FOUNDATION AWARDED $702,920 IN GRANTS TO 8 RESEARCHERS SELECTED BY OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES INTERNATIONAL PRION DISEASE EXPERTS. 50 RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE APPLIED. GRANT RECIPIENTS PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT THE CJD FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL FAMILY CONFERENCE. THE CJD FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED MORE THAN 94 RESEARCH GRANTS SINCE 2006, FUNDING A NUMBER OF GROUNDBREAKING PROJECTS THAT HAVE LED TO IMPORTANT NEW DISCOVERIES. FUNDING COMES FROM FAMILY MEMORIAL RESEARCH GRANTS AND FROM THE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF THE CJD FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $1,007,819 · Grants $702,920

  • THE CJD FOUNDATION HOSTS GRAND ROUND PRESENTATIONS, INFECTION CONTROL SEMINARS, AND FUNERAL EDUCATION AROUND THE COUNTRY, AT NO CHARGE. OUR MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE INSTRUCTED BY PRION DISEASE EXPERTS. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED MEDICAL EDUCATION:MEDICAL EDUCATION NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS WERE HELD IN: - TEXAS AT DSHS, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF FROM DSHS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT TEXAS. - IMED/SALT LAKE VALLEY NEUROLOGY DEPARTMENT (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)- BAYSTATE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL- CAPE COD FALMOUTH HOSPITAL IN FALMOUTH, MA.FUNERAL EDUCATION PRESENATIONS WERE HELD IN:- INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANAWE ALSO RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM 70 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS VIA OUR HELPLINE, AND MADE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO MEDICAL, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, HOSPICE AND GENETIC COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, EDUCATIONAL BINDERS, AND ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHICH IS RECORDED AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

    Expenses $41,571

  • ADVOCACY WITH POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES AND PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS

    Expenses $46,831

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brian Appleby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trevor Baierl

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 2/28/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Collins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pamela Fear

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lavonne Hall

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 2/7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Clarence Hunter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amanda Baxley Kalinsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janine Kock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia McGill

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kirsten McGinnis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brenda Meaney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dave Morris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frank Myers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Molly Nocerino

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 4/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joe Pohl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Roberts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacob Schwister

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Schwister

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Sweely

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maria Thacker-Goethe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Vitanza

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 7/10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stuart Yaffa

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Yobs

    PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $111,457
    From this org
    $111,457
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,870,657
    Expenses
    $1,865,950
    Contributions
    $2,463,713
    Grants paid
    $702,920
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,943,480
    Expenses
    $1,541,598
    Contributions
    $2,770,443
    Grants paid
    $718,205
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,861,917
    Expenses
    $1,274,442
    Contributions
    $2,735,803
    Grants paid
    $651,433

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,551,633
    Expenses
    $1,152,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,032,702
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,767,307
    Expenses
    $1,021,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,622,436
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,669,970
    Expenses
    $963,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,749,540
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,598,240
    Expenses
    $874,748
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,020,582
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,032,773
    Expenses
    $762,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,312,484
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,042,363
    Expenses
    $816,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,045,907
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $727,856
    Expenses
    $819,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $807,485
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $684,311
    Expenses
    $587,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $891,868
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $680,630
    Expenses
    $666,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $798,230
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $474,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $806,446

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE

    $150,000

    2023 RESEARCH

  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE

    $100,000

    2024 RESEARCH

  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    $100,000

    2024 RESEARCH

  • 2023 RESEARCH

  • 2023 RESEARCH

  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE

    $100,000

    2022 RESEARCH

  • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

    $100,000

    2022 RESEARCH

  • NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

    $47,115

    2022 RESEARCH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.