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MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION

EIN 76-0514428 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$7,413,825
Expenses 2024
$6,905,774

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99
Classification
1800
Street
1420 K ST NW STE 700

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

THE MRF IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO MELANOMA. ITS MISSION IS TO ERADICATE MELANOMA BY ACCELERATING MEDICAL RESEARCH WHILE EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE MELANOMA COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ERADICATE MELANOMA BY ACCELERATING MEDICAL RESEARCH WHILE EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE MELANOMA COMMUNITY.

  • THE MRF IS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING A BROAD SCIENTIFIC AGENDA ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES OF PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. ALTHOUGH THE MRF HAS ACHIEVED A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES, MUCH MORE WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE. TO THIS END, THE MRF FUNDS A SPECTRUM OF RESEARCH GRANTS, SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES, AND PROGRAMS FOR CUTANEOUS MELANOMA AND RARER MELANOMA SUBTYPES (E.G. OCULAR, PEDIATRIC, ACRAL AND MUCOSAL MELANOMA). ITS RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM IS A COMPETITIVE, PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM FOR INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1998. MRF-SUPPORTED RESEARCH IS OPEN TO MEDICAL STUDENTS THROUGH SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS.

    Expenses $2,947,330 · Grants $1,629,606

  • THE MRF'S ADVOCACY PROGRAM IS A PLATFORM FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY MELANOMA TO SHARE THEIR VOICE AND TRANSFORM POLICY. THE ADVOCACY AGENDA FOCUSES ON ISSUES ON BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THE MAIN PILLARS OF THE PROGRAM ARE ACCESS, PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MELANOMA RESEARCH.

    Expenses $1,099,138

  • THE MRF HAS A ROBUST EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMED AT EDUCATING PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS AND THE GENEREAL PUBLIC ON PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF MELANOMA, AS WELL AS INCREASING OVERALL AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE WEBINARS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, ANIMATED MELANOMA PATIENT VIDEOS, PATIENT/CAREGIVER SYMPOSIUMS AND RESOURCES SUCH AS SUPPORT GROUPS, CLINICAL TRIAL FINDER, TREATMENT CENTER FINDER AND ACCESS TO AN ONCOLOGY NURSE FOR NAVIGATION.

    Expenses $876,088

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Kyleigh Lipira

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $352,495
    From this org
    $340,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,212
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,451
    Bonus
    $10,832
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,101
    Filer's total
    $352,495

  • Douglas Brodman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Westdyk

    SECRETARY AND GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jill Wrobel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stan Adler

    BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael B Atkins MD

    SAC CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elise Barish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Ferris MD

    BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Gargiulo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Hartman MD

    BOARD MEMBER - AS OF 01/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Henry MD

    BOARD MEMBER - AS OF 01/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Giulia Newton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patty Pophal

    BOARD MEMBER - AS OF 01/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashani Weeraratna MD

    SAC CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Merrick

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $171,611
    From this org
    $159,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,361
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,050
    Filer's total
    $171,611

  • Elizabeth Reilly Sr Devel

    OFFICER - ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIVING

    Total calculated
    $139,873
    From this org
    $121,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,815
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jessica Allison

    DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $130,317
    From this org
    $116,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,682
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,413,825
    Expenses
    $6,905,774
    Contributions
    $8,089,338
    Grants paid
    $1,629,606
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,774,562
    Expenses
    $6,697,219
    Contributions
    $8,303,636
    Grants paid
    $1,849,954
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,578,223
    Expenses
    $6,478,760
    Contributions
    $7,217,360
    Grants paid
    $1,907,002

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
    $6,918,058
    Expenses
    $5,575,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,064,088

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,128,245
    Expenses
    $4,808,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,048,990

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,640,236
    Expenses
    $5,203,544
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,657,969

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,352,231
    Expenses
    $4,807,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,963,873

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,557,237
    Expenses
    $6,018,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $885,237

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,613,987
    Expenses
    $5,740,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,152,441

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,606,272
    Expenses
    $5,679,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,392,398

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,594,214
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,536,614

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,879,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,715,876

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.

Grants made

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.