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THE ASLAN PROJECT INC

EIN 45-5303190 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$406,510
Expenses 2024
$688,621

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
4315 50TH ST NW STE 100

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 ASLAN PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC CANCER CARE IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS THROUGH THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF LOCAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL, HOUSING, AND OTHER SUPPORTS TO CHILDREN IN TREATMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS, ADVOCACY, AND AWARENESS-RAISING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO PEDIATIC CANCER CARE IN LOW -RESOURCE SETTINGS.

  • THE ASLAN PROJECT IS A WASHINGTON, DC-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC CANCER CARE AND TREATMENT IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS. WE COLLABORATE WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, MAJOR HOSPITALS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ("NGOS") TO TRAIN LOCAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RECOGNIZE, DIAGNOSE, AND TREAT PEDIATRIC CANCERS AND TO PROVIDE FAMILY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF TREATMENT ABANDONMENT.CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE OSINCE 2012, WE HAVE SPEARHEADED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC CANCER HEALTH SYSTEM IN ETHIOPIA. AT THE TIME, THE COUNTRY HAD NO DEDICATED UNIT TO TREAT CHILDREN WITH CANCER, NO PHYSICIANS FORMALLY TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY ("PHO"), NO PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSES OR ONCOLOGY PHARMACISTS, AND NEGLIGIBLE SURVIVAL RATES.TO ADDRESS THIS CRITICAL NEED, WE PILOTED OUR FIRST PROGRAM AT TIKUR ANBESSA SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL (TASH) IN ADDIS ABABA. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THE PROGRAM ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES, INCLUDING THE FIRST DEDICATED PEDIATRIC CANCER UNIT IN ETHIOPIA'S HISTORY; ETHIOPIA'S FIRST PHO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM; EXPERT TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING AND ONCOLOGY PHARMACY; AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH A LOCAL NGO, TAPCCO, TO PROVIDE FREE HOUSING, COUNSELING, TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER SUPPORTS SO THAT PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS ARE ENABLED TO COMPLETE THEIR REGIMENS AND THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN THRIVE DURING THEIR TREATMENT JOURNEYS.IN 2015, WE EXPORTED THIS MODEL SUCCESSFULLY TO JIMMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (JUMC) INSOUTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA, SPONSORING AN INAUGURAL WORKSHOP IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH (FMOH), THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), AND THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY (SIOP).IN 2019, WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FMOH TO LAUNCH NATIONAL TRAININGS IN PHO AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING AND TO INTRODUCE INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF CARE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IN THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS, WE INSTITUTED A NEW PHO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT TASH, OFFERED OUR ETHIOPIAN PARTNERS SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURES TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND NETWORKS, AND INTRODUCED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS TO AMPLIFY OUR FACULTY'S AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND BANDWIDTH. WE ALSO ADDED THREE NEW PEDIATRIC CANCER PROGRAMS TO OUR NATIONAL NETWORK: AT GONDAR UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL (GUSH) IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA AND ST. PAUL MILLENNIUM MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL (SPMMCH) IN ADDIS ABABA, AND AYDER COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL (ACSH) IN MEKELLE.

    Expenses $566,961 · Grants $330,257 · Revenue $406,510

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.

  • Dr Meskerem Asresahegn MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carmen Cheng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Grace Fisher MBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Tenagne Haile-Mariam MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daphne Himelfarb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stuart Himelfarb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Craig Kline

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Craig Lustig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Scherr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Smith Yewell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Aziza T Shad MD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mary Louise Cohen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Svetlana Vallie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julia Broas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,765
    From this org
    $188,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,765
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $188,765

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
    $406,510
    Expenses
    $688,621
    Contributions
    $382,671
    Grants paid
    $330,257
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $501,098
    Expenses
    $745,502
    Contributions
    $490,035
    Grants paid
    $347,960
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $545,407
    Expenses
    $671,559
    Contributions
    $548,995
    Grants paid
    $314,652

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
    $1,481,460
    Expenses
    $405,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,477,293

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $515,893
    Expenses
    $395,390
    Assets (EOY)
    $405,751

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,903
    Expenses
    $371,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $277,881

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $352,838
    Expenses
    $440,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,382

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $498,636
    Expenses
    $410,976
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,348

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,683
    Expenses
    $321,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,005

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $299,146
    Expenses
    $404,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,153

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $362,218
    Expenses
    $193,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,578

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $139,650
    Expenses
    $71,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,400

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 11 November 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.