Dkms leads the fight to defeat blood cancer by empowering people to take action, give bone marrow and save lives. Dkms is part of the largest bone marrow donor center in the world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$540K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.3M a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$540K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $578K
Looks good: 16 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.1M
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 6 voting members
Fine: 3 of 6 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$55.9M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$52.9M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$11.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$55.9M
FY2023▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$44.0M
FY2021$36.0M
FY2022$47.3M
FY2023$55.9M
FY2024$69.1M
Expenses
$52.9M
FY2023▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$43.3M
FY2021$36.3M
FY2022$43.0M
FY2023$52.9M
FY2024$65.4M
Net assets
$11.9M
FY2023▲ +34%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$11.9M
FY2024$15.6M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2005.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $46.0M Management & general 10% · $5.1M Fundraising 3% · $1.8M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $540K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Head of Workup and Clinical Data
$111,486Pt VII · Sec A
Project Manager
$111,078Pt VII · Sec A
Global Corporate Communications Manager
$108,571Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Fundraising & Community Engagement
$104,349Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$104,090Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kelly Taylor’s $116K as Operations Manager is at the 3rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Agata Maraszek-Dudek————$215,279
David Means————$155,556
Lynn Heather———$150,341—
Ajay Saini———$128,257$143,565
Zheni Culjak———$122,602—
Kelly Taylor$116,231$104,090—$101,993—
James Kirkland$113,678$108,571$104,654$107,794—
Hannah De Simone$110,099$111,486———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowering people to donate bone marrow and defeat blood cancer.

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3 programs · $45.5M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Transport Facilitation

Coordinated the transports of 1,372 (1,253 in 2022) bone marrow or blood stem cells products from germany to U.S patients. This provided them with a second chance at life.

$39.3Mprogram expense
02

Request Management

Facilitated 368 (414 in 2022) collections of bone marrow and blood stem cell products from unrelated volunteer donors, which are transplanted into patients, thus providing a second chance at life for those patients.

$4.5Mprogram expense
03

Donor Recruitment

Recruited 41,902 (25,688 in 2022) volunteer bone marrow & blood stem cell donors. This increases the chances for patients dealing with various blood cancers to find a life-saving donor match.

$1.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$55.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$50.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M
Money outPt IX
$52.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$46.0M
Managementcol C$5.1M
Fundraisingcol D$1.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$11.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.9M
Total assetsLn 16$24.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$50.7M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$55.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$8.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$549K
Other assetsLn 15$4.0M
Total assetsLn 16$24.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.1M
Net assetsLn 32$11.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 578
VolunteersI 62,508
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.8M$8.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$627K$549K
Total assetsLn 16$22.3M$24.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.5M$12.1M
Net assetsLn 32$8.9M$11.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.7M$2.6M$1.5M$545K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$32K$22K$6K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$869K$521K$268K$80K
Payroll taxesLn 10$328K$195K$92K$41K
Management feesLn 11a$83K$47K$36K
Legal feesLn 11b$100K$28K$67K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$322K$88K$180K$55K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.3M$64K$529K$701K
Office expensesLn 13$1.1M$178K$945K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$827K$119K$640K$68K
OccupancyLn 16$1.5M$1.1M$312K$108K
TravelLn 17$80K$38K$42K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$78K$78K
InsuranceLn 23$171K$57K$114K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$41.3M$41.0M$307K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$103K$33K$49K$21K
Total functional expensesLn 25$52.9M$46.0M$5.1M$1.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $69.1M$65.4M$3.7M$15.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $55.9M$52.9M$3.0M$11.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $47.3M$43.0M$4.3M$8.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $36.0M$36.3M−$283K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $44.0M$43.3M$674K$4.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $55,936,425 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,771,016$5,452,503
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,957,150$50,686,635
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,613,365−$202,713
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $47,341,531$55,936,425
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,924,212$5,931,316
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $37,124,407$46,977,657
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $43,048,619$52,908,973
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,292,912$3,027,452
Part VI · Governance 3 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $55,936,425 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,633 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,366,802
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,085,701
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,452,503
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $50,686,635$50,686,635
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$228,179−$228,179
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax −$9,167−$9,167
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $50,686,635 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$202,713$55,936,425
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $52,908,973 across 17 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,638,357 · Management $1,518,964 · Fundraising $545,350$4,702,671
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $21,940 · Management $5,561 · Fundraising $4,266$31,767
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $520,799 · Management $267,592 · Fundraising $80,382$868,773
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $195,306 · Management $92,160 · Fundraising $40,639$328,105
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $47,118 · Management $35,752$82,870
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $28,300 · Management $66,619 · Fundraising $5,291$100,210
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $88,112 · Management $179,614 · Fundraising $54,533$322,259
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $63,639 · Management $529,295 · Fundraising $700,778$1,293,712
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $177,996 · Management $945,100 · Fundraising $4,433$1,127,529
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $119,296 · Management $640,097 · Fundraising $68,043$827,436
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,088,459 · Management $312,378 · Fundraising $107,983$1,508,820
IX-17 TravelManagement $37,784 · Fundraising $42,122$79,906
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $78,117$78,117
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $57,115 · Fundraising $114,175$171,290
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $40,967,477 · Management $306,993 · Fundraising $8,396$41,282,866
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $33,189 · Management $48,509 · Fundraising $20,944$102,642
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $45,989,988 · Management $5,121,650 · Fundraising $1,797,335$52,908,973
Part X · Balance sheet $24,011,162 assets, 12 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,765,008$8,930,447
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,573,835$10,346,063
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $183,376$153,905
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $627,460$549,343
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,177,757$4,031,404
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $22,327,436$24,011,162
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,469,524$1,369,072
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $11,981,890$10,738,616
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,451,414$12,107,688
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,876,022$11,903,474
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,876,022$11,903,474
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $22,327,436$24,011,162
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,903,474 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$55,936,425
XI-2 Total expenses$52,908,973
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,027,452
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,876,022
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,903,474

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