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Als Association FY2021 filing

Pittsburgh, PAUnknown exempt organization EIN 23-7123851Revenue $1.5M in FY2021

On file with the IRScure4als.org416 Lincoln Avenue · Pittsburgh, PA

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To assist people with ALS and their families by providing compassionate care and support, and to support research efforts.

89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$112K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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FY2023
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $32K a year · 2% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$112K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $834K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $43K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$271K
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.5M
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2021–FY2023
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$585K
FY2023$280
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$726K
FY2023Not on file
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2023Not on file

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending January 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $1.3M Management & general 8% · $121K Fundraising 3% · $46K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $112K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Ryan Reczek
Ex. Dir.
$111,647Pt VII · Sec A
Erin McGough
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Meyer
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Amy Shaughnessy
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
Ryan Reczek$21,640$113,532$111,647

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides compassionate care, support, and research funding for people with ALS and their families.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Direct support of those afflicted with ALS through no-charge provision of counseling and specialized equipment.

$1.0Mprogram expense
02

Contributions to National ALS Association to promote research.

$170Kprogram expense
03

Promote education activities

$144Kprogram 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
The Pittsburgh FoundationFY2024$27K
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INCFY2024$10K
Paypal Charitable Giving FundFY2024$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$43K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$494
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$121K
Fundraisingcol D$46K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$798K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$271K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$438
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$758K
Investment incomeLn 3$494
Gains on assetsLn 7−$20K
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$798K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$798K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$834K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$271K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJanuary
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$564K$798K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$770K$834K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$105K$271K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$112K$94K$14K$3K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$454K$382K$57K$14K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$8K$1K$753
Other employee benefitsLn 9$45K$36K$5K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$47K$37K$6K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$21K$17K$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$15K$2K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$57K$46K$7K$5K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$435$290
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$7K$1K$730
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$15K$12K$2K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$7K$1K$675
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$593K$585K$5K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$96K$72K$16K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.3M$121K$46K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 $585K$726K−$141K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.0M$226K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.5M$1.5M$11K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,499,122 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,669,177$1,539,118
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,556$494
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$57,486−$40,490
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,635,247$1,499,122
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $651,476$666,025
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $979,922$821,889
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,631,398$1,487,914
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,849$11,208
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,499,122 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$757,873
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$781,245
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$438
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,539,118
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,231$20,231
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$19,737−$19,737
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$41,090
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $600$600
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$19,137 · Excluded from tax $20,231$1,499,122
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,487,914 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $94,123 · Management $14,118 · Fundraising $3,406$111,647
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $382,462 · Management $57,370 · Fundraising $13,838$453,670
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,534 · Management $1,130 · Fundraising $753$9,417
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $35,602 · Management $5,340 · Fundraising $3,560$44,502
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $37,431 · Management $5,615 · Fundraising $3,743$46,789
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $16,660 · Management $2,499 · Fundraising $1,666$20,825
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,814 · Management $2,222 · Fundraising $1,482$18,518
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,630 · Management $6,844 · Fundraising $4,563$57,037
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,902 · Management $435 · Fundraising $290$3,627
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $7,298 · Management $1,095 · Fundraising $730$9,123
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,251 · Management $1,838 · Fundraising $1,225$15,314
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,754 · Management $1,014 · Fundraising $675$8,443
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $584,969 · Management $4,895 · Fundraising $3,264$593,128
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $72,199 · Management $16,455 · Fundraising $7,220$95,874
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,320,629 · Management $120,870 · Fundraising $46,415$1,487,914
Part X · Balance sheet $1,801,024 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $564,217$798,103
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $180,590$123,197
X-4 Accounts receivable$558
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $12,791$10,168
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $47,221$33,706
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $770,480$833,753
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,452$1,539
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,576,751$1,801,024
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $105,287$158,696
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$111,862
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $105,287$270,558
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,446,571$1,455,218
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $24,893$75,248
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,471,464$1,530,466
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,576,751$1,801,024
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,530,466 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,499,122
XI-2 Total expenses$1,487,914
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,208
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,471,464
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$47,794
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,530,466

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