American Liver Foundation FY2021 filing

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West Orange, NJ501(c)(3)Diseases & DisordersEIN 36-2883000Revenue $7.1M in FY2021

On file with the IRSliverfoundation.orgPo Box 299, 07052-0299 · West Orange, NJTax-exempt since Mar 1977Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to facilitate, advocate, and promote education, support services, and research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of Liver disease.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$873K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $672K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$873K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.9M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.1M
+28% vs prior year
Spent
$3.9M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$6.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$7.1M
FY2021▲ +28%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$5.7M
Expenses
$3.9M
FY2021▼ -33%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$6.5M
Net assets
$6.5M
FY2021▲ +93%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$6.5M
FY2022$7.7M
FY2023$7.9M
FY2024$6.9M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1977.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $2.9M Management & general 14% · $552K Fundraising 13% · $501K

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

32 people listed on the 990; $873K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$164,734Pt VII · Sec A
$129,542Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$116,600Pt VII · Sec A
National SR. Dir - Engagement
$116,467Pt VII · Sec A
National Director - Events
$116,249Pt VII · Sec A
Nat'l SR. Dir - Engagement
$114,138Pt VII · Sec A
National Director - Engagement
$102,720Pt VII · Sec A
Former COO
$12,163Pt VII · Sec A

Lorraine Stiehl’s $231K as CEO is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders 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
Lorraine Stiehl$231,385$197,042$231,894$129,542—
David Ticker$200,815$204,878$186,712$164,734$150,283
Juliann Kimbrough$184,465$187,646$149,299——
Heidi Daniels$171,637$161,376$155,416——
Kelly Smith$155,806$160,040$138,856$116,249$102,780
Sheri Singer$158,578$131,950$128,200$102,720—
Helene Jordan$154,599————
Lynn Seim———$12,163$152,437

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

Promotes liver disease education, support, research, and treatment advocacy.

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3 programs · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Public and Patient Education

The American Liver Foundation's digital content allows us to reach millions of people with our information and resource. The ALF website helps us better deliver quality programs and events to our constituents including multimedia webinars, videos and broadcasts.

$836Kprogram expense
02

Patient Support

Information specialists are available to answer questions about liver disease and liver wellness, including risk factors, prevention, symptoms, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment options. ALF can direct callers to local services in their area, help them learn about clinical trials and help them find a physician.

$732Kprogram expense
03

Community Service

ALF offers several Community Education Programs on liver health and liver disease that are interactive and age appropriate. These popular programs include: Love Your Liver, Liver Wellness - What Everybody Needs to Know, Teens to Twenties - Liver Wellness Guide, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

$636Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $1.6M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$400,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$168,750
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCA · FY2024$75,000
The University of ToledoFY2024$75,000
New York UniversityNY · FY2024$75,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$175,000
New York UniversityNY · FY2023$75,000
The University of ToledoFY2023$75,000
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · FY2021$75,000
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA · FY2020$75,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$261K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Money outPt IX
$3.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$552K
Fundraisingcol D$501K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$8.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$738K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$23K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$261K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Gains on assetsLn 7$206K
Total revenueLn 12$7.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.1M
SavingsLn 2$22K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$8.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 561
VolunteersI 61,000
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$3.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M$4.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K$20K
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M$8.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$6.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$75K$75K
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$327K$246K$43K$38K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.4M$249K$217K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K$10K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$238K$179K$31K$27K
Payroll taxesLn 10$184K$139K$24K$21K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$67K$55K$5K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$48K$39K$4K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$308K$251K$23K$34K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$33K$22K$109$11K
Office expensesLn 13$219K$87K$89K$43K
Information technologyLn 14$185K$139K$24K$21K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$162K$122K$21K$19K
TravelLn 17$14K$11K$795$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$32K$24K$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$18K$13K$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$100K$47K$7K$47K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.9M$2.9M$552K$501K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $5.7M$6.5M−$861K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.0M$5.1M−$67K$7.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.8M$4.3M$1.5M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $7.1M$3.9M$3.1M$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.5M$5.9M−$381K$3.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $7,058,209 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,317,288$6,782,864
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $100,795$260,753
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $85,146$14,592
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,503,229$7,058,209
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $150,000$75,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,749,868$2,644,169
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,984,475$1,207,797
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,884,343$3,926,966
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$381,114$3,131,243
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
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 $7,058,209 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$9,869
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,584,557
VIII-1e Government grants$737,979
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,450,459
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$22,999
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,782,864
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $54,832$54,832
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $205,921$205,921
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$99,043−$99,043
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $113,635$113,635
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $275,345$7,058,209
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,926,966 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $75,000$75,000
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 $246,334 · Management $43,276 · Fundraising $37,838$327,448
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,415,644 · Management $248,701 · Fundraising $217,447$1,881,792
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,579 · Management $1,683 · Fundraising $1,471$12,733
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $178,954 · Management $31,438 · Fundraising $27,488$237,880
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $138,658 · Management $24,360 · Fundraising $21,298$184,316
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $54,992 · Management $4,971 · Fundraising $7,443$67,406
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $38,947 · Management $3,521 · Fundraising $5,272$47,740
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $15,457$15,457
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $250,933 · Management $22,685 · Fundraising $33,964$307,582
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $21,953 · Management $109 · Fundraising $11,214$33,276
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $86,903 · Management $88,906 · Fundraising $43,119$218,928
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $138,916 · Management $24,352 · Fundraising $21,291$184,559
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $122,169 · Management $21,463 · Fundraising $18,765$162,397
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,119 · Management $795 · Fundraising $1,674$13,588
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,013$7,013
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,991 · Management $4,215 · Fundraising $3,685$31,891
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,458 · Management $2,364 · Fundraising $2,067$17,889
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $46,753 · Management $6,741 · Fundraising $46,577$100,071
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,874,303 · Management $552,050 · Fundraising $500,613$3,926,966
Part X · Balance sheet $8,459,273 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,422,890$3,127,780
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $21,891$21,743
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $180,798$584,568
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $88,292$64,949
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,678$20,048
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,039,168$4,640,185
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,773,717$8,459,273
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $867,078$196,098
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $75,000$37,500
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$312,821
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $737,979$697,237
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $22,320$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,371,898$1,909,719
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $632,568$3,636,730
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,769,251$2,912,824
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,401,819$6,549,554
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,773,717$8,459,273
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,549,554 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,058,209
XI-2 Total expenses$3,926,966
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,131,243
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,401,819
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$16,492
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,549,554

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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