Massage Therapy Foundation INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 36-3735393)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$397K
FY2022	$530K
FY2023	$490K
FY2024	$727K
FY2025	$641K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$471K
FY2022	$497K
FY2023	$562K
FY2024	$1.1M
FY2025	$904K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	$636K
FY2022	$679K
FY2023	$567K
FY2024	$347K
FY2025	$93K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1991.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

50 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

50%

39%

Program services 50% · $454K Management & general 39% · $351K Fundraising 11% · $99K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $144K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Virginia Ohlson

Ed & Treasurer (to Fy '25)

$88,456Pt VII · Sec A

Teri Mayo

Executive Director (from Fy '25)

$32,316Pt VII · Sec A

Adrienne Asta

President

$15,600Pt VII · Sec A

Lindsay Bodkin

Vice President

$4,800Pt VII · Sec A

Niki Munk PHD

Trustee (to Fy '25)

$1,600Pt VII · Sec A

John Combe

Vice President (to Fy '25)

$800Pt VII · Sec A

Steve Albertson

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michaele Colizza

Trustee (to Fy '25)

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Virginia Ohlson’s $88K as Ed & Treasurer (to Fy '25) is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 328 $100K–1M medical research 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Virginia Ohlson	$88,456	$105,799	$93,772	$91,527	$88,832
Teri Mayo	$32,316	—	—	—	—
Douglas Nelson	—	—	—	$3,000	$18,750
Robin Anderson	—	—	$6,900	$15,800	$4,800
Adrienne Asta	$15,600	$15,600	$11,450	$4,000	—
Lindsay Bodkin	$4,800	$4,800	$4,000	—	—
John Combe	$800	$4,800	$2,800	—	—
Brent Jackson	—	—	—	$800	$4,800

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports research, education, and community service to advance massage therapy knowledge and practice.

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1 program · $454K · in their own filed words · FY2024

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Annually, the MTF funds research and community service projects. In 2024-2025, MTF funded one research project . In addition, three community service projects received funding. Additionally, the MTF continues to fund the international journal of therapeutic massage and bodywork (ijtmb) which is an open access, peer-reviewed publication…

$454Kprogram 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 · FY2024

American Massage Therapy AssnFY2024$449K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$70K

Network for Good INCFY2024$19K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$539K

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Grants paid · 5 grants · $814K · 2021–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$294,822

Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,500

Center for Victims of TortureMN · FY2023$300,000

Unitemized GrantFY2023$187,012

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTN · FY2021$30,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$641K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K

Investment incomeLn 3$139K

Money outPt IX

$904K

Ln 25

Programscol B$454K

Managementcol C$351K

Fundraisingcol D$99K

Owns and owesPt X

$93K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$63K

Total assetsLn 16$746K

LiabilitiesLn 26$653K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A6

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$503K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$6K

Investment incomeLn 3$139K

Gains on assetsLn 7$119K

Total revenueLn 12$641K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$63K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$63K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$653K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0

Total assetsLn 16$746K

LiabilitiesLn 26$653K

Net assetsLn 32$93K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 56

VolunteersI 660

Fiscal year endsHeaderFebruary

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$41K	$63K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$861K	$653K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$941K	$746K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$594K	$653K
Net assetsLn 32	$347K	$93K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$10K	$10K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$297K	$297K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$157K	$49K	$70K	$38K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$183K	$58K	$82K	$43K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$20K	$4K	$8K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$26K	$8K	$11K	$6K
Legal feesLn 11b	$13K		$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$40K	$7K	$32K	$774
Investment management feesLn 11f	$3K		$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$98K	$18K	$79K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$2K	$511	$1K	$723
Information technologyLn 14	$3K		$3K
TravelLn 17	$47K	$2K	$45K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$604	$68	$536
All other expensesLn 24e	$5K	$300	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$904K	$454K	$351K	$99K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$641K	$904K	−$262K	$93K	990 PDF
FY2024	$727K	$1.1M	−$357K	$347K	990 PDF
FY2023	$490K	$562K	−$71K	$567K	990 PDF
FY2022	$530K	$497K	$33K	$679K	990 PDF
FY2021	$397K	$471K	−$74K	$636K	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

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Part I · Summary $641,231 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $697,751$503,376

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28,960$139,453

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$1,598

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $726,711$641,231

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $522,012$307,322

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $386,837$385,255

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $175,113$210,960

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,083,962$903,537

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$357,251−$262,306

Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members3

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 $641,231 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$6,272

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$497,104

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$503,376

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,039$20,039

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $119,414$119,414

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,598−$1,598

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $137,855$641,231

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $903,537 across 15 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $10,000$10,000

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $297,322$297,322

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $48,668 · Management $69,746 · Fundraising $38,352$156,766

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $57,965 · Management $81,748 · Fundraising $43,274$182,987

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,280 · Management $8,222 · Fundraising $7,172$19,674

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,980 · Management $11,352 · Fundraising $6,496$25,828

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $12,553$12,553

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,309 · Management $31,508 · Fundraising $774$39,591

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,864$2,864

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,671 · Management $78,769 · Fundraising $1,934$98,374

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $511 · Management $1,079 · Fundraising $723$2,313

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $2,767$2,767

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,778 · Management $45,226$47,004

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $68 · Management $536$604

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $300 · Management $4,590$4,890

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $453,852 · Management $350,960 · Fundraising $98,725$903,537

Part X · Balance sheet $745,770 assets, 15 lines filed

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $40,554$62,805

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,852$15,007

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $33,960$15,400

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $860,681$652,558

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $941,047$745,770

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $116,257$14,938

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $401,372$523,036

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $48,250$114,730

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $28,071$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $593,950$652,704

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $322,097$68,066

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $25,000$25,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $347,097$93,066

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $941,047$745,770

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $93,066 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$641,231

XI-2 Total expenses$903,537

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$262,306

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$347,097

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$41,706

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$46,356

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3,625

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$93,066

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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