Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2011.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
33 people listed on the 990; $16.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Belanger MD | $2,885,080 | $2,920,835 | $2,545,233 | $2,948,715 | $3,488,345 |
| William Brunner MD | $3,286,993 | $3,475,847 | $3,406,075 | $3,123,988 | $2,658,512 |
| Adam Stys MD | $3,250,190 | $2,803,290 | $2,750,489 | $3,256,066 | $2,974,550 |
| Tomasz Stys MD | $2,911,937 | $2,948,374 | $2,806,912 | $2,947,037 | $2,787,050 |
| Thomas Matzke MD | — | $2,847,035 | — | — | — |
| Alexander Drofa MD | $2,835,917 | — | — | — | — |
| Marian Petrasko MD | — | — | $2,427,171 | — | — |
| Maria Bell MD | — | — | $1,143,694 | $1,074,403 | $1,013,142 |
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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Conducts medical research to find treatments and cures for pediatric rare diseases, cancer, type 1 diabetes, eating disorders, and genomic medicine.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $368.6M | $236.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $41.2M | $67.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.75B | $1.79B |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.49B | $3.58B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.21B | $1.07B |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.28B | $2.51B |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $44.4M | $44.4M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $127K | $127K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $21.3M | $19.7M | $1.6M | |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $4.1M | $4.1M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.36B | $2.18B | $175.1M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $96.6M | $88.4M | $8.3M | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $274.9M | $244.6M | $30.2M | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $152.5M | $139.5M | $13.0M | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3.0M | $295K | $2.7M | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $1.2M | $80K | $1.1M | |
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $1.7M | $1.7M | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $234K | $234K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $439.2M | $407.6M | $31.6M | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $21.0M | $7.0M | $13.9M | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $57.9M | $38.4M | $19.4M | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $120.2M | $46.7M | $73.5M | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $109.6M | $99.3M | $10.4M | |
| TravelLn 17 | $21.0M | $18.8M | $2.1M | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $5.5M | $4.3M | $1.2M | |
| InterestLn 20 | $24.9M | $24.8M | $93K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $172.0M | $150.5M | $21.5M | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $20.2M | $19.8M | $390K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.27B | $1.25B | $11.8M | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | −$54.9M | $19.8M | −$74.6M | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.16B | $4.81B | $349.2M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $6.1B | $5.8B | $281.4M | $3.1B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $5.7B | $5.4B | $365.1M | $2.6B | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $5.3B | $5.2B | $160.8M | $2.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.2B | $4.8B | $394.5M | $2.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.8B | $4.4B | $389.6M | $1.9B | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,321,937,014 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 6 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,321,937,014 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,161,087,710 across 25 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,581,478,897 assets, 23 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,511,983,210 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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