PRISMS provides a range of services for persons with SMS telephone support, database of registered families, newsletters, informational packets for caregivers and medical professionals. P.R.I.S.M.S., Inc. engages individuals with medical and scientific expertise to serve on its Professional Advisory Board, conducts an international conference.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 97 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $33K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $442K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $91K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
1.0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$439K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$345K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$703K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$439K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$484K
FY2021$266K
FY2022$359K
FY2023$421K
FY2024$474K
FY2025$439K
Expenses
$345K
FY2025▼ -37%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$223K
FY2021$244K
FY2022$605K
FY2023$275K
FY2024$550K
FY2025$345K
Net assets
$703K
FY2025▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$809K
FY2021$830K
FY2022$509K
FY2023$670K
FY2024$598K
FY2025$703K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2000.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $219K Management & general 29% · $100K Fundraising 8% · $26K

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; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Founding Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michelle Larscheid’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 901 $100K–1M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michelle Larscheid$100,000$94,038————
Casey Gorman——$60,837$82,770$85,481$79,816
Michelle Larscheid Com Mgr 012023-9——$69,714———

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 families, funds research, and partners with professionals to advance understanding of Smith-Magenis Syndrome.

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3 programs · $219K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

PRISMS provides support to our SMS community in a number of ways in including phone and email support, information sharing newsletters, annual reports, webinars, awareness materials, informational packets, and a shared community Facebook Group for family support.

$138Kprogram expense
02

PRISMS continued to support the PCRC PRISMS Clinics and Research Consortium. SMS Clinics provide multi-specialty, comprehensive and compassionate care for patients with SMS. PCRC also offers families the opportunity to carry home treatment recommendations to share with their local providers.

$54Kprogram expense
03

PRISMS hosted the 12th Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Symposium in Boulder, Colorado on September 25-26, 2025. The symposium brought together researchers from around the world to share and collaborate on research about Smith-Magenis Syndrome.

$27Kprogram expense

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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
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Grants paid · 7 grants · $190K · 2020–2025
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2025$13,842
Unitemized GrantFY2025$12,028
Unitemized GrantFY2025$3,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2024$18,938
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2022$75,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2021$35,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2020$32,500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$439K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$399K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Money outPt IX
$345K
Ln 25
Programscol B$219K
Managementcol C$100K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$703K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$227K
Total assetsLn 16$710K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$399K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$12K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$142K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15K
Total revenueLn 12$439K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$227K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$227K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$442K
Other assetsLn 15$20K
Total assetsLn 16$710K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$703K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 697
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$156K$227K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$413K$442K
Total assetsLn 16$608K$710K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K$7K
Net assetsLn 32$598K$703K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$14K$14K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15K$15K
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$100K$75K$20K$5K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$6K$2K$421
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$2K$21K$127
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$56K$28K$27K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$11K$5K$4K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$21K$5K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$33K$20K$12K$951
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$51K$30K$4K$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$2K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$345K$219K$100K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $439K$345K$94K$703K 990 PDF
FY2024 $474K$550K−$76K$598K 990 PDF
FY2023 $421K$275K$146K$670K 990 PDF
FY2022 $359K$605K−$246K$509K 990 PDF
FY2021 $266K$244K$22K$830K 990 PDF
FY2020 $484K$223K$261K$809K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $439,157 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $373,750$399,190
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $69,500$2,750
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $29,240$21,747
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,065$15,470
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $473,555$439,157
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $20,938$28,870
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $101,242$108,412
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $427,632$207,754
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $549,812$345,036
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$76,257$94,121
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $439,157 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $7,223 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$141,955
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$257,235
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$12,340
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$399,190
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,750$2,750
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,747$21,747
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $3,088$1,247
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,000$7,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,750 · Excluded from tax $32,058$439,157
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $345,036 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $13,842$13,842
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,028$15,028
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 $75,000 · Management $20,000 · Fundraising $5,000$100,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,309 · Management $1,682 · Fundraising $421$8,412
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,907 · Management $20,660 · Fundraising $127$22,694
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $28,418 · Management $27,234$55,652
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,778 · Management $3,741 · Fundraising $2,847$11,366
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $20,831 · Management $4,519$25,350
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,414 · Management $11,681 · Fundraising $951$33,046
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,701$3,701
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $30,322 · Management $4,152 · Fundraising $17,002$51,476
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,863 · Management $2,606$4,469
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $218,712 · Management $99,976 · Fundraising $26,348$345,036
Part X · Balance sheet $710,153 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $155,550$226,505
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $7,459$5,507
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,526$6,854
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,901$8,718
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $413,245$442,189
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $18,716$20,380
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $608,397$710,153
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,428$7,040
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,428$7,040
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $572,769$597,769
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $25,200$105,344
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $597,969$703,113
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $608,397$710,153
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $703,113 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$439,157
XI-2 Total expenses$345,036
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$94,121
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$597,969
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$11,023
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$703,113

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