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A S P E N Rhoads Research Foundation INC

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Silver Spring, MD501(c)(3)Since 2002Medical ResearchEIN 65-1226034Revenue $617K in FY2025

On file with the IRSnutritioncare.org8401 Colesville Rd Ste 510, 20910-6358 · Silver Spring, MDTax-exempt since Sep 2007Supporting organization — 509(a)(3)

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To support personal & professional development of nutrition researchers throughout their careers.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 54 volunteers.
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
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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
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 $64K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $26K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$29K
0.8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$617K
+124% vs prior year
Spent
$234K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$3.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$617K
FY2025▲ +124%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$247K
FY2021$388K
FY2022$273K
FY2023$249K
FY2024$275K
FY2025$617K
Expenses
$234K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$299K
FY2021$321K
FY2022$237K
FY2023$310K
FY2024$262K
FY2025$234K
Net assets
$3.5M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.9M
FY2025$3.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2007.

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

Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $166K Management & general 26% · $62K Fundraising 3% · $7K

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.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lynn Hiller
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kathleen Gura
Aspen President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jill Hamilton-Reeves
Grant Review Committee Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Miles
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers nutrition researchers with career development resources and support.

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1 program · $166K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation's sole activity is to provide grant support to nutrition researchers. The grants are intended to assist nutrition investigators by providing preliminary funding for promising new research in the fields of nutrition and metabolic support and related areas of clinical nutrition

$166Kprogram 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 · FY2023
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral NutritionFY2023$26K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$26K
Grants paid · 31 grants · $757K · 2019–2024
University of South FloridaFY2024$25,000
Trustees of Purdue UniversityIN · FY2024$25,000
Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaNE · FY2024$25,000
Children's Hospital Medical CenterOH · FY2024$25,000
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2024$20,000
University of South FloridaFY2023$25,000
The Ohio State UniversityOH · FY2023$25,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2023$25,000
University of South FloridaFY2023$25,000
The Ohio State UniversityOH · FY2023$25,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2023$25,000
Duke UniversityNC · FY2023$12,500
Duke UniversityNC · FY2023$12,500
Regents of the University of IdahoID · FY2022$25,000
Louisiana State University and A&mLA · FY2022$25,000
The Cleveland Clinic Educational FoundationOH · FY2022$25,000
Baylor College of MedicineTX · FY2022$25,000
Texas A&m UniversityFY2022$20,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$617K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$519K
Investment incomeLn 3$98K
Money outPt IX
$234K
Ln 25
Programscol B$166K
Managementcol C$62K
Fundraisingcol D$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$519K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$286K
Investment incomeLn 3$98K
Total revenueLn 12$617K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$20K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M
Other assetsLn 15$9K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 654
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$82K$20K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.9M$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$122K$29K
Net assetsLn 32$2.9M$3.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$120K$120K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$32K$21K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K$837
Management feesLn 11a$24K$12K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$504$504
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$754$7K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$8K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$1K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$234K$166K$62K$7K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $617K$234K$382K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $275K$262K$13K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $249K$310K−$61K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $273K$237K$36K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $388K$321K$67K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $247K$299K−$53K$2.3M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $616,524 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $199,870$518,886
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $75,247$97,638
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $275,117$616,524
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $145,000$120,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $35,669$34,887
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $81,628$79,208
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $262,297$234,095
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,820$382,429
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $616,524 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$4,728
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$514,158
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$285,963
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$518,886
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $97,638$97,638
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $97,638$616,524
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $234,095 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $120,000$120,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $21,470 · Management $10,938$32,408
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,642 · Management $837$2,479
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $11,960 · Management $11,960$23,920
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $504$504
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,526$7,526
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $14,850$14,850
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $754 · Fundraising $6,511$7,265
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,236 · Management $1,263$2,499
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,454 · Management $4,307$12,761
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,019 · Management $8,864$9,883
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $165,781 · Management $61,803 · Fundraising $6,511$234,095
Part X · Balance sheet $3,570,239 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $82,055$20,456
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $41,671$28,661
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,433$5,597
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,902,299$3,506,872
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $31,409$8,653
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,070,867$3,570,239
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $12,500$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $60,000$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $49,946$28,567
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $122,446$28,567
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,504,748$2,774,564
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $443,673$767,108
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,948,421$3,541,672
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,070,867$3,570,239
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,541,672 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$616,524
XI-2 Total expenses$234,095
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$382,429
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,948,421
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$210,822
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,541,672

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

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