The mission of the Scleroderma Research Foundation is to fund and facilitate the most promising, highest quality research aimed at new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for scleroderma.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$596K 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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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.6M a year · 20% of revenue · last 6 filings
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Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$596K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $13.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $5K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.1M
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.4M
+43% vs prior year
Spent
$6.5M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$11.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.4M
FY2023▲ +43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$5.9M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$12.2M
FY2025$13.1M
Expenses
$6.5M
FY2023▲ +39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$4.7M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$9.6M
FY2025$10.3M
Net assets
$11.5M
FY2023▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.4M
FY2021$9.5M
FY2022$9.9M
FY2023$11.5M
FY2024$14.1M
FY2025$16.9M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1987.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $5.6M Management & general 7% · $477K Fundraising 6% · $396K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $596K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$203,286Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Philanthropy
$152,315Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir Comm O & Ed
$129,705Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Communications
$110,376Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gregory Gordon’s $526K as Chief Medical Officer is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 127 $10–100M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gregory Gordon$526,440$416,000————
Joanne Gold$220,205$215,900$203,286$193,724$193,236$160,792
Gloria Blecha$179,263$171,600$129,705$104,973——
Kate Ceredona—$152,258$152,315———
Hannah Young$130,689$130,007$110,376———
Neha Pamboo$118,965—————
Anoushka Donnelley$112,854—————
Cori Traub————$108,558—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Fund research and raise awareness to find treatments and a cure for scleroderma.

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3 programs · $5.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

The Srf Research Program

Led by a Scientific Advisory Board comprised of some of the most highly regarded scientists in the nation, the SRFs research program actively seeks out and recruits experts from the fields of rheumatology, immunology, genetics, and fibrosis, as well as, experts in cutting-edge technologies to join the scleroderma research community.

$3.5Mprogram expense
02

CONQUEST is a global, perpetual, clinical trial platform developed by the SRF in coordination with partner biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate the clinical development of agents for scleroderma.

$1.5Mprogram expense
03

Srf Education & Awareness Program

Many patients hear the word scleroderma for the first time when they are diagnosed. We strive to raise awareness and provide educational resources because lack of awareness about scleroderma often causes delays in treatment or misdiagnosis.

$554Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$5K
Grants paid · 124 grants · $15.9M · 2020–2025
Regents of Univ of Ca-UcsfCA · FY2025$466,635
University of UtahUT · FY2025$365,618
Univ of TX Health Science CtrFY2025$314,255
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2025$212,416
University of PittsburghPA · FY2025$176,500
NYU Grossman School MedicineFY2025$150,000
Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeNH · FY2025$132,338
Yale UniversityCT · FY2025$125,000
Regents Univ of CaliforniaCA · FY2025$114,950
Duke UniversityNC · FY2025$103,057
Northwestern UniversityIL · FY2025$78,587
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$905K
Money outPt IX
$6.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.6M
Managementcol C$477K
Fundraisingcol D$396K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$424K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$905K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$8.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.9M
SavingsLn 2$12K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K
Other assetsLn 15$72K
Total assetsLn 16$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.1M
Net assetsLn 32$11.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 6255
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$3.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.2M$13.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46K$32K
Total assetsLn 16$11.1M$18.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M$7.1M
Net assetsLn 32$9.9M$11.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2.5M$2.5M
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$205K$123K$61K$20K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$592K$370K$62K$160K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$38K$22K$6K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$57K$35K$9K$13K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$299K$299K
Accounting feesLn 11c$237K$237K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$40K$40K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.8M$1.8M$25K$23K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$182K$140K$9K$33K
Office expensesLn 13$94K$45K$8K$41K
Information technologyLn 14$98K$39K$9K$50K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$85K$51K$8K$25K
TravelLn 17$17K$5K$584$12K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$207K$207K$162$551
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$8K$1K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$5K$825$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.5M$5.6M$477K$396K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $13.1M$10.3M$2.8M$16.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $12.2M$9.6M$2.6M$14.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $8.4M$6.5M$1.9M$11.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.9M$4.7M$1.2M$9.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.8M$3.7M$82K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.9M$3.0M$973K$9.4M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,418,038 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,376,802$3,932,952
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $170,531$3,832,233
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $116,754$904,546
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $228,651−$251,693
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,892,738$8,418,038
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,442,093$2,482,921
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $675,017$891,428
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,541,492$3,113,250
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,658,602$6,487,599
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,234,136$1,930,439
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $8,418,038 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$26,279
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,141,288
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,765,385
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$423,912
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,932,952
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,832,233$3,832,233
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $904,546$904,546
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$258,948
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $7,255$7,255
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,832,233 · Excluded from tax $911,801$8,418,038
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,487,599 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,482,921$2,482,921
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 $122,737 · Management $61,368 · Fundraising $20,456$204,561
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $369,514 · Management $62,340 · Fundraising $160,373$592,227
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,632 · Management $6,282 · Fundraising $9,887$37,801
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,145 · Management $8,503 · Fundraising $13,191$56,839
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $298,892$298,892
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $236,971$236,971
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $40,277$40,277
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,784,379 · Management $24,664 · Fundraising $22,519$1,831,562
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $140,141 · Management $8,546 · Fundraising $33,357$182,044
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $44,929 · Management $7,669 · Fundraising $41,034$93,632
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $39,390 · Management $8,662 · Fundraising $50,189$98,241
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $50,864 · Management $8,477 · Fundraising $25,432$84,773
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,559 · Management $584 · Fundraising $12,269$17,412
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $206,501 · Management $162 · Fundraising $551$207,214
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,388 · Management $1,396 · Fundraising $4,194$13,978
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,953 · Management $825 · Fundraising $2,476$8,254
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,614,945 · Management $476,726 · Fundraising $395,928$6,487,599
Part X · Balance sheet $18,654,748 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,489,493$3,921,428
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $174$12,296
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,207,075$1,071,849
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $38,910$56,574
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $45,607$31,629
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $8,215,407$13,488,695
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $146,971$72,277
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,143,637$18,654,748
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $775,777$2,842,768
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $287,435$300,849
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $157,658$3,978,774
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,240,870$7,122,391
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,984,292$11,531,310
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $918,475$1,047
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,902,767$11,532,357
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,143,637$18,654,748
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,532,357 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,418,038
XI-2 Total expenses$6,487,599
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,930,439
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,902,767
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$300,849
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,532,357

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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