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American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)

ABTA is a biological research center based in Chicago, IL that was founded in 1973. As of 2019 they had $3.3 million in revenue and $5.5 million in assets.

The mission of the American Brain Tumor Association is to advance the understanding and treatment of brain tumors with the goals of improving, extending and, ultimately, saving the lives of those impacted by a brain tumor diagnosis.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: Brain Tumor Association American.

EIN:

23-7286648

City:

Chicago

State:

Illinois

Website:

abta.org

Phone:

(773) 577-8750

Twitter:

@theabta

Founded:

1973

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

U50: Biology and life sciences research centers

Revenue:

$3,366,172

Assets:

$5,561,794

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at ABTA

See "Program Service" attachment

Form 990s for ABTA

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Sep 30, 2019	990	View PDF
2018-06	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	Jan 19, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Feb 22, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-06	Feb 9, 2016	990	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for ABTA

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$2,417,174	$2,322,144	4.1%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$2,954,017	$2,817,325	4.9%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$5,371,191	$5,139,469	-38.1%

Field	2018	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$3,325,821	$5,371,191	-38.1%
Program services	$0	$0
Investment income and dividends	$53,101	$85,177	-37.7%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$10,422	$123,704	-91.6%
Net income from fundraising events	$-27,289	$228,653	-111.9%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$2,081	$9,198	-77.4%
Miscellaneous revenues	$2,036	$18,610	-89.1%
Total revenues	$3,366,172	$5,836,533	-42.3%

Field	2018	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$70,500	$123,425	-42.9%
Grants to individuals in USA	$489,839	$1,139,737	-57.0%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$2,300	-100%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$123,750	$300,437	-58.8%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$855,742	$1,683,205	-49.2%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$14,787	$29,800	-50.4%
Other employee benefits	$77,082	$200,308	-61.5%
Payroll taxes	$67,358	$168,629	-60.1%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$2,058	$38,944	-94.7%
Accounting fees	$0	$0
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$12,426	$26,497	-53.1%
Other fee-for-service	$214,486	$443,938	-51.7%
Advertising and promotion	$125,699	$95,209	32.0%
Office expenses	$217,681	$431,753	-49.6%
Information tech. expenses	$162,507	$380,707	-57.3%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$0	$0
Travel	$62,156	$109,247	-43.1%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$24,077	$44,790	-46.2%
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$49,284	$84,001	-41.3%
Insurance	$8,623	$17,252	-50.0%
All other expenses	$45,404	$167,328	-72.9%
Total expenses	$2,623,459	$5,487,507	-52.2%

Field	2018	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$0	$0
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$2,809,489	$2,266,128	24.0%
Pledges and grants receivable	$260,681	$107,202	143.2%
Accounts receivable	$0	$0
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$37,807	$19,457	94.3%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$108,889	$113,620	-4.2%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$326,914	$351,513	-7.0%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$2,005,789	$2,210,891	-9.3%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$12,225	$12,225
Total assets	$5,561,794	$5,081,036	9.5%

Field	2018	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$98,161	$122,666	-20.0%
Grants payable	$456,400	$530,400	-14.0%
Deferred revenue	$212,805	$186,403	14.2%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$170,595	$181,822	-6.2%
Total liabilities	$937,961	$1,021,291	-8.2%

Field	2018	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$3,965,085	$3,700,264	7.2%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$658,748	$359,481	83.2%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for ABTA

Vendor	Services	Date
Salesforce	Marketing software	2020-06-15
█████████	Content management system software	2020-06-15
█████████ ████████	Software	2019-08-29
██████ ██████ ███ ██ ███	Tax accounting	2018-12-18

Personnel at ABTA

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Ralph Devitto	President and Chief Executive Officer	-	Dec. 18, 2018
Martha Carlos	Chief Marketing Officer	$112,228	June 30, 2018
██████ ████████	Chief Science Officer	$120,680	June 30, 2018
███████ ██████	Director of Finance and Resources	-	July 17, 2019
████ ██ ████	Director of Financial Protection and Financial Services	-	July 17, 2019
█████ █████	Director of Legal Affairs	-	July 17, 2019
█████ █████	Director of Destinations and Sustainability, Abta Nikki	-	July 17, 2019
██████ ██████	Interim President	-	Jan. 10, 2018
█████ █████	Vice Chair	$0	June 30, 2018
█████ ██████	Treasurer	$0	June 30, 2018
...and five more key personnel

Peer biology and life sciences research centers

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Dillingham, AK
2	Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FFAME)	501(c)(3)	$4.3 million	Alachua, FL
3	NWFA Education and Research Foundation	501(c)(3)	$876,625	Chesterfield, MO
4	American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation	501(c)(3)	$997,093	Washington, DC
5	The National Center for Genome Resources	501(c)(3)	$3.3 million	Santa Fe, NM
6	Usona Institute	501(c)(3)	$7.4 million	Madison, WI
7	American Bar Foundation	501(c)(3)	$8.8 million	Chicago, IL
8	National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)	501(c)(3)	$1.5 million	Rosemont, IL
9	BioBricks Foundation Incorporated	501(c)(3)	$1.8 million	San Francisco, CA
10	The Campbell Foundation	501(c)(3)	$3.7 million	Germantown, TN
11	Highlands Biological Foundation	501(c)(3)	$1.0 million	Highlands, NC
12	Baruch S. Blumberg Institute	501(c)(3)	$7.5 million	Doylestown, PA
13	Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration (RUF)	501(c)(3)	$2.4 million	Washington, DC
14	Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center	501(c)(3)	$4.1 million	Kissimmee, FL
15	Mclaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences	501(c)(3)	$1.2 million	Great Falls, MT
16	Ataxia Telangiectasia Childrens Project	501(c)(3)	$2.0 million	Coconut Creek, FL
17	Bio Ventures for Global Health (BVGH)	501(c)(3)	$2.1 million	Seattle, WA
18	Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies	501(c)(3)	$5.1 million	Port St Lucie, FL
19	Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Seabeck, WA
20	Food Allergy Research and Education	501(c)(3)	$14 million	Mclean, VA
21	American Institute for Cancer Research	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Arlington, VA
22	Global Lyme Alliance	501(c)(3)	$4.6 million	Stamford, CT
23	International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI)	501(c)(3)	$5.0 million	Fairfield, NJ
24	Graduate Center (GC)	501(c)(3)	$2.1 million	New York, NY
25	Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$4.9 million	San Diego, CA

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American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)

Program areas at ABTA

Form 990s for ABTA

Financials for ABTA

Vendors for ABTA

Personnel at ABTA

Peer biology and life sciences research centers

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