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Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? | (v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? | (vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? | (vii) Amount of monetary support | |||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 71,174,551 | 61,850,631 | 59,279,254 | 58,355,026 | 58,635,001 | 309,294,463 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 503,112 | 500,000 | 486,000 | 514,000 | 500,000 | 2,503,112 |
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 71,677,663 | 62,350,631 | 59,765,254 | 58,869,026 | 59,135,001 | 311,797,575 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 142,648,504 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 169,149,071 | |||||
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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 71,677,663 | 62,350,631 | 59,765,254 | 58,869,026 | 59,135,001 | 311,797,575 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 806,143 | 173,991 | 134,140 | 140,900 | 213,728 | 1,468,902 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | 313,266,477 | |||||






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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||




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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: | THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE NIH IN ITS MISSION TO IMPROVE HEALTH, BY FORMING AND FACILITATING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING. THE FOUNDATION BUILDS PARTNERSHIP FOR DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE HEALTH. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: | PROGRAM ONE - RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS - IN 2013, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE NIH, FORGING NEW MODELS OF COLLABORATION FOCUSED ON THE GOAL OF ADVANCING BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE TO IMPROVE LIVES. FNIH INITIATIVES BRING TOGETHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, FOUNDATIONS, NON-PROFITS, CORPORATIONS AND ACADEMIA IN A WIDE PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS TO UNDERSTAND DISEASE, SUPPORT NIH RESEARCH, ENHANCE GLOBAL HEALTH, DEVELOP THE CAREERS OF YOUNGER RESEARCHERS, RECOGNIZE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SCIENCE AND MUCH MORE. AMONG THE FNIH PROGRAMS ARE: SPORTS AND HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM THE FNIH JOINED WITH THE NIH AND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE - A FOUNDING PARTNER, THANKS TO A $30 MILLION DONATION - TO FORM THE SPORTS AND HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM, WHICH HAS TAKEN ON BRAIN INJURY AS ITS FIRST CHALLENGE, INCLUDING THE STUDY OF THE DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE KNOWN AS CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE. CTE RESULTS FROM REPEATED TRAUMA TO THE BRAIN AND CAN LEAD TO DEMENTIA, AGGRESSION, CONFUSION AND DEPRESSION. EVIDENCE OF CTE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE BRAINS OF DECEASED BOXERS, FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND OTHER ATHLETES. IN DECEMBER 2013, THE NIH ANNOUNCED IT HAD SELECTED AN INITIAL GROUP OF EIGHT PROJECTS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT UNDER THE PROGRAM. BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM A WIDE-RANGING INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE PRECISION MEDICINE, THE BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM WORKS TO IDENTIFY MEASURABLE INDICATORS OF BIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO PREDICT, PREVENT AND TREAT DISEASE. AMONG THE CONSORTIUM'S PROJECTS ARE: I-SPY 2 THE I-SPY 2 TRIAL, SUPPORTED BY THE FNIH BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM, CREATED A WAY TO EVALUATE MULTIPLE NOVEL ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS IN A SINGLE CLINICAL TRIAL STRUCTURE, EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEW TREATMENT BY MEASURING THE SHRINKAGE OF A TUMOR PRIOR TO SURGERY. THE TRIAL ASSIGNS WOMEN WITH HIGH-RISK BREAST CANCER TO NEW TREATMENTS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC GENETIC OR BIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF THAT TUMOR, USING ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION TO IMPROVE THESE ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN THE TRIAL AND HASTEN THE TIME TO MARKET FOR SUCCESSFUL DRUGS. IN DECEMBER 2013, LEADERS OF THE TRIAL ANNOUNCED IT HAD "GRADUATED" TWO DRUGS TO MOVE ON TO PHASE III TESTING, BASED ON A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS. CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT SARCOPENIA IN 2013, THE FNIH BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM SARCOPENIA PROJECT GENERATED THE FIRST-EVER, EVIDENCE-BASED DEFINITION FOR SARCOPENIA, BRINGING TOGETHER THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND FIVE INDUSTRY PARTNERS, TO ANALYZE DATA FROM NINE LONG-TERM EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES INVOLVING MORE THAN 10,000 HEALTH PEOPLE. THERE HAD BEEN NO STANDARD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SARCOPENIA, A CONDITION OF AGING AND THE LOSS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE, WHICH CAN MAKE PATIENTS WEAKER, SLOWER, MORE PRONE TO FALL AND MORE DEPENDENT. EVALUATING URGENTLY NEEDED ANTIBIOTICS THE THREAT POSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS GROWS, AS MORE STRAINS DEVELOP RESISTANCE TO THE CURRENT ARSENAL OF ANTIBIOTICS. REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR NEW ANTIBIOTICS HAD STALLED, LARGELY BECAUSE THE ENDPOINTS (OUTCOME MEASURES) USED TO JUDGE EFFECTIVENESS HAVE BEEN BASED ON ANTIQUATED STUDIES. THE FNIH BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM HELPED ESTABLISH CONSENSUS ON WHAT ENDPOINTS SHOULD BE USED IN DRUG TRIALS FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AND ACUTE BACTERIAL SKIN AND SKIN STRUCTURE INFECTIONS. PARTNERS INCLUDED THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS. ONE NEW ANTIBIOTIC HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PNEUMONIA AND THREE FOR SKIN INFECTION HAVE CLEARED PHASE III TESTING, THE RESULT OF WELL-DESIGNED CLINICAL TRIALS THAT DREW ON FNIH WORK. THE WORK OF THE FNIH ALSO INCLUDES INITIATIVES AND STUDIES IN NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS, INCLUDING: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE AS THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE (ADNI) APPROACHES THE END OF ITS FIRST DECADE, THE PARTNERSHIP REMAINS A GOLD STANDARD FOR HOW ACADEMIC, INDUSTRY, ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS CAN, TOGETHER, ADVANCE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. INVOLVING MORE THAN 25 PARTNERS COORDINATED BY FNIH, ADNI CREATED AN ONLINE, OPEN-ACCESS DATABASE AND IMAGE ARCHIVE FOR ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED BY RESEARCHERS. IN ADNI PHASE 1, THE STUDY PERFORMED MRI AND PET SCANS AND COLLECTED CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND OTHER BIOSAMPLES FROM 1,500 PARTICIPANTS. PHASE 2, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2015, FOLLOWS PHASE 1 PARTICIPANTS AND HAS ENROLLED AN ADDITIONAL 750 PEOPLE. THE STUDY HAS ALSO EXPANDED TO INCLUDE GENETIC TESTING, INCLUDING WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING FOR MORE THAN 800 PARTICIPANTS. NEW RESEARCH ON GENDER AND ALZHEIMER'S IN EARLY 2013, THE FNIH CAME TOGETHER WITH THE GEOFFREY BEENE FOUNDATION ALZHEIMER'S INITIATIVE, TO INITIATE A CHALLENGE TO RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES IN THE EARLY COGNITIVE DECLINE THAT LEADS TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. WOMEN HAVE A GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S, PARTLY BECAUSE THEY LIVE LONGER THAN MEN; HOWEVER, WE KNOW LITTLE ELSE ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE DISEASE AFFECTS THE SEXES. RESEARCHERS WERE INVITED TO "MINE THE DATA," INCLUDING THOSE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROIMAGING INITIATIVE. IN NOVEMBER 2013, AFTER A STRICT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EVALUATION, ENRICO GLAAB, PH.D., A RESEARCHER AT THE LUXEMBOURG CENTRE FOR SYSTEMS BIOMEDICINE, WAS SELECTED AS THE WINNER. SPIROMICS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), WHICH INCLUDES CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA, AFFECTS MORE THAN 12 MILLION AMERICANS AND IS THE COUNTRY'S THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. THE DISEASE PROGRESSES OVER TIME, SUGGESTING THAT THERE MAY BE POINTS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION TO PREVENT FULL-BLOWN COPD FROM DEVELOPING. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DISEASE'S CLINICAL COURSE WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE SPIROMICS (SUBPOPULATIONS AND INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME MEASURES IN COPD STUDY) PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER THE NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND MULTIPLE RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE STUDY IS ENROLLING SUBJECTS WITH COPD AT 11 SITES NATIONALLY AND COLLECTING BLOOD SAMPLES, IMAGES, LUNG FUNCTION TESTS AND GENETIC INFORMATION. FNIH COORDINATES THE SPIROMICS EXTERNAL SCIENTIFIC BOARD. GLOBAL HEALTH COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, FNIH FURTHERS THE UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF DISEASES THAT SICKEN AND KILL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. WORKING IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY, FNIH-FUNDED INVESTIGATORS ARE MAKING STRIDES AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES INCLUDING MALARIA, DENGUE, TUBERCULOSIS, ENTERIC INFECTIONS AND MALNUTRITION. GRAND CHALLENGES IN GLOBAL HEALTH FOUND IN 100 COUNTRIES, WITH NO VACCINE AND NO CURE, THE MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRAL DISEASE KNOWN AS DENGUE FEVER IS A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL HEALTH THREAT. USING INSECTICIDES TO CONTROL POPULATIONS OF THE FEMALE AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO, WHICH SPREADS THE VIRUS, HAS FAILED TO STOP DENGUE; IN FACT, INCIDENCE HAS INCREASED 30-FOLD IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. THE FNIH'S GRAND CHALLENGES IN GLOBAL HEALTH, AN INITIATIVE FUNDED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, IS SUPPORTING A GLOBAL NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS WHO HAVE FOUND THAT INFECTING THE MOSQUITOES WITH WOLBACHIA, A COMMON BACTERIUM FOUND IN MANY INSECTS, CAN REDUCE MOSQUITOES' ABILITY TO TRANSMIT THE VIRUS. THE METHOD, WHICH HAS SHOWN GREAT PROMISE THROUGH A SERIES OF TEST RELEASES, IS PART OF ELIMINATE DENGUE, ONE OF SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THE FNIH'S VECTOR-BASED CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION: DISCOVER RESEARCH (VCTR) PROGRAM, AN OFFSHOOT OF THE GRAND CHALLENGES INITIATIVE. MAL-ED THE $40 MILLION MAL-ED NETWORK, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION AND MANAGED BY THE FNIH IN COOPERATING WITH THE NIH FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER, SUPPORTS RESEARCHERS AT EIGHT FIELD SITES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA, WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING MORE THAN 1,600 CHILDREN SINCE BIRTH, TO UNDERSTAND HOW ENTERIC PATHOGENS, NUTRITION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ARE LINKED TO PHYSICAL GROWTH, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND VACCINE RESPONSE. IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS THAT PREDICT GROWTH FALTERING AND/OR IMPAIRED COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL INFORM DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES FOR TIMELY INTERVENTION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: | PROGRAM TWO - FELLOWSHIPS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS - WHILE TECHNOLOGY PLAYS AN INCREASINGLY VITAL ROLE IN ADVANCING HUMAN HEALTH, PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT A NEW GENERATION OF CAPABLE AND CURIOUS RESEARCHERS. FNIH PROGRAMS IN VARIOUS FORMATS TARGET A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS AND EDUCATION LEVELS, MAKING THE WORLD-CLASS METHODS AND RESOURCES OF THE NIH AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: MEDICAL RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM THE MEDICAL RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM BRINGS TO THE NIH CAMPUS SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST YOUNG RESEARCHERS FROM MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VETERINARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DURING THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS CONDUCT BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL OR CLINICAL RESEARCH IN A FIELD OF THEIR CHOICE, GUIDED BY A MENTOR AND A TUTOR. THE PROGRAM IMMERSES STUDENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EARLY IN THEIR CAREER TRAINING. IN ADDITION TO THEIR RESEARCH WORK, STUDENTS COMPLETE AN ACADEMIC CURRICULUM AND INTERACT WITH NIH SCIENTIFIC LEADERS, INCLUDING INSTITUTE DIRECTORS, CLINICAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS. THE PROGRAM MERGES AND BUILDS ON TWO EARLIER, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TRAINING PROGRAMS, THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE-NIH RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM AND THE CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM. THE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT 70 SCHOLARS EACH YEAR. HUMAN GENOME EXHIBITION EMPLOYING THE WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTISE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO INTERPRET COMPLEX CONCEPTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A NEW EXHIBITION IS TELLING THE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE HUMAN GENOME. AN FNIH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, THE INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT OPENED IN JUNE OF 2013 - THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAPPING OF THE HUMAN GENOME AND THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE DOUBLE-HELIX STRUCTURE OF DNA. HONORS IN 2013, THE FNIH AWARDED THE INAUGURAL LURIE PRIZE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES TO RUSLAN M. MEDZHITOV, PH.D., DAVID W. WALLACE PROFESSOR OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AT YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE INVESTIGATOR. THE NOW-ANNUAL PRIZE HONORS EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS WHOSE FINDINGS HAVE ADVANCED BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. THE AWARD CARRIES AN HONORARIUM OF $100,000. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: | PROGRAM THREE - CAPITAL PROJECTS - THE FOUNDATION'S CAPITAL PROJECTS ENHANCE THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT AT NIH, SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES THAT RESULT FROM NIH'S LEADING-EDGE WORK. THE EDMOND J. SAFRA FAMILY LODGE, FOR EXAMPLE, OPENED IN 2005 TO SERVE AS A COMFORTABLE HOME-AWAY-FROM-HOME FOR FAMILIES THAT COME TO NIH'S CAMPUS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND TO ACCOMPANY PATIENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS OR RECEIVING TREATMENT AT NIH'S CLINICAL CENTER. SO FAR, THE LODGE HAS HOSTED MORE THAN 40,000 FAMILY MEMBERS AND CAREGIVERS OF ADULT PATIENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: | MEMORIALS, AWARDS AND EVENTS - COLLABORATION HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE CONNECT. THAT IS WHY MANAGING AND ORGANIZING MEETINGS AND EVENTS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE WORK OF THE FNIH. FROM LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS TO COLLABORATIVE SUMMITS, TELECONFERENCES AND MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES, THE FNIH FACILITATED MORE THAN 60 EVENTS IN 2013 - SPANNING THE GLOBE AND DOZENS OF FIELDS OF RESEARCH. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE FOUNDATION FOR NIH'S FORM 990 TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE FINAL FORM 990 AS COMPLETED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. BOARD DIRECTORS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST TEN BUSINESS DAYS TO REVIEW THE FORM AND RAISE QUESTIONS, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, AND ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS WITH THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE CALLED TO REVIEW THE SUGGESTED CHANGES FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TO APPROVE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE FORM 990 FOR SUBMISSION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | THE FOUNDATION REQUIRES DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND STAFF MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE REAL AND APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND TO ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE. AFTER A CONFLICT OR AN APPARENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST HAS BEEN DISCLOSED, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR THE BOARD COMMITTEE, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE INTERESTED PERSON, SHALL DETERMINE IF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AND IS MATERIAL AND WILL DECIDE HOW IT IS TO BE MANAGED OR ELIMINATED. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | IN 2008, A CONSULTANT WAS HIRED TO REVIEW, ANALYZE AND DEVELOP A PROCESS OF DETERMINING SALARIES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION. ALL EMPLOYEES WERE INTERVIEWED AND POSITION DESCRIPTIONS DEVELOPED OR AMENDED AS NEEDED. USING MARKET DATA, THE CONSULTANT DEVELOPED PAY BANDS FOR ALL POSITIONS. FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD USING LOCAL MARKET DATA. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: | REDUCTION IN FUTURE PLEDGES -214,788. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: | PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
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