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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 6,344,995 | 6,847,149 | 7,784,192 | 7,229,093 | 7,623,538 | 35,828,967 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 6,344,995 | 6,847,149 | 7,784,192 | 7,229,093 | 7,623,538 | 35,828,967 |
| 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).. | 10,103,105 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 25,725,862 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 6,344,995 | 6,847,149 | 7,784,192 | 7,229,093 | 7,623,538 | 35,828,967 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 43,425 | 57,884 | 95,465 | 116,297 | 227,921 | 540,992 |
| 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 VI.).. | 18,320 | 5,680 | 18,492 | 15,189 | 14,788 | 72,469 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 36,442,428 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (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.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (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 VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1 | LRF IS THE NATION'S LARGEST NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO FUNDING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND SERVING THE LYMPHOMA COMMUNITY THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUTREACH INITIATIVES, AND PATIENT SERVICES. LRF INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO COMBAT LYMPHOMA AND ASSIST THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSIS. LRF IS SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 10,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO FURTHER THE LRF MISSION AND SERVE THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. LRF HAS EARNED THE TRUST OF INDIVIDUALS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, PUBLIC COMPANIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FUND ITS WORK BY DEMONSTRATING A HISTORY OF CAREFUL AND PROVEN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION LRF IS DEDICATED TO IDENTIFYNG A CURE THROUGH AN AGGRESIVELY-FUNDED RESEARCH PROGRAM AND TO HELPING MEMBERS OF THE LYMPHOMA COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE, DISEASE-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. LRF INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO COMBAT LYMPHOMA AND ASSIST THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSIS. LRF IS SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 10,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO FURTHER THE LRF MISSION AND SERVE THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. LRF HAS EARNED THE TRUST OF INDIVIDUALS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, PUBLIC COMPANIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FUND ITS WORK. BY DEMONSTRATING A HISTORY OF CAREFUL AND PROVEN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. |
| Form 990, Part III, line 4b | RESEARCH: This work is led by the Foundation's renowned Scientific Advisory Board, comprised of 45 of the world's leading experts in lymphoma research and patient care. LRF facilitates numerous disease-specific global consortia (including programs for follicular, marginal zone, mantle cell and adolescent and young adult lymphomas) and develops scientific meetings (including workshops addressing new lymphoma and CLL therapies and clinical trials) annually, convening international experts to share research findings and collaborate, with a goal of advancing the most promising lymphoma and CLL research. LRF funds relevant senior investigator research grants as well, seeking to develop new treatments for lymphoma. To ensure that the next generation of cancer researchers are dedicated to studying lymphoma, the Foundation is committed to investing in early career scientists who have the greatest ability to impact the future of lymphoma research. The Foundation's early career investigator grant portfolio includes the LRF Clinical Career Development Award, Lymphoma Research Clinical Mentoring Program, and LRF Postdoctoral Fellowship, the only lymphoma-specific fellowship program in the United States. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 | MICHAEL Werner and Robert Werner have a family relationship. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS PREPARED INTERNALLY BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND IS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT BEFORE REVIEW BY THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE FORM 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD FOR COMMENT. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | LRF has a conflict of interest policy which requires board members, officers, and staff, to review and sign annually. During the FY18 financial audit, LRF's external auditors reviewed the board and officers' statements. No conflict of interests were reported for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2019. In 2014, LRF established a formal process for review and disposition of potential conflicts of interest in accordance with the provisions of the New York Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE ORGANIZATION SETS COMPENSATION IN A MANNER GIVING RISE TO A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE UNDER STANDARDS SET FORTH IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 53.4958-6. SALARIES OF THE SENIOR STAFF, INCLUDING THE CEO, ARE DETERMINED BASED UPON MARKET INFORMATION COMPARABLE TO THE POSITION IN OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE CEO'S COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE INTEGRATION COUNCIL, WHICH HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD AND CONSISTS OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS, AND THE APPROVAL IS DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY IN THE COUNCIL MINUTES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE FOR VIEWING. SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTERESTS FORMS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE KEPT ON FILE IN LRF'S MAIN OFFICE AND AVAILABLE FOR VIEW ON-SITE. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9 | During fiscal year 2017, the Foundation established a subsidiary, LRF Research Inc., as part of a strategic relationship with the Clarus Cancer Fund, an investment fund of Clarus Ventures. The subsidiary was closed and expenses for the subsidiary were recaptured in FY2019. |
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