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Enhancing the health care of Americas veterans by supporting research and education.
Source: IRS Form 990 (Tax Year 2023)
Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (from the IRS e-File system), Tax Year 2022
Total Revenue
▼$6.6M
Program Spending
85%
of total expenses go to program services
Total Contributions
$4M
Total Expenses
▼$6.3M
Total Assets
$10.7M
Total Liabilities
▼$2.6M
Net Assets
$8.1M
Officer Compensation
→$215.8K
Other Salaries
$3.2M
Investment Income
$290.2K
Fundraising
▼N/A
Source: USAspending.gov · Searched by organization name
VA/DoD Awards
$8.4M
VA/DoD Award Count
5
Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs and/or Department of Defense.
Total Federal Funding
$15.5M
Awards Found
14
Department of Defense
$3M
ADVANCING CLINICAL OUTCOMES, BIOMARKERS, AND TREATMENTS FOR SEVERE TBI
Department of Defense
$3M
RTMS: A TREATMENT TO RESTORE FUNCTION AFTER SEVERE TBI
Department of Health and Human Services
$2M
FACILITATING FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN PATIENTS REQUIRING PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Department of Defense
$1.7M
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND DISORDERS
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.2M
NOVEL APPROACHES TO STIMULATING NEUROTROPHIN SIGNALING FOR STROKE RECOVERY
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.1M
BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.1M
DYNAMICS OF BP TRANSMISSION AND HYPERTENSIVE RENAL INJURY
Department of Health and Human Services
$644K
COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ZONE V EXTENSOR TENDON INJURIES ON HAND FUNCTION - EXTENSOR TENDON INJURIES OF THE HAND ARE COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DEBILITATING. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES FOLLOWING EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY ON PATIENT FUNCTION. ADDITIONAL STEPS CAN THEN BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES ONCE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POOR PATIENT OUTCOMES ARE KNOWN. THE FIRST STEP IS THE FOCUS OF THIS PROPOSED WORK. CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING WILL BE USED TO INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECT OF EXTENSOR TENDON INJURIES ON HAND FUNCTION, AND TO IMPROVE TREATMENTS FOR EXTENSOR TENDON INJURIES. IN THE CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS THE EXTENSOR TENDONS WILL BE LOADED TO GENERATE FINGER MOTION. TENDON EXCURSION, TENDON LOAD, GRIP AND FINGER ROTATION WILL BE MEASURED DURING THESE EXPERIMENTS. THERE WILL BE TWO EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF EXTENSOR INJURY. DATA COLLECTED FROM THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WILL BE USED TO CREATE MATHEMATICAL MODELS RELATING EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY TO FINGER FUNCTION. THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS WILL TAKE SIMULATED INJURY AS AN INPUT AND OUTPUT FINGER MOTION AND GRIP STRENGTH. AN OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE WILL BE USED TO GENERATE THE MODELS. GIVEN THE EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY CONFIGURATION IN GROUP ONE, THE OPTIMIZATION WILL ADJUST THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL PARAMETERS TO MINIMIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODEL OUTPUT AND GROUP ONE DATA. THESE OPTIMIZED MATHEMATICAL MODELS WILL THEN BE GIVEN GROUP TWO INJURY CONFIGURATIONS AS A SYSTEM INPUT. THE ACCURACY OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS WILL BE DETERMINED BY COMPARING THE MODEL’S OUTPUTS TO DATA COLLECTED FROM THE SECOND EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. THE EFFECT OF EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY ON FINGER FUNCTION WILL BE DETERMINED USING REPEATED MEASURES ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. ACCURACY OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS WILL BE QUANTIFIED USING A SIMILARITY METRIC COMPARING THE SECOND GROUP’S EXPERIMENTAL DATA TO THE OUTPUT OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS USING GROUP TWO’S SET OF SIMULATED EXTENSOR INJURY.
Department of Defense
$569.8K
PERSPECTIVES AND PREFERENCES FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
Department of Health and Human Services
$375.7K
IN-VIVO RAT BRAIN PET STUDY OF TASK SPECIFIC MOTOR RECOVERY AFTER STROKE
Department of Health and Human Services
$337.2K
AMANTADINE + RTMS AS A NEUROTHERAPEUTIC FOR DISORDERED CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER TBI
Department of Health and Human Services
$280.3K
MECHANISTIC ROLE OF MONOMERIC GTPASES IN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE NEURITIS
Department of Defense
$124.5K
DIRECT INCENTIVES TO IMPROVE TELE-LUNG CANCER SCREENING IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN A VA SERVICE NETWORK
Department of Health and Human Services
$118.9K
PROTECTION AGAINST ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASE
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (fac.gov)
Years audited
10
Clean years
9
Material Weakness
No
Noncompliance Issues
No
| Year | Status | Financial Report | Federal Expenditurecombined across all audits filed that year | Low Risk | Accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $1.6M | Yes | 2026-01-28 |
| 2024 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $1.3M | Yes | 2025-01-23 |
| 2023 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $3.3M | Yes | 2024-01-30 |
| 2022 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $3.1M | Yes | 2023-02-23 |
| 2021 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.7M | Yes | 2022-02-10 |
| 2020 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.4M | Yes | 2021-02-15 |
| 2019 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.1M | Yes | 2020-03-25 |
| 2018 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.4M | No | 2019-03-07 |
| 2017 | Clean | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.6M | No | 2018-02-11 |
| 2016 | Minor Findings | Unmodified (Clean) | $2.2M | No | 2017-02-05 |
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$1.6M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$1.3M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$3.3M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$3.1M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.7M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.4M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.1M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.4M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.6M
Financial Report
Unmodified (Clean)
Federal Expenditure, combined across all audits filed that year
$2.2M
Tax Year 2022 · Source: IRS e-Filed Form 990Schedule J available
Individuals serving as officers, directors, or trustees of the organization.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other |
|---|
Source: IRS Publication 78, Auto-Revocation List & e-Postcard Data
Tax-deductible contributions: Yes
Deductibility code: PC
Sources: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (XML) & ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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| Year | Revenue | Contributions | Expenses | Assets | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6.6M | $4M | $6.3M | $10.7M | $8.1M |
| 2022IRS e-File | $6.6M | $4M | $6.3M | $10.7M | $8.1M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $4.3M | $6.1M | $13.4M | $8.1M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $3.3M | $5.5M |
Sources: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer & IRS e-File Index
Financial data: IRS e-Filed Form 990 (Tax Year 2022)
Leadership & compensation: IRS e-Filed Form 990, Part VII (Tax Year 2022)
Federal grants: USAspending.gov (live)
Organization info: IRS Business Master File
Tax-deductibility: IRS Publication 78
| Total |
|---|
| Lauren Rich | Ceo/secretary | 40 | $174K | $0 | $654 | $174.7K |
| Nasia Safdar Md Phd | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| William Wolf Phd | President | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stuart J Schaff Cva Fhfma | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Lauren Rich
Ceo/secretary
$174.7K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$174K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$654
Nasia Safdar Md Phd
Treasurer
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
William Wolf Phd
President
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Stuart J Schaff Cva Fhfma
Treasurer
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Highest compensated employees who are not officers or directors.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Lee Smith | Staff | 40 | $142K | $0 | $7,965 | $149.9K |
| Bharat Thakkar | Staff | 40 | $124.9K | $0 | $11.1K | $135.9K |
| Nina Huang | Staff | 40 | $122.4K | $0 | $8,839 | $131.3K |
| Shih-Yen Tsai | Staff Member | 40 | $101.4K | $0 | $12.5K | $113.9K |
| Robert G Farrer | Staff Member | 40 | $103.7K | $0 | $0 | $103.7K |
Terry Lee Smith
Staff
$149.9K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$142K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$7,965
Bharat Thakkar
Staff
$135.9K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$124.9K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$11.1K
Nina Huang
Staff
$131.3K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$122.4K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$8,839
Members of the governing board. Board members often serve without compensation.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bridges Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bharathi Swaminathan Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christina Girgis Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Kleckner | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher J Hildebrand Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Clifford Smith |
Alan Bridges Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Bharathi Swaminathan Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Christina Girgis Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Individuals who previously served as officers or key employees.
| Name | Title | Hrs/Wk | Compensation | Related Orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Reutzel Mp | Secretary/ceo | 5 | $18.4K | $0 | $1,113 | $19.6K |
Cindy Reutzel Mp
Secretary/ceo
$19.6K
Hrs/Wk
5
Compensation
$18.4K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$1,113
| $11.1M |
| $7.8M |
| 2019 | $6.7M | $4.9M | $5.3M | $7.6M | $6M |
| 2018 | $5.2M | $3.7M | $5.6M | $5.7M | $4.6M |
| 2017 | $5.6M | $3.9M | $6M | $5.6M | $4.9M |
| 2016 | $6.3M | $4.2M | $5.3M | $6M | $5.3M |
| 2015 | $5.5M | $3.6M | $5.9M | $5.7M | $4.3M |
| 2014 | $4.3M | $3.3M | $5.3M | $6.6M | $4.7M |
| 2013 | $5.3M | $3.2M | $5.5M | $7.7M | $5.5M |
| 2012 | $4.4M | $3.5M | $5.9M | $8.4M | $5.7M |
| 2011 | $6M | $4M | $6.2M | $10.3M | $2M |
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Shih-Yen Tsai
Staff Member
$113.9K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$101.4K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$12.5K
Robert G Farrer
Staff Member
$103.7K
Hrs/Wk
40
Compensation
$103.7K
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
| Board Member |
| 1 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| $0 |
| Israel Rubinstein Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| James Doelling | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Oken Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jihan Walker | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| John Rohrer Mha | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Richardson Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rick A Ament Fache | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Buckley Md Mph Facep | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Holland Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald Kaplan Phd | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ryan Marsh Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Unterman Md Facep | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Shubhada Ahya Md Ms | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Maddox | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Walid Khayr Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| William Cotter Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Christine Kleckner
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Christopher J Hildebrand Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Clifford Smith
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Israel Rubinstein Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
James Doelling
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Jeffrey Oken Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Jihan Walker
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
John Rohrer Mha
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Michael Richardson Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Rick A Ament Fache
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Robert Buckley Md Mph Facep
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Robert Holland Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Ronald Kaplan Phd
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Ryan Marsh Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Sarah Unterman Md Facep
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Shubhada Ahya Md Ms
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Steve Maddox
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
Walid Khayr Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0
William Cotter Md
Board Member
$0
Hrs/Wk
1
Compensation
$0
Related Orgs
$0
Other
$0