ADIRA FOUNDATION
EIN 82-5023726 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C. (T99)
What they do
to INVEST IN BETTER LIVES for PEOPLE WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, IN ADIRAS EARLY YEARS, WE WILL FOCUS PRINCIPALLY, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY, ON FIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: ALS, ALZHEIMERS and RELATED DEMENTIAS, HUNTINGTONS DISEASE, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, and PARKINSONS DISEASE. AT ADIRA WE ACCELERATE THE DESIGN and FUNDING of BETTER, MORE INTEGRATED HELP for PEOPLE WHO NEED IT NOW. WE ASSEMBLE A HANDFUL of DISEASES THAT STRUGGLE WITH MANY of THE SAME BIG THINGS. WE TAKE THEM OUT of ISOLATION WHERE THEYRE DEFINED NOT BY THEIR DIAGNOSIS BUT BY THEIR STRUGGLE. FROM A BIRDS-EYE VIEW, WE SEE THE COMMON THEMES and TRENDS. WE SPEAK WITH PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THIS JOURNEY to DESIGN BETTER PROGRAMS WITH THEM, NOT JUST for THEM. THEN WE FUND THOSE BIGGER, COMMON PROBLEMS WITH WHICH THEY SAY THEY NEED THE MOST HELP. SOME EXAMPLES of OUR WORK to DATE FOCUS ON CAREGIVING, NAVIGATION of DIFFERENT SERVICES, DISABILITY, EQUITY, MEASUREMENTS for QUALITY of LIFE, and MENTAL HEALTH.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $65.40 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2022The report may be old. Ask for a newer one.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders16 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $1,978,503 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $244,878 for GREG SMILEY - UNTIL 121622 (FOUNDER/CEO). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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Financial picture
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How each $100 of revenue was used
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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People reported as paid
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GREG SMILEY - UNTIL 121622FOUNDER/CEO
MARILYN SPINNER -UNTIL 10522CHIEF DEV. & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
ALAN HUTSONDIRECTOR
ALAN J ABRAMSOMVICE PRESIDENT
BRUCE PACKETT - UNTIL 1122DIRECTOR
CHERYL SULLIVAN STAVELEYSECRETARY
DR CYNTHIA GOMEZCHAIR
GREG SMILEYFOUNDER/CEO
HELEN FRARYDIRECTOR
IAN KREMERDIRECTOR
KANDY FERREEDIRECTOR
LAURA HANENDIRECTOR
TODD EVENSONTREASURER
TODD B EVENSONDIRECTOR
ZEN MELESSEDIRECTOR
ZENAWIT MELESSETREASURER
About this charity
- Location
- 7330 STAPLES MILL ROAD 288, RICHMOND, VA 23228
- County
- Henrico
- In care of
- DR CYNTHIA GOMEZ
- Primary officer
- DR CYNTHIA GOMEZ, Chair
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- CEA SCHOLTES AND ASSOCIATES
- NTEE classification
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C. (T99)
- IRS tax category
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes