MYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: MYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION INC (EIN 03-0485196)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2020-04-13
IRS object ID: 202011059349300901
Schema version: 2018v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-04-13T16:58:56-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030485196	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MYEL	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20111 Edinburgh Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saratoga	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95070	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Scott Johnson	PersonNm
Person Title	Chief Executive Officer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4088885542	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-02-28	SignatureDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	69.181.110.214	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Scott Johnson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20111 Edinburgh Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saratoga	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95070	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$344,205	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	myelinrepair.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Accelerating the development of new therapeutics to prevent or repair damage to myelin caused by MS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$6,926	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,007,500	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$287,392	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$7,293	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$70,054	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,077,554	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$294,685	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$306,439	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$338,524	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$166,715	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$157,202	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$29,107	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$116,030	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$42,674	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$589,184	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$538,400	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$488,370	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$243,715	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,627,215	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,552,624	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$299,317	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$468,441	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,327,898	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,084,183	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Accelerating the development of new therapeutics to prevent or repair damage to myelin caused by Multiple Sclerosis. The MRF is helping to identify biomarkers of myelin repair for use in myelin repair drug development and clinical trials	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$473,863	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$338,524	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Bio fluid and imaging grants for experiments to identify potential biomarkers of myelin repair in multiple sclerosis. MRF has funded experiments and analysis in the current year that include the following. 1. looking into in MS patients plasma for lipids that correlate with repair/damage (myelin is 80%lipid) 2. measuring MS related neurodegeneration utilizing plasmaderived neuronal ECVs 3.using MP2RAGE data as a potential marker of myelin status in MS white matter lesions 4.determine if fluid-based markers of synatogenesis can be an indicator of myelin repair 5.Explore the use of ECVs as a biomaker of blood brain barrier dysfunction in MS 6.charaterize ECVs from astrocytes from human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$473,863	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	Yes (1)	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Louise Savoie	PersonNm
Phone	4088885542	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2198 Hillstone Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Jose	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95138	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt
Scott Johnson
CEO	30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$120,000	$0	$0
Casey Mcglynn
Director	1	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0	0
Andy Cates
Director	1	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0	0
Bobby Mehta
Director	1	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0	0
Jim Gidwitz
Director	1	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$120,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$287,392	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$287,392	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,926	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$6,926	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$49,887	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$49,520	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$367	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$367	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$367	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$294,685	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$367	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$6,926	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$155,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$183,524	TotalAmt
Program Services	$183,524	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,240	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,760	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,588	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,932	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,966	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,690	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,614	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,250	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,730	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,634	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,528	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,528	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,338	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,338	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,684	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,695	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$966	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,023	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,124	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,124	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$538,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$473,863	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,430	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,107	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$994,215	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,563	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$909,007	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$633,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$622,000	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$3,054	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,627,215	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,552,624	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$299,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$468,441	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$299,317	BOYAmt
EOY	$468,441	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,327,898	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,084,183	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,327,898	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,084,183	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,627,215	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,552,624	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$243,715	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,660,019	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$216,766	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$50,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,007,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$287,392	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,221,677	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,660,019	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$216,766	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$50,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,007,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$287,392	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,221,677	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,750,000	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,471,677	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$392	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,926	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,318	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$106,579	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$70,054	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$176,633	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,405,628	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$0	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.33404	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.5382	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Return of previous years unused grant	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Region Total Expenditures	$183,525	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$183,525	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	MRF provides grant to Dr. Mika Simons at Technical University Munich to look in MS patient's plasma for lipids that correlate with repair/damage (myelin is 80% lipid)	$50,000	cash progress payments	$0	contractual amount
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	MRF sponsors experiment in Germany to determine if fluid based markers of synaptogenesis can be an indicator of myelin repair	$50,000	cash progress payments	$0	contractual amount
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	MRF begins collaboration at Lausanne University in Switzerland to characterize EVs from human astrocytes	$7,726	cash progress payment	$0	contractual amount
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	MRF contracts with Biognosys to perform protein profiling of human CSF samples from our collaborations in Sweden and Germany	$75,799	cash progress payments	$0	contractual amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	3	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	4	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Grants outside the United States are treated the same as grants within the United States with regular required reports and conversations with recipients	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Cornell University
102 Prospect Street	Ithaca	NY	14850	150532082	$50,000	$0	contractual amount	0	MRF supports Cornell study to explore the use of ECVs as a biomarker of blood brain barrier dysfunction in MS
John Hopkins School of Medicine
12529 Collections Center Drive	Chicago	IL	60693	520595110	$50,000		contractual amount		Funding John Hopkins University to measure MS related neurodegeneration utilizing plasma derived neuronal ECVs
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
6001 Executive Blvd Room 3280	Rockville	MD	20852	520858115	$50,000		Contractual amount		MRF funds work at NIH to reveal if MP2RAGE data provide enough brain tissue differentiation to be a marker of myelin status in MS lessions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	4	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Universities are subject to terms and conditions of the sponsored research agreement between the Universities and the MRF. The Researchers' work are reviewed by the MRF commitee and by the MRF President.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9	MRF External Board members and their addresses; 1.Andy Cates 429 N Main street, suite 100 Memphis, TN 38103, 2. Jim Gidwitz 440 S LaSalle, suite 3100, Chicago IL 60605-5020 3. Casey McGlynn 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1001 4.Bobby Mehta 159 E Walton Street, Chicago IL 60611
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Form 990 is reviewed by the CEO and once the CEO approves the form 990 is then forwarded to the board members for their review prior to filing. Board members are encouraged to review and to forward their questions, if any, to the CEO.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	Officers, directors and key employees are covered. Any and all conflicts are reviewed by disinterested board members and, if needed, by legal counsel. Persons with a conflict of interest will be restricted from making key decisions for MRF as they relate to the interest unless otherwise approved by the majority of the disinterested board of directors
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	CEO Compensation is determined by the board of directors and is the only paid position. The remaining officers are not compensated.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Financial Statements, governing documents and policies are available upon request for the same period of time set forth in Sec. 6104(D)