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FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (EIN 16-1056814)
Tax period
2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed
2019-05-15
IRS object ID
201901359349312765
Schema version
2017v2.3
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2019-05-15T17:11:54-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

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Address Line1PO Box 1100AddressLine1Txt
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
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EIN161056814EIN

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Business Name Line1Frontier Science & Technology ResearchBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2Foundation IncBusinessNameLine2Txt
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Business Name ControlFRONBusinessNameControlTxt
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CityBrooklineCityNm
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PersonDiana SabraPersonNm
Person TitleCFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone6176322000PhoneNum
Signature2019-05-15SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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Preparer PersonJoseph R Byrne CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01289281PTIN
Phone2077752387PhoneNum
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Principal OfficerMichael Bretthauer MDPrincipalOfficerNm

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Address Line11371 Beacon Street No 203AddressLine1Txt
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State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02446ZIPCd
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Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website Addresswww.fstrf.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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Legal Domicile StateNYLegalDomicileStateCd
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Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
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Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
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Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
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Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Consolidated Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesYes (1)ForeignActivitiesInd
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More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
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Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
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Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (1)BackupWthldComplianceInd
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Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitYes (1)UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T FiledYes (1)Form990TFiledInd
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Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Family Or Business RlnYes (1)FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
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Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
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Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local ChaptersYes (1)LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference ChaptersYes (1)PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
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Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (1)CompensationProcessOtherInd
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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Urania Dafni DSc
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Richard Gelber PhD
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Eleanor McFadden
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Gregory Pavlov
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Thelma Zelen
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Hans Olav Adami
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Tianxi Cai PhD
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
David L Demets
Board Member10.000.00Yes (X)$50,400$0$0
Aron Goldhirsch MD
Past Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Lawrence W Huffman
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$18,000$0$0
Mette Kalager MDPhD
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Frank Rockhold PhD
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Mary Steele-Long
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Lee-Jen Wei PHD
Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Ann Zauber PhD
Past Board Member1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Diana Sabra
Comptroller40.000.00Yes (X)$111,718$0$21,204
Suzanne Siminski
Executive Director40.000.00Yes (X)$195,721$0$17,565
Lisa Zdarsky
COO40.000.00Yes (X)$88,864$0$29,695
Adele K Ahmed
Chief Programmer40.000.00$142,288$0$31,633Yes (X)
Susan A Anderson
Past Dir. Madison, WI Office40.000.00$144,672$0$13,326Yes (X)
Piotr Meszynski
Director of Operations40.000.00$136,734$0$33,010Yes (X)
Susan L Rosenkranz
Director of Biostatistics40.000.00$137,205$0$23,764Yes (X)
Zhuoxin Sun
Senior Research Scientist40.000.00$146,804$0$12,011Yes (X)
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Alexander Aronson
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Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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Program Services$803,148ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$192,456ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Management And General$234,384ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Management And General$273,111ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Travel TravelGrp

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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Management And General$128,896ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Management And General$155,197ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Other Program Expenses$266,884$38,619$228,265
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Other Expenses$132,135$41,581$90,554

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Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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EOY$1,675,080EOYAmt

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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
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FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$15,235,625CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$16,284,471CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Current Tax Year$16,284,471CurrentTaxYearAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$95,702CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$93,038CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$74,414CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$63,368CurrentTaxYearAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$51,969,447GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.91910PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.53570PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOther Revenue - 2013 Amount: $ 128,109. 2014 Amount: $ 164,249. 2015 Amount: $ 52,368. 2016 Amount: $ 652,288. 2017 Amount: $ 0.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$457,914OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$358,653DepreciationAmt
Book Value$99,261BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$716,510OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$681,411DepreciationAmt
Book Value$35,099BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$567,388OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$557,204DepreciationAmt
Book Value$10,184BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$144,544TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Resource Funds Held as Agent for Others$563,625
Capital Lease Obligations$14,474
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$578,099TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEurope (Including Iceland & Greenland)RegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedGrants to recipients located in regionTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$15,000RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$15,000SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$15,000TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEurope (Including Iceland & Greenland)RegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantMarvin Zelen Symposium; a two day symposium organized by FSF-Hellas and sponsored by FSTRF US offices.PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$15,000CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWire TransferMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Description Of Non Cash AsstN/ADescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt
Valuation Method UsedFMVValuationMethodUsedDesc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org1TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationFSTRF remains involved with the use of funds in order to maintain records of how the grant funds are utilized.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1124 Mount Aubert StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityCambridgeCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02138ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN042103580RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(c)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$100,000CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantProfessorship FundPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationFSTRF remains involved with the use of funds in order to maintain records of how the grant funds are utilized.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelYes (X)FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Richard Gelber PhD
Treas., Proj. Ldr & Sr. Statistician$149,095$0$0$0$7,595$0$11,616$0$24,896$0$193,202$0$0$0
Eleanor McFadden
Chair, Director of FSS$0$192,871$0$0$0$0$0$30,446$0$0$0$223,317$0$0
Gregory Pavlov
CEO & Board Member$211,469$0$0$0$5,750$0$17,333$0$22,760$0$257,312$0$0$0
Suzanne Siminski
Executive Director$195,011$0$0$0$710$0$15,030$0$2,535$0$213,286$0$0$0
Adele K Ahmed
Chief Programmer$141,812$0$0$0$476$0$11,190$0$20,443$0$173,921$0$0$0
Susan A Anderson
Past Dir. Madison, WI Office$139,047$0$0$0$5,625$0$11,126$0$2,200$0$157,998$0$0$0
Piotr Meszynski
Director of Operations$136,074$0$0$0$660$0$10,595$0$22,415$0$169,744$0$0$0
Susan L Rosenkranz
Director of Biostatistics$134,440$0$0$0$2,765$0$10,643$0$13,121$0$160,969$0$0$0
Zhuoxin Sun
Senior Research Scientist$146,109$0$0$0$695$0$11,085$0$926$0$158,815$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1aFirst class is evaluated on a case by case basis for international flights. Prior approval must be received from the organization's president.
Part II:Eleanor McFadden receives compensation from a related organization, Frontier Science Scotland which is located in Scotland, Eleanor is a resident of Scotland and does not receive a W2 or 1099MISC in the US. This amount is converted from GBP to USD.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxtTransactionTransactionAmtTransactionTransactionDescSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Shari Gelber
Family Member of Richard Gelber, Treas. of the Board and Frontier Employee$28,988Employment0
Michael Bretthauer
Family Member of Mette Kalager, Board Member$105,526Employment0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2Michael Bretthauer, President and Mette Kalager, member on the FSTRF Board in FY 2018, have a family relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bDrafts of the 990 are circulated to each board member for review. If a board member has any edits or questions they are emailed to the Comptroller, all edits and changes are reviewed and changes made as deemed necessary. The final revised 990 is circulated again as a final and revised version of all changes made and approved by the board members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cThe Organization has a conflict of interest policy that is reviewed and approved by the Organization's Attorney. The policy applies to all employees and all board members. Every year all employees and board members are asked to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire. Someone in each office is in charge of collecting the form from all employees and board members. All forms in which a conflict of interest is identified, if any, are reviewed by the COO on a case by case basis. The conflicts of interest, if any, are brought to the attention of the President and Board. Employees are asked to bring attention to any potential conflict of interests, this is included in the employee handbook.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15Frontier has a separate compensation committee that determines market rates for the President & CEO and annual reviews/increases for these individuals are set & approved by this committee. The compensation committee is a subcommittee of the Board and is made up of two Frontier board members who are not also employees of Frontier.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19Upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:FSTRF has a designated audit committee that is responsible for the oversight of the audit and selection of an independent accountant. The independent board members function as the audit committee.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityForeignAddress/CityNmProvince Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNmCountryForeignAddress/CountryCdForeign PostalForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCdPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCdExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxtDirect Controlling NADirectControllingNACdControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationIndEINEIN
Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd
Grampian ViewKincraigInverness-shireUKPH21 1NAAdvancing education in the field of clinical trialsUK13(1)N/A0
Frontier Science Foundation - Hellas
Mikras Asias 70 11527 GoudiAthensGRResearch in bio-statistics and health sciencesGRN/A0118050334

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Frontier Science Associates IncBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14033 Maple RoadAddressLine1Txt
CityAmherstCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP14226ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN161479978EIN
Primary ActivitiesTo assist FSTRF in performing research projectsPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateNYLegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Entity TypeCEntityTypeTxt
Share Of EOY Assets$9,443ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Ownership1.00000OwnershipPct
Controlled Organization0ControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts0ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org0GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org0GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgYes (1)LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization0DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org0AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org0AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange0AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org0RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org0RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org0PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing0PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgYes (1)TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org0TransferFromOtherOrgInd