BALTIMORE RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: BALTIMORE RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (EIN 52-1705976)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-04-10
IRS object ID: 202411019349301421
Schema version: 2022v5.0
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 D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-04-10T11:37:25-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	831053015	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KL Hoffman & Company PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2809 BOSTON ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BALTIMORE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21224	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	521705976	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Baltimore Research and Education	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Foundation Inc	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BALT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4106057130	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 N Greene St 151	AddressLine1Txt
City	Baltimore	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21201	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Caroline Zink PhD	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Dir.	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2024-04-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Caroline Zink	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	PhD	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Karen L Hoffman CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01317844	PTIN
Phone	4439901005	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Caroline Zink PhD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 N Greene St 151	AddressLine1Txt
City	Baltimore	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	212011524	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$6,994,061	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.bref.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1990	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Scientific research and education to improve Veterans' health.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	2	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	33	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$979,574	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$775,425	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$7,564,178	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$5,577,259	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$10,649	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$641,377	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$8,554,401	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,994,061	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,184,922	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,325,681	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,480,110	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,333,698	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,665,032	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,659,379	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,889,369	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,334,682	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$26,029,306	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$28,445,572	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$18,095,873	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$18,120,111	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$7,933,433	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,325,461	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Scientific research and education to improve Veterans' health.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,967,741	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$5,577,259	RevenueAmt
Desc	During the past year the Baltimore Research and Education Foundation (BREF) managed research and education projects in the following areas - detection and/or treatment of: cardiovascular disease, heart failure, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, mental illness, drug abuse, obesity, pulmonary conditions, orthopedic conditions, geriatric fall risk and rehabilitation, blast injuries, cancer, sarcopenia, wound healing, and infectious diseases including COVID19 vaccines/treatments. Additionally, BREF facilitated Veterans healthcare quality improvement and facilitated therapy jazz concerts at the Loch Raven VA Facility for residential Veterans.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,967,741	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	53	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	33	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	2	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Management	PersonNm
Phone	4106057130	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 N Greene St 151	AddressLine1Txt
City	Baltimore	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	212011524	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Sandra Marshall MD
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$332,257	$99,677
Thomas Hornyak MD PhD
President	1.00	35.00	Yes (X)	$0	$282,239	$84,672	Yes (X)
Leslie Katzel MD PhD
Treasurer/Sec.	1.00	35.00	Yes (X)	$0	$252,747	$75,824	Yes (X)
Nikkita Southall MD
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$246,184	$73,855
Jonathan Eckman PE
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$213,348	$64,005
Barabara Forsha MSN RN ET
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$211,791	$63,537
Caroline Zink PhD
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00		$199,916	$0	$59,975	Yes (X)
Brian Nimmo MS
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$193,324	$57,997
Kousick Biswas PhD
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$169,446	$50,834
Taquisa Simmons PhD
Director	1.00	40.00	Yes (X)	$0	$159,063	$47,719
Qiang Qian
Statistician	40.00	0.00		$136,935	$0	$8,560
Mary Bowers-Lash
Res. Coordinator	40.00	0.00		$119,817	$0	$7,291
Lousia Peartree MBA
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bryan Soronson MPA
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$456,668	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$2,060,399	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$693,946	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$521,395	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$254,030	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$775,425	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Service fees	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$5,577,259	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,577,259	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$5,577,259	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$641,377	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$641,377	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,994,061	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,218,636	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$185,838	TotalAmt
Management And General	$185,838	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,711,425	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,433,192	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$278,233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,574	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,772	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,802	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$175,737	TotalAmt
Program Services	$132,752	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,985	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$143,107	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,103	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,042	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,042	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,766	TotalAmt
Management And General	$45,766	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,237	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$128,695	TotalAmt
Program Services	$120,192	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,503	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,948	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,620	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,328	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,242	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,242	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,710	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,710	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,476	TotalAmt
Management And General	$15,476	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Study expense	$1,253,848	$1,253,848
Site payment	$716,588	$711,317	$5,271
Registr. fees, meetings & dues	$52,134	$41,529	$10,605
Other	$4,782	$2,464	$2,318

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$230	TotalAmt
Management And General	$230	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,659,379	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,967,741	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$691,638	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$265,688	BOYAmt
EOY	$863,600	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,031,291	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,713,877	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,359	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$891,569	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$890,945	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,334	BOYAmt
EOY	$624	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,724,023	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,855,112	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,029,306	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,445,572	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$780,032	BOYAmt
EOY	$886,328	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,315,841	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,233,783	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,095,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,120,111	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,648,962	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,031,668	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$284,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$293,793	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,933,433	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,325,461	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,029,306	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,445,572	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,334,682	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$57,346	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Medical Research Organization	Yes (X)	MedicalResearchOrganizationInd

Hospital Name And Address HospitalNameAndAddressGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Department of Veteran Affairs	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
City	Baltimore	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$445,610	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$444,997	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$613	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$445,959	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$445,948	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$11	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$624	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,209,820	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$57,346	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$170,650	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$227,996	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,981,824	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$12,237	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$12,237	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,994,061	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,817,792	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$170,650	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$170,650	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,647,142	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$12,237	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$12,237	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,659,379	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Internal Revenue Service has not examined (audited) any income tax returns of the Organization thus the previous three (3) years are subject to examination. The Organization has not taken any questionable tax positions with respect to unrelated business income tax or anything that would jeopardize its 501(c)(3) status.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Barabara Forsha MSN RN ET
Director	$211,791	$63,537	$275,328
Brian Nimmo MS
Director	$193,324	$57,997	$251,321
Caroline Zink PhD
Executive Dir.				$199,916	$59,975	$259,891
Jonathan Eckman PE
Director	$213,348	$64,005	$277,353
Kousick Biswas PhD
Director	$169,446	$50,834	$220,280
Leslie Katzel MD PhD
Treasurer/Sec.	$252,747	$75,824	$328,571
Nikkita Southall MD
Director	$246,184	$73,855	$320,039
Sandra Marshall MD
Director	$332,257	$99,677	$431,934
Taquisa Simmons PhD
Director	$159,063	$47,719	$206,782
Thomas Hornyak MD PhD
President	$282,239	$84,672	$366,911

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Auditors present 990 to the Board during a Board Meeting, Board will approve.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	An interested party is under a continuing obligation to disclose any potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known or reasonably should be known. An interested party shall complete a conflict of interest disclosure questionnaire upon his/her association with the Organization, and shall be updated annually thereafter. An additional discourse statement shall be filed whenever a potential conflict arises.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	Executive Director salary is reviewed and determined by the BREF Board of Directors and is signed off on by the BREF President annually. Salary was based on an extensive (and documented) review of similar positions (and similar organization scope, size, and location) from resources like GuideStar and 990s from other VA Non-Profit Corporations (NPCs). Executive Director receives an annual cost of living increase as implemented for federal employees in Baltimore, MD per BREF policy for all employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Available on site upon request.
Form 990, Part VII	Sandra Marshall, M.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Thomas Hornyak, M.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Leslie Katzel, M.D., Ph.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Kousick Biwas, M.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Brian Nimmo, M.S., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Jonathan Eckman, P.E., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Nikkita Southall, M.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Taquisa Simmons, Ph.D., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.Barbara Forsha, M.S.N., R.N., E.T., is compensated as an employee through the VA Maryland Health Care System.