2021-09-30T09:14:21-05:00 2020-12-31 BKD LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas 1200 New York NY 10036 990 2020-01-01 132662222 The Hastings Center Inc % MILDRED Z SOLOMON HAST 8454244040 21 MALCOLM GORDON RD GARRISON NY 105245555 CATHERINE MEISTERICH COO/CFO 8454244040 2021-11-15 true MILDRED SOLOMON 999009999 Aaron Shapiro P01333816 2128674000 3 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z MILDRED Z SOLOMON 21 MALCOLM GORDON ROAD GARRISON NY 105245555 8653837 false X WWW.THEHASTINGSCENTER.ORG/ X 1969 NY SEE SCHEDULE O 20 19 28 19 0 8127386 4372189 302566 312959 364614 17211 49020 -112358 8843586 4590001 0 0 0 0 2768016 3073579 111466 49500 555046 1073212 1169793 3952694 4292872 4890892 297129 14250523 16088411 341521 360510 13909002 15727901 X TO ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS THEY AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES. false true 2400587 THE HASTINGS CENTER'S RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATED A DIVERSE RANGE OF ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND POLICY QUESTIONS RELATED TO SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH. PROJECTS ADDRESSED ADVANCES IN GENETICS INCLUDING GENE EDITING AND GENETIC TESTING; CARING FOR AGING POPULATIONS; DISABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY; AND PUBLIC DELIBERATION ON AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES. IN ADDITION, WE RAPIDLY IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED ETHICAL AND POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WE PRODUCED ANALYSIS AND FORMULATED ADVICE ON THESE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE DISSEMINATED TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF 3 SPECIAL REPORTS OF HASTINGS CENTER REPORT, MORE THAN 60 ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND COMMENTARIES. IN ADDITION, WE OFFERED OVER 50 TALKS AND LECTURES TO AUDIENCES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS WITH JOURNALISTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. The HASTINGS center PRODUCED 6 WEBINARS ADDRESSING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RACISM IN HEALTH. OUR RESEARCHERS ALSO SERVED ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL ENTITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS, AND THE EDITORIAL BOARDS OF DOZENS OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS. THIS RESEARCH WAS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND DONATIONS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION and NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. 415154 339031 IN 2020, THE HASTINGS CENTER REPORT, A BIOETHICS JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER, FEATURED DISCUSSIONS OF RACISM IN AMERICAN MEDICINE, RISK DISCLOSURE AND THE "REASONABLE PERSON" STANDARD, COVID-19 AND CRISIS STANDARDS OF CARE, THE FAIR ALLOCATION OF SCARCE RESOURCES, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, PATIENT AUTONOMY AND DRUG PRESCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS, AND MANY OTHER TOPICS IN MEDICAL CARE, HEALTH POLICY, BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. SIX ISSUES OF THE REPORT APPEARED, CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS AND EXPERT COMMENTARY. THE REPORT ALSO PUBLISHED ONE SUPPLEMENT, ON THE WEIGHT OF GENOMIC KNOWLEDGE (WITH THE MAY-JUNE ISSUE). THE REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY JOHN T. WILEY AND SONS, PRIMARILY IN ONLINE FORM, TO 11,500 LIBRARIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS (WITH ROUGHLY 6,250 SUBSCRIBING THROUGH THE WILEY ONLINE LIBRARY AND 5,250 GAINING ACCESS THROUGH DISTRIBUTION SERVICES), AND TO ROUGHLY 300 INDIVIDUALS. ROUGHLY 530,000 ITEMS WERE DOWNLOADED. ETHICS AND HUMAN RESEARCH, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO ISSUES IN THE ETHICS AND REGULATION OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN SUBJECTS, OFFERED SIX ISSUES IN 2020 ON TOPICS IN MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, INCLUDING HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS FOR SARS-CoV-2 VACCINES, CROWDSOURCED RESEARCH, THE INCLUSION OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN COVID-19-RELATED CLINICAL TRIALS, AND RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS' VIEWS ABOUT QUALITATIVE DATA SHARING. E&HR WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED BY WILEY AND SONS, PRIMARILY IN ONLINE FORM. ROUGHLY 5,400 INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES, ALONG WITH 150 INDIVIDUALS, SUBSCRIBED TO E&HR. HASTINGS BIOETHICS FORUM, THE HASTINGS CENTER'S BLOG, FEATURES SCORES OF COMMENTARIES ON BIOETHICS TOPICS IN THE NEWS. 4802 THE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING AND ENGAGING DIVERSE AUDIENCES ABOUT THE RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE HASTINGS CENTER. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE DEPARTMENT PREPARES AND DISTRIBUTES PRESS RELEASES, PITCHES STORIES TO SELECTED JOURNALISTS, WORKS WITH RESEARCH SCHOLARS TO DEVELOP AND PLACE OP-EDS AND OTHER COMMENTARIES, PRODUCES A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, EDITS THE HASTINGS BIOETHICS FORUM BLOG, USES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PROMOTION AND AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT, OVERSEES THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING DEVLEOPING ALL CONTENT), PRODUCES VIDEOS OF HASTINGS EVENTS AND HELPS PLAN AND MANAGE THE EVENTS. IN 2020, THE CENTER CONTINUED TO BUILD ITS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THREE KEY AUDIENCES: MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, POLICY MAKERS AND THE EDUCATED PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH JOURNALISTS. AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC INTENSIFIED, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ACCELERATED ITS DIGITAL EFFORTS AND CREATED A SERIES OF VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT DREW Unprecedented ENGAGEMENT AND INTEREST FROM EXPANDED AUDIENCES. THE CENTER retained THE SERVICES OF AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, WHICH HELPED CREATE A VIDEO AND REFRESH THE WEBSITE, NEWSLETEER AND THE ORGANIZATION'S VISUAL IDENTITY. IN 2020, THE CENTER'S EMAIL LIST, A KEY MEASURE OF ENGAGEMENT, GREW BY OVER 80% AND THE NUMBER OF BIOETHICS FORUMS POSTS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 360559 In 2020 the visiting scholar program was significantly impacted by the covid-10 pandemic. In january and february, we hosted scholars from KU (Belgium) and Utica college. Due to the pan- demic we canceled the residencies of 19 accepted visiting scholars from march through august. These accepted scholars included 13 early and mid-career scholars from the US, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Russia and india as well as 6 Emily Murray undergraduate scholars from the US. 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SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 ASC 740 FOOTNOTE MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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PART I, LINE 7 CATHERINE MEISTERICH, MILDRED SOLOMON and RYAN J. SAUDER RECEIVED NON FIXED DISCRETIONARY Bonuses APPROVED BY THE BOARD. X 6 96103 FAIR MARKET VALUE false true false SCHEDULE M, PART I, COLUMN (B) THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS. FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION THE HASTINGS CENTER AND ITS SCHOLARS PRODUCE BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ON ETHICAL QUESTIONS IN MEDICINE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY THAT HELP INFORM POLICY, PRACTICE, AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING. FORM 990, PART III, Line 3 In March 2020 the Hastings Center moved to a remote work environment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All employees had the technological ability to work remotely and with a few upgrades and purchases of peripheral computer equipment the center was able to carry on with nearly every program. Meetings were conducted via Zoom and Teams and almost all grant funded project work continued on pace. Exceptions were postponement of scheduled in-person visiting scholars and the reconfiguring of this program to accommodate virtual visiting scholar visits, as well as one grant which called for in-person interviews and focus groups. In 2020 the center launched a virtual webinar series to replace in-person public events, which was extremely successful and which allowed the center to reach wider, diverse audiences. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A FELLOWS ARE ABLE TO ELECT TWO BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD GAVE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THE AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF THE FULL BOARD TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE 990 BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE IRS. IF ANY QUESTIONS WERE TO ARISE THEY ARE REVIEWED WITH MANAGEMENT AND THE AUDITORS PRIOR TO APPROVING THE 990. THE 990 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, DISCLOSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL, CONTRACTUAL, PERSONAL, OR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL AND/ OR FIDUCIARY INTERESTS THAT MAY BRING HER/HIM IN CONFLICT WITH THE CENTER'S INTERESTS ON A FORM PROVIDED BY THE CENTER. ALL EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ALL OF THEIR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS, WHETHER COMPENSATED OR NOT, THAT RELATE TO THEIR ROLE AS A HASTINGS CENTER EMPLOYEE AND ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST THEY HAVE IN HASTINGS CENTER BUSINESS BY COMPLETING ANNUAL DISCLOSURE FORMS AND UPDATE FORMS AS NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERESTS ARE CONSIDERED. THOSE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE FORMS. SIMILARLY, WHEN NOMINATED FOR OFFICE, OR SOLICITED OR REQUESTED TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE, PROSPECTIVE BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD DISCLOSE TO THE ORGANIZATION ANY SUCH AFFILIATIONS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED TO BE RELATED TO THE CENTER AND ITS ACTIVITIES. THESE FORMS SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD AND KEPT ON RECORD IN THE CENTER'S OFFICE. IF A CONFLICT IS DISCLOSED, THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER WOULD RECUSE HIM/HERSELF FROM ALL DISCUSSIONS OR VOTING ON THE CONFLICT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS PERFORMANCE AND SETS THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO AND COO/CFO USING OUTSIDE COMPARABILITY DATA. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST DONE IN FEBRUARY 2020. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:CONSULTING TOTAL FEES:563220 FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:OTHER TOTAL FEES:92456