2019-10-04T12:20:50-05:00 2018-12-31 BKD LLP 655 Third Avenue 1200 New York NY 10017 990 2018-01-01 132662222 The Hastings Center Inc % MILDRED Z SOLOMON HAST 8454244040 21 MALCOLM GORDON RD GARRISON NY 105245555 CATHERINE MEISTERICH COO/CFO 8454244040 2019-11-15 true Aaron Shapiro P01333816 2128674000 167.68.126.162 26511920192775000006 2019-10-04 P 4C7CE297EA147625E823E7749DCF3035FE22D026 0951E2A8C0832E29A3033740454C77259380F658 2018 2020-01-14 16:20:31Z MILDRED Z SOLOMON 21 MALCOLM GORDON ROAD GARRISON NY 105245555 3961763 false X WWW.THEHASTINGSCENTER.ORG/ X 1969 NY SEE SCHEDULE O 23 22 26 22 0 2329222 2557995 332876 289034 382607 132059 41334 46935 3086039 3026023 0 0 0 0 2617209 2683060 0 0 359915 906766 1028157 3523975 3711217 -437936 -685194 9631119 8656849 309558 416847 9321561 8240002 TO ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS THEY AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES. false false 2470092 THE HASTINGS CENTER'S RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATED A DIVERSE RANGE OF ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND POLICY QUESTIONS RELATED TO SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH. PROJECT TOPICS INCLUDED ADVANCES IN GENETICS SUCH AS GENE EDITING AND GENETIC TESTING; AGING AND CARE AT THE END OF LIFE; AGING AND HEALTH POLICY; THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS MACHINES; THE ROLE OF VALUES IN ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGIES; AND PUBLIC DELIBERATION ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE PRODUCED ANALYSIS AND FORMULATED ADVICE ON THESE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE DISSEMINATED TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST AUDIENCES THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF 2 BOOKS, 4 REPORTS, MORE THAN 85 ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND COMMENTARIES. IN ADDITION, WE OFFERED OVER 80 TALKS AND LECTURES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, UK, EUROPE, ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS WITH JOURNALISTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. OUR RESEARCHERS ALSO SERVED ON NUMEROUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INCLUDING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE'S OFFICE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, CITY OF NEW YORK, MARCH OF DIMES, AND THE EDITORIAL BOARDS OF DOZENS OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS. THIS RESEARCH WAS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND DONATIONS FROM 15 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION, DONGAHUE FOUNDATION, AND PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PCORI). 388705 318709 IN 2018, THE HASTINGS CENTER REPORT, A BIOETHICS JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER, FEATURED DISCUSSIONS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, DEMENTIA, GENETIC INFORMATION, INCIDENTAL RESEARCH FINDINGS, CONSCIENCE CLAUSES FOR PROVIDERS, MEDICAL RATIONING, 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 FOUR SUPPLEMENTS, ON THE GOVERNANCE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (WTH THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY ISSUE), THE ETHICS OF SEQUENCING NEWBORNS (JULY-AUGUST), WELL-BEING IN LATE LIFE (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER), AND THE DEFINITION OF DEATH (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER). THE REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN PRINT AND ONLINE VERSIONS TO 11,300 LIBRARIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS (ROUGHLY 5,600 SUBSCRIBING DIRECTLY AND 5,700 GAINING ACCESS THROUGH DISTRIBUTION SERVICES), AND TO ROUGHLY 500 INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH JOHN T. WILEY AND SONS. ROUGHLY 350,000 ITEMS WERE DOWNLOADED. IRB: ETHICS AND HUMAN RESEARCH, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO ISSUES IN THE ETHICS AND REGULATION OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN SUBJECTS, OFFERED SIX ISSUES IN 2018 ON TOPICS IN MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF INFORMED CONSENT FORMS, RESEARCH WITH PRISONERS, AND RESEARCH ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. ROUGHLY 2,300 INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES SUBSCRIBED TO IRB. BIOETHICS FORUM, THE HASTINGS CENTER'S BLOG, FEATURES SCORES OF COMMENTARIES ON BIOETHICS TOPICS IN THE NEWS. 20563 The Visiting Scholar Program offers short-term independent research residencies for scholars, practitioners, and students. In 2018 we welcomed visitors from 12 countries by hosting 26 postgraduate, faculty, and other professionals and 8 undergraduate scholars. THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING AND ENGAGING DIVERSE AUDIENCES IN THE RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE HASTINGS CENTER. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE DEPARTMENT PREPARES AND DISTRIBUTES PRESS RELEASES, CONCEIVES OF AND EXECUTES OTHER ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE JOURNALISTS, WRITES A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, EDITS THE BIOETHICS FORUM BLOG, USES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PROMOTION AND AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT, OVERSEES THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING DEVELOPING ALL CONTENT), PRODUCES VIDEOS OF HASTINGS EVENTS, AND HELPS PLAN AND MANAGE THOSE EVENTS. IN 2018, THE NEWSLETTER WENT TO MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE, BIOETHICS FORUM BLOG HAD 100,000 PAGE VIEWS, AND THE CENTERS WEBSITE HAD MORE THAN 600,000 PAGE VIEWS. OUR TWITTER AUDIENCE GREW BY ABOUT 1,000 FOLLOWERS, TO 10,000. COMMUNICATIONS WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVING THE TECHNICAL QUALITY OF A PERIODIC PODCAST, HASTINGS CONVERSATIONS. THERE WERE FOUR PODCASTS IN 2018, UP FROM TWO IN 2017. COMMUNICATIONS UNDERTOOK TWO NEW INITIATIVES IN 2018. IT LAUNCHED AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT IN AN EFFORT TO BROADEN ITS AUDIENCE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, IT ORGANIZED A JOURNALISM AWARD AS PART OF THE CENTER'S PROJECT ON GENE EDITING SUPPORTED BY THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION. THIS COMPETITION AND THE AWARDS CEREMONY THAT WE HELD IN DECEMBER 2018 PROVIDED UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIESE FOR US TO MEET AND FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT SCIENCE JOURNALISTS IN THE WORLD. 2879360 true true false false false false false false true true false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 48 0 26 true false false false false false false false false false false X 23 22 false false false false false true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA NY X MILDRED Z SOLOMON 8454244040 21 MALCOLM GORDON ROAD GARRISON NY 105245555 X MILDRED Z SOLOMON PRESIDENT & CEO 35.0 0.0 X X 331046 0 32691 LIZA BAILEY TREASURER 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 PETER CANELLOS SECRETARY 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 BRADFORD H GRAY CHAIRMAN 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW S ADELSON TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 THOMAS B HAKES MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DANIEL CALLAHAN TRUSTEE, FOUNDER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARION DANIS MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH J FINS MD MACP TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ALAN R FLEISCHMAN MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 WILLARD GAYLIN MD TRUSTEE, FOUNDER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 FRANCIS hartley geer TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ROBERT MICHELS MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MICHELE MOODY-ADAMS PHD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 GILBERT S OMENN MD PHD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RICHARD PAYNE BA MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ROBERT PEARLMAN MD MPH TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 EVE HART RICE MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL S ROTH PHD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 BLAIR L SADLER JD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SARAH SCHLESINGER MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SHONNI SILVERBERG MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOHN USDAN TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CATHERINE MEISTERICH COO/CFO 25.0 0.0 X 173431 0 15238 ERIC PARENS SENIOR SCHOLAR 35.0 0.0 X 134981 0 40285 JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH 35.0 0.0 X 137497 0 41532 GREGORY KAEBNICK EDITORIAL DIRECTOR 35.0 0.0 X 126840 0 11277 NANCY BERLINGER RESEARCH SCHOLAR 35.0 0.0 X 106872 0 18575 SARAH MCGRAW SENIOR SCHOLAR 35.0 0.0 X 114254 0 10169 1124921 0 169767 10 false true false 0 604600 1953395 66172 2557995 HCR REVENUE 541700 221084 221084 IRB REVENUE 541900 67950 67950 289034 134799 134799 0 29675 29675 0 0 0 933000 935740 -2740 -2740 -2740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 17260 17260 17260 3026023 318709 149319 0 0 0 0 552406 423028 80139 49239 0 1677037 1284259 243289 149489 105900 81097 15363 9440 201752 154499 29268 17985 145965 111779 21175 13011 0 1663 1663 0 0 0 23771 23771 263983 191170 2056 70757 232 232 372808 302609 41491 28708 0 0 150288 136361 5423 8504 104413 94337 3665 6411 0 0 0 0 78898 71402 2920 4576 26415 23947 961 1507 MISCELLANEOUS 5686 4872 526 288 3711217 2879360 471942 359915 919383 627312 921778 519195 361325 416867 23027 41884 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9531 10301 2032537 1033723 1051273 998814 6344802 6042476 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9631119 8656849 112482 107303 0 0 26477 138945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170599 170599 309558 416847 X 2868689 2879253 2953135 1861012 3499737 3499737 9321561 8240002 9631119 8656849 -685194 -396365 X X false true X true false X 2437025 4885955 3067385 2329222 2557995 15277582 0 0 2437025 4885955 3067385 2329222 2557995 15277582 3362741 11914841 109082 115476 118652 130383 164474 638067 0 6336 6557 17610 11050 17260 58813 15974462 1817063 0.74587 0.68710 X 5076579 -227341 108495 4740743 4373462 100000 737512 134395 5076579 3805302 383039 258099 72978 4373462 3444136 488230 -54697 72367 3805302 2952361 258523 539183 65020 3685047 0.73820 0.26180 false false 1983775 1008736 975039 48762 24987 23775 998814 0 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PAYABLE 170599 DEFERRED SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE 97805 268404 X 2605887 -396365 -396365 3002252 23771 23771 3026023 3687446 3687446 23771 23771 3711217 SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 THE CENTER'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF 8 DONOR RESTRICTED INDIVIDUAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAMS, SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, COMMUNICATION OUTREACH AND BIOETHICS/HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP. X X X X false false false false false false false true false MILDRED Z SOLOMON PRESIDENT & CEO 317346 0 6385 0 7315 0 23375 0 9316 0 363737 0 CATHERINE MEISTERICH COO/CFO 173431 0 0 0 0 0 14742 0 496 0 188669 0 ERIC PARENS SENIOR SCHOLAR 134981 12344 27941 175266 JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH 137497 12591 28941 179029 PART I, LINE 7 MILDRED SOLOMON RECEIVED NON FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. X 10 66172 FAIR MARKET VALUE false true false SCHEDULE M, PART I, COLUMN (B) THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS 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 15A 2018 BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B 2018 BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. 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 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 2018. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR