2026-01-13T12:26:35-06:00 2025-08-31 990 2024-09-01 582229271 Robert W Woodruff Health Sciences Center Fund Inc ROBE 4045226755 191 Peachtree Street NE 3540 Atlanta GA 30303 Erik S Johnson President 4045226755 2026-01-13 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Erik S Johnson 191 Peachtree St NE 3540 Atlanta GA 30303 409043765 0 X N/A X 1996 GA To make grants and provide support benefitting Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences institutions, which includes Emory's schools of medicine, nursing, and public health and its medical research laboratories and hospitals. 5 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104870728 147536895 0 0 104870728 147536895 50400000 66500000 0 0 363088 485830 0 0 0 950491 944350 51713579 67930180 53157149 79606715 1215248476 1294856818 347 1974 1215248129 1294854844 X To make grants and provide support benefitting Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences institutions, which includes Emory's schools of medicine, nursing, and public health and its medical research laboratories and hospitals. 0 0 44872295 44664499 More than half of the annual funding distributed by the Woodruff Fund was designated to support the programs and facilities of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. Winship is Georgia's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Woodruff Fund grants were used to recruit and retain faculty for dual appointments at Emory's medical school and the Winship Cancer Institute and to fund significant faculty research projects in cancer prevention, detection and treatment. More than one-third of the funds dedicated to support programs were used to support Winship's clinical trials program. Other significant allocations of program funds were made for information technology and data management, support of Winship's biostatistics and bioinformatics programs, and for supporting Winship's administration, shared resources, and its NCI cancer center support grant. Almost half of the distributions to Winship are allocated to pay for facilities.In March 2024, the Woodruff Fund made a multi-year commitment to fund an extraordinary effort to grow Winship with a focus on improving the patient experience and better aligning research programs with patient care. Consistent with that commitment, the Woodruff Fund agreed to redesignate to the "Bigger, Better Winship" plan some funds previously paid to support Woodruff Health Sciences facilities and to increase distributions from the Woodruff Fund to Emory in future fiscal years. Accomplishments from this investment include hiring new clinical and research faculty, hiring patient navigators to support patient experience, increased digitization of pathology services and reduced patient wait and trial activation times. 17692432 17610501 Woodruff Fund grants supported strategic academic and research initiatives in Emory's medical schools and enterprises. Significant support during this fiscal year was directed to Emory's School of Medicine to recruit a new Vice President for Basic and Translational Research and to recruit a new Health Policy and Management Department Chair. The Woodruff Fund also invested in the research areas of brain health, AIDS, diabetes and maternal health, in addition to facility and equipment improvements to the Primate Center and the Biochemistry department. A significant portion of the distributions were used to pay for facilities, including Emory's biomedical research facilities and School of Medicine building. 4244656 4225000 The Woodruff Fund oversees a separate investment account intended to grow research capacity for the Emory + Children's Pediatric Research Institute. In this fiscal year, the Fund disbursed $4.225 million toward a multi-year plan to recruit pediatric investigators focused on childhood cancer and blood disorders and cardiac and brain medicine. 66809383 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 GA X Sara E Blalock Secretary 4044690569 191 Peachtree Street NE Suite 3540 Atlanta GA 30303 E JENNER WOOD III TRUSTEE CHAIRMAN 2.00 X 5000 0 0 JOHN G RICE TRUSTEE VICE CHAIRMAN 1.00 X 5000 0 0 TIMOTHY C ROLLINS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 5000 0 0 LAWRENCE L GELLERSTEDT III TRUSTEE 1.00 X 5000 0 0 KATHELEN V AMOS TRUSTEE 1.00 X 5000 0 0 P RUSSELL HARDIN PRESIDENT - RETIRED 1/31/2025 4.00 X 99751 0 6901 ERIK S JOHNSON PRESIDENT - ELECTED 2/1/2025 4.00 X 41761 0 6574 ELI P NIEPOKY TREASURER 4.00 X 35639 0 7468 SARA E BLALOCK SECRETARY - ELECTED 2/1/2025 4.00 X 7609 0 917 209760 0 21860 0 0 0 0 BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC 55 EAST 52ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10055 INVESTMENT MANAGER 711163 TRUIST BANK 303 PEACHTREE ST ATLANTA GA 30308 INVESTMENT ADVISOR 169272 2 45304876 45304876 363738889 261506870 102232019 102232019 102232019 147536895 0 0 147536895 66500000 66500000 288389 170964 117425 134513 75451 59062 13675 7731 5944 32008 17998 14010 17245 9867 7378 1789 1789 880434 880434 5822 5822 3020 1691 1329 9789 5482 4307 29039 16262 12777 2181 1233 948 5837 1704 4133 861 482 379 4406 4406 Organization dues 250 250 922 518 404 67930180 66809383 1120797 0 6185 6221 229635 214843 41598 40434 1707 1164 731020521 527852129 483910613 766694166 79815 88295 1215248476 1294856818 347 1974 347 1974 X 0 0 0 0 1215248129 1294854844 1215248129 1294854844 1215248476 1294856818 79606715 0 X 0 0 0 X X 1 Emory University 580566256 2 1 66500000 0 1 66500000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule A, Part IV, Section C Almost all trustees of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Fund, Inc. are actively involved in the management, supervision or control of Emory University and its Woodruff Health Sciences institutions as trustees or trustees emeritus. Woodruff Fund Chairman E. Jenner Wood III is a trustee emeritus of Emory University and former chairman of its finance committee. John Rice is an Emory trustee and chairman of the Emory Healthcare board. Timothy Rollins and Kathelen Amos are Emory trustees. Lawrence Gellerstedt III chairs the board of Grady Health System, which is a key business partner for Emory Healthcare and the Woodruff Health Sciences institutions. Executive management of Emory's Woodruff Health Sciences institutions participate actively in all Woodruff Fund board meetings. Control of the Woodruff Fund is structured in a manner to ensure the Woodruff Fund is organized and operated for the benefit of and is supervised or controlled in connection with Emory University and to ensure the Woodruff Fund is responsive to the needs and requirements of the Woodruff Health Sciences institutions and programs. 13224 12060 1164 28374 28374 0 1164 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY STOCK 321400530 C ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF 177232408 C ISHARES RUSSELL 1000 GROWTH ETF 80092776 C PUTNAM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND-R6 88487849 C BLACKROCK MLT-STR ABS RE SO CL A0125 61000000 C ARROWSTREET US SC EQUITY ALPHA EXT 15480603 C BLACKROCK GLOBAL MKT STRAT FD 23000000 C 766694166 457b Plan 1792 Benefit Plan 182 1974 1 EMORY UNIVERSITY 1440 Clifton Road NE Atlanta GA 30322 580566256 501(c)(3) 62275000 0 Support Winship Cancer Institute and Woodruff Health Sciences programs and facilities EMORY UNIVERSITY 1440 Clifton Road NE Atlanta GA 30322 580566256 501(c)(3) 4225000 0 Support for pediatric research plan 1 Part I, Line 2: Woodruff Fund officers meet regularly and often with the CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences, the Dean of the Emory School of Medicine, the Director of the Winship Cancer Institute and their staffs to discuss projects using Woodruff Fund grant money. Woodruff Fund trustees and officers receive formal written reports at least twice per year describing actions taken since the last report for each programmatic initiative using Woodruff Fund grant money. The Woodruff Fund board meets two times per year, at which time senior staff from the Woodruff Health Sciences institutions report in person on the use of grant funds. Woodruff Fund trustees also serve significant roles on the governing board of Emory University, from which positions they may monitor the use of Woodruff Fund grant money. Form 990, Part V, Lines 2a and 2b: The organization participates in a common administrative arrangement with five other charitable organizations. All employees are paid by a common paymaster that remits all payroll taxes and files the associated W-2s. Each organization reimburses the common paymaster for its proportionate share of administrative expenses. Fourteen individuals were employed during the calendar year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is prepared with financial data which has been reviewed by the governing board. Internal accounting staff prepare the 990 with the aid of preparation software. Accounting team members individually review the 990 according to a checklist. Numbers are verified against financial statements. The 990 is then reviewed by the Controller, Treasurer, Secretary and President. The draft 990 is distributed to all governing board members for their review prior to filing, leaving adequate time for comments and corrections. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Officers and trustees disclose annually those affiliations which may give rise to a conflict of interest. The Secretary keeps conflict disclosures on file. Trustees consider conflicts or potential conflicts before making grant determinations. Disclosure is made on the record. Officers consult the list of conflicts or potential conflicts when making vendor decisions. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The governing board determines compensation for all officers and staff. In setting compensation, trustees consult two independent compensation studies showing compensation data at comparable organizations. Individual compensation amounts are evaluated and determined annually as part of the budgeting process conducted at the board's March meeting; calendar year 2025 compensation was determined during the March 2025 board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are kept by the organization's Secretary and are made available upon request. Emory University 1440 Clifton Road NE Atlanta GA 30322 580566256 Education, Research GA 501(C)(3) 2 N/A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0