2013-09-12T15:58:06-05:00 2012-12-31 521446779 JOHNSON LAMBERT LLP 700 SPRING FOREST RD STE 115 RALEIGH NC 27609 990 2012-01-01 526050165 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC AMER 2402836600 11200 ROCKVILLE PIKE NO 302 ROCKVILLE MD 20852 BARBARA GORDON 2402836600 2013-09-12 1 JOHN HUSKINS P01081531 9197196400 2013-09-12 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z BARBARA GORDON 11200 ROCKVILLE PIKE NO 302 ROCKVILLE MD 20852 34927039 0 X WWW.ASBMB.ORG X 1919 NY ASBMB IS A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY OF MORE THAN 11,000 MEMBERS INCORPORATED TO FURTHER THE EXTENSION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND TO FACILITATE INTERACTION AMONG INVESTIGATORS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. MOST MEMBERS TEACH AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. OTHERS CONDUCT RESEARCH IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES OR NONPROFIT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. A SMALL BUT GROWING FRACTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP WORKS FOR INDUSTRY. 14 14 34 0 161479 0 1104589 69295 18850633 16436382 1564333 1910061 227303 294060 21746858 18709798 246292 274655 0 0 4267245 4321874 0 0 0 13770255 10094636 18283792 14691165 3463066 4018633 60609020 68404589 7946933 7772844 52662087 60631745 X SEE SCHEDULE OTHE SOCIETY'S PURPOSE IS TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS, AND THE JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH, ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, ADVOCACY FOR FUNDING OF BASIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, SUPPORT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS, AND PROMOTING THE DIVERSITY OF INDIVIDUALS ENTERING THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. 0 0 12571692 274655 16436382 ASBMB PUBLISHES SEVERAL SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, WHICH HAS A CIRCULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 INCLUDING SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, AND SCHOLARLY INSTITUTIONS. THE JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB. THIS JOURNAL TOTALS OVER 48,000 PAGES PER YEAR OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS ON BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. ALL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PEER-REVIEW PROCESS INVOLVING SOME OF THE MORE THAN 850 MEMBERS OF THE JOURNAL'S EDITORIAL BOARD.IN ADDITION, ASBMB PUBLISHES A MONTHLY MEMBER MAGAZINE, ASBMB TODAY. THIS MAGAZINE FOCUSES ON INTERNAL SOCIETY NEWS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MATTERS OF BROAD INTEREST TO THE MEMBERSHIP, SUCH AS COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.ASBMB ALSO HOLDS AN ANNUAL MEETING, AT WHICH ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS PRESENT SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND DISCUSS CURRENT RESEARCH AND ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. THE 2012 MEETING HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,000. APPROXIMATELY 1,300 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS WERE PRESENTED AT THE MEETING.ASBMB MAKES A NUMBER OF GRANTS AND AWARDS TO PROMISING SCIENTISTS IN THE BIOCHEMISTRY FIELD, INCLUDING AWARDS BY MERCK, SCHERING-PLOUGH AND AVANTI.ASBMB HAS A NUMBER OF SUBCOMMITTEES THROUGH WHICH A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED.THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING AND COMMENTING ON LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES OF INTEREST TO THE SOCIETY. THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH THE NEWS MEDIA TO PUBLICIZE THE SOCIETY'S VIEWS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST TO THE BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY.THE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN AND UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE BIOCHEMICAL FIELD. THE COMMITTEE HAS PUBLISHED A CAREERS BROCHURE ENTITLED UNLOCKING LIFE'S SECRETS: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. THIS BROCHURE IS AIMED AT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATES WHO MAY BE CONSIDERING PURSUING CAREERS IN BIOCHEMISTRY OR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE HAS PREPARED A RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM IN BIOCHEMISTRY FOR UNDERGRADUATES, AND HAS SURVEYED GRADUATE SCHOOLS AND THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ON WHAT COURSES THESE INSTITUTIONS WOULD LIKE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE TAKEN.THE MINORITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TAKES A STRONG INTEREST IN EDUCATION MATTERS AS THEY PERTAIN TO AFRICAN, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS. VERY FEW PERSONS FROM THESE GROUPS ENTER THE FIELDS.IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES, ASBMB IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING ORGANIZATIONS OF MINORITIES IN SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (MIST), A WASHINGTON-BASED COALITION OF SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN INCREASING MINORITY EXPOSURE TO (AND PARTICIPATION IN) SCIENCE. MIST SERVES AS AN INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND COORDINATING MECHANISM AMONG THE VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES INTERESTED IN MINORITY SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND SPONSORS AN ANNUAL CAREER FAIR IN WHICH ASBMB PARTICIPATES. 12571692 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 96 0 1 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 NY X BARBARA A GORDON 2402836600 11200 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 302 ROCKVILLE MD 20852 JEREMY M BERG 40.00 X X 0 0 0 SUZANNE R PFEFFER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK A LEMMON 5.00 X X 0 0 0 TONI M ANTALIS 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MEREL S OLSON 5.00 X X 0 0 0 NATALIE AHN 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN ALLEN 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUMA BANERJEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 BENJAMIN F CRAVATT 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEVI A GARRAWAY 1.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL LEAHY 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANJANA RAO 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN D SCOTT 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SABATINI 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA STARIVASNIK 1.00 X 0 0 0 WESLEY I SUNDQUIST 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN WEISSMAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA A GORDON 40.00 X 262650 0 29243 NANCY RODNAN 40.00 X 189890 0 36805 STEPHEN MILLER 40.00 X 174670 0 31926 BENJAMIN CORB 40.00 X 114652 0 13043 SHANNON HALL 40.00 X 132917 0 20314 874779 0 131331 5 0 1 0 CADMUS 8621 ROBERT FULTON DR STE 100 COLUMBIA MD 21046 JOURNAL PRODUCTION 4509626 STANFORD UNIVERSITYHIGHWIRE PRESS 1454 PAGE MILL RD PALO ALTO CA 94304 ONLINE JOURNAL SERVICES 714450 DARTMOUTH JOURNAL SERVICES 5 PILGRIM PARK RD WATERBURY VT 05676 JOURNAL PRODUCTION 207035 RANCHO LAS PALMAS RESORT 41000 BOB HOPE DR RANCHO MIRAGE CA 92270 CONFERENCE SERVICES 163620 SNOWBIRD SKI & SUMMER RESORT 9600 LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON RD SNOWBIRD UT 84092 CONFERENCE SERVICES 112440 5 69295 69295 PUBLICATION SALES 900099 14703544 14703544 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 1053726 1053726 ANNUAL MEETING 900099 517633 517633 ADVERTISNG 900099 161479 161479 16436382 1251196 1251196 233234 233234 16876106 16217241 658865 658865 658865 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 60826 60826 60826 18709798 16274903 161479 2204121 28140 28140 172515 172515 74000 74000 725185 725185 2816171 2098742 717429 195184 114157 81027 392380 326022 66358 192954 131204 61750 8954 8954 50045 37683 12362 481874 131970 349904 142404 21729 120675 149128 141896 7232 4888597 4653417 235180 361167 249167 112000 892527 620458 272069 615109 615109 130947 67146 63801 EDITORIAL ALLOWANCES 1085722 1085722 JOURNAL ONLINE 937061 937061 FASEB ASSESSMENTS 132775 132775 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 35743 20835 14908 182583 177805 4778 14691165 12571692 2119473 0 10837586 11457631 1146995 672329 2588329 1916681 702312 671648 47508152 55153542 413975 449439 60609020 68404589 1280619 846207 5668515 5894194 997799 1032443 7946933 7772844 X 48905522 56634342 1817236 2058074 1939329 1939329 52662087 60631745 60609020 68404589 4018633 3951025 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 165452 110550 123960 1104589 69295 1573846 17975303 17923616 18350447 18670291 16274903 89194560 18140755 18034166 18474407 19774880 16344198 90768406 0 0 0 90768406 1389861 1442534 1382834 1407100 1484430 7106759 78181 70172 96159 244512 1468042 1512706 1478993 1407100 1484430 7351271 17838 139048 55993 13070 60826 286775 19626635 19685920 20009393 21195050 17889454 98406452 0.92240 0.92250 0.07470 0.07500 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EXPLANATION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES: PART II-B, LINE 1: THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS TO MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SOCIETY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WILL SERVE AND ADVISE THE SOCIETY LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES IN WHICH THE MEMBERSHIP HAS AN INTEREST. THE COMMITTEE MEETS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR AND HOLDS HILL VISITS TO ADVOCATE FOR SPECIFIC REQUESTS WITH AN IMPORTANT MEMBER WITH INFLUENCE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. EXPENDITURES TOTAL $383,860. 1974690 157080 65232 1457 2065081 992951 1005414 2689 24633 1731 1974690 936372 81121 22548 1994 992951 855989 112239 26367 5489 936372 974132 -78974 33336 5833 855989 1.00000 0 0 558133 89493 468640 2030196 1827188 203008 671648 DUE TO THE FEDERATION 304077 CAPITAL LEASE 20704 DEFERRED RENT 707662 1032443 X 23168205 3951025 507382 4458407 18709798 0 18709798 15198547 507382 507382 14691165 0 14691165 DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP, THE SOCIETY HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: REIMBURSED EXPENSE 507,382. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: REIMBURSED EXPENSE 507,382. 1 NORTH AMERICA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION 39000 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION 35000 0 0 0 0 0 0 74000 0 74000 NORTH AMERICA EDUCATIONAL GRANT 15000 NORTH AMERICA EDUCATIONAL GRANT 24000 2 PROLAB SOUTH AMERICA 7 35000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS OUTSIDE THE U.S.: SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2: GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PERIODIC DOCUMENTATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 1 FASEB 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE BETHESDA MD 20814 520700497 501(C)(3) 25000 EDUCATIONAL GRANT EDUCATIONAL GRANT EDUCATIONAL GRANT EDUCATIONAL GRANT 1 SOBER AWARD 1 4356 ROSE AWARD 1 4262 AVANTI AWARD 1 5000 EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION 2 3000 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD 1 5000 DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE AWARD 1 3000 STADTMAN AWARD 1 12521 DELANO AWARD 1 5046 MERCK AWARD 1 10000 WANG AWARD 1 43509 BOKOCH AWARD 1 500 EPD COMMITTEE 14 8350 CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE 12 19365 ASSESSMENT OF STEM CELL RESEARCH 1 847 OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE 7 20301 PROMOTING CONCEPT DRIVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY THROUGH CONCEPT ASSESSMENT STUDY 29 19379 TEAGLE COMMITEE 7 8079 PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.: PART I, LINE 2: SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PERIODIC DOCUMENTATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BARBARA A GORDON 262650 0 0 0 0 0 25000 0 4243 0 291893 0 0 0 NANCY RODNAN 189890 0 0 0 0 0 18989 0 17816 0 226695 0 0 0 STEPHEN MILLER 174670 0 0 0 0 0 17467 0 14459 0 206596 0 0 0 SHANNON HALL 132917 0 0 0 0 0 13292 0 7022 0 153231 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE SOCIETY HAS FIVE MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES: REGULAR MEMBERS, ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, AFFILIATE MEMBERS, GRADUATE MEMBERS, AND UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERS. OF THESE, REGULAR, ASSOCIATE, AND AFFILIATE MEMBERS MAY VOTE. ONLY REGULAR MEMBERS MAY HOLD OFFICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, AND SIX COUNCILORS ARE ELECTED BY THE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP TO TERMS OF THREE YEARS EACH, EXCEPT THAT THE PRESIDENT'S TERM IS TWO YEARS WITH AN ADDITIONAL YEAR AS PAST PRESIDENT. THREE ADDITIONAL COUNCILORS ARE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO THREE YEAR TERMS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS NOT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE FILING, BUT IS REVIEWED BY BOTH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF THE SOCIETY PERFORMS AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS TO DETERMINE ANY COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR TOP MANAGEMENT. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMS AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS TO DETERMINE ANY COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.