2026-04-15T13:29:16-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 341905156 IDEAS INSTITUTE IDEA 2163215339 3345 N Park Blvd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 Margaret Calkins Board Chair 2163215339 2026-04-14 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 2744 X 772 1950 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2744 0 0 26997 17378 702 73 7767 52917 -50173 110536 0 60363 X 115272 59998 0 0 0 2133 115272 62131 4736 1768 110536 60363 To engage in and disseminate research on the therapeutic influences of the environment- organizational and social as well as physical, on older adults and individuals living with dementia. Grant (total grant $99,282 paid in 2023 and January 2024) from the Alzheimer's Association to further develop the Environment Audit Scoring Evaluation (EASE) to assess the person centered environmental characteristics of long-term care residential care settings. IDEAS Institute has been working on the EASE for several years (see 4b below) and expects this work will continue for at least 5 more years. The ultimate goal is to have the EASE be both valid and reliable for use in research projects about the design of long-term care settings, and for use as a design tool when renovating and designed new care settings. The EASE will ultimately be made available for free, along with an extensive training manual and other training resources. Aspects of this project (both 4a and 4b) have been published in Innovation in Aging journal (2022), in Frontiers (2024) and at several national conferences in 2023 and 2024. No grant revenues were received in 2025, but $15,378 was paid out in expenses related to the grant. 0 15378 Facilities Guidelines Institute is a non-profit that writes and promulgates building codes for health care settings. The code books are used by virtually all architectural and engineering practices in the US that do healthcare work, and the codes benefit the health, safety and welfare of all residents, staff and visitors to this setting (there are roughly 3 million residents in nursing homes and assisted living). Dr Calkins is a member of the Healthcare Guidelines Residential Care Task Force, which has one in-person meeting per year and bi-weekly zoom meetings. Over 75 hours of Dr Calkins time was donated to this effort. Expenses related to the in-person meeting. 540 540 The Alzheimer's Association run an annual Summer Institute for research professionals who are new to the study of Alzheimer's Disease. Dr Calkins has been a teacher in this program since 2021. Responsibilities include review applications to the program, attending the training in August, delivering environmental research related content, and participating in both on-site and follow-up mentoring. Over 40 hours of Dr. Calkins time is donate to this effort. Travel expenses are reimbursed. There is a direct benefit to the new researchers who are being trained and coached, and an indirect benefit to everyone involved in the research they will be carrying out over their careers. 232 232 16150 Margaret Calkins Board Chair and Senior Researcher 30 22100 90 0 Addie Abushousheh Trustee 0.5 0 0 0 Habib Chaudhury Trustee 0.05 0 0 0 Rebecca Davis Trustee 0.05 0 0 0 Mauro Hernandez Trustee 0.05 0 0 0 Emily Chmieleski Trustee 0.05 0 0 0 Upali Nanda Trustee 0.05 0 0 0 Jennifer Brush Executive Director 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OH Margaret Calkins 3345 N Park Blvd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 2163215339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 63450 198410 125673 9350 772 397655 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63450 198410 125673 9350 772 397655 0 397655 2 99 119 18 22 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 44291 11570 12920 7675 1950 78406 476321 78178 0.83485 0.84971 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Educational services were provided to LaBella and Lutheran Senior Services about the impacts of household design on residents, staff and families. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Advertising Marketing;368|Travel;3437|Office supplies and software;2209|Taxes and licenses;510|Dues;803|Conference registration;340|Contributions;100^Total;7767^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^credit card cash back due;2133^Total;2133^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^payroll liabilities;1768^Total;1768^