Nonprofit · EIN 20-3798976
STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · TUCSON, AZ 85728
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $358,739 | $329,844 | $28,895 | $503,471 | $244 | $503,227 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $439,555 | $245,261 | $194,294 | $473,169 | $0 | $473,169 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $323,366 | $340,344 | -$16,978 | $300,806 | $0 | $300,806 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $349,345
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $11,291
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$1,897
- Other revenue
- -$1,897
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $264,679
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $5,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $5,000
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $340
- Accounting fees
- $4,906
- Program services (functional)
- $264,679
- Management and general (functional)
- $48,510
- Fundraising (functional)
- $16,655
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $473,169
- Total assets, end of year
- $503,471
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $244
- Net assets, end of year
- $503,227
- Publicly traded securities
- $466,522
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $503,227
- Gross receipts
- $598,630
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 23
- Year formed
- 2005
- State of legal domicile
- AZ
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC MURPHY JENSEN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $5,000 |
| DEBRA GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAULETTE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHARI GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN HARLOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REEMA JAGGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE JENSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRENT NELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM POTHOFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAM SCHIFANO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEIGH ANN WATERFALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARIANNE WEINER PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW MESSING | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CLAUDINE MESSING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC FLEISCHMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STEVE WEINTRAUB | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC MURPHY JENSEN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $6,000 |
| ANN CHARLES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAULETTE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHARI GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN HARLOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REEMA JAGGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE JENSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRENT NELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM POTHOFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAM SCHIFANO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEIGH ANN WATERFALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARIANNE WEINER PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW MESSING | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CLAUDINE MESSING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MARC FLEISCHMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STEVE WEINTRAUB | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC MURPHY JENSEN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $5,000 |
| ANN CHARLES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAULETTE GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHARI GOOTTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN HARLOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REEMA JAGGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE JENSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRENT NELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM POTHOFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEIGH ANN WATERFALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARIANNE WEINER PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW MESSING | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CLAUDINE MESSING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MARC FLEISCHMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| STEVE WEINTRAUB | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 64583, TUCSON, AZ 85728-4583
- In care of
- % ROBERT PRESENT
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- CLAUDINE MESSING, POST OFFICE BOX 64583, TUCSON, AZ 857284583
- Signed the 990
- MARC FLEISCHMAN, TREASURER
- Phone
- (520) 615-6430
- Website
- WWW.GOOTTERJENSEN.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BEACHFLEISCHMAN PLLC
Mission
THE GOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES BY DEFEATING SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH THROUGH INCREASED AWARENESS, EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF AEDS.
Program accomplishments
- GIFTS TO THE GOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION FUND RESEARCH AT THE STANFORD CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE, WHERE DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, AND PREVENT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH. IN 2025, THE GOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION FUNDED TWO GRANTS FOR $125,000 EACH TO THE STANFORD CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE. THEY WERE BOTH PART OF A TWO -YEAR COMMITMENT FOR $250,000 FOR EACH STUDY. THE FIRST STUDY IS ON USING GENISTEIN FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. GENISTEIN IS A NATURAL ISOFLAVONOID FOUND IN SOYBEANS AND HAS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES. THE STANFORD TEAM IS TREATING CARDIAC PATIENTS WITH GENISTEIN AND PROFILING THE BLOOD BIOMARKERS WITH TRANSCRIPTOMICS AND PROTEOMICS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE SECOND STUDY IS ON ELUCIDATING THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS ON TRIGGERING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS. THE 2 MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS ARE (1) PM2.5 (PARTICULAR MATTER 2.5) FOUND COMMONLY IN WILDFIRE AND SMOG AND (2) MICROPLASTICS. TO STUDY THE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT, THE STANFORD TEAM IS EXPOSING HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED CARDIAC ORGANOIDS (IPSC-COS) WITH THESE POLLUTANTS AND USING A BATTERY OF SOPHISTICATED ASSAYS TO MEASURE THE EFFECT. THIS TYPE OF STUDY ALLOWS YOU TO USE YOUR "BIOLOGICAL TWIN" (USING IPSC) AND CONVERT THEM INTO "DIGITAL TWIN" DATASET (VIA SEQUENCING ANALYSIS).Expenses $250,000 · grants $250,000
- IN AN UNPARALLELED MOVE TO PREVENT AVOIDABLE DEATHS FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, THE GOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED OVER 515 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDS) TO THE TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SOUTHERN ARIZONA SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP AND RECREATIONAL CENTERS THAT DID NOT HAVE THESE LIFE SAVING DEVICES. THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WORK, WORSHIP AND PLAY WILL HAVE AN AED IN CASE IT IS EVER NEEDED. IN 2025, THE FOUNDATION DONATED $14,680 OF AEDS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.Expenses $14,679 · grants $14,679
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-3798976
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2006
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Medical research (H12)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $503,471
- Income (IRS master file)
- $598,630
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $358,739 | $329,844 | $503,471 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $439,555 | $245,261 | $473,169 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $323,366 | $340,344 | $300,806 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $352,476 | $286,394 | $317,788 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-3798976).
Questions about STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION is 20-3798976.
- Is STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
- Are donations to STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names CLAUDINE MESSING.
- Who are the officers and directors of STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $5,000 (MARC MURPHY JENSEN, VICE PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does STEVEN M GOOTTER FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $358,739, expenses of $329,844 and total assets of $503,471 at year end.
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