Nonprofit · EIN 56-1683450
SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC
Tax-exempt · GLENDALE, CA 91206
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,091,506 | $1,893,051 | $198,455 | $1,110,180 | $151,452 | $958,728 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,947,106 | $2,847,006 | -$899,900 | $1,074,263 | $313,990 | $760,273 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,037,881 | $3,812,598 | -$1,774,717 | $2,188,069 | $485,906 | $1,702,163 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,071,530
- of which government grants
- $12,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $19,976
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $142,438
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $168,701
- Other salaries and wages
- $675,344
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $960,827
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $50,805
- Occupancy
- $3,741
- Travel
- $17,188
- Depreciation
- $1,436
- Program services (functional)
- $1,163,099
- Management and general (functional)
- $256,344
- Fundraising (functional)
- $473,608
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,074,263
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,110,180
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $151,452
- Net assets, end of year
- $958,728
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,284
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $913,056
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $45,672
- Gross receipts
- $2,091,506
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 1,688
- Year formed
- 1987
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY TAYLOR | PRESIDENT/CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $170,466 | $8,377 |
| KISTIN JACOBSON | SEE SCH. O Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $86,092 | $1,965 |
| JOHN NICOLS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RICK SPROUT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE ATHERTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA LUBASH | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTORIA BOIES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART GITTELMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HASSLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL HEAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GURDYAL KALSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RONA KRAMER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AMRIT SHAHZAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE STANTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA ADINIG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH BARRERA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KENYA BECKMANN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVED AMITAY TO OCT 2023 | PRESIDENT/CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $157,754 | $9,992 |
| TAKEISHA WALKER TO AUG 2023 | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 36 | $142,472 | $2,944 |
| EMILY TAYLOR SEE SCH O | PRESIDENT/CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $136,027 | $5,997 |
| KRISTIN JACOBSON | SEE SCH. O Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $52,885 | $11,346 |
| JOHN NICOLS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RICK SPROUT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE ATHERTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA LUBASH | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTORIA BOIES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART GITTELMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HASSLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL HEAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GURDYAL KALSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RONA KRAMER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FERN OPPENHEIM TO MAR 2024 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AMRIT SHAHZAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE STANTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA ADINIG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH BARRERA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KENYA BECKMANN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HUNTER HOWARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVED AMITAY | PRESIDENT CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $185,393 | $9,941 |
| EMILY TAYLOR | DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,912 | $13,122 |
| TAKEISHA WALKER | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $75,214 | $3,535 |
| JOHN NICOLS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RICK SPROUT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE ATHERTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA LUBASH | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTORIA BOIES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART GITTELMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HASSLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL HEAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GURDYAL KALSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RONA KRAMER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FERN OPPENHEIM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AMRIT SHAHZAD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE STANTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KARL ZEILE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA ADINIG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH BARRERA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KENYA BECKMANN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HUNTER HOWARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 350 N GLENDALE AVE STE B PMB 36, GLENDALE, CA 91206-3323
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- EMILY TAYLOR, 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD 800, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025
- Signed the 990
- EMILY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT/CEO
- Phone
- (704) 364-0016
- Website
- WWW.SOLVECFS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- FOUMBERG JUNEJA ROCHER & CO PC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 56-1683450 or by the name SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE SOLVE ME/CFS INITIATIVE (SOLVE M.E.) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH INTO DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENTS, AND CURES FOR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (ME/CFS), LONG COVID AND OTHER (CONTINUED ON SCH. O) POST-INFECTION DISEASES. OUR WORK WITH THE SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMMUNITIES, ADVOCACY WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND ALLIANCES WITH PATIENT GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR BREAKTHROUGHS THAT CAN IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS WHO SUFFER FROM VARIOUS ''LONG HAUL'' DISEASES.
Program accomplishments
- ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS: IN 2025, SOLVE M.E. ADVANCED NATIONAL AWARENESS AND POLICY MOMENTUM FOR ME/CFS AND LONG COVID THROUGH COORDINATED FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DURING ADVOCACY WEEK 2025, MORE THAN 3,500 ADVOCATE EMAILS, CALLS, AND TEXTS WERE SENT TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SUSTAIN THE CDC CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME PROGRAM AND ENSURE ME/CFS REMAINED ELIGIBLE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CDMRP PROGRAM. EMILY TAYLOR, MONIQUE WIKE, AND VOLUNTEERS MET WITH OVER TWENTY CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., SECURING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, WITH 11 SENATORS JOINING THE CDC DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER AND 10 SENATORS SUPPORTING THE CDMRP REQUEST. SOLVE MAINTAINED A STRONG NON-PARTISAN STRATEGY TO KEEP RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING VIABLE ACROSS ADMINISTRATIONS. (CONTINUED ON SCH. O) EMILY TAYLOR CO-AUTHORED A WHITE PAPER PROPOSING NIH RESTRUCTURING TO BETTER SUPPORT INFECTION-ASSOCIATED CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND COLLABORATED ON THREE MAJOR RECOVER PUBLICATIONS ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY UNDERSTANDING. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH MEACTION ON THE GO LOCAL CAMPAIGN, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE TASK FORCE MICROGRANT PROGRAM, AND EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS WITH THE BATEMAN HORNE CENTER, SOLVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT, FURTHER ELEVATING THE PATIENT VOICE IN NATIONAL DECISION-MAKING. THE SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION OF ME/CFS WITHIN THE CDMRP RESULTED IN MORE THAN $300 MILLION IN POTENTIAL RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIELD.Expenses $645,399 · grants $73,788
- RESARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SOLVE'S RESEARCH INITIATIVES ACHIEVED MAJOR MILESTONES THIS YEAR THROUGH NEW AWARDS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT. THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED A $30,000 CATALYST FUND AT YALE TO SUPPORT DR. AKIKO IWASAKI'S PIONEERING ME/CFS AND LONG COVID RESEARCH, AND PROVIDED A $37,000 CATALYST AWARD TO SIMMARON RESEARCH FOR ITS RAPAMYCIN TRIAL. ADDITIONAL RAMSAY AWARDS SUPPORTED PROJECTS BY DR. DANA YELIN AND THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON TEAM LED BY PROFESSOR CAMBRIDGE, ENSURING CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PUBLIC WEBINARS AND OUTREACH. SOLVE FORMALIZED THE BIC/CODA ALLIANCE, ALIGNING WITH METRODORA AND CARE EVOLUTION TO BUILD AN INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND DATA-SHARING ECOSYSTEM. FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL PRESS LAUNCH REACHING AN ESTIMATED 140 MILLION PEOPLE, SOLVE COORDINATED (CONTINUED ON SCH. O) THE IRB TRANSITION TO METRODORA AND PREPARED FOR PEDIATRIC AND SPANISH-LANGUAGE EXPANSION OF THE PLATFORM. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ENTERED A PARTNERSHIP WITH GENETIC ALLIANCE AND GALATEA FOR FREE BIOBANK STORAGE AND ENHANCED MEMBER DATA CONTROL THROUGH DIGITAL CABINET ACCESS. TOGETHER, THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT SOLVE'S DEEP COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATING RESEARCH, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, AND TRANSLATING SCIENCE INTO TANGIBLE PROGRESS FOR PATIENTS WORLDWIDE.Expenses $517,700 · grants $68,650
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-1683450
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1991
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,110,180
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,091,506
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,091,506 | $1,893,051 | $1,110,180 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,947,106 | $2,847,006 | $1,074,263 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,037,881 | $3,812,598 | $2,188,069 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,520,483 | $3,466,562 | $3,950,139 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | 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 56-1683450).
Questions about SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC
- What is the EIN of SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC is 56-1683450.
- Is SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.
- Are donations to SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC 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 SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names EMILY TAYLOR.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $170,466 (EMILY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT/CEO).
- How much revenue does SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,091,506, expenses of $1,893,051 and total assets of $1,110,180 at year end.
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