MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION BREAKTHROUGH CONSORTIUM INC
EIN 80-0671049
What they do
THE MISSION of THE MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION BREAKTHROUGH CONSORTIUM, INC. (THE CONSORTIUM) is to ACCELERATE THE RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT of THE MOST PROMISING THERAPEUTICS IN MELANOMA IN ORDER to DELIVER CURATIVE OPTIONS to PATIENTS. THE CONSORTIUM WILL DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE, MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE BREADTH of MELANOMA DISCIPLINES - BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL and CLINICAL SCIENCE - to EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT of COMBINATIONS of THERAPIES AS WELL AS NOVEL SINGLE AGENTS; SUPPORT PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH to FACILITATE RATIONAL COMBINATIONS; CREATE A VIRTUAL ANNOTATED SPECIMEN BIOREPOSITORY; and IDENTIFY BIOMARKERS THAT HAVE PROGNOSTIC and PREDICTIVE VALUE or VALUE AS A NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGET.
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Board and leadership roster (7)
ALISON MARTINBOARD MEMBER
ANTHONY T HENDRICKSONTREASURER & CFO
JEFFREY E GERSHENWALD MDBOARD MEMBER
KEITH T FLAHERTY MDBOARD MEMBER
MICHAEL B ATKINS MDBOARD MEMBER
STEVE SILVERSTEINCHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT
ZEEV RONAI PHDBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Location
- 1420 K STREET NW 7TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
- County
- District of Columbia
- In care of
- ANTHONY T HENDRICKSON
- Primary officer
- ANTHONY T HENDRICKSON, TREASURER & CFO
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2020
- Tax period began
- April 1, 2020
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- MARCUM LLP
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2013