LUPUS LINK MINNESOTA C/O BORENSTEIN
EIN 81-5413651 · Specifically Named Diseases Research
What they do
RESEARCHLUPUS LINK MINNESOTA FUNDS RESEARCH and RESEARCHERS to FIND A CURE and MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS for PEOPLE LIVING WITH LUPUS. LUPUS LINK MINNESOTA PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATES INTERESTED IN BASIC or CLINICAL RESEARCH AN OPPORTUNITY to WORK WITH AN ESTABLISHED FACULTY RESEARCHER AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS, THROUGH ITS STUDENT SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. IN 2018, LUPUS LINK FUNDED TWO SUMMER STUDENT FELLOWS. THESE FELLOWS WORKED UNDER THE DIRECTION of DR. ZENG AT THE MAYO CLINIC and DR. MUELLER AT THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA. A TOTAL of $9,000 IN FELLOWSHIP FUNDING WAS PROVIDED IN 2018.LUPUS LINK MINNESOTA FUNDED TWO RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2018. A TOTAL of $70,000 IN RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING WAS PROVIDED IN 2018. to ENSURE THE FUNDING of LEADING-EDGE AUTOIMMUNE RESEARCH HERE IN MINNESOTA, LUPUS LINK MINNESOTAS RESEARCH FUND WAS TRANSFERRED to THE SUSAN B. MECKSTROTH ENDOWMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOLS CENTER for AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES RESEARCH (CADRE) IN THE FALL of 2018.
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THARAN LEOPOLDPRESIDENT THROUGH MAY
CHRISTOPHER DUNNDIRECTOR
CINDY CHANGDIRECTOR
DR BARBARA SCHILLOBOARD CHAIR &,AS OF JUNE, PRESIDENT
DR EMILY GILLESPIEDIRECTOR
GWEN STANLEYDIRECTOR
RUSSELL BETTSDIRECTOR
RYAN CARLSONTREASURER
TOM PETERSONDIRECTOR
TRACEY GALOWITZDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Location
- 3957 DREW AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55410
- County
- Hennepin
- In care of
- BARBARA SCHILLO
- Primary officer
- BARBARA SCHILLO, BOARD CHAIR & PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2018
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MAHONEYULBRICHCHRISTIANSEN & RUSS PA
- IRS tax category
- Specifically Named Diseases Research