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Nonprofit · EIN 35-1044585

AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC

Tax-exempt · MEMPHIS, TN 38105

Financials

$2.7B$2.2B2022$2.9B$2.6B2023$3.3B$2.8B2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$3,292,450,744$2,796,215,545$496,235,199$10,928,116,611$163,097,377$10,765,019,234
June 30, 2024990$2,895,589,947$2,557,167,057$338,422,890$9,992,563,716$148,723,634$9,843,840,082
June 30, 2023990$2,686,629,420$2,203,763,402$482,866,018$9,109,419,712$142,305,459$8,967,114,253
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,704,622,072
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$532,065,292
Net rental income
$76,013
Net gain from sales of assets
$418,679,364
Net income from fundraising events
$9,759,047
Net income from gaming
$44,796,839
Net income from sales of inventory
$1,131,481
Other revenue
$55,763,380

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,878,044,650
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$7,212,856
Other salaries and wages
$201,547,494
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$264,504,150
Professional fundraising fees
$5,715,353
Legal fees
$2,744,989
Accounting fees
$559,867
Occupancy
$13,139,590
Travel
$13,466,490
Depreciation
$50,867,535
Program services (functional)
$2,124,027,266
Management and general (functional)
$241,314,345
Fundraising (functional)
$430,873,934

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$9,992,563,716
Total assets, end of year
$10,928,116,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,097,377
Net assets, end of year
$10,765,019,234
Land, buildings and equipment
$279,702,851
Net assets without donor restrictions
$9,295,554,990
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,469,464,244
Gross unrelated business income
$823,039
Gross receipts
$7,173,336,838
Employees
2,178
Volunteers
1,000,000
Year formed
1957
State of legal domicile
IL

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
JAMES R DOWNINGEX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$1,647,264$66,619
RICHARD C SHADYAC JRCEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU 3/25)
Trustee or director, Officer
55$1,393,252$0$171,359
ANURAG PANDITCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Key employee
55$818,220$0$113,113
IKSHIT ANAND - COO THRU 325INTERIM CEO (BEG 3/25)
Trustee or director, Officer
55$715,554$0$101,678
SARA HALLCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$679,934$0$122,476
STEVE FROEHLICHCHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
Key employee
55$658,935$0$127,030
KERA GETTERCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
55$657,624$0$91,651
MARTIN HANDCHIEF DONOR OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$588,068$0$108,117
MELANEE HANNOCKCHIEF DIGITAL AND INNOVATION OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$571,009$0$114,823
ANNETTE GREENCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$580,690$0$93,777
EMILY CALLAHANCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$560,211$0$32,281
JOYCE A ABOUSSIEVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
STEVEN J ALLEN MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH S AYOUB JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
PAUL J AYOUB ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
33 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
FREDERICK M AZAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0
KHALIL Z BARRAGEVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
MARTHA PERINE BEARDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0
TERRY L BURMANVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
LISA R DILLER MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JOSEPH E EID MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JOHN D FARINAVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
FRED P GATTAS III PHARMDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
GABRIEL G HADDAD MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JUDY A HABIBVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
CHARLES C HAJJARVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
FOUAD A HAJJAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
MICHAEL K HAMRA MBAVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
FREDERICK R HARRIS JR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
CARLA Z HASSANVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
J DAVID KARAM IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0
SCOTT A KUPORVOTING DIRECTOR (THRU 4/25)
Trustee or director
4$0
KATHERINE N LAPPVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
SHARON L MCCOLLAMVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
SAMIA MELHEMVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
ROBERT T MOLINET ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
NEELA M MONTGOMERYVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
RAMZI N NUWAYHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
THOMAS J PENN IIIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
CHRISTINA M RASHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
KATHRYNE G REEVESVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
CAMILLE F SARROUF JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
AARTI S SHAHVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
JOSEPH G SHAKERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
GEORGE A SIMON IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
MICHAEL C SIMONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
TONY THOMASVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
TAMA H ZAYDONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 47 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
JAMES R DOWNINGEX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$2,368,582$65,608
RICHARD C SHADYAC JRCEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
55$1,295,514$0$166,273
ANURAG PANDITCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Key employee
55$742,667$0$109,087
EMILY CALLAHANCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$633,523$0$121,861
SARA HALLCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$605,059$0$118,293
IKSHIT ANANDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
55$623,111$0$95,159
MELANEE HANNOCKCHIEF DIGITAL AND INNOVATION
Highest-paid employee
55$577,773$0$116,835
STEVE FROEHLICHCHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
Key employee
55$564,907$0$121,919
LEENA MUNJALCHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$657,148$0$27,490
KERA GETTERCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
55$582,088$0$74,139
MARTIN HANDCHIEF DONOR OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$533,726$0$93,917
EMILY GREERFORMER OFFICER
Former
0$163,641$0$0
JOYCE A ABOUSSIEVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
STEVEN J ALLEN MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH S AYOUB JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
PAUL J AYOUB ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FREDERICK M AZAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
MARTHA PERINE BEARDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
ROBERT A BREIT MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TERRY L BURMANVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH M DEVIVOVOTING DIRECTOR (THRU 11/23)
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
LISA R DILLER MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH E EID MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FRED P GATTAS III PHARMDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JUDY A HABIBVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
GABRIEL G HADDAD MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CHARLES C HAJJARVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FOUAD A HAJJAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FREDERICK R HARRIS JR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
J DAVID KARAM IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
SCOTT A KUPORVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
SHARON L MCCOLLAMVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
SAMIA MELHEMVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
ROBERT T MOLINET ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
NEELA M MONTGOMERYVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
RAMZI N NUWAYHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
THOMAS J PENN IIIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CHRISTINA M RASHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
KATHRYNE G REEVESVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CAMILLE F SARROUF JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH C SHAKERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH G SHAKERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
GEORGE A SIMON IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
MICHAEL C SIMONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TONY THOMASVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
PAUL H WEIN ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TAMA H ZAYDONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 48 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
JAMES R DOWNINGEX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$1,591,162$259,945
RICHARD C SHADYAC JRCEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
55$1,209,731$0$152,180
ANURAG PANDITCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Key employee
55$661,006$0$99,135
EMILY CALLAHANCHIEF MARKETING & EXPERIENCE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$623,963$0$113,776
SARA HALLCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$575,984$0$107,090
IKSHIT ANANDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
55$557,774$0$88,918
MELANEE HANNOCKCHIEF DIGITAL AND INNOVATION
Highest-paid employee
55$539,232$0$104,989
STEVE FROEHLICHCHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
Key employee
55$527,172$0$114,076
GEORGE SHADROUISR. FELLOW - STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Highest-paid employee
55$546,667$0$89,050
MARTIN HANDCHIEF DONOR OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
55$485,329$0$89,571
KERA WRIGHTCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
55$465,796$0$66,928
ABED ABDOFORMER OFFICER
Former
55$325,931$0$15,235
EMILY GREERFORMER OFFICER
Former
0$301,224$0$5,456
JOYCE ABOUSSIEVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
STEVEN J ALLEN MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH S AYOUB JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
PAUL J AYOUB ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FREDERICK M AZAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
MARTHA PERINE BEARDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
ROBERT A BREIT MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TERRY L BURMANVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
ANN M DANNERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH M DEVIVOVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
LISA R DILLER MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH E EID MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FRED P GATTAS III PHARMDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JUDY HABIBVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
GABRIEL HADDAD MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CHARLES C HAJJARVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FOUAD HAJJAR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
FREDERICK R HARRIS JR MDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
J DAVID KARAM IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
8$0$0$0
SCOTT A KUPORVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
SHARON L MCCOLLAMVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
MICHAEL D MCCOYVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
ROBERT T MOLINET ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
RAMZI NUWAYHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
THOMAS PENN IIIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CHRISTINA M RASHIDVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
CAMILLE F SARROUF JR ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH C SHAKERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
JOSEPH G SHAKERVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
GEORGE A SIMON IIVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
MICHAEL SIMONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TONY THOMASVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
RICHARD M UNESVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
PAUL H WEIN ESQVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0
TAMA H ZAYDONVOTING DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
4$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
501 SAINT JUDE PL, MEMPHIS, TN 38105-1905
Mailing address (990-N for 2020)
3995 Nathaniel Rochester Hall, Rochester NY 14623
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
IKSHIT ANAND, 501 ST JUDE PLACE, MEMPHIS, TN 38105
Principal officer (990-N for 2020)
Matthew Faulkner, 197 Beckwith Rd, West Henrietta NY 14586
Signed the 990
KERA GETTER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFCIER
Phone
(901) 578-2000
Return prepared by
DELOITTE TAX LLP

Mission

AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, INC. (ALSAC) WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 AND EXISTS SOLELY TO RAISE FUNDS AND BUILD AWARENESS TO SUSTAIN AND GROW THE MISSION OF ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC. TO ADVANCE CURES, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, FOR PEDIATRIC CATASTROPHIC DISEASES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF OUR FOUNDER, DANNY THOMAS.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • ALSAC IS THE FUNDRAISING AND AWARENESS ORGANIZATION FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC. (ST. JUDE). ALSAC EXISTS SOLELY TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND AWARENESS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN AND GROW ST. JUDE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. ALSAC IS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL TO ADVANCE CURES, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, FOR PEDIATRIC CATASTROPHIC DISEASES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF OUR FOUNDER, DANNY THOMAS. THANKS TO GENEROUS DONORS, FAMILIES NEVER RECEIVE A BILL FROM ST. JUDE FOR TREATMENT, TRAVEL, HOUSING OR FOOD - SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON HELPING THEIR CHILD LIVE.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
    Expenses $2,124,027,266 · grants $1,878,044,650 · revenue $44,796,839

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
35-1044585
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
1980
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Religion-related (X12)
Assets (IRS master file)
$10,928,116,611
Income (IRS master file)
$7,173,336,838

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$3,292,450,744$2,796,215,545$10,928,116,611IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$2,895,589,947$2,557,167,057$9,992,563,716IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$2,686,629,420$2,203,763,402$9,109,419,712XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$2,890,393,094$1,819,323,783$8,359,227,655IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990-N for 2020
Officer: Matthew Faulkner
June 30, 2021≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 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 35-1044585).

Questions about AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC

What is the EIN of AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC is 35-1044585.
Is AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
Are donations to AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR 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 AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR 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 AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR 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 AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names IKSHIT ANAND.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 48 people; 10 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOC CHAR INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,292,450,744, expenses of $2,796,215,545 and total assets of $10,928,116,611 at year end.

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