Nonprofit · EIN 80-0688254
THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $384,917 | $367,367 | $17,550 | $114,233 | $0 | $114,233 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $177,467 | $202,149 | -$24,682 | $96,683 | $0 | $96,683 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $202,344 | $148,291 | $54,053 | $121,365 | $0 | $121,365 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $384,910
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $7
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $355,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $8,676
- Program services (functional)
- $355,015
- Management and general (functional)
- $9,952
- Fundraising (functional)
- $2,400
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $96,683
- Total assets, end of year
- $114,233
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $114,233
- Gross receipts
- $384,917
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 24
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- DE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARU NARENDREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA HERZOG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| VALERIE BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JANET YOON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PRIYA CHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANNE MARIE LANGEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA ZAPATA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANTHONY BISIGNANO ESQ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW KORN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID LYDEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| WENDY GOLDSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES ROCKY HIGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID MCCALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BECKY RICHARDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| NAWAL MERJANEH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARA CLAIRE HORTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JAMILA HASSAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SHANE AUTUMN NEBBIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KRISTINA BASANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ATIV ZOMET | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TANYA TRIPPETT | PRESIDENT Officer | 10 | $0 |
| SHAZI KHAN | TREASURER Officer | 5 | $0 |
| NORMAN JAMES LACAYO | CO-PRESIDENT Officer | 10 | $0 |
| KEVIN BIELAMOWICZ | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANYA TRIPPETT MD | PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
| KEVIN BIELAMOWICZ | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| JOAN P WERNER | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| NORMAN JAMES LACAYO | CO-PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
| ARU NARENDREN MD | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA HERZOG MD | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| VALERIE BROWN MD | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| ANNE MARIE LANGEVIN | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID MCCALL | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA ZAPATA | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW KORN | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| ANTHONY BISIGNANO ESQ | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARU NARENDREN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA HERZOG MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| VALERIE BROWN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| AMY SMITH MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LUKE MAESE MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANNE MARIE LANGEVIN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HENRY MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANTHONY BISIGNANO ESQ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW KORN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DAVID LYDEN MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| WENDY GOLDSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JAMES ROCKY HIGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JANET YOON MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KENNETH DESANTES MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TANYA TRIPPETT MD | PRESIDENT Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JOAN P WERNER | TREASURER Officer | 5 | $0 |
| NORMAN JAMES LACAYO MD | CO-PRESIDENT Officer | 5 | $0 |
| KEVIN BIELAMOWICZ MD | SECRETARY Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2000 BROADWAY STREET 350, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063-1802
- In care of
- % C/O TANYA M TRIPPETT MD
- Mailing address (990-N for 2012)
- 1275 York Avenue, New York NY 10065
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DR TANYA M TRIPPETT, 1275 YORK AVENUE BOX 566, NEW YORK, NY 10065
- Principal officer (990-N for 2012)
- Tanya M Trippett MD, 1275 York Avenue, New York NY 10065
- Signed the 990
- DR TANYA M TRIPPETT, CO-PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (650) 851-1302
- Website
- www.poeticphase1.org
- Return prepared by
- LAUFER CONSULTANTS PC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 80-0688254 or by the name THE POETIC FOUNDATION 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 Poetic Foundations' mission is to promote the early clinical development of promising therapies for the treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer and related disorders.
Program accomplishments
- To provide financial and related necessary support to entities involved in medical research and clinical trials with a particular emphasis on advancing pediatric cancer care and support. Two clinical trials were opened.The initiation of nine sites was completed in 2025. Further the organization intiated study site activities at 25 additonal centers. Further,four clinical working groups were supported with six clinical study concepts and two preclinical studies in development in 2025. Additionally completed data lock protocols, preparation of data analysis tools and developed centralized instrastructure for regulatory support, FDA submission, electronic data capture, centralized IRB, centralized drug vendor services, and in kind donation of drug supply. The organization's program activities include meetings to include monthly prinicipal investigator calls, study safety calls and discussions with pharma companies study concepts. There are now five working groups: leukemia and lymphoma, solid tumors, brain tumors,immunotherapy and biologyExpenses $355,015 · grants $355,000
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-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 80-0688254
- 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
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Medical research (H123)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $114,233
- Income (IRS master file)
- $384,917
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $384,917 | $367,367 | $114,233 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $177,467 | $202,149 | $96,683 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $202,344 | $148,291 | $121,365 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2012 Officer: Tanya M Trippett MD | December 31, 2012 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 80-0688254).
Questions about THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC is 80-0688254.
- Is THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE POETIC FOUNDATION 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 THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC 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 THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC 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 THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DR TANYA M TRIPPETT.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 24 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $384,917, expenses of $367,367 and total assets of $114,233 at year end.
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