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“Fellows are able to elect two board members.”

“The board gave the audit committee the authority on behalf of the full board to review and approve the 990 before submission to the irs. If any questions were to arise they were reviewed with management and the auditors prior to approving the 990. The 990 was distributed to the full board for their optional review prior to filing.”

“All board members, officers, employees and committee members shall, on an annual basis, disclose any significant professional, contractual, personal, or potential financial and/or fiduciary interests that may bring her/him in conflict with the center's interests on a form provided by the center. All employees will be required to disclose all of their outside activities and relationships, whether compensated or not, that relate to their role as a hastings center employee and any financial interest they have in hastings center business by completing annual disclosure forms and update forms as new relationships and interests are considered. Those involved in research activities will be required to complete additional disclosure forms. Similarly, when nominated for office, or solicited or requested to serve on a committee, prospective board or committee members should disclose to the organization any such affiliations that could be construed to be related to the center and its activities. These forms shall be reviewed by the executive committee of the board and kept on record in the center's office. If a conflict is disclosed, the board or committee member would recuse him/herself from all discussions or voting on the conflict.”

“The executive committee reviews performance and sets the compensation of the ceo and other officers every february using outside comparability data.”

“For officers, the executive committee completes reviews in february every year. For key employees, the president and coo perform reviews throughout the year as necessary.”

“These items are available upon request.”

“The scholars at The Hastings Center examined a wide range of ethical, legal, and social questions in biological science, medicine, and health, including dementia, community health care, housing policy for aging populations, xenotransplantation, genome editing, sociogenomics, and assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Projects led by the scholars on these topics aimed at improving scholarly and public understanding of issues at stake in them, developing recommendations for policy, and training students and early-career scholars. Research methods included work group-based analysis, literature reviews, and qualitative research. Products included one book (on living well with disability); two reports (on facing dementia and on genomics) published as supplements to the Center's journal the Hastings Center Report; 32 articles in scholarly journals, 8 commentaries or opinion pieces, and 57 talks and lectures for scholarly and nonscholarly audiences. Researchers also spoke with journalists at national and international media outlets and served on review panels, boards, and advisory committees for hospitals, private foundations, federal agencies, professional societies, and scholarly journals. The research was supported by grants and donations from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Dana Foundation, the Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, the Greenwall Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Donaghue Foundation, and private donors.”

“IN 2024, THE HASTINGS CENTER REPORT, A BIOETHICS JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER, FEATURED DISCUSSIONS OF DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION AND IDENTITY THEFT, WHAT PROSPECTIVE PARENTS OWE THEIR CHILDREN, CONSCIENTIOUS PROVISION OF CARE, POVERTY AND PHYSICIAN AID IN DYING, ORGAN STEWARDSHIP, AND MANY OTHER TOPICS IN MEDICAL CARE, HEALTH POLICY, BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. SIX ISSUES OF THE REPORT APPEARED, CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS AND EXPERT COMMENTARY. THE REPORT ALSO PUBLISHED TWO SUPPLEMENTS, ON END-OF-LIFE CHOICES AND IMPROVING PRACTICES AND POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA (WITH THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY ISSUE) AND ON INCREASING FAIRNESS IN GENOMICS (WITH THE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER ISSUE). THE REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY JOHN T. WILEY AND SONS, PRIMARILY IN ONLINE FORM, TO LIBRARIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, WITH 4,063 SUBSCRIBING THROUGH WILEY ONLINE LIBRARY OR HOLDING A TRADITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION, 4,260 HAVING ACCESS TO CONTENT AT LEAST A YEAR OLD THORUGH AN EBSCO ARRANGEMENT, AND 4,514 HAVING ACCESS through a philanthropic initiative. THERE WERE 568,718 FULL-TEXT VIEWS OF ITEMS IN THE JOURNAL. ETHICS & HUMAN RESEARCH, A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO ISSUES INVOLVING THE ETHICS AND REGULATION OF RESEARCH WITH HUMAN PARTICIPANTS, OFFERED SIX ISSUES IN 2024 FEATURING DISCUSSIONS OF RETURNING RELEVANT RESEARCH RESULTS TO PARTICIPANTS, CHILDREN AS PARTICIPANTS IN HUMAN CHALLENGE STUDIES, DATA MONITORING COMMITTEES, DECENTRALIZED CLINICAL TRIALS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-SUPPORTED ETHICS REVIEW, AND MANY OTHER TOPICS RELATED TO HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS. E&HR WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED BY WILEY AND SONS, PRIMARILY IN ONLINE FORM, WITH 3945 INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES SUBSCRIBING TO E&HR. THERE WERE 50,019 FULL-TEXT VIEWS OF ITEMS IN THIS JOURNAL. HASTINGS BIOETHICS FORUM, THE HASTINGS CENTER'S STRICTLY ONLINE PUBLICATION, FEATURES SCORES OF COMMENTARIES ON BIOETHICS TOPICS IN THE NEWS.”

“The communications and engagement department is responsible for informing and engaging diverse audiences, including journalists, policymakers, clinicians, and the general public. To achieve these goals, the department produces a newsletter, oversees and continuously updates the hastings center's website, edits and publishes hastings bioethics forum, engages audiences on social media, writes press releases about hastings research and other activities, pitches story ideas to journalists, works with hastings research scholars to develop and place op-eds and other commentaries, and produces public events. In 2024, the hastings center produced a webinar in partnership with the knight science journalism program at mit on trust in science. Also in partnership, the hastings center co-presented a webinar on prenatal genetic screening with the museum of science boston and harvard university. We returned to in-person events with a panel discussion in new york city on disinformation, trust, and the role of ai. All told, hastings bioethics forum and our other website content, social media channels, and our public events reached hundreds of thousands of people in 2024.”

“We design and implement research projects, engagement activities, and online platforms to enhance expert and public understanding and discourse surrounding bioethical issues. We translate bioethics insights across disciplines and audiences. Our research is published in leading academic journals and media outlets. We publish two academic journals that set a gold standard for scholarship and produce a public-facing online publication. We organize events and create educational materials. We also contribute to the development of an inclusive and diverse bioethics through training programs that promote pathways into the field.”

“(Expenses $ 15,798 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 0) THE HASTINGS CENTER'S PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AND VISITING SCHOLARS OFFER A RANGE OF REMOTE, HYBRID, AND IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, DISCUSSION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS, WITH A FOCUS ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF BIOETHICS. IN 2024, THE HASTINGS CENTER PRODUCED ITS THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER BIOETHICS PROGRAM, A WEEKLONG ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERGRADUATES INTERESTED IN BIOETHICS ISSUES AND CAREERS. ADMISSION TO THIS PROGRAM IS BY APPLICATION. IN 2023, THE HASTINGS CENTER'S FOURTH COHORT OF SADLER SCHOLARS WAS SELECTED AND BEGAN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD OF FOCUSED WORK WITH THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND ADVISORS. THE SADLER SCHOLARS IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN BIOETHICS RESEARCH. ADMISSION TO THIS REMOTE PROGRAM IS BY APPLICATION. ALSO IN 2024, THE HASTINGS CENTER CONTINUED ITS SERIES OF INVITED MONTHLY WORK-IN-PROGRESS DISCUSSIONS BY EARLY-CAREER AND MID-CAREER SCHOLARS. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2024 THE HASTINGS CENTER LAUNCHED OUR NEW APPROACH TO OUR RESIDENTIAL VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM, WHICH NOW FOCUSES ON WRITING RESIDENCIES FOR EARLY-CAREER AND MID-CAREER SCHOLARS. FINALLY, IN 2024 WE RESUMED OUR VISITING SCHOLAR EXCHANGE WITH THE CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL ETHICS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.”

“Fees and Honoraria - Total Expense: 50352, Program Service Expense: 49352, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 1000; Grant Subcontractor Fees - Total Expense: 437311, Program Service Expense: 437311, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Other professional fees - Total Expense: 129289, Program Service Expense: 120436, Management and General Expenses: 324, Fundraising Expenses: 8529;”