American Foundation for Biological Research

“The form 990 is reviewed by management and the board of directors prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy covers all employees, board of directors and committee members, and the policy is signed in affirmation of receipt and understanding on an annual basis. It is the duty of each individual to bring any actual or potential conflicts of interest to the attention of the board. The interested party is precluded from voting on the matter, and business arrangements to avoid inurement and impermissible private benefits.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request via phone. A copy will be mailed to the requestor. In the future, afbr plans to have these documents available on its website at www.afbr-bri.org”

“The american foundation for biological research (the foundation) is a non- profit organization incorporated in the state of illinois on march 16, 1948. The biomedical research institute was recognized as a trade name for the foundation in the state of maryland in march 1994. The foundation was established with a major emphasis on cryobiology and tropical disease research. Schistosomiasis, a major focus at the foundation for more than 30 years, is a tropical disease that affects hundreds of millions of people in sub-saharan africa, portions of south america and parts of rural asia. In addition to basic schistosomiasis research, the foundation provides life cycle stages of schistosoma parasites to domestic and international laboratories, principally through contracts with the national institutes of health. The foundation maintains the following two major program services: biorepository facilities - the foundation houses a cold storage biospecimen repository which supports research in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and other clinically important diseases. Schistosomiasis resource center - parasite reagent production and distribution as well as education and training are focused on the major tropical disease of schistosomiasis. The foundation provides life stages of schistosoma parasites to scientists in the domestic and international research community.”