Public Charity

SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC

SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC, of LOS ANGELES, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $2.1M in revenue, $1.9M in expenses, $1.1M in total assets. 75 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 561683450 LOS ANGELES, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.1M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$1.1M
Grant Records75
Funding Total$4.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE SOLVE ME/CFS INITIATIVE (SOLVE M.E.) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH INTO DIAGNOSTICS, TREATMENTS, AND CURES FOR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (ME/CFS), LONG COVID AND OTHER (CONTINUED ON SCH. O) POST-INFECTION DISEASES. OUR WORK WITH THE SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMMUNITIES, ADVOCACY WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND ALLIANCES WITH PATIENT GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR BREAKTHROUGHS THAT CAN IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS WHO SUFFER FROM VARIOUS ''LONG HAUL'' DISEASES.

Where $100 goes at Solve Me Cfs Initiative Inc

How Solve Me Cfs Initiative Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$17 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$39
Advocacy and communication accomplishments
55% of program spending
$31
Resarch accomplishments
45% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 140 people
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Amrit Shahzad
VICE-CHAIR Barbara Lubash
BOARD MEMBER Carol Head
BOARD MEMBER Cynthia Adinig
PRESIDENT/CEO Emily Taylor
BOARD MEMBER Gurdyal Kalsi

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$2,274,998 25 grants
General Support
$2,195,562 40 grants
Research & Policy
$120,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$20,000 2 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$15,668 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.1M $1.9M $1.1M
2024 $1.9M $2.8M $1.1M
2023 $2.0M $3.8M $2.2M
2022 $5.5M $3.5M $4.0M
2021 $2.2M $2.8M $1.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.2M to $2.1M (-5%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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