Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860735832
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
8889085766
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$734,869
Expenses
$657,462
Assets
$3,074,862
Liabilities
$8,329

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DHARMA SINGH KHALSA MD (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS WALLING (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DHARMA SINGH KHALSA MD (PRESIDENT): $312,000 total reported compensation
  • CHRIS WALLING (VICE PRESIDENT): $33,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The alzheimer's research and prevention foundation is a leading global alzheimer's disease (ad) prevention organization, funding breakthrough research for longer than any other non profit, while providing educational outreach to laypeople and healthcare providers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Research: since its founding in 1993, the alzheimer's research and prevention foundation (arpf) has funded over $2 million in direct alzheimer's prevention research. The foundation has a $1 million board designated fund for future research. In 2025, we championed the prevention of alzheimer's disease by supporting emerging researchers and publishing three new articles in leading scientific, peer-reviewed journals. Of note is a new milestone paper titled " air pollution and alzheimers prevention: the science and a plan. Our president, dr. Khalsa, also served as prevention editor for the journal of alzheimer's prevention, working on prevention-related scientific articles.outreach: this year, the alzheimer's research and prevention foundation expanded its community outreach by hosting 50 unique events to bring the 4 pillars of alzheimers prevention to life. We provided education, outreach and advocacy to healthcare providers, caregivers, families, veterans, fitness professionals, yoga practitioners and the general public looking to improve their own brain health to prevent alzheimer's. Professional trainings: our brain longevity therapy training (bltt) provided training for hundreds of allied health care providers, caregivers and laypeople. This breakthrough certification program provides hands-on education on maintaining optimal brain health. Our goal is to empower professionals who can then bring these scientific tools to their communities to help them prevent alzheimers disease. In 2025, we completed the translation of the bltt curriculum in italian. In 2025 we received increasing volunteer help, totaling approximately 3,000 hours and volunteered to support other organizations and nonprofits, such as wounded warrior project and health improvement partnership of maricopa county. Amid uncertainty and stress in the united states and around the world, the alzheimer's research and prevention foundation continued to offer support, hope, education, and care to everyone who participated in our programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.68; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $607K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 6 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.