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Name:	Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Address:	801 Roeder Road, Suite 1000
	Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:	301-565-3004
Web Address:	www.PHAssociation.org

Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

PHA works to bring patients, caregivers and medical professionals together to enhance lives and defeat pulmonary hypertension. The organization offers in-person support groups, online communities, and a patient-to-patient support telephone line staffed by pulmonary hypertension (PH) survivors. Every even year, PHA offers the opportunity to patients, family members of PH survivors, and medical professionals to gather together for education and networking at the International Conference and Scientific Sessions. The organization also offers “PHA on the Road” forums, which visit different cities every year to discuss PH. Other programs are designed to meet the needs of diverse populations, including Generation Hope for patients from their late teens to early thirties, PH Plus for those living with multiple chronic illnesses, children and teens living with PH, and caregivers of adult patients and parents of children with PH. PHA’s continuing medical education program offers allied health providers, primary care doctors, specialists and PH experts the up-to-date information on PH diagnosis and treatment.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, PHA's program expenses were:

Programs	4,665,880
Total Program Expenses:	$4,665,880

Chief Executive : Rino Aldrighetti, President & CEO

Compensation*:

$181,528

Chair of the Board: Laura D'Anna
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, California State University Long Beach Center for Health Disparities Research

Board Size: 23

Paid Staff Size: 38

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and membership appeals.

Fund raising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $7,546,521, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on PHA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	6,492,067
Contributions, research	734,435
Investment income	676,046
Grants	271,180
Membership dues	220,002
In-kind donations	48,839
Merchandise sales	42,677
Conference	30,405
Other	17,250
Total Income	$8,532,901

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 85%  Fund Raising: 6%  Administrative: 9%

Total income				$8,532,901
	Program expenses			$4,665,880
	Fund raising expenses			326,009
	Administrative expenses			486,502
Total expenses				$5,478,391
Income in Excess of Expenses				3,054,510
Beginning net assets				5,290,678
Ending net assets				8,345,188
Total liabilities				1,415,206
Total assets				$9,760,394

Note: According to audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, PHA received in-kind contributions of donated services ($48,839).