Rome Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2.6m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$2.6m
$80k liabilities
Net assets
$2.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
6.5 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Rome Foundation's network
14 peoplei14 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 14 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ami Sperber | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Brian Lacy | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Douglas A Drossman | CEO | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Giovanni Barbara | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jan Tack | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Laurie Keefer | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Lin Chang | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Madusudan Grover | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Magnus Simren | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Maura Corsetti | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Max Schmulson | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Samuel Nurko | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| William Chey | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Xiucai Fang | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Johannah Ruddy | Executive Dir. | since 2019 |
| Tanya Murphy | Executive Dir. | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas A Drossman | CEO | 40 | $130k | ||
| Tanya Murphy | Executive Dir. | 40 | $115k | ||
| Jan Tack | President | 20 | $42k | ||
| Laurie Keefer | Director | 20 | $40k | ||
| Ami Sperber | Director | 20 | $18k | ||
| Max Schmulson | Director | 10 | $7k | ||
| Magnus Simren | Director | 10 | $6k | ||
| Samuel Nurko | Director | 5 | $6k | ||
| Lin Chang | Director | 20 | $6k | ||
| Giovanni Barbara | Director | 5 | $6k | ||
| Maura Corsetti | Director | 5 | $6k | ||
| William Chey | Director | 20 | $5k | ||
| Brian Lacy | Director | 20 | $5k | ||
| Xiucai Fang | Director | 5 | $5k | ||
| Madusudan Grover | Director | 5 | $5k |
About
- Legal name
- Rome Foundation
- EIN
- 541808958
- Address
- 14460 Falls of Neuse Rd Ste 149-116, Raleigh, NC, 27614-6643
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- To support and promote multinational research; develop and update diagnostic criteria; establish mechanisms for validation of evolving diagnostic criteria; and disseminate findings and recommendations in the diagnostics, care and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- H70 Medical research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Medical Research
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1996
- Principal officer
- Laurie Keefer (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAmi Sperber
≥7years on the filingsDouglas A Drossman
≥7years on the filingsGiovanni Barbara
≥7years on the filingsJan Tack
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $2.6m
- Total liabilities
- $80k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.2m
- Program service revenue
- $2.3m
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9m | $2.8m | $91k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.