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  2. sulfur butter

    in Creams, Gels, Serums for Rosacea

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    Joanne, 

    Thanks for the research and tip. I think I will order a jar and check it out myself. 

    RRDi Members:
    Result is that I am on my second jar and noticed that it works for me. For me it was oily and didn't dry out my face at all. It has a sulfur smell, but as I said it works for me. I have been using the ZZ cream for some time now and this Sulfur Butter by Braunfels Labs works just as good and is inexpensive.

    Recommend you purchase through our Amazon affiliate program and try it out. Please post here if it works for you. Thanks. 

    Brady 

  12. Form 990 for the AARS

    in Announcements and News

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    Note:
    We review the AARS Form 990 for 2014 thru 2020 (keep scrolling for all the years). 

    "American Acne and Rosacea Society was founded by dermatologists dedicated to professional education, patient care, and research." [Home page of the AARS website]

    History of the AARS - 501 (c) 6 Organization
    The American Acne and Rosacea Society was initially set up as a 501 (c) 6 organization in 2005 which is exempt from some federal income taxes [1]. However, in 2013 this non profit changed to a 501 (c) 3 non profit organization. The difference between a 501 (c) 3 and a 501 (c) 6 is that the (c) 3 organization must show that it receives at least one third per cent of its donations from the public (there is a 10% rule that can be used in some cases) while the (c) 6 organization doesn’t have to prove public support and relies on private donations from individuals or businesses. The (c) 3 donation is tax deductible for the donor, while a donation to a 501 (c) 6 is NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE for the donor which is a big difference. If you want to learn more about the difference between these two types of non profit organizations click here. *

    American Acne and Rosacea Society 501 (c) 3
    Since I have been reviewing the National Rosacea Society for many years now, I thought it would be proper to review how the American Acne and Rosacea Society spends its donations after switching from a 501 (c) 6 non profit to a 501 (c) 3 non profit in 2013. 

    We have on this date three Form 990 files available for viewing (2012, 2013, 2014) which gives the following facts [3]:

    For these three years the AARS received $1,387,552 in donations and spent $107,120 on grants to medical professionals (medical doctors mostly). That means for every dollar donated to the AARS over the past three years less than 8 cents was spent on medical research grants on acne and rosacea. During the same three years 66% ($911,132) was spent on meetings, conferences and conventions for members of the AARS who are made up of medical professionals. The Forms 990s for these three years do not reveal the percentage of donations received from the public. The Form 990 for 2012 shows the AARS checked the 501 (c) 6 box. In 2013 and 2014 the AARS checked the 501 (c) 3 box. 

    The AARS spends very little, if any, on services to the general public but is chiefly concerned about spending its donated funds on its own members who are medical professionals. The AARS does not publish the awarded research grants for the general public to view for the years 2005 thru 2009.  However, it is noted that in 2017 the AARS starting publishing awarded research grant recipients' papers on its website starting in 2010 to the present. 

    The general public does not receive assistance to attend their meetings, conferences or conventions which are held for the AARS members only. 

    Also on Form 990 for 2013 and 2014 there is no list of contributors on Schedule B Schedule of Contributors 
    Part 1 which is missing from the reports.

    In 2014 the AARS spent $41,840 on medical grants to three medical doctors and Yang Yu from the UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology [4]:

    Maryam Afshar, MD
    Young H. Lee, MD
    Carrie C. Coughlin, MD
    Yang Yu

    Corporate Benefactors

    The AARS has a long list of corporate benefactors who have a vested interest in selling acne and rosacea products.[5]

    What do you think about the AARS?

    You can make a comment about your thoughts on the AARS by posting your personal view in this thread. You should Join the RRDi to do that. 

    *The more famous 501 (c) 6 organizations are the American Medical Association, the PGA Tour (over $1 Billion in Revenue), the Professional Golfers Association, and some sports organizations like the US Polo Association, , and the National Football League (the NFL was a 501 (c) 6 from 1942 through 2015 and announced that it would henceforth be a for profit organization) as well as Major League Baseball, which dropped it's long history as a non profit in 2007 [2]. Other 501 (c) 6 non profit organizations include the American Dental Association, American Petroleum Institute, Edison Electric Institute, American Beverage Association, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, American Nurses Association, Inc., and Association of American Railroads. There are hundreds of others you can browse through. This doesn't include the numerous other non profit designations (i.e., 501 (c) 4 such as the NRA, 501 (c) 5 such as the Teamsters) and the list goes on [1]. 

    End Notes

    [1] There are over 29 different 501 (c) non profit classifications and several other types of non profits.
    Wikipedia Source

    [2] Washington Post

    [3] AARS Form 990 Google Sheet

    [4] AARS Research Grant Awardees

    [5] Corporate Benefactors

  20. Sugar And Cancer: Western-Style Diet Increases Risk Of Tumor Growth

    in Carbohydrate & Sugar Avoidance

    Posted

    Sugar: the demonisation of a product or fair culprit?
    Alison Boyd & Claire Stevens
    http://www.nature.com/articles/bdjteam2015107

    Breaking the fructose habit
    Robert Phillips
    http://www.nature.com/nrendo/journal/v12/n1/full/nrendo.2015.197.html

    Investigation: The sugar diaries
    Kate Quinlan
    http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v216/n6/full/sj.bdj.2014.218.html

    Are you addicted to sugar?
    Laura Thomas
    http://www.nature.com/articles/bdjteam201536

  22. Pityriasis rosea (Christmas tree rash) skin disease causes and treatment

    in Rosacea in the News

    Posted

    "Pityriasis rosea is a skin disease that is common in the general population and over the last several years has become known as the Christmas tree rash. A lot of people are familiar with rosacea, a chronic, incurable skin condition characterized by red blotches on the face, but pityriasis rosea isn’t as well known. Like rosacea, pityriasis rosea is a skin problem that produces red patches. Rosea comes from the Latin word, meaning rose colored. This is where the similarities end. Pityriasis rosea is most commonly on the back, chest or neck and tends to peel off in tiny scales. Pityriasis is the Greek word for bran. In this case, the bran is the flake of skin from the lesions that peel or fall off the skin." Bel Marra Health

    More info

     

  24. Form 990 for NRS

    in Announcements and News

    Posted

    Very few know about the Internal Revenue Service Form 990. If you ever have someone ask you to donate to some cause you probably have your pat answer ready. My pat answer is, ‘I never give donations to anyone without reviewing Form 990.’  The solicitor pauses and doesn’t say anything. I then ask, ‘Do you know what Form 990 is?’ They invariably say no. I then, say ‘educate yourself what IRS Form 990 is.’  I then can hang up.  If the solicitor does know what this form is, I say send a copy to me and, of course, they rarely do. They usually hang up or try someone else. 

     

    So if you don’t know, Form 990 is the form the Internal Revenue Service requires non profit organizations to file and is available to the public to review. This is helpful information that explains how the non profit spends its money. In 2014, a new wrinkle has appeared. Before this non profits were never required to divulge who donates to the non profit organization. Now they do if they receive more than $50,000 in donations. 

     

    The chief reason I know about Form 990 is I am the director of the RRDi, a 501 (c) 3 non profit organization. I first learned about Form 990 when I read my first one, the 1998 Form 990 for the National Rosacea Society (NRS) which was an eye opener for me. I never realized that non profit organizations can make a lot of money without actually doing anything good or very little goes to the ‘good’ they are promising. I wrote about this here. 

     

    Every year I post to the public a yearly review of the NRS Form 990 and this year is no exception. Here are the results of reviewing it: 

     

    NRS Form 990 for 2014
    The Facts

     

    Total Receipts
    $695,013

     

    Schedule B Schedule of Contributors 

    Part 1

    1. Galderma $383,000

    2. Miscellaneous Contributions under 5,000 - $88,546

    3. Biersdorf, Inc - $38,215

    4. L’oreal - $5,000

    5. Bayer - $126,500

    Total $641,261

     

    Part X Balance Sheet 

    total assets $312,247

     

     

    Expenses
     

    Line 18. $615,823

     

    Form 990 Part VII Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, etc. 

    Samuel B. Huff $105,420

    Mary F. Erhard   $39,962

    Total                 $145,382 (21%)

     

    Section B Independent Contractors

    Glendale $326,505

    Park          $65,463

    Total        $391,968 (56%)

     

    Part 9 Statement of Functional Expenses

    1. Grants $42,544 (6%)

     

    Part X Balance Sheet 

    Total liabilities $40,593

     

    Schedule A Public Charity Status and Public Support 

    Section C Computation of Public Support Percentage

    14. Public Support percentage for 2014 total 29.1%

    17a 10%-facts-and-circumstances test 2014 Box is Checked

    Part VI explains why the NRS claims yes to line 17a

     

    Comments

    If you review above, the NRS took in $695K in donations. Total expenses amounted to $615K. 

     

    The NRS spent on rosacea research $42,544 which is 6% of the total donations received in 2014. What this means is that for every dollar donated to the NRS 6 cents is spent on rosacea research. The rest is spent on other stuff. What stuff, you may ask?  First off the president and the secretary received $145K which is 21% of the donations. There were two independent contractors that received $391K which is 56% of the donations. Both of these two independent contractors are owned by the president of the NRS.  That makes up 83% of the expenses. If you take about fifteen minutes you can see for yourself where the last 17% was spent. The NRS paints a rosy picture of how it spends donated funds here. But Form 990 paints a different picture, which is more accurate. Why not read for yourself what I just reported?

     

    Download the NRS Form 990 for 2014

     

    For more details of all the NRS Form 990s

     

    If you want to do something about this, why not Join the RRDi? You can make a comment about your thoughts on the NRS by posting one in this thread. 

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