Organizations Filed Purposes:
MCIS MISSION IS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF MALE CONTRACEPTIVES FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND TO BUILD AWARENESS AMONG RESEARCHERS, DONORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE DEMAND FOR AND STATUS OF NOVEL MALE CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT: IN 2018 WE AWARDED FOUR $150,000 SEED GRANTS TO TWO DOMESTIC AND TWO INTERNATIONAL GRANTEES. IN ADDITION, IN SEPTEMBER 2018, WE SPONSORED A ROUND OF INVITED PROPOSALS TARGETING ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON DEVICES RELATED TO REVERSIBLE VAS OCCLUSION. TWO ORGANIZATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE INVITATION AND BOTH WERE AWARDED GRANTS OF $200,000. WE ALSO INITIATED A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT AWARDED A TWO YEAR STIPEND TO TWO STUDENTS WHO WE SELECTED BASED ON A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS. FIRST YEAR FELLOWSHIP PAYMENTS WERE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 PER STUDENT.
4B. RAISING AWARENESS: DURING THE YEAR, WE WERE IN TOUCH WITH REPORTERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MALE CONTRACEPTIVES, AND WE WERE MENTIONED OR QUOTED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIA OUTLETS. NOTABLY, MCI WAS REPRESENTED IN AN WNYC INTERVIEW, THE NEW YORK POST AND GLAMOUR. WE ALSO INCREASED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH EFFORTS ADDING AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF OUR POSTS TO A MINIMUM OF DAILY ACROSS FACEBOOK, TWITTER, LINKEDIN, AND MULTIPLE POSTS PER WEEK ON SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Logan Nickels | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $64,708 |
| Heather Vahdat | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $50,490 |
| Deb Levine | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $47,875 |
| John K Shane | COMMUNICATIONS AND DESIGN SPE | 40 | $20,250 |
| Michael Rusnak | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Debbie Obrien | DIRECTOR | 6 | $0 |
| Gregory Kopf | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Carolyn Jenkins | DIRECTOR | 6 | $0 |
| Gail King | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Mitch Eddy | VICE CHAIRMAN | 8 | $0 |
| Beverly Tucker | SECRETARY | 8 | $0 |
| David C Sokal | BOARD CHAIRMAN | 15 | $0 |
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