Illinois · Nonprofit
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,909,650 to it, the largest being University of Chicago ($1,909,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Iit Research Institute does
Mission
Perform basic research and preclinical efficacy assessments of new molecular entities being developed for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious disease. Discover new pathways and targets for the design and development of new small molecule therapeutics and biotherapeutic agents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Working with scientists from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and other organizations, perform basic research and preclinical efficacy assessments of new molecular entities being developed for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease, with particular emphasis on pathogenic agents of interest to the biodefense community. Working with the Department of Defense and other agencies, support the development of vaccines and therapeutic entities for infectious agents. Working with scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and other agencies, perform preclinical assessments of small molecule therapeutics and biotherapeutics being developed for the treatment of stroke, tissue fibrosis, neurologic diseases, and other disease entities.
$17,256,000 spent$17,276,000 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,256,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $33M to $42M (+29%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Rajagopal R Echambadi
Chairman & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $42k.
From the IRS filings of IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 78 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$47.4M
- Department of Defense$2.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Illinois Institute of Technology · exempt
- Technology Research Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,909,650 to it, the largest being University of Chicago ($1,909,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,909,650 in grants to IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- University of Chicago is the largest funder on record, with $1,909,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing