Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,131 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What International Life Sciences Institute does
Mission
Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being in the 21st century
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Npo services - ilsi provides the staff and services to support the operational activities including financial and accounting, human resources, legal, information technology and general business services for the non-profit scientific organizations co-located in the washington dc office. By centralizing these services, the non-profit organizations are able to focus on their missions to provide science that improves human health and well-being and safeguards the environment, and to maximize their financial resources by sharing space and services.
$1,296,677 spent$1,296,676 earned by the program51% of program spendingIlsi u.s. And canada division - ilsi launched a new research program in the u.s. And canada to take on the nutrition, food safety and sustainability issues most important to supporting public health. With an all-new staff and an unparalleled research portfolio, as well as re-envisioned governance and funding models, this ilsi research program in the u.s. And canada aims to become a leader in clear-sighted, impactful scientific research. As a global nonprofit federation of entities, ilsi convenes scientists at the forefront of research in the public, academic and private sectors. For more than 40 years, ilsi's scientific activities have spread to most parts of the world. Ilsi will continue its work by strengthening its reach to include addressing global research needs in the u.s. And canada. Working within the global ilsi federation, the ilsi u.s. And canada research program extends and expands ilsi's work to address complex issues that benefits the health and well-being of everyone for generations to come. The ilsi u.s. And canada division is an unincorporated division of the International Life Sciences Institute and is under the direct supervision of the ilsi global board of…
$423,583 spentof which $14,749 as grants17% of program spendingGlobal programs - ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation committed to improving public and planetary health worldwide by convening representatives from the academic, public, and private sectors to advance evidence-based scientific research. Ilsi coordinates an international network of 10 regional or country-specific entities that work together to provide a flexible mechanism for identifying emerging issues, fostering a harmonized use of science, and building scientific capacity at the local level. The entities operate in brazil, europe, india, japan, korea, mesoamerica, u.s. & canada, north andean, southeast asia region, and taiwan. Ilsi maintains a website for the entities, conducts an annual scientific meeting, and provides communications and other support to foster a balanced approach to solving health and environmental problems of common global concern.
$286,216 spentof which $25,000 as grants11% of program spendingPress; research program.
$516,985 spent$449,798 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,523,461.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $4.5M to $11M (+146%).
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.
11% of INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Dr Stephane Vidry
Global executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100 → $16.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Agriculture & Food Systems Institute). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES 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.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
32%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES 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 INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE?
- INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,131 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,131 in grants to INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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