Nonprofit screen
Screen a listJ Craig Venter Institute
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$14Mrevenue
FY2024 · −43% in 3 yrs145staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−36.1%
Months of reserve1.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−6.6%
Middle half of peersMedianJ Craig Venter Institute
Where the money goes FY2024 · $20M spent
Programs$8.9M45%Management and general$10M52%Fundraising$435k2%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$22M in FY2022, −$6.7M in FY2023 and −$5.2M in FY2024. Cash covers 1.8 months, under the peer median of 2.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
A history of government grants
Government grants on 8 of its 8 returns, 71% of revenue in FY2024. $100M is traced federal awards from Department of Health and Human Services.
990 Part VIII · USAspending40funders
$6.4Ma year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23University of ChicagoOn and off$15k$934k$2.4M$1.2M$2.7MPolybio Research Foundation IncSince FY2022$1.8M$2.1MHansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ IncEvery year since FY2017$219k$600k$857k$717k$503k$133k$26kNortheastern UniversityEvery year since FY2017$352k$815k$411k$606k$248k$368k$215kThe Conrad Prebys FoundationSince FY2021$1.6M$496k$350kGordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationStopped after FY2020$1.1M$5k$830k$141k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$100k$250k$5k$6k$100k$81$3725 other fundersUp to $781k a year each$1.8M$546k$402k$1.3M$1.9M$1.7M$1.4M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped