Washington · Nonprofit
LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $86k
What Life Science Washington Institute does
Mission
Our mission is to provide support to life science entrepreneurs and start-up companies via educational, economic and other resources crucial for their success. We want to ensure life science entrepreneurs continue to have access to the mentoring and resources they require to start and grow their companies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Life Science Washington Institute aims to assist life science researchers, entrepreneurs, and companies in bridging the gap between discovery and commercialization. We do this through a broad range of activities, including mentoring services, regular educational and company showcase events, and the creation of resources pertinent to the issues associated with technology commercialization in washington state.
$996,257 spentof which $500,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $996,257.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $119k to $185k (+55%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 86% · 2019 90% · 2020 76% · 2021 47% · 2022 58% · 2023 88% · 2024 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Richard Giersch
Executive director
Board chair
Marc Cummings
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $235k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Life Science Washington). These are real filings, and they are not money LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON 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 LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
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
LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE's revenue grew 49% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $950k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$500k
- Small Business Administration$450k
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.
Organizations like LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Life Science Washington · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON 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 LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE?
- LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500 in grants to LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE?
- PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE SCIENCE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2018–2024), 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