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MRIGlobal

MRIGlobal (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,208,845 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($2,287,317). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$116M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$6.2M
Net assets
$111M
5/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What MRIGlobal does

Mission

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Integrated Health Surveillance and Diagnostics - MRIGlobal performs research to counter threats to human health. In our world-class laboratories, our team supports all phases of immuno and molecular assays in our CAP/CLIA certified labs. Our capabilities range from the development of cutting-edge molecular and immunological assays focused on emerging highly infectious diseases, researching vaccines and therapeutics, and the advancement of novel, highly sensitive diagnostic assays, ushering them all through regulatory clearance.

    $36,380,350 spentof which $25,000 as grants$10,893,593 earned by the program
    38% of program spending
  2. Integrated Defense Solutions - MRIGlobal guards human health and safety by defending against chemical, biological, and explosive threats. With decades of chemical warfare agent detection, evaluation, and assessment, our unique expertise and history combines scientific and engineering experts with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to advance programs across the United States government and private sectors. This includes the design, building, testing, and evaluation of advanced products and technologies such as miniature devices capable of detecting toxic materials and chemical agents, field-deployable laboratories, and medical response systems that improve national defense and global health.

    $42,062,523 spent$1,205,221 earned by the program
    44% of program spending
  3. Integrated Pharmaceutical Solutions - MRIGlobal bridges the gap between drug discovery and commercialization. We provide the necessary services including development, manufacturing, testing, and clinical trial material management support for drug substances, drug products, intermediates, and impurities, including reference standard materials. Our team works in the appropriate regulatory framework, such as GLP, GMP, and in accordance with ICH guidelines to ensure strict compliance to quality and regulatory requirements. This work helps support informed public health decisions, and guiding investigational new drugs through development, clinical trials, and regulatory approvals.

    $16,993,626 spent$8,244,642 earned by the program
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $95,436,499.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($76M) Expenses 100 ($80M) Net assets 100 ($27M)2018 Revenue 143 ($110M) Expenses 132 ($105M) Net assets 144 ($39M)2019 Revenue 143 ($109M) Expenses 130 ($104M) Net assets 155 ($42M)2020 Revenue 134 ($103M) Expenses 120 ($95M) Net assets 189 ($51M)2021 Revenue 152 ($116M) Expenses 135 ($108M) Net assets 258 ($70M)2022 Revenue 168 ($129M) Expenses 152 ($121M) Net assets 327 ($88M)2023 Revenue 156 ($120M) Expenses 142 ($113M) Net assets 382 ($103M)2024 Revenue 154 ($118M) Expenses 145 ($115M) Net assets 411 ($111M)2025 Revenue 152 ($116M) Expenses 153 ($122M) Net assets 412 ($111M)
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Revenue (152)Expenses (153)Net assets (412)Peer revenue range

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 $117M to $133M (+14%).

$82M
$93M
$103M
$117M
$133M
$138M
$149M
$148M
$140M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 47% · 2018 56% · 2019 51% · 2020 55% · 2021 53% · 2022 59% · 2023 62% · 2024 68% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

76% of MRIGlobal’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (36% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 49 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3.1M
’17
$4.5M
’18
$5.3M
’19
$7.5M
’20
$8.5M
’21
$7.4M
’22
$6.8M
’23
$2.7M
’24
−$5.9M
’25
5.2
months of
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

Ian M Colrain PhD

President and CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed3231292727343531
Joined·+3+5+5+6·+5+7
No longer listed·4776·411
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $714k.

2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of MRIGlobal’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

MRIGlobal leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48% 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 MRIGlobal.

37%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 85% · 2019 90% · 2020 77% · 2021 65% · 2022 71% · 2023 84% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

20% of MRIGlobal's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

MRIGlobal draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 6 states in all.

WA
CA
MO
MD
KS
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $458k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MRIGlobal holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 29 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 29 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Government funding MRIGlobal receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $454.5M on record.

Federal$454.5M
grants $3.6Mcontracts $450.9M
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Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$249.9M
  • Department of Health and Human Services$160.1M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$13.8M
  • Department of State$12.9M
  • Department of Agriculture$7.6M
  • Department of Homeland Security$6.8M

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 MRIGlobal

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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

87%

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

  • MRIGlobal - Kansas LLC · disregarded

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MRIGlobal: 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 MRIGlobal?
MRIGlobal (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,208,845 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($2,287,317). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MRIGlobal have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $6,208,845 in grants to MRIGlobal, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MRIGlobal?
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $2,287,317 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MRIGlobal find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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