Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SENTINEL BIO INC
SENTINEL BIO INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,925,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,350,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Sentinel Bio Inc does
Mission
Sentinel bio is a new nonprofit organization focused on eliminating pandemics within our lifetimes. Sentinel bio will help find, fund, and scale solutions to prevent biosecurity risks and respond to pandemics, reducing threats to health and economic stability around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ai-enabled biology - provided grants to non-profit and public benefit organizations in the u.s. Resources were used for 1) research into responsible biomolecular design, leading to a set of public commitments toward safe use of ai in protein design by scientists and researchers; 2) creation of a publicly-available database of all biomolecular design tools; 3) research into creation of responsible oversight of data, leading to a set of convenings.na governance - provided grants to non-profit and public benefit organizations in the u.s. Resources were used for: 1) a study to strengthen nucleic acid synthesis screening approaches via stress testing of existing methodologies; 2) research and education around the importance of synthesis screening in other geographies; 3) research into policy approaches on synthesis screening in the u.s., leading to new frameworks and recommendations.general programs - provided grants to non-profit and public benefit organizations in the u.s. Resources were used for 1) further research into potential benefits of non-pharmaceutical countermeasures; 2) the potential value of building the talent base in biosecurity.
$1,383,548 spentof which $1,105,558 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,383,548.
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
Claire Qureshi
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 SENTINEL BIO INC’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
SENTINEL BIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
87% 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 SENTINEL BIO INC.
“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
87% of SENTINEL BIO INC'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 $500k 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. $3.4M 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
SENTINEL BIO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SENTINEL BIO INC
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SENTINEL BIO INC?
- SENTINEL BIO INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,925,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,350,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SENTINEL BIO INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,925,000 in grants to SENTINEL BIO INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SENTINEL BIO INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $3,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SENTINEL BIO INC 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 2024–2024), 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