Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,181 to it, the largest being The George Washington University ($306,725). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $252M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $392k
- Net assets
- $15M
What Southeastern Universities Research Association Inc does
Mission
Sura's mission is to advance collaborative research and education and to strengthen the scientific capabilities of its members and our nation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Sura has 55 member universities in the us and canada and is organized to promote collaborative research activities in science and engineering, to foster excellence in scientific research, to strengthen the scientific and technical capabilities of the nation, and to provide training opportunities for scientists and engineers.the thomas jefferson national accelerator facility, or jefferson lab, is one of the department of energy office of science's ten national laboratories. Sura has been responsible for the management and operations (m&o) contract for the jefferson lab since it was selected in 1983 in a national competition, through its wholly owned subsidiary, jefferson science associates (jsa) llc. As the m&o contractor, jsa has oversight responsibility for jefferson lab operations including over 800 employees and over $180 million in annual operating budget.jsa is organized as a limited liability company and is governed by an operating agreement that restricts activities exclusively to those having charitable, scientific, and educational purposes and a primary mission to perform the doe jefferson lab m&o contract. Sura provides oversight of the scientific mission of the…
$179,789,557 spentof which $15,000 as grants$242,290,543 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $179,789,557.
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 2021 to 2022, from $30M to $54M (+80%).
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: 2017 28% · 2018 56% · 2019 82% · 2020 89% · 2021 76% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (36% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Sean Hearne
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 29 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 29 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Commerce$979k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$63k
- National Science Foundation$38k
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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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
71% 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 2 related entities
- Jefferson Science Associates LLC · disregarded
- Suratech LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC: 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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC?
- SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,181 to it, the largest being The George Washington University ($306,725). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $392,181 in grants to SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC?
- The George Washington University is the largest funder on record, with $306,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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