Illinois · Nonprofit
UI LABS INC
UI LABS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303,081 to it, the largest being Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute Inc ($3,873,097). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $6.3M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Ui Labs Inc does
Mission
Mxd (manufacturing x digital) advances economic prosperity and national (continued on sch o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, mxd marked its tenth year as the nation's digital manufacturing and cybersecurity institute and the department of defense's designated national center for cybersecurity in manufacturing. With more than 360 members across the industrial base, mxd advanced u.s. Competitiveness by working to digitalize manufacturing operations, including department of defense organic industrial base facilities. Mxd also expanded its cyber efforts with the cybersecure supplier program, reaching 20,000 suppliers across four major aerospace and defense manufacturers, while partnering with the defense logistics agency to deliver resources that strengthened small and medium-sized manufacturers against growing cyber threats.mxd continued addressing the manufacturing workforce shortage with its capital program and cybersecurity curriculum, training thousands of learners nationwide and reaching 20,000 service members preparing for civilian careers. To date, more than 275,000 individuals have engaged with mxd workforce programs, building a digitally skilled pipeline essential for national security and economic growth. With nearly 200 projects delivered, over 540 ip assets generated, mxd's decade of…
$25,837,892 spentof which $10,143,594 as grants$2,339,083 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $25,837,892.
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 2018 to 2019, from $82M to $47M (−42%).
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 25% · 2018 68% · 2019 62% · 2020 54% · 2021 67% · 2022 80% · 2023 82% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of UI LABS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Berardino Baratta
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $298k → $1.2M.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 UI LABS 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
UI LABS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 UI LABS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 72% · 2019 78% · 2020 100% · 2021 72% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
UI LABS INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
UI LABS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding UI LABS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $180.5M on record.
- Department of Defense$173.3M
- Department of Commerce$6.7M
- Department of Health and Human Services$479k
- National Science Foundation$48k
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 UI LABS 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UI LABS 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 UI LABS INC?
- UI LABS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303,081 to it, the largest being Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute Inc ($3,873,097). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UI LABS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $6,303,081 in grants to UI LABS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UI LABS INC?
- Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,873,097 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UI LABS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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