← AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 14 August 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue: $35,337,000 changed to $262,912,000
Total expenses: $31,012,000 changed to $148,113,000
Contributions and grants received: $10,972,000 changed to $171,872,000
Grants paid: $21,387,000 changed to $114,082,000
Investment income: $24,365,000 changed to $91,040,000
Total assets, end of year: $993,174,000 changed to $1,120,693,000
Total liabilities, end of year: $21,673,000 changed to $15,981,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $971,501,000 changed to $1,104,712,000
Program services expenses: $22,709,000 changed to $118,281,000
Management and general expenses: $3,755,000 changed to $10,139,000
Fundraising expenses: $4,548,000 changed to $19,693,000
Program service expenses (Part III): $22,709,000 changed to $118,281,000

Listed only on the earlier return

Andrew WeissmanANDREW WEISSMAN
Maura LarkinMAURA LARKIN

Listed under a different title

Blythe Brenden: Vice Chair Donor Relations and Leadership Engagement then VICE CHAIR DONOR RELATIONS & LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
Jonathan Birnbach: Vice Chair Financial Resource Development then VICE CHAIR FINANCIAL RESOURCE DEV
Theodore Teplow: Board Member then BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/2024)

Totals

Total revenue: $35,337,000
Total expenses: $31,012,000
Contributions and grants received: $10,972,000
Grants paid: $21,387,000
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $24,365,000
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $993,174,000
Total liabilities, end of year: $21,673,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $971,501,000
Program services expenses (Part IX): $22,709,000
Management and general expenses: $3,755,000
Fundraising expenses: $4,548,000
Program service expenses (Part III): $22,709,000

Program services were 73.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$7,708,000
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$3,264,000
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$105,000
3 · Investment income

total $4,759,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,759,000
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $31,352,000 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $11,746,000 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $19,606,000 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $19,606,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $19,606,000
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0 · program services $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $21,387,000 · program services $21,387,000
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $1,228,000 · program services $142,000 · management and general $144,000 · fundraising $942,000
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $2,001,000 · program services $273,000 · management and general $495,000 · fundraising $1,233,000
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $358,000 · program services $38,000 · management and general $44,000 · fundraising $276,000
9 · Other employee benefits

total $329,000 · program services $37,000 · management and general $64,000 · fundraising $228,000
10 · Payroll taxes

total $165,000 · program services $24,000 · management and general $29,000 · fundraising $112,000
11a · Fees: management

total $213,000 · program services $95,000 · management and general $52,000 · fundraising $66,000
11b · Fees: legal

total $19,000 · management and general $3,000 · fundraising $16,000
11c · Fees: accounting

total $115,000 · management and general $115,000
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $377,000 · fundraising $377,000
11f · Fees: investment management

total $2,653,000 · management and general $2,653,000
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $272,000 · program services $13,000 · fundraising $259,000
13 · Office expenses

total $182,000 · management and general $63,000 · fundraising $119,000
16 · Occupancy

total $194,000 · management and general $1,000 · fundraising $193,000
17 · Travel

total $206,000 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $188,000
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $82,000 · fundraising $82,000
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $117,000 · management and general $30,000 · fundraising $87,000
23 · Insurance

total $39,000 · management and general $39,000
24a · Other expenses: MISSION TRIPS AND SCIENCE PROGRAMS

total $1,060,000 · program services $700,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $360,000
24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $6,000 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,000
24e · All other expenses

total $9,000 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $4,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $356,000 · end of year $301,000
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $39,331,000 · end of year $35,276,000
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $121,973,000 · end of year $117,359,000
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$11,942,000
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$6,412,000
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $5,634,000 · end of year $5,530,000
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $12,329,000 · end of year $12,075,000
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $776,578,000 · end of year $820,870,000
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $1,947,000 · end of year $1,763,000
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $3,671,000 · end of year $3,888,000
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $7,738,000 · end of year $7,741,000
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $9,301,000 · end of year $10,044,000
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $100,388,000 · end of year $107,571,000
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $837,050,000 · end of year $863,930,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RAISE FUNDS TO TRANSMIT TO THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, A WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER. BASIC RESEARCH BY WEIZMANN INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS BENEFITS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, NOTABLY IN FIGHTING CANCER, IMPROVING HEALTH AND MEDICINE, PROTECTING OUR PLANET, ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY, ENRICHING EDUCATION, AND EXPLORING THE PHYSICAL WORLD. OUR MISSION IS SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ORCHESTRATES SUPPORT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE VIBRANT WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER AND GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ISRAEL.

FUNDS WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, A WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER. BASIC RESEARCH BY WEIZMANN INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS BENEFITS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, NOTABLY IN FIGHTING CANCER, IMPROVING HEALTH AND MEDICINE, PROTECTING OUR PLANET, ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY, ENRICHING EDUCATION, AND EXPLORING THE PHYSICAL WORLD. OUR SCIENTISTS WORK WITH THE BRIGHTEST MINDS ACROSS THE GLOBE, FROM SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES AND MEDICAL CENTERS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AS THEY SEARCH FOR THE ANSWERS TO THE MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS FACING HUMANKIND. OUR MISSION IS SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY.

Expenses $21,589,000 · Grants $20,267,000
FUNDS WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL'S PURPOSE IS TO CONDUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1958 AS THE ACADEMIC ARM OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL AFFAIRS, THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL HAS ESTABLISHED ITS REPUTATION AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTER WHERE STUDENTS STRIVE TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL RESEARCHERS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS.

Expenses $1,120,000 · Grants $1,120,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Gary M Abramson

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dr Mark Alexander

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Pennie Abramson

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Donald Altman

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steven Anixter

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robert Belfer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Naomi Birnbach

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lawrence S Blumberg

Board member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Lester Crown

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Karen Davidson

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Samuel Ekstein

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Alan A Fischer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patricia Gruber

Board member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Harvey Knell

National Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jay Levy

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ellen Merlo

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Ira Mondry

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Gladys Monroy

Immediate Past President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Andrew R Morse

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Gil Omenn

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steven Romick

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marla Schaefer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John Schwartz

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Merry Sherman

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Molly Morse

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
David Teplow

Immediate Past National Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Theodore Teplow

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dennis Weiss

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Fredda Weiss

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jonathan Birnbach

Vice Chair Financial Resource Development

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Marilyn Perlman

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Brian Price

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Blythe Brenden

Vice Chair Donor Relations and Leadership Engagement

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Stacey Cohen

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carla Hunter

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Laura Flug

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Geller

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Richard Lipkin

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Larry Marks

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Larry Wolfe

Board member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Orna Kliger

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Shmuel Kliger

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Isaac Kohlberg

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brian Tepper

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ronald Sklare

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Andrea Baumann Lustig

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anthony Meyer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David DonesonDAVID DONESON

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Aaron WestfallAARON WESTFALL

CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Michele WillnerMICHELE WILLNER

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Stacy SulmanSTACY SULMAN

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Susan FoleySUSAN FOLEY

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Bonnie DiamondBONNIE DIAMOND

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Elaine YanivELAINE YANIV

MANAGING DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Janis RabinJANIS RABIN

LEADERSHIP GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Milan RiggsMILAN RIGGS

MANAGING DIRECTOR MAJOR GIFTS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Francy SchorrFRANCY SCHORR

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Andrew WeissmanANDREW WEISSMAN

PHILANTHROPIC GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Jill MoskowitzJILL MOSKOWITZ

PHILANTHROPIC GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Louis VenturelliLOUIS VENTURELLI

DIRECTOR PROCESS AND OPERATIONS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Alison LazareckALISON LAZARECK

LEADERSHIP GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Laurie SkriloffLAURIE SKRILOFF

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Maura LarkinMAURA LARKIN

PHILANTHROPIC GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Justin WolffJUSTIN WOLFF

PHILANTHROPIC GIVING OFFICER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

501(C)3 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY · IS
FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE

501(C)3 · GRADUATE SCHOOL IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS · IS

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (7)

T · ANNUITY TRUST · NY
CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST TRUST (11)

T · UNITRUST · NY

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 15 June 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.0
Source object: 202532189349300108

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