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← THE BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,537,340
Total expenses
$5,536,433
Contributions and grants received
$7,181,014
Grants paid
$20,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,601,398
Management and general expenses
$744,804
Fundraising expenses
$190,231
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,601,398

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ronald Nordhaus

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $305,506
    From this org
    $260,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,729
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,777
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,229
    Filer's total
    $305,506

  • David Hong

    Washington Dir.

    Total calculated
    $224,705
    From this org
    $204,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,336
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,369
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,275
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,061
    Filer's total
    $224,705

  • Adam Stein

    Dir Nuclear Energy Innovation

    Total calculated
    $201,493
    From this org
    $158,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,328
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,215
    Filer's total
    $201,493

  • Alex Trembath

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $199,509
    From this org
    $191,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,107
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,402
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,803
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,304
    Filer's total
    $199,509

  • Seaver Wang

    Co-Dir Climate & Energy

    Total calculated
    $196,650
    From this org
    $184,332
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,318
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,332
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,768
    Filer's total
    $196,650

  • Vijaya Ramachandran

    Dir Energy for Dev

    Total calculated
    $189,817
    From this org
    $168,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,212
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,505
    Filer's total
    $189,817

  • Daniel Blaustein-Reijto

    Dir Food & Agriculture

    Total calculated
    $179,407
    From this org
    $162,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,089
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,318
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,949
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,140
    Filer's total
    $179,407

  • Patrick Brown

    Co-Dir Climate & Energy

    Total calculated
    $179,183
    From this org
    $152,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,289
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,894
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,456
    Filer's total
    $179,183

  • Ann Wang

    Dir. of Operations

    Total calculated
    $158,242
    From this org
    $128,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,619
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,764
    Filer's total
    $158,242

  • Ephstathia Bonadies

    Dir Events & Proj

    Total calculated
    $155,256
    From this org
    $135,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,101
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,035
    Filer's total
    $155,256

  • Alexander Smith

    Editorial Dir.

    Total calculated
    $137,414
    From this org
    $124,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,806
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Pritzker

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Riley

    Sec./Treasury

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Winkler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tisha Schuller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ross Koningstein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ray Rothrock

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Hernandez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Foreman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Budinger

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Varun Sivaram

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532109349301723

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