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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TWO BLADES FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,470,980
Total expenses
$5,868,016
Contributions and grants received
$6,341,567
Grants paid
$3,388,470
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$22,945
Other revenue
$106,468
Total assets, end of year
$8,778,210
Total liabilities, end of year
$162,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,615,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,938,424
Management and general expenses
$333,630
Fundraising expenses
$595,962
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,938,424

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $876,638

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,464,929

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22,945 · related or exempt $22,945

  • 11a · Other revenue: REALIZE GAIN FOREIGN CURRENCY

    total $106,468 · related or exempt $106,468

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $106,468

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $105,153 · program services $105,153

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,283,317 · program services $3,283,317

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $850,352 · program services $341,371 · management and general $192,995 · fundraising $315,986

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $73,212 · program services $29,391 · management and general $16,616 · fundraising $27,205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,970 · program services $19,659 · management and general $11,114 · fundraising $18,197

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $132,508 · program services $114,949 · management and general $17,559

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,600 · management and general $5,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25 · management and general $25

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $159,445 · fundraising $159,445

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,938 · program services $5,717 · management and general $3,929 · fundraising $5,292

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,948 · program services $25,038 · management and general $19,493 · fundraising $10,417

  • 17 · Travel

    total $103,075 · program services $56,691 · fundraising $46,384

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,758 · program services $1,840 · management and general $19,918

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,537 · management and general $12,537

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,221 · program services $20,101 · management and general $15,326 · fundraising $9,794

  • 24a · Other expenses: PATENT MAINTENANCE

    total $501,837 · program services $501,837

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT

    total $238,853 · program services $238,853

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSE EXPENSES

    total $176,183 · program services $176,183

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $25,738 · program services $10,000 · management and general $15,738

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,346 · program services $8,324 · management and general $2,780 · fundraising $3,242

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,185,586 · end of year $8,548,136

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $147,863 · end of year $127,907

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,537

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,537

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,639,647 · end of year $102,167

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,831 · end of year $59,992

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $3,903,584 · end of year $48,825

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $53,748

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $8,012,681 · end of year $8,615,645

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SCIENTIFIC, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

  • TWO BLADES SUPPORTS AND MANAGES PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. TWO BLADES MANAGES A PORTFOLIO OF OWNED OR IN-LICENSED TECHNOLOGIES EMCOMPASSING SPECIFIC TRAITS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES TO FIGHT PLANT DISEASE. TWO BLADES PAYS PATENT COSTS IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND LICENSING AND PURSUES BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE RESISTANT PRODUCTS. IT ALSO MEETS WITH POTENTIAL PARTNER FOUNDATIONS TO DISCUSS CO-FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. IT AWARDS RESEARCH GRANTS.

    Expenses $4,938,424 · Grants $3,388,470

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rob Horsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Diana M Horvath

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Eric Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Peter Vanesse

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

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

  • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

    $105,153

    RESEARCH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
30 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313059349301131

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