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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$161,166,470
Total expenses
$177,229,236
Contributions and grants received
$139,394,431
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$22,040,070
Other revenue
-$268,031
Total assets, end of year
$822,778,011
Total liabilities, end of year
$173,371,281
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$649,406,730
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$147,208,206
Management and general expenses
$23,421,419
Fundraising expenses
$6,599,611
Program service expenses (Part III)
$147,208,206

Program services were 83.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $920,400

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $82,929,715

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $55,544,316

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,882,637

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,038,204 · unrelated business -$1,432,732 · excluded $10,470,936

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,011,800 · excluded $1,011,800

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $299,192,646

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $286,190,780

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $13,001,866 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,001,866 · excluded $13,001,866

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $153,300

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $920,400

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,465,117

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,311,817 · excluded -$1,311,817

  • 11a · Other revenue: ROYALTIES

    total $1,183 · excluded $1,183

  • 11b · Other revenue: A/R RECHARGE ALLOWANCE

    total $28,806 · excluded $28,806

  • 11c · Other revenue: REVENUE SHARE-HOST VEHICLE CHARGING STAT

    total $1,997 · excluded $1,997

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,986

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 $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,109,959 · program services $1,236,676 · management and general $1,784,936 · fundraising $88,347

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $71,543,965 · program services $59,576,885 · management and general $8,306,292 · fundraising $3,660,788

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,874,763 · program services $4,095,746 · management and general $525,735 · fundraising $253,282

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,664,051 · program services $7,280,929 · management and general $934,589 · fundraising $448,533

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,172,392 · program services $4,345,812 · management and general $557,834 · fundraising $268,746

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $394,545 · program services $65,000 · management and general $329,545 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $979,867 · program services $252,352 · management and general $727,515 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $276,990 · program services $0 · management and general $276,990 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,100 · program services $0 · management and general $3,100 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,870,948 · program services $0 · management and general $2,870,948 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,741,606 · program services $12,298,542 · management and general $825,907 · fundraising $617,157

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,535 · program services $7,153 · management and general $7,323 · fundraising $13,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $752,066 · program services $222,101 · management and general $404,540 · fundraising $125,425

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,040,059 · program services $2,764,439 · management and general $995,943 · fundraising $279,677

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,355,383 · program services $8,635,643 · management and general $2,314,262 · fundraising $405,478

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,172,063 · program services $1,002,520 · management and general $53,449 · fundraising $116,094

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,640,570 · program services $1,203,731 · management and general $243,991 · fundraising $192,848

  • 20 · Interest

    total $684,922 · program services $0 · management and general $684,922 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,023,131 · program services $10,995,942 · management and general $925,065 · fundraising $102,124

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $427,138 · program services $0 · management and general $427,138 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCIENTIFIC SUBCONTRACTS

    total $17,621,097 · program services $17,621,097 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUPPLIES

    total $15,161,358 · program services $15,161,358 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $405,324 · program services $184,477 · management and general $193,787 · fundraising $27,060

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & PARTS

    total $264,385 · program services $257,803 · management and general $5,589 · fundraising $993

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,019 · program services $0 · management and general $22,019 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,278,560 · end of year $9,611,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,496,644 · end of year $34,743,132

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $36,602,578 · end of year $38,515,677

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,159,918 · end of year $1,427,815

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $409,357 · end of year $304,304

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,276,567 · end of year $2,445,253

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $23,735 · end of year $13,522

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,339,293 · end of year $932,459

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

    $286,923,828

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

    $210,401,712

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,740,074 · end of year $76,522,116

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $145,400,000 · end of year $128,474,605

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $495,706,221 · end of year $515,504,339

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,822,631 · end of year $14,283,070

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,913,073 · end of year $47,596,671

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,958,026 · end of year $24,485,921

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $94,236,307 · end of year $92,138,737

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,859,097 · end of year $9,149,952

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $112,765,719 · end of year $119,439,210

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $519,523,356 · end of year $529,967,520

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF LIFE ITSELF IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SALK INSTITUTE. OUR TEAM OF WORLD-CLASS, AWARD-WINNING SCIENTISTS PUSHES BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS SUCH AS NEUROSCIENCE, CANCER RESEARCH, AGING, IMMUNOBIOLOGY, PLANT BIOLOGY, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, AND MORE. FOUNDED BY JONAS SALK, DEVELOPER OF THE FIRST SAFE AND EFFECTIVE POLIO VACCINE, THE INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK: SMALL BY CHOICE, INTIMATE BY NATURE, AND FEARLESS IN THE FACE OF ANY CHALLENGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BASIC RESEARCH IN THE FOLLOWING: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE, AND PLANT BIOLOGY.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $147,208,206

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GERALD JOYCE MD PHD

    PRESIDENT / PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $818,031
    From this org
    $761,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,240
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $751,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,668
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,640
    Filer's total
    $818,031
  • MARKUS REINHARD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARNA C WHITTINGTON PHD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RICHARD A HEYMAN PHD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • REUBEN SHAW PHD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $462,012
    From this org
    $408,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,564
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $147,105
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,964
    Filer's total
    $462,012
  • ALAN D GOLD

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING NOV 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • AMY JACOBS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BENJAMIN H LEWIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • CAROL GALLAGHER PHARMD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • CORINNE MENTZELOPOULOS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • DANIEL C LEWIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • DANIEL TIERNEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • DAVID DOLBY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • DENNIS DRIVER

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING JULY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • EDWIN K HUNTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ERIC SAGERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • FREDERICK J DOTZLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • FREDERIK PAULSEN PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • HAEYOUNG KONG TANG PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • HOWARD H NEWMAN PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • IRVING WEISSMAN MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • IRWIN M JACOBS SM SCD

    CHAIR EMERITUS (OUTGOING NOV 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JANELLE AYRES PHD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $309,721
    From this org
    $269,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,484
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,290
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,947
    Deferred
    $32,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,309
    Filer's total
    $309,721
  • JAY FLATLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LYN HUTTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MARK KNICKREHM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MARY JANE SALK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • SANJAY K JHA PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • TATYANA SHARPEE PHD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR (OUTGOING MAR 2024)

    Total calculated
    $304,367
    From this org
    $259,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,248
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,373
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,746
    Deferred
    $31,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,854
    Filer's total
    $304,367
  • TERRY ROSEN PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TIMOTHY M SCHOEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • WOLFGANG BUSCH PHD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $398,370
    From this org
    $349,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,249
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $131,871
    Deferred
    $37,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,965
    Filer's total
    $398,370
  • JULIA A MILLER JD

    SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $477,032
    From this org
    $414,822
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,210
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $385,649
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,173
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,610
    Filer's total
    $477,032
  • KIM E WITMER

    TREASURER/SVP FINANCE & ADMN

    Total calculated
    $572,345
    From this org
    $523,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,414
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $506,663
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,268
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,814
    Filer's total
    $572,345
  • KIMBERLY CASTILLO

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $382,170
    From this org
    $325,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,562
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,773
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,962
    Filer's total
    $382,170
  • BRYAN ROBINSON

    VP, EXTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $547,575
    From this org
    $500,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,465
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $470,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,509
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,465
    Filer's total
    $547,575
  • FRED GAGE PHD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $644,260
    From this org
    $585,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,365
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $568,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,415
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,765
    Filer's total
    $644,260
  • RONALD EVANS PHD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $471,041
    From this org
    $435,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,772
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $406,745
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $28,524
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,772
    Filer's total
    $471,041
  • SAMUEL PFAFF PHD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $437,153
    From this org
    $379,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,673
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $72,490
    Deferred
    $38,688
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,985
    Filer's total
    $437,153

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. 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a First-class or charter travel
FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL: FRED GAGE, PH.D., PROFESSOR - $16,705; JANELLE AYRES, PH.D., PROFESSOR - $7,632; JAN KARLSEDER, PH.D., PROFESSOR - $7,312; WOLFGANG BUSCH, PH.D., PROFESSOR - $4,115. NOT TAXABLE - ACCOUNTABLE PLAN.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

  • SALK INSTITUTE COMMERCIAL SERVICES CORP

    C Corporation · MGMT SERVICES · PA · 100% owned · share of income $4 · share of assets $41,143 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SALK INSTITUTE

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (4)

    Trust · SUPPORT · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531019349301513

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