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← CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$949,348,102
Total expenses
$919,457,813
Contributions and grants received
$1,164,568
Grants paid
$4,619,412
Program service revenue
$941,078,629
Investment income
$7,167,145
Other revenue
-$62,240
Total assets, end of year
$900,930,023
Total liabilities, end of year
$295,469,920
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$605,460,103
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$791,417,422
Management and general expenses
$128,040,391
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$791,417,422

Program services were 86.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $822,428

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $342,140

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $941,078,629 · related or exempt $941,078,629

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,752,694 · unrelated business $80,719 · excluded $6,671,975

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $15,909 · excluded $15,909

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $194,400

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $272,549

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$78,149

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$78,149 · excluded -$78,149

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $36,934,784 · other assets $5,000

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

    securities $36,525,333 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $409,451 · other assets $5,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $414,451 · excluded $414,451

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,619,412 · program services $4,619,412

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $6,108,464 · management and general $6,108,464

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $92,017 · management and general $92,017

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $349,821,802 · program services $313,711,800 · management and general $36,110,002

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,883,639 · program services $30,534,873 · management and general $7,348,766

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,673,006 · program services $49,356,143 · management and general $13,316,863

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,591,827 · program services $22,858,291 · management and general $4,733,536

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,231,198 · program services $1,266,557 · management and general $964,641

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $536,280 · management and general $536,280

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $40,289 · management and general $40,289

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,114,380 · management and general $1,114,380

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,638,409 · program services $19,029,394 · management and general $1,609,015

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $218,500 · management and general $218,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,637,631 · program services $1,520,370 · management and general $1,117,261

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,690,316 · program services $32,741,903 · management and general $4,948,413

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,671,355 · program services $4,471,584 · management and general $10,199,771

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,967,624 · program services $6,478,617 · management and general $1,489,007

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $303,536 · program services $243,582 · management and general $59,954

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,064,574 · management and general $4,064,574

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,566,036 · program services $16,138,976 · management and general $15,427,060

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,044,291 · program services $57,009 · management and general $1,987,282

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTS

    total $180,512,530 · program services $180,512,530 · management and general $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MATERIALS

    total $65,462,842 · program services $65,423,547 · management and general $39,295

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER INDIRECT

    total $31,704,376 · program services $27,172,973 · management and general $4,531,403

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $27,263,479 · program services $15,279,861 · management and general $11,983,618

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $29,598,048 · end of year $66,799,349

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $108,445,061 · end of year $21,950,070

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $136,914,230 · end of year $166,199,212

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,430,725 · end of year $70,247,247

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

    $695,485,800

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

    $412,625,731

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $254,334,284 · end of year $282,860,069

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $91,269,763 · end of year $151,033,859

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $115,703,443 · end of year $119,199,523

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,316,670 · end of year $22,640,694

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $113,327,990 · end of year $127,934,317

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $41,529,625 · end of year $65,259,321

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,714,282 · end of year $1,456,728

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $89,925,476 · end of year $86,729,245

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,974,351 · end of year $14,090,309

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $552,540,500 · end of year $605,460,103

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DRAPER'S ENGINEERS DESIGN, DEVELOP AND DEPLOY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT AND IMPORTANT PROBLEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PIONEER IN THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST.

  • DRAPER ENGINEERS SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND STATEGIC DEFENSE INTERESTS. FROM DEVELOPING, TESTING AND DELIVERING THE WORLD'S MOST ACCURATE SYSTEMS TO PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES TO ADDRESS OUR CUSTOMERS' MOST COMPLEX TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES, BUILDING ON OUR HISTORIC 90-YEAR LEGACY, WE SUPPORT HUMANKIND'S DESIRE TO SURPASS THE BOUNDRIES OF OUR PLANET AND TO PROTECT, DEFEND AND EXTEND HUMAN LIFE THROUGH INNOVATION. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT AS A CHAMPION OF U.S. MILITARY, SPACE AND NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS, ACROSS AIR, LAND AND SEA, AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO DRIVING MISSION SUCCESS FOR THE NATION.

    Expenses $791,417,422 · Grants $4,619,412 · Revenue $941,078,629

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Betty Sapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David B Aronoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lt Gen Ret Francis Kearney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David R Shedd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,014
    From this org
    $110,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • D Rick Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Terry J Benedict

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cynthia Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wanda A Sigur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Barbara Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amr A Elsawy

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $87,500
    From this org
    $87,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott W MacKay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jamie Goldstein

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2024)

    Total calculated
    $18,750
    From this org
    $18,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Shaw

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2024)

    Total calculated
    $18,750
    From this org
    $18,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jerry Wohletz

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,106,272
    From this org
    $1,793,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $313,139
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $875,698
    Bonus
    $894,435
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $272,905
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,234
    Filer's total
    $2,106,272
  • Mary Kim

    SECRETARY, VP & GEN COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $499,052
    From this org
    $421,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,717
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,635
    Bonus
    $92,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $76,753
    Nontaxable benefits
    $964
    Filer's total
    $499,052
  • Marjorie Quant

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $519,232
    From this org
    $465,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,740
    Bonus
    $92,127
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $51,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,587
    Filer's total
    $519,232
  • Carrie George

    CFO, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $378,021
    From this org
    $317,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,310
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,442
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,269
    Filer's total
    $378,021
  • Robert Bacon

    VP, STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $656,583
    From this org
    $533,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $123,394
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $397,713
    Bonus
    $112,476
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $89,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,882
    Filer's total
    $656,583
  • Sarah B Leeper

    VICE PRESIDENT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $571,941
    From this org
    $485,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,677
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,126
    Bonus
    $99,138
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,795
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,882
    Filer's total
    $571,941
  • Anthony S Kourepenis

    VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $643,330
    From this org
    $515,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $127,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,375
    Bonus
    $106,090
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $87,961
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,904
    Filer's total
    $643,330
  • Frank J Serna

    VP, USAF & MDA STRATEGIC SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $552,652
    From this org
    $491,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,996
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,553
    Bonus
    $103,103
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $38,234
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,762
    Filer's total
    $552,652
  • Nancy Lightbody

    VICE PRESIDENT, CHRO

    Total calculated
    $552,801
    From this org
    $448,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $104,364
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $334,539
    Bonus
    $90,898
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $81,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,196
    Filer's total
    $552,801
  • Jennifer Santos

    VP, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $502,436
    From this org
    $450,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,855
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $346,656
    Bonus
    $90,125
    Other
    $13,800
    Deferred
    $50,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $948
    Filer's total
    $502,436
  • Julia Macdonough

    VP, GM AF & MD STATERGIC SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $573,844
    From this org
    $481,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $92,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,893
    Bonus
    $97,551
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $52,795
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,605
    Filer's total
    $573,844
  • Tara Clark - Former

    VP, OPERATIONS & COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $399,436
    From this org
    $395,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,907
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $3,579
    Other
    $391,950
    Deferred
    $3,907
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $399,436

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS IS PROVIDED FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION IN BUSINESS MEETINGS. THIS BENEFIT WAS PROVIDED TO SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS AND TWO OFFICERS.
PART I, LINE 4A:
ONE FORMER OFFICER WHO WAS COVERED BY A SEPARATION AGREEMENT RECEIVED SEVERANCE AMOUNTS WHICH ARE REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 4B:
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022, THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTED A LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR CERTAIN LISTED INDIVIDUALS. AMOUNTS ACCRUED UNDER THE PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C). NO AMOUNTS WERE PAID UNDER THE PLAN IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024. PART I, LINE 6A: KEY MEMBERS OF STAFF ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CORPORATE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM (CMIP). PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE EMPLOYEES LISTED ON SCHEDULE J. THE PROGRAM WAS BASED ON PRIOR YEAR COMPONENT METRICS RELATED TO PROFITABILITY, STRATEGIC PLAN ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. OVERALL PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT OF DRAPER AND APPROVED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.
PART I, LINE 7:
PLEASE SEE RESPONSE TO PART I, LINE 4B ABOVE REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN THAT INCLUDES AWARDS SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT DRAPER BY PROVIDING POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFITS · MA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620829349301312

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