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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE GRADUATE SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,437,471
Total expenses
$6,284,995
Contributions and grants received
$74,778
Grants paid
$2,494,507
Program service revenue
$1,362,643
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$50
Total assets, end of year
$1,756,476
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,270,482
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$6,514,006
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,198,495
Management and general expenses
$1,083,860
Fundraising expenses
$2,640
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,198,495

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $59,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,878

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRADUATE CLASS TUITION

    total $1,342,915 · related or exempt $1,342,915

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNDERGRAD CONFERENCE

    total $19,728 · related or exempt $19,728

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $50 · excluded $50

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $50

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,494,507 · program services $2,494,507

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $517,232 · program services $88,746 · management and general $428,486

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $675,505 · program services $675,505

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $69,255 · program services $69,255

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $130,746 · program services $130,746

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,080 · program services $56,080

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $2,640 · fundraising $2,640

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,007 · program services $23,866 · management and general $25,141

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,749 · program services $27,249 · management and general $3,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,774 · program services $10,665 · management and general $6,109

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,106 · program services $106 · management and general $2,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $169,625 · program services $2,143 · management and general $167,482

  • 17 · Travel

    total $201,439 · program services $194,241 · management and general $7,198

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,531 · management and general $2,531

  • 20 · Interest

    total $554 · program services $554

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,745 · management and general $80,745

  • 24a · Other expenses: ALLOCATED EXPENSES

    total $1,566,211 · program services $1,249,861 · management and general $316,350

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $69,281 · program services $49,063 · management and general $20,218

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE

    total $64,327 · program services $55,865 · management and general $8,462

  • 24d · Other expenses: REFRESHMENTS

    total $41,646 · program services $30,482 · management and general $11,164

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,035 · program services $39,561 · management and general $4,474

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,189,697 · end of year $506,632

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

    $1,490,207

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

    $383,554

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,174,289 · end of year $1,106,653

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $46,091 · end of year $51,131

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $85,881 · end of year $92,060

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,178,759 · end of year $8,270,482

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,682,801 · end of year -$6,514,006

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DEVELOP BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH LEADERS THROUGH A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $5,198,495 · Grants $2,211,174 · Revenue $1,362,643

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr James Fahner

    VAIGS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,750
    From this org
    $4,750
    From related orgs
    $7,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dr Peter Jones

    VAIGS DIRECTOR, VARI CSO

    Total calculated
    $1,118,687
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $953,171
    Other
    $165,516
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $673,768 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $254,959 related
    Other
    $0 + $24,444 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $155,112 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,404 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,118,687 related

  • Dr Juan Olivarez

    VAIGS DIRECTROR

    Total calculated
    $27,500
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $9,500
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dr Mary O'Riordan

    VAIGS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,500
    From this org
    $4,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Candace Smith-King

    VAIGS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,750
    From this org
    $4,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Maria Cimitile

    VAIGS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Peggy Farnham

    VAIGS DIRECTOR - START 3/2023

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Willig

    VAIGS DIRECTOR - START 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Myers

    CAO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $586,323
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $492,900
    Other
    $93,423
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $379,619 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $111,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,281 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $83,019 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,404 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $586,323 related

  • Thomas Curran Jr

    SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $612,974
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $517,831
    Other
    $95,143
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $398,577 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $115,690 related
    Other
    $0 + $3,564 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $84,739 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,404 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $612,974 related

  • Katie Helder

    VAIGS TREASURER/ VARI CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $298,613
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $288,209
    Other
    $10,404
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $288,209 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,404 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $298,613 related

  • David Van Andel

    CHAIRMAN / CEO

    Total calculated
    $799,596
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $691,508
    Other
    $108,088
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $454,091 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $218,213 related
    Other
    $0 + $19,204 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $107,063 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,025 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $799,596 related

  • Christy Mayo

    DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT AND

    Total calculated
    $139,190
    From this org
    $117,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,984
    Hours/week
    45

  • Taylor Boyd

    DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND

    Total calculated
    $122,450
    From this org
    $102,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,397
    Hours/week
    45

  • Sarah Bodbyl

    ASSISTANT DEAN

    Total calculated
    $181,394
    From this org
    $155,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,642
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,943
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $309
    Deferred
    $15,386
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,256
    Filer's total
    $181,394

  • Dr Steve Triezenberg

    DEAN OF GRAD SCHOOL - RETIRED 7/2023

    Total calculated
    $284,938
    From this org
    $259,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,233
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,790
    Bonus
    $107,722
    Other
    $26,193
    Deferred
    $14,829
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,404
    Filer's total
    $284,938

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502879349300640

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