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← CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$764,551,452
Total expenses
$730,364,613
Contributions and grants received
$4,783,662
Grants paid
$4,230,965
Program service revenue
$745,404,453
Investment income
$5,922,177
Other revenue
$8,441,160
Total assets, end of year
$745,841,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$260,665,941
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$485,175,310
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$617,340,073
Management and general expenses
$113,024,540
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$617,340,073

Program services were 84.5% 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)

    $2,845,311

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,938,351

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $745,404,453 · related or exempt $745,404,453

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,400,804 · unrelated business $141,839 · excluded $5,258,965

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,012,437 · excluded $4,012,437

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $5,779,025

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,350,302

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,428,723

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,428,723 · excluded $4,428,723

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $72,002,559 · other assets $20,500

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

    securities $71,501,686 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $500,873 · other assets $20,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $521,373 · excluded $521,373

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,230,965 · program services $4,230,965

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,892,631 · management and general $3,892,631

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $601,108 · management and general $601,108

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $270,891,359 · program services $231,454,992 · management and general $39,436,367

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,230,693 · program services $23,000,661 · management and general $4,230,032

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,489,366 · program services $35,040,421 · management and general $11,448,945

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,604,696 · program services $17,584,137 · management and general $4,020,559

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,539,132 · program services $1,813,069 · management and general $1,726,063

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $508,467 · management and general $508,467

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,110 · management and general $2,110

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,008,400 · management and general $1,008,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,651,667 · program services $16,566,993 · management and general $1,084,674

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $569,038 · management and general $569,038

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,053,668 · program services $1,881,420 · management and general $172,248

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,058,107 · program services $24,600,746 · management and general $1,457,361

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,657,007 · program services $2,795,721 · management and general $11,861,286

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,698,673 · program services $4,914,845 · management and general $783,828

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $147,141 · program services $126,342 · management and general $20,799

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,843,319 · management and general $3,843,319

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,332,429 · program services $14,163,948 · management and general $14,168,481

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,820,330 · program services $45,846 · management and general $1,774,484

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTS

    total $173,585,469 · program services $173,585,469

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MATERIALS

    total $36,862,511 · program services $36,808,033 · management and general $54,478

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $19,715,326 · program services $10,937,905 · management and general $8,777,421

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER INDIRECT

    total $19,371,001 · program services $17,788,560 · management and general $1,582,441

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $115,571,681 · end of year $137,006,082

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $118,938,460 · end of year $133,250,942

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,070,549 · end of year $41,086,867

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

    $577,680,035

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

    $351,405,499

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $223,571,348 · end of year $226,274,536

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $174,664,609 · end of year $80,597,098

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $32,838 · end of year $108,579,373

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,854,111 · end of year $19,046,353

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,078,615 · end of year $98,021,025

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,189,269 · end of year $47,006,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,142,523 · end of year $5,965,052

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $96,045,338 · end of year $93,024,557

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,839,948 · end of year $16,649,307

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $431,407,903 · end of year $485,175,310

Mission and programs · 2022

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 STRATEGIC 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 BOUNDARIES 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 $617,340,073 · Grants $4,230,965 · Revenue $745,404,453

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jerry Wohletz

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $839,536
    From this org
    $808,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,318
    Bonus
    $400,000
    Other
    $20,755
    Deferred
    $30,570
    Nontaxable benefits
    $893
    Filer's total
    $839,536
  • David R Shedd

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Betty Sapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David B Aronoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • D Rick Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Terry J Benedict

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Barbara Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $54,000
    From this org
    $54,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lt Gen Ret Francis Kearney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $54,000
    From this org
    $54,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cynthia Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wanda A Sigur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joanne M Maguire

    DIRECTOR - END OCT 2022

    Total calculated
    $37,500
    From this org
    $37,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amr A Elsawy

    DIRECTOR - BEG OCT 2022

    Total calculated
    $12,500
    From this org
    $12,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott W MacKay

    DIRECTOR - BEG OCT 2022

    Total calculated
    $12,500
    From this org
    $12,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Christine Albertelli

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $624,526
    From this org
    $556,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,103
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $379,003
    Bonus
    $152,308
    Other
    $25,112
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,603
    Filer's total
    $624,526
  • Alexa Adams

    FR SEC., VP & GEN COUN- END SEP 2022

    Total calculated
    $310,530
    From this org
    $259,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,126
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,093
    Bonus
    $596
    Other
    $19,715
    Deferred
    $26,746
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,380
    Filer's total
    $310,530
  • Marjorie Quant

    COO - BEG APRIL 2023

    Total calculated
    $211,744
    From this org
    $168,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,210
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,297
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $237
    Deferred
    $17,539
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,671
    Filer's total
    $211,744
  • Mary Kim

    SEC., VP & GEN COUN - BEG DEC 2022

    Total calculated
    $95,231
    From this org
    $93,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,385
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert Bacon

    VP, STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $422,561
    From this org
    $361,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,569
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,247
    Bonus
    $32,928
    Other
    $59,817
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,069
    Filer's total
    $422,561
  • Robert A Larsen

    PRIN DIR., SPEC PROG - END MAR 2023

    Total calculated
    $406,337
    From this org
    $341,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,117
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,020
    Bonus
    $40,668
    Other
    $21,532
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,617
    Filer's total
    $406,337
  • Sarah B Leeper

    VICE PRESIDENT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $391,669
    From this org
    $330,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,683
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,508
    Bonus
    $39,238
    Other
    $240
    Deferred
    $30,189
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,494
    Filer's total
    $391,669
  • Tara S Clark

    VP, OPS & COMM PROG - END JUL 2023

    Total calculated
    $706,737
    From this org
    $655,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,617
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $361,214
    Bonus
    $109,016
    Other
    $184,890
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,117
    Filer's total
    $706,737
  • Anthony S Kourepenis

    VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $538,403
    From this org
    $470,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $363,809
    Bonus
    $83,430
    Other
    $23,455
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,209
    Filer's total
    $538,403
  • Neil J Adams

    VP, NTL. SEC & SPACE - END MAR 2023

    Total calculated
    $492,003
    From this org
    $424,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,577
    Bonus
    $49,748
    Other
    $2,969
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,209
    Filer's total
    $492,003
  • Gerard Vitale

    PRIN DIR., PROG ADMIN - END OCT 2022

    Total calculated
    $420,201
    From this org
    $380,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,998
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,533
    Bonus
    $29,433
    Other
    $158,237
    Deferred
    $22,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,036
    Filer's total
    $420,201
  • Frank J Serna

    VP, USAF & MDA STRATEGIC SYSTEMS

    Total calculated
    $424,065
    From this org
    $372,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,617
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,401
    Bonus
    $43,499
    Other
    $23,548
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,117
    Filer's total
    $424,065
  • William Laplante

    PRESIDENT AND CEO - END APRIL 2022

    Total calculated
    $258,070
    From this org
    $234,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,003
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,749
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $318
    Deferred
    $23,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $595
    Filer's total
    $258,070
  • Robert Durkin

    PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $343,038
    From this org
    $291,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,839
    Bonus
    $34,958
    Other
    $21,532
    Deferred
    $26,845
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,864
    Filer's total
    $343,038

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

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 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 HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE WHO WAS COVERED BY A SEPARATION AGREEMENT RECEIVED SEVERANCE AMOUNTS WHICH ARE REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 4B:
DRAPER HAD A SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN WAS TO ASSURE THAT CORPORATE OFFICERS RECEIVE A REASONABLE LEVEL OF RETIREMENT COMPENSATION IN RELATION TO THEIR LEVEL OF COMPENSATION AND LENGTH OF SERVICE AT THE LABORATORY. FOR OFFICERS ENROLLED IN THIS PLAN BENEFITS WERE CALCULATED AS OF THEIR FIRST DAY THROUGH THE OFFICER'S MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE AFTER TURNING AGE 65. EACH FISCAL YEAR AN ACTUARIAL VALUATION OF THE PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION FOR EACH OFFICER IN THE PLAN WAS OBTAINED. AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE ACCRUED BENEFIT CALCULATION WAS BASED ON CHANGES IN THE ACTUARIAL VALUATION AND UNDERLYING ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS. THE PLAN WAS TERMINATED IN 2022 WITH NO AMOUNTS OWING TO PLAN PARTICIPANTS. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022, THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTED A LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR CERTAIN LISTED INDIVIDUALS. NO AMOUNTS WERE AWARDED OR PAID UNDER THE PLAN IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022.
PART I, LINE 6:
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'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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
12 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410439349302061

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