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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,885,882
Total expenses
$4,808,258
Contributions and grants received
$3,558,377
Grants paid
$31,050
Program service revenue
$307,884
Investment income
$13,865
Other revenue
$5,756
Total assets, end of year
$14,103,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$459,785
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,643,856
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,207,007
Management and general expenses
$531,417
Fundraising expenses
$69,834
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,207,007

Program services were 87.5% 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)

    $2,540,803

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,017,574

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT RESEARCH

    total $307,884 · related or exempt $307,884

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $184,067 · excluded $184,067

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,908,944

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

    securities $5,079,146

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$170,202

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$170,202 · excluded -$170,202

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,756 · related or exempt $5,756

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,050 · program services $31,050

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $636,707 · program services $196,295 · management and general $423,537 · fundraising $16,875

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,543,455 · program services $1,075,998 · management and general $465,880 · fundraising $1,577

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $188,380 · program services $115,915 · management and general $70,620 · fundraising $1,845

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $282,875 · program services $154,345 · management and general $125,924 · fundraising $2,606

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $168,422 · program services $103,041 · management and general $64,418 · fundraising $963

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $4,832 · management and general $4,832

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $68,504 · management and general $68,504

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,731 · management and general $2,731

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $72,355 · management and general $72,355

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,425 · management and general $325 · fundraising $11,100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,838 · management and general $30,327 · fundraising $8,511

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,982 · management and general $30,982

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $252,257 · management and general $251,120 · fundraising $1,137

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,760 · program services $35,999 · management and general $2,761

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,978 · program services $8,636 · management and general $2,342

  • 20 · Interest

    total $614 · management and general $614

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $431,111 · program services $2,831 · management and general $428,280

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,813 · management and general $48,813

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES-LAB

    total $336,425 · program services $336,425

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $153,218 · program services $55,390 · management and general $75,328 · fundraising $22,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: UNALLOWABLE EXPENSES

    total $137,557 · management and general $137,557

  • 24d · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE SERVICES

    total $115,977 · program services $115,977

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $201,992 · program services $1,975,105 · management and general -$1,775,833 · fundraising $2,720

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $192,980 · end of year $577,162

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,846 · end of year $20,846

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $826,127 · end of year $758,620

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $180,354 · end of year $147,681

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

    $17,125,419

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

    $11,155,557

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,911,727 · end of year $5,969,862

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,864,980 · end of year $6,625,158

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $105,475

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,312 · end of year $4,312

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,918 · end of year $106,967

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,260 · end of year $172,234

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $183,885 · end of year $180,584

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,497,153 · end of year $10,199,632

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,366,585 · end of year $3,444,224

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH INNOVATIVE GENETIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. RESEARCH AT THE INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC CONTROL OF NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES USING THE MOUSE AS THE MODEL SYSTEM. THE INSTITUTE ALSO OFFERS RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH INNOVATIVE GENETIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

  • DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS AND STAFF CONTINUED THEIR EFFORTS TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE PROCESSES THROUGH INNOVATIVE GENETIC APPROACHES IN MURINE MODELS WHILE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH TO SUPPLEMENT TREATMENT ADVANCES AND EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENT INTERNSHIPS. THE RESEARCH FOCUSED LARGELY ON THE MECHANISMS BEHIND THE PROPAGATION OF PROTEIN MISFOLDING IN DISEASES SUCH AS FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER'S AND PRION DISEASES, AS WELL AS NOVEL TREATMENT APPROACHES. SUCH WORK INCLUDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH UP TO 11 COLLABORATORS AND 20 PROJECTS AMONG INVESTIGATORS WITH PARTNERSHIPS EXTENDING NATIONALLY TO NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA WHICH RESULTANT SUBAWARDS CONTRIBUTED TO $712,800 OF NIH GRANT FUND SUPPORT AND $307,000 IN RESEARCH CONTRACTS. EFFORTS CONTINUED TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE WITH PARTNERS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY; PRION DISEASES WITH PARTNERS AT THE BROAD AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY & PRION ALLIANCE. INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED CRITICAL WORK ON NOVEL TREATMENT DEVELOPMENT SCREENING THROUGH ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND WELCOMED NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH LYDIAN ACCELERATOR & N-LOREM. THE INSTITUTE BEGAN NEW EFFORTS THROUGH NIH FUNDED GRANTS (AWARDED 2024) IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.9M/YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS TO LAUNCH THE NOVEL CENTER FOR INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL AND RURAL HEALTH RESEARCH FOCUSED ON DISTRIBUTED RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS; $630,000/YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS OF NEUROINFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MODEL RESEARCH. ADDITIONAL NIH FUNDS THROUGH TRANSFER FROM CALPOLY AND DUKE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTED THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS OF HUMAN PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS WAS COMPLETED. A PORTION OF ARPA FUNDS, $150,000 WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE INSTITUTE THROUGH MONTANA STATE AND CASCADE COUNTY PASSTHROUGH. THE INSTITUTE RECEIVED $1.02M IN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT INCLUDED $675,000 IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPPORT FROM AFFILIATE, TOURO UNIVERSITY. THESE FUNDS WERE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH AS WELL AS FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT.

    Expenses $4,175,957 · Revenue $313,640

  • THE INSTITUTE HOSTED ANOTHER BUSY AND SUCCESSFUL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DISTRIBUTING A TOTAL OF $31,050 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR 8-WEEKS OF BENCH SIDE RESEARCH & PRESENTATION. MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING TOURO COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (MT) JOINED THE RESEARCH EFFORTS THROUGH TEMPORARY POSITIONS AS WELL AS FIRST ROTATION OF FOUR STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $31,050 · Grants $31,050

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • RANDY GRAY

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MAXON DAVIS

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BJARNE JOHNSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY BJELLAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CAMERON PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE A CARLSON PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL EICHWALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN LANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIK SLETTEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHIE TRONSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR IRVING WEISSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENE THAYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE REIJO PERA

    DIRECTOR/CURRENT PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $325,737
    From this org
    $297,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,921
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,232
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $1,584
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,421
    Filer's total
    $325,737

  • MEGANNE CASEY

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $154,560
    From this org
    $120,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,018
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $69,326
    Bonus
    $51,000
    Other
    $216
    Deferred
    $12,640
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,378
    Filer's total
    $154,560

  • DEBORAH CABIN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $97,505
    From this org
    $81,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,787
    Hours/week
    40

  • TERESA GUNN

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $147,181
    From this org
    $124,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,285
    Hours/week
    40

  • TIFFFANY HENSLEY-MCBAIN

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $121,778
    From this org
    $101,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,057
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHAN MIKAEL KLINGEBORN

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $120,812
    From this org
    $100,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,370
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202601759349301760

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