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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$173,652,362
Total expenses
$167,406,834
Contributions and grants received
$150,813,576
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$21,763,570
Other revenue
$1,075,216
Total assets, end of year
$805,255,578
Total liabilities, end of year
$172,966,503
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$632,289,075
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$138,470,686
Management and general expenses
$23,089,402
Fundraising expenses
$5,846,746
Program service expenses (Part III)
$138,470,686

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,034,108

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,856,260

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $73,923,208

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,865,829

  • 2a · Program service revenue

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

  • 2b · Program service revenue

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

  • 2c · Program service revenue

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

  • 2d · Program service revenue

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

  • 2e · Program service revenue

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

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,646,388 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business -$1,937,670 · excluded $6,584,058

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

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

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,075,128 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,075,128

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $175,422,509

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

    securities $158,305,327

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $17,117,182 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $17,117,182 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $17,117,182

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $67,600

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

    $1,034,108

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $900,773

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$833,173 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$833,173

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

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

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

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

  • 11a · Other revenue: OIL ROYALTIES

    total $1,781 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,781

  • 11b · Other revenue: IMAGE USE FEE

    total $100,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $100,000 · excluded $0

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

    total $1,083 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,083

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$269,603 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$269,603

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$166,739

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 $3,901,445 · program services $1,737,484 · management and general $2,008,286 · fundraising $155,675

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

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

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,660,300 · program services $57,969,040 · management and general $7,382,225 · fundraising $3,309,035

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,659,041 · program services $3,827,992 · management and general $591,775 · fundraising $239,274

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,978,297 · program services $7,378,128 · management and general $1,140,594 · fundraising $459,575

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,944,031 · program services $4,062,148 · management and general $627,973 · fundraising $253,910

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $245,788 · program services $45,000 · management and general $200,788 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,175,992 · program services $731,698 · management and general $444,294 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $246,005 · program services $0 · management and general $246,005 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,070 · program services $0 · management and general $3,070 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,613,145 · program services $0 · management and general $2,613,145 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,698,854 · program services $13,510,928 · management and general $1,831,826 · fundraising $356,100

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,388 · program services $6,739 · management and general $9,958 · fundraising $8,691

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $725,992 · program services $209,809 · management and general $474,323 · fundraising $41,860

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,780,312 · program services $2,610,457 · management and general $869,676 · fundraising $300,179

  • 15 · Royalties

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

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,289,896 · program services $7,850,311 · management and general $2,028,486 · fundraising $411,099

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,155,870 · program services $998,825 · management and general $103,481 · fundraising $53,564

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

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

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,539,783 · program services $1,094,142 · management and general $326,874 · fundraising $118,767

  • 20 · Interest

    total $304,349 · program services $0 · management and general $304,349 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

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

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,692,449 · program services $10,664,887 · management and general $930,913 · fundraising $96,649

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $458,660 · program services $0 · management and general $458,660 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCIENTIFIC SUBCONTRACTS

    total $9,053,187 · program services $9,053,187 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUPPLIES

    total $16,297,930 · program services $16,297,930 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & PARTS

    total $278,538 · program services $258,630 · management and general $18,656 · fundraising $1,252

  • 24d · Other expenses: UBI TAXES

    total $1,675 · program services $0 · management and general $1,675 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $676,837 · program services $163,351 · management and general $472,370 · fundraising $41,116

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,250,882 · end of year $8,278,560

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,475,096 · end of year $24,496,644

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $26,741,877 · end of year $36,602,578

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $718,748 · end of year $1,159,918

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $1,160,629 · end of year $409,357

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,325,002 · end of year $2,276,567

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $15,836 · end of year $23,735

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,279,897 · end of year $1,339,293

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

    $292,972,954

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

    $218,232,880

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $73,224,890 · end of year $74,740,074

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $80,825,357 · end of year $145,400,000

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $529,022,668 · end of year $495,706,221

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,786,156 · end of year $14,822,631

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,759,193 · end of year $41,913,073

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $29,265,728 · end of year $25,958,026

  • 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 $67,387,318 · end of year $94,236,307

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,965,856 · end of year $10,859,097

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $113,937,864 · end of year $112,765,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $501,511,079 · end of year $519,523,356

  • 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 · 2022

Mission

INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, THE OBJECTIVES OF WHICH ARE THE ADVANCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF HUMANKIND. THE OBJECTIVES ARE MET PRIMARILY THROUGH RESEARCH AND ADVANCED INSTRUCTION IN (A) BIOLOGY, (B) THE CAUSE, PREVENTION AND CURE OF DISEASES, AND (C) THE FACTORS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONDUCIVE TO THE FULFILLMENT OF HUMANKIND'S BIOLOGICAL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $138,470,686

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Fred Gage PhD

    PRESIDENT (OUTGOING APRIL 2023)/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $938,340
    From this org
    $884,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,918
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $867,507
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $16,915
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,318
    Filer's total
    $938,340
  • Gerald Joyce MD PhD

    PRESIDENT (INCOMING APRIL 2023)/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $503,098
    From this org
    $451,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,587
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $441,224
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,287
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,987
    Filer's total
    $503,098
  • Marna C Whittington PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard A Heyman PhD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan D Gold

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Benjamin H Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carol Gallaher 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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donald L Cohn

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING AUGUST 2022)

    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
    2
  • 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

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jay Flatley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Larry E Jennings

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING AUGUST 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lyn Hutton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Knickrehm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Markus Reinhard

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martyn Goulding PhD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $313,305
    From this org
    $266,191
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,114
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,178
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,013
    Deferred
    $32,622
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,492
    Filer's total
    $313,305
  • Mary Jane Salk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reuben Shaw PhD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $463,486
    From this org
    $414,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,741
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,741
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $164,004
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,141
    Filer's total
    $463,486
  • Sanjay K Jha PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tatyana Sharpee PhD

    TRUSTEE/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $297,632
    From this org
    $255,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,957
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,204
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,471
    Deferred
    $29,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,999
    Filer's total
    $297,632
  • 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
    $350,046
    From this org
    $306,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,076
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,033
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $91,937
    Deferred
    $32,744
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,332
    Filer's total
    $350,046
  • Julia A Miller JD

    SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $448,063
    From this org
    $391,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,235
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $373,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,792
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,635
    Filer's total
    $448,063
  • Kim E Witmer

    TREASURER/SVP FINANCE & ADMN

    Total calculated
    $530,063
    From this org
    $483,502
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,561
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $466,254
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,248
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,961
    Filer's total
    $530,063
  • Kimberly Castillo

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $363,172
    From this org
    $311,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,400
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,168
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,604
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,800
    Filer's total
    $363,172
  • David Lawrence

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HPI

    Total calculated
    $362,703
    From this org
    $361,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,095
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $355,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,223
    Deferred
    $1,095
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $362,703
  • Edward Callaway PhD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $407,458
    From this org
    $354,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,713
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,386
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,359
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,113
    Filer's total
    $407,458
  • Martin Hetzer PhD

    CSO (OUTGOING MARCH 2023)/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $494,697
    From this org
    $438,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,018
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $404,256
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $34,423
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,418
    Filer's total
    $494,697
  • Ronald Evans PhD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $459,974
    From this org
    $427,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,096
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $392,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $35,815
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,596
    Filer's total
    $459,974
  • Samuel Pfaff PhD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $422,396
    From this org
    $366,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,964
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $294,058
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $72,374
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,364
    Filer's total
    $422,396

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, PRESIDENT/PROFESSOR - $22,315; GERALD JOYCE, PRESIDENT/PROFESSOR - $2,869; KIM WITMER, SVP-FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION - $858; MARTIN HETZER. CSO/PROFESSOR - $394. 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 $41,138 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SALK INSTITUTE

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (5)

    Trust · SUPPORT · CA

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441309349302309

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