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← GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,422,807
Total expenses
$8,763,555
Contributions and grants received
$8,514,355
Grants paid
$5,647,107
Program service revenue
$100,000
Investment income
$700,905
Other revenue
$107,547
Total assets, end of year
$17,068,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,308,958
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,759,725
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,707,769
Management and general expenses
$1,958,435
Fundraising expenses
$97,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,707,769

Program services were 76.5% 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)

    $5,556,230

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,958,125

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRAVF CONTRACT

    total $100,000 · related or exempt $100,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $671,237 · excluded $671,237

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $107,547

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $107,547

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $107,547 · excluded $107,547

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $29,668

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $29,668

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $29,668 · excluded $29,668

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,647,107 · program services $5,647,107

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $323,021 · program services $193,813 · management and general $113,057 · fundraising $16,151

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $703,241 · program services $131,871 · management and general $569,066 · fundraising $2,304

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $102,060 · program services $41,062 · management and general $59,693 · fundraising $1,305

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,324 · program services $38,587 · management and general $56,536 · fundraising $1,201

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,121 · program services $37,189 · management and general $43,932

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,876 · management and general $37,876

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,990 · management and general $48,990

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $936,895 · program services $571,127 · management and general $292,245 · fundraising $73,523

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $272,716 · program services $4,067 · management and general $268,649

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $222,943 · program services $17,142 · management and general $205,801

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,527 · management and general $40,527

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $107,146 · management and general $107,146

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,220 · program services $11,800 · management and general $13,109 · fundraising $1,311

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,506 · program services $3,378 · management and general $3,753 · fundraising $375

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,417 · management and general $13,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,756 · management and general $12,756

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $60,076 · management and general $60,076

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $23,613 · program services $10,626 · management and general $11,806 · fundraising $1,181

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $433,996 · end of year $531,538

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,651,903 · end of year $15,640,542

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $520,000 · end of year $241,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $40,851 · end of year $133,587

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,899 · end of year $600

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

    $18,698

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

    $9,452

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,925 · end of year $9,246

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $540,919 · end of year $512,170

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $440,858 · end of year $561,259

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,605,792 · end of year $11,747,699

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $79,370 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,341,288 · end of year $2,294,070

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,759,185 · end of year $2,465,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ALLOW BUSINESS, RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO COLLABORATE TO BUILD A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN ECONOMY FUELED BY INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DRIVE MORE IMPACT OUT OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO BENEFIT THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE WORLD.

  • GEORGIA REASEACH ALLIANCE'S (GRA) INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM HELPS GEORGIA'S UNIVERSITIES MOVE MORE DISCOVERIES OUT OF THE LAB AND INTO THE WORLD. LAUNCHED IN 2002, GRA'S I&E PROGRAM WORKS TO BUILD HIGH-GROWTH COMPANIES AROUND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AT GRA'S PARTNER UNIVERSITIES. THE I&E PROGRAM SEEKS OUT UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCH INNOVATIONS, EVALUATES THEIR COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL, PROVIDES RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE MANAGEMENT, MARKET, AND TECHNOLOGY RISKS THAT COME WITH NEW VENTURES.

    Expenses $4,010,754 · Grants $3,382,881 · Revenue $100,000

  • GRA ATTRACTS THE WORLD'S RENOWNED SCIENTISTS TO ITS ACADEMY OF SCIENTISTS. THESE SCIENTISTS LEAD ROBUST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT AFFILIATED GEORGIA RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES. THESE PROGRAMS RESULT IN MORE INVESTMENT, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES, AND PROMISING DISCOVERIES AT GRA PARTNER UNIVERSITIES.

    Expenses $2,697,015 · Grants $2,264,226

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Timothy Denning

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $411,557
    From this org
    $398,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $398,058
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,306
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,193
    Filer's total
    $411,557
  • Amy Todd

    VP FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $306,042
    From this org
    $241,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,113
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,193
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,920
    Filer's total
    $306,042
  • Amanda Schroeder

    SENIOR VP EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $233,933
    From this org
    $218,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,772
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $489
    Filer's total
    $233,933
  • Justin Burns

    VP FINANCE INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Total calculated
    $215,093
    From this org
    $195,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $551
    Filer's total
    $215,093
  • Ms Lizanne Thomas

    CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Charles H McTier

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr David Ratcliffe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Kevin Blair

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Angel Cabrera

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr George T French

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Lawrence L Gellerstedt III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Mike Donnelly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Robert Bob F Hatcher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Douglas J Hertz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Thomas M Holder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Donna W Hyland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Christian Fischer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Russell Keen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr William H Linginfelter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Jere W Morehead

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Charles H Ogburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Neil L Pruitt Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Valerie Montgomery Rice

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Michael Russell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Clyde C Tuggle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr William D Underwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Samuel Holmes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Gregory L Fenves

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr John Stephenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Venessa Harrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Beatriz Perez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Deborah Backus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Delvecchio Finley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Sachin Shailendra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Sonny Perdue

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Elizabeth Chandler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Hugh F Smisson III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Ben J Tarbutton III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Chris Clark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Pat Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Allen Levey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Teresa L White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Barry L Storey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Thomas P Hackett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Brian Blake

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mrs Janine Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Dallas S Clement

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mrs Kimberly S Greene

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Cade Joiner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr T Dallas Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr James Lesslie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr James Hillenbrand

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Ryals McMullian Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5
GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE, INC., "GRA", REPORTS PAYROLL FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER ITS EIN BUT ALSO CONTRACTS WITH AN UNRELATED ENTITY, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, "GSU", FOR THE SERVICES OF ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES WHOSE PAYROLL IS REPORTED BY GSU. THIS INCLUDES GRA PRESIDENT AND CEO, DR. TIMOTHY DENNING, AND AMANDA SCHROEDER, SENIOR VP EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT, WHOSE 2024 COMPENSATION OF $325,000 AND $65,334, RESPECTIVELY, WAS REPORTED BY GSU. GRA REIMBURSES GSU FOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF ALL EMPLOYEES.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610159349301306

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