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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SEEDING LABS A NON PROFIT CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,710,275
Total expenses
$2,615,207
Contributions and grants received
$4,987,699
Grants paid
$1,039,577
Program service revenue
$721,747
Investment income
$829
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,907,368
Total liabilities, end of year
$68,135
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,839,233
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,015,080
Management and general expenses
$286,725
Fundraising expenses
$313,402
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,015,080

Program services were 77.1% 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)

    $115,057

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,872,642

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,892,910

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EQUIP MGMT CONTRACTS

    total $372,847 · related or exempt $372,847

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FREIGHT/EQUIP HANDLING

    total $348,900 · related or exempt $348,900

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $829 · excluded $829

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,039,577 · program services $1,039,577

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $241,027 · program services $156,668 · management and general $60,257 · fundraising $24,102

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $585,212 · program services $322,335 · management and general $35,256 · fundraising $227,621

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $51,127 · program services $40,956 · management and general $3,225 · fundraising $6,946

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $68,766 · program services $39,274 · management and general $8,879 · fundraising $20,613

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $110,547 · management and general $110,547

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $99,129 · program services $67,835 · management and general $23,580 · fundraising $7,714

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,748 · management and general $2,310 · fundraising $9,438

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,317 · program services $1,280 · management and general $4,178 · fundraising $3,859

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,114 · program services $6,374 · management and general $22,575 · fundraising $5,165

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,268 · program services $71,268

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,461 · program services $20 · management and general $7,726 · fundraising $6,715

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,652 · management and general $1,652

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,899 · program services $9,352 · management and general $5,318 · fundraising $1,229

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS

    total $248,575 · program services $248,575

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATIO

    total $11,566 · program services $11,566

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIP RENTAL/MAINTENANC

    total $1,222 · management and general $1,222

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $55,561 · end of year $46,798

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $717,938 · end of year $361,558

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $417,953

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $165,960 · end of year $255,185

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,287,139 · end of year $4,806,384

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,638 · end of year $14,315

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

    $10,414

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

    $5,239

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,795 · end of year $5,175

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $72,721 · end of year $68,135

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $115,057 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,667,062 · end of year $5,056,280

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $411,191 · end of year $782,953

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEEDING LABS' GOAL IS TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES THAT IMPROVE OUR PLANET. OUR PROGRAMS FOCUS ON UNLEASHING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE TO FIGHT GLOBAL DISEASES, FEED OUR GROWING POPULATION, AND PROTECT OUR PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER EVERY SCIENTIST TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD.

  • IN 2022, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE "INSTRUMENTAL ACCESS" PROGRAM, SEEDING LABS LEVERAGED ITS NETWORK OF OVER 200 SCIENTIFIC ENTITIES INCLUDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES, UNIVERSITIES, AND INDIVIDUALS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. WE SUPPORTED 12 INSTITUTIONS ACROSS 9 COUNTRIES WITH MORE THAN 29 TONS OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES A VALUE OF OVER $1.1 MILLION OF DOLLARS. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS AT MORE THAN 106 INSTITUTIONS ACROSS 40 COUNTRIES HAVE BENEFITED FROM INSTRUMENTAL ACCESS.SEEDING LABS' ONLINE TELESCIENCE PLATFORM (HTTPS://TELESCIENCE.SEEDINGLABS.ORG) CONNECTS SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD, SHARING KNOWLEDGE THAT ACCELERATES STEM TEACHING AND RESEARCH.

    Expenses $2,015,080 · Grants $1,039,577 · Revenue $721,747

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joanne Kamens PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vishal Patel PhD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beata Dragovics

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Suchoff

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Safraz Ishmael

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Karlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harvey Lodish PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aravinda Souza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean-Charles Wirth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Wu

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $130,616
    From this org
    $130,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $470
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Qualter

    ACTING CFO

    Total calculated
    $110,411
    From this org
    $108,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,875
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carl Sherman Jr

    VP PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $121,939
    From this org
    $121,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $550
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323139349304402

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