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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by USONA INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$54,880,999
Total expenses
$17,293,190
Contributions and grants received
$53,766,608
Grants paid
$214,670
Program service revenue
$76,753
Investment income
$564,774
Other revenue
$472,864
Total assets, end of year
$180,248,504
Total liabilities, end of year
$109,128,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$71,120,083
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,146,341
Management and general expenses
$2,146,849
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,146,341

Program services were 87.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,766,608

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $48,684,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE REVENUE

    total $76,753 · related or exempt $76,753

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,480 · excluded $103,480

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $14,112

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $14,112

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $14,112 · excluded $14,112

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,000,000

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

    securities $27,526,274 · other assets $12,432

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $473,726 · other assets -$12,432

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $461,294 · excluded $461,294

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $252,757

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $37,771

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $214,986 · related or exempt $214,986

  • 11a · Other revenue: MATERIAL SUPPLY PROGRAM PROCESSIN

    total $244,000 · related or exempt $244,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: UNAPPLIED CASH PAYMENTS

    total -$234 · related or exempt -$234

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $243,766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $116,411 · program services $116,411

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $98,259 · program services $98,259

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,121,852 · program services $3,241,257 · management and general $880,595

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $735,878 · program services $582,482 · management and general $153,396

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,929 · program services $4,965 · management and general $964

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,310 · management and general $13,310

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,555 · management and general $43,555

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,733,833 · program services $7,691,285 · management and general $42,548

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $363 · program services $363

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $84,966 · program services $42,483 · management and general $42,483

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $53,758 · program services $26,879 · management and general $26,879

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $156,942 · program services $78,936 · management and general $78,006

  • 17 · Travel

    total $203,260 · program services $101,630 · management and general $101,630

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,079 · program services $14,079

  • 20 · Interest

    total $297,036 · program services $282,184 · management and general $14,852

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $619,357 · program services $588,389 · management and general $30,968

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $180,911 · program services $138,299 · management and general $42,612

  • 24a · Other expenses: INVENTORY EXPENSES

    total $1,975,723 · program services $1,975,723

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $176,634 · management and general $176,634

  • 24c · Other expenses: LAB EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES

    total $81,337 · program services $81,337

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $61,835 · program services $23,460 · management and general $38,375

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $517,962 · program services $57,920 · management and general $460,042

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,090,125 · end of year $8,028,586

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $224,208 · end of year $181,352

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,088,215 · end of year $5,492,708

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,106 · end of year $2,022,867

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

    $80,673,332

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

    $1,244,376

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $52,887,625 · end of year $79,428,956

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $11,000,000 · end of year $31,000,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $19,469 · end of year $16,879

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,490,066 · end of year $54,077,156

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,795,437 · end of year $7,479,972

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $142,324 · end of year $99,047

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $6,290

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $26,352,054 · end of year $47,681,587

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $53,861,525

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,429,102 · end of year $68,032,246

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,141,897 · end of year $3,087,837

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

USONA INSTITUTE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONDUCTING AND SUPPORTING MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON MEDICINES AND PRACTICES TO RELIEVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SUFFERING AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS USING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THOSE DERIVED FROM PLANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS. IN ADDITION, THE INSTITUTE QUALIFIES AS A "MEDICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION" UNDER SECTION 170(B)(1)(A)(III), AS IT HAS A PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING MEDICAL RESEARCH AND WILL BE PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN MEDICAL RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FURTHER RESEARCH OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS-EXPANDING MEDICINES FOR DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

  • CONDUCTS AND SUPPORTS PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH TO FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF PSILOCYBIN, 5-MEO-DMT, AND OTHER CONSCIOUSNESS-EXPANDING MEDICINES. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS (UW) SERVES AS A CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON. THERE ARE SEVERAL USONA COLLABORATIONS WITH THE UW THAT INCLUDE RESEARCHERS AND STAFF UNDER APPOINTMENT WITH THE HOSPITAL. USONA HAS CONTRACTED SAFETY AND EFFICACY CLINICAL STUDIES WITH THE UW FOR OUR DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, OFFERS INTERNSHIPS, FUNDS UW SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IS BUILDING A FUTURE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL FACILITATORS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UW. COMPLETED PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL FOR PSILOCYBIN AND ARE NEARING COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 FOR 5-MEO-DMT.

    Expenses $15,146,341 · Grants $214,670 · Revenue $535,505

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

Listed in Part VII

  • William A Linton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Mathew Saur

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Leblanc

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12 + 1 related
  • Poncho Meisenheimer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Rachelle Sampson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Langer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

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.

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CINQUE TERRE LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS · WI · income $1,644,447 · assets $76,987,760

    Directly controlled by USONA INSTITUTE INC

  • PORTA SOPHIA LLC

    SEARCH TOOL FOR INNOVATORS AND PATENT REVIEWERS IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHEDELICS · WI · income $6,941 · assets $6,599

    Directly controlled by USONA INSTITUTE INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • USONA INSTITUTE EUROPA GGMBH

    C · SCIENCE RESEARCH · GM · 100% owned · share of assets $3,495 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by USONA INSTITUTE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402689349301325

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