Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SAN DIEGO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,629,808
- Total expenses
- $8,239,939
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,543,672
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $86,136
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,654,130
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $18,489,781
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$2,835,651
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $7,857,666
- Management and general expenses
- $382,273
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $7,857,666
Program services were 95.4% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$7,508,653
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$35,019
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2a · Program service revenue: VENDOR SERVICES
total $86,136 · unrelated business $86,136
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $943,338 · program services $902,080 · management and general $41,258
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,587,804 · program services $1,564,214 · management and general $23,590
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $180,377 · program services $175,756 · management and general $4,621
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $319,624 · program services $315,781 · management and general $3,843
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $181,242 · program services $176,599 · management and general $4,643
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11a · Fees: management
total $11,985 · management and general $11,985
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11b · Fees: legal
total $30,700 · program services $18,589 · management and general $12,111
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $31,932 · program services $1,361 · management and general $30,571
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $207,266 · program services $198,896 · management and general $8,370
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $46,220 · program services $44,725 · management and general $1,495
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14 · Information technology
total $87,964 · program services $82,904 · management and general $5,060
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,001,490 · program services $2,851,555 · management and general $149,935
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17 · Travel
total $46,823 · program services $44,463 · management and general $2,360
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $174,034 · program services $165,332 · management and general $8,702
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23 · Insurance
total $31,284 · program services $29,720 · management and general $1,564
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24a · Other expenses: LABORATORY SUPPLIES & SERVICES
total $784,195 · program services $783,445 · management and general $750
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24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS
total $379,488 · program services $379,488
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $125,849 · program services $57,709 · management and general $68,140
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24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINTENANCE
total $52,804 · program services $50,199 · management and general $2,605
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24e · All other expenses
total $15,520 · program services $14,850 · management and general $670
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $49,152 · end of year $171,547
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,111,958 · end of year $883,731
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $18,448 · end of year $15,066
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$681,608
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$461,785
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $308,160 · end of year $219,823
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $16,061,753 · end of year $14,363,963
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,052,551 · end of year $1,043,732
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $334,453 · end of year $707,066
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $240,000
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $300,323 · end of year $229,216
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $128,559
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $17,737,664 · end of year $16,141,208
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$2,225,520 · end of year -$2,835,651
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The SDBRI mission is to find new ways to predict and prevent cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, neurological disorders and HIV infection, and to accelerate medical advances that maintain health and improve quality of life.
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Cancer:A major question in cancer treatment remains, why do some people respond to treatment and others dont. Finding new ways to detect and treat cancer could potentially lead to cures that are currently unavailable to a majority of patients. At SDBRI scientists are developing a new technology to identify previously unidentifiable cancer-specific targets that might be used to design novel cancer fighting drugs. A Postdoctoral Fellow from India received salary and benefits while being trained at SDBRI in a variety of cellular immunology and sterile techniques to better understand techniques to help diagnose and treat cancer.DNA replication and disease DNA replicates in a highly organized way in healthy cells. However, in unhealthy cells, DNA replication is mis-regulated. SDBRI scientists are working to understand how DNA replication is mis-regulated in human disease in the hopes of finding new therapeutic approaches to preventing and reversing diseases such as cancer.Cells in our bodies eat internal parts of themselves to maintain their own health. This process, known as autophagy (spokeno-to-foh-jee), is essential for removing toxic material that causes diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. In autophagy, components inside cells are placed in a trash bag called the autophagosome which looks like a balloon. The autophagosome then fuses with the cells incinerator to decompose the transported toxic material. Scientists at SDBRI are working to understand how these complicated events are controlled in the hopes that interventions in these pathways might lead to novel treatments for disease.
Expenses $2,206,148
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HIV/AIDS: The World Health Organization recently estimated that 36.7 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide with 1 million HIV-related deaths every year. New infections are estimated at an alarming 1.8 million worldwide. Developing a successful HIV vaccine is a major global health initiative. Research at SDBRI is focused on introducing novel designs to create an HIV vaccine that more people respond to. The SDBRI strategy of using HIV virus-like particles (VLPs) as a vaccine platform is showing great promise. In addition, over the past year SDBRI scientists have designed ways to identify factors that help the immune system to respond to HIV vaccines. This is very important because it might allow us to enhance the vaccine making it work in more people. SDBRI continues to participate in a multi-organization HIV vaccine research program. Our investigators work with scientists across the U.S. and in several foreign countries, including The Netherlands and Malaysia. A Staff Scientist from Malaysia received salary & benefits while being trained at SDBRI in a variety of cellular, molecular and biochemical techniques to better understand the human response to vaccines.
Expenses $1,856,307 · Revenue $86,136
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $1,139,169
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
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Joanna DaviesJOANNA DAVIES
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $256,822
- From this org
- $215,768
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,054
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,768
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $22,050
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,004
- Filer's total
- $256,822
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David GilbertDAVID GILBERT
PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $244,165
- From this org
- $213,098
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,067
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $202,098
- Bonus
- $11,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $21,470
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,597
- Filer's total
- $244,165
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James BinleyJAMES BINLEY
Professor
- Total calculated
- $243,263
- From this org
- $196,495
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,768
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,495
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $20,370
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,398
- Filer's total
- $243,263
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Bruno ContiBRUNO CONTI
ROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $192,009
- From this org
- $181,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,009
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $181,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $10,558
- Nontaxable benefits
- $451
- Filer's total
- $192,009
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Roberto BaccalaROBERTO BACCALA
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $182,781
- From this org
- $148,875
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,906
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,875
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $15,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,906
- Filer's total
- $182,781
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David MilnerDAVID MILNER
PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $157,032
- From this org
- $118,211
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,821
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $118,211
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $12,542
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,279
- Filer's total
- $157,032
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Takanori Otomo PhDTAKANORI OTOMO PHD
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $139,023
- From this org
- $112,795
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,228
- Hours/week
- 40
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Christine AucielloCHRISTINE AUCIELLO
ACCTING MGR
- Total calculated
- $117,198
- From this org
- $91,638
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,560
- Hours/week
- 40
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Takayo SasakiTAKAYO SASAKI
SR STAFF SCIENTIST
- Total calculated
- $111,158
- From this org
- $92,398
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,760
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jake SuttonJAKE SUTTON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scot GinsburgSCOT GINSBURG
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sheila FergusonSHEILA FERGUSON
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark HargreavesMARK HARGREAVES
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard WoltmanRICHARD WOLTMAN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 1 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531219349300943
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