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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON.

Totals

Total revenue
$93,579,246
Total expenses
$87,516,122
Contributions and grants received
$87,693,245
Grants paid
$37,832,305
Program service revenue
$4,770,955
Investment income
$407,521
Other revenue
$707,525
Total assets, end of year
$96,038,082
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,329,397
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,708,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$73,646,780
Management and general expenses
$13,869,342
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$73,646,780

Program services were 84.2% 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)

    $64,307,227

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,386,018

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMMERCIAL STUDIES

    total $4,450,908 · related or exempt $4,450,908 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EXTERNAL CORE INCOME

    total $320,047 · related or exempt $320,047 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $407,521 · excluded $407,521

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $707,525

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $707,525

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $707,525 · excluded $707,525

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,991,061 · program services $35,991,061

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,841,244 · program services $1,841,244

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $890,702 · program services $541,345 · management and general $349,357

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $26,358,556 · program services $18,309,091 · management and general $8,049,465

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,384,735 · program services $1,632,470 · management and general $752,265

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,057,160 · program services $2,092,778 · management and general $964,382

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,038,059 · program services $1,395,152 · management and general $642,907

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,958 · management and general $25,958

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,118,084 · program services $1,590,061 · management and general $528,023

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,948 · program services $26,067 · management and general $64,881

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,013,182 · program services $793,016 · management and general $1,220,166

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,442,015 · program services $3,006,423 · management and general $435,592

  • 17 · Travel

    total $202,649 · program services $157,940 · management and general $44,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,713 · program services $41,750 · management and general $4,963

  • 20 · Interest

    total $889,305 · program services $773,695 · management and general $115,610

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,390,067 · program services $1,182,456 · management and general $207,611

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $203,970 · program services $63,314 · management and general $140,656

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES

    total $3,394,018 · program services $3,295,310 · management and general $98,708 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PATIENT COSTS

    total $593,883 · program services $593,883 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS E

    total $234,768 · program services $234,286 · management and general $482 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PURCHASED SERVICE

    total $226,020 · program services $85,438 · management and general $140,582 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $83,025 · management and general $83,025

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,265,497 · end of year $4,930,235

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,478,988 · end of year $1,603,243

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,245,451 · end of year $10,949,904

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $984,414 · end of year $358,536

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $937,229 · end of year $996,445

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

    $31,629,991

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

    $3,732,240

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $28,627,035 · end of year $27,897,751

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,284,790 · end of year $12,095,276

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $33,041,866 · end of year $35,963,558

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,489,093 · end of year $1,243,134

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,437,799 · end of year $6,125,525

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,319,599 · end of year $4,908,061

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $28,272,047 · end of year $27,524,602

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,706,233 · end of year $1,771,209

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,899,685 · end of year $17,770,685

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,719,000 · end of year $37,938,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE THAT WILL PREDICT, PREVENT, REVERSE, AND CURE DISEASES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM SUCH AS AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, ALLERGY, AND ASTHMA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE THAT WILL PREDICT, PREVENT, REVERSE, AND CURE DISEASES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $53,492,397 · Grants $36,122,063

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $12,744,134 · Grants $934,337

  • STUDYING DOWN SYNDROME AND TYPE 1 DIABETES (T1D) TO UNDERSTAND HOW AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES STARTIN OCTOBER 2023, BRI RECEIVED THE IMMUNE DRIVERS OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE (IDAD) GRANT. THIS STUDY IS EXAMINING PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK FOR DEVELOPING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES THOSE WITH DOWN SYNDROME (DS) AND THOSE WITH AUTOANTIBODIES FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES (T1D) TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES DEVELOP. THIS WORK BUILDS ON PREVIOUS FINDINGS FROM BERNARD KHOR, MD, PHD, WHICH FOUND THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH DS EXPERIENCE PREMATURE IMMUNE AGING AND ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP CONDITIONS LIKE AUTOIMMUNITY AND INFECTIONS. THE IDAD GRANT WILL SUPPORT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT LED BY BRI SCIENTISTS TO IDENTIFY THE GENETIC, MOLECULAR, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT DRIVE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE PROGRESSION. RESEARCHERS WILL COMPARE IMMUNE PROFILES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DS WITH THOSE AT RISK FOR T1D TO UNCOVER COMMON MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION. THE STUDY WILL DRAW FROM BRI'S EXTENSIVE BIOREPOSITORIES, PROVIDING A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE IN THIS FIELD. THIS RESEARCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INFORM NEW TREATMENTS AND PREVENTION FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DS.

    Expenses $7,001,171 · Grants $775,905

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $409,078 · Revenue $4,770,955

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

  • Ketul Patel

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH

    Total calculated
    $2,646,290
    From this org
    $2,613,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,903
    Hours/week
    10 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,393,552
    Bonus
    $959,840
    Other
    $259,995
    Deferred
    $19,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,553
    Filer's total
    $2,646,290
  • Jane Buckner MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $534,090
    From this org
    $501,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,412
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $501,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,412
    Filer's total
    $534,090
  • Margaret McCormick PhD

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO

    Total calculated
    $339,177
    From this org
    $303,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,478
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,699
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,478
    Filer's total
    $339,177
  • William Kwok PhD

    RESEARCH MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $320,083
    From this org
    $286,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,612
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,671
    Bonus
    $800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,612
    Filer's total
    $320,083
  • Daniel Campbell PhD

    DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR FUNDAMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $250,974
    From this org
    $230,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,619
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,955
    Bonus
    $1,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,219
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,400
    Filer's total
    $250,974
  • Jessica Hamerman PhD

    DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $247,531
    From this org
    $229,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,626
    Bonus
    $1,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,804
    Filer's total
    $247,531
  • Carmen Mikacenic MD

    ASSOCIATE RESEARCH MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $253,614
    From this org
    $224,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,448
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,366
    Bonus
    $800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,948
    Filer's total
    $253,614
  • Peter Linsley PhD

    MEMBER, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $254,335
    From this org
    $220,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,924
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,611
    Bonus
    $800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,924
    Filer's total
    $254,335
  • Michael Labosier

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $214,658
    From this org
    $186,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,169
    Bonus
    $800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,072
    Filer's total
    $214,658
  • Chuck Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Bob Carlile

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Miriam Chambliss

    CORPORATE SECRETARY / VP DIV GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Uli Chi PhD

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Sister Jude Connelly Osf

    DIRECTOR (PARTIAL YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Carolyn Corvi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Sister Ruth Goodwin Osf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Tod Hamachek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Dennis Hunthausen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Karen Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Robert Lemon

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Gregg Meyer MD Msc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • David Nosacka

    TREASURER / SVP & CFO VMFH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 2 related
  • John Oppenheimer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Marvin O'Quinn

    DIRECTOR (PARTIAL YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Diann Puls

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 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. 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 3
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023, COMPENSATION FOR THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL WAS ESTABLISHED BY COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH. COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH USED ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE TO ESTABLISH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL'S COMPENSATION: (1) COMPENSATION COMMITTEE; (2) INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT; (3) COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY; (4) APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. SEE SCHEDULE O DISCLOSURE FOR FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
PART I, LINE 4B
CERTAIN REPORTABLE INDIVIDUALS ARE COVERED BY AN EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE POLICY THAT PROVIDES MARKET-STANDARD COMPENSATION, RANGING FROM PAYMENTS OF 9 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS OF BASE COMPENSATION, DEPENDING ON THE EXECUTIVE'S POSITION, IN THE EVENT OF A POSITION ELIMINATION OR OTHER INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE POLICY. DURING THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR, COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH ("COMMONSPIRIT") MAINTAINED A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIVISION CEOS/PRESIDENTS AND OTHER DESIGNATED COMMONSPIRIT EXECUTIVES AT THE LEVEL OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND ABOVE. DUE TO THE "SUPER" VESTING RULES UNDER COMMONSPIRIT'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE MET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE, AGE, AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE, OR MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF PLAN PARTICIPATION ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THEIR 2023 CONTRIBUTIONS IN CASH. THESE CASH PAYOUTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PARTICIPANT'S REPORTABLE COMPENSATION IN COLUMN (III) OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J PART II. DURING 2023, THE FOLLOWING PAYMENTS WERE MADE PURSUANT TO THE SUPER VESTING RULES: KETUL J PATEL, $246,662.
SCHEDULE J, PART II:
BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON FOLLOWS COMMONSPIRIT'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY. COMMONSPIRIT'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST COMMONSPIRIT IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING THE CALIBER OF EXECUTIVES REQUIRED TO ENABLE COMMONSPIRIT TO FULFILL ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR ALL PERSONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR SERVICES, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITIES COMMONSPIRIT SERVES, PROMOTING PATIENT AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, AND ENSURING FINANCIAL STABILITY. A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IS PERFORMANCE BASED AND IS LINKED TO ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THESE GOALS INCLUDE ATTAINMENT OF ANNUAL AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, CERTAIN HEALTHCARE QUALITY STANDARDS AND COMMONSPIRIT'S COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. TOTAL COMPENSATION, WHICH INCLUDES BASE SALARY, ANNUAL, AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, IS ESTABLISHED TO APPROXIMATE THE PREVAILING MARKET CONDITIONS FOR EXECUTIVES OF COMPANIES OF SIMILAR SIZE, REVENUES AND COMPLEXITY. PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO A LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE GOAL WERE PAID IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023. KETUL PATEL WAS COMPENSATED BY COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH FOR HIS SERVICES TO BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE. FOR 990 PURPOSES, COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH IS AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, SO COMPENSATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED AS PAID BY BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521279349302682

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