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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$201,333,180
Total expenses
$201,776,378
Contributions and grants received
$200,012,000
Grants paid
$52,028,000
Program service revenue
$940,000
Investment income
$381,180
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,060,540
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,047,940
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$197,327,378
Management and general expenses
$4,449,000
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$197,327,378

Program services were 97.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $168,537,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,475,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT HOUSING

    total $940,000 · related or exempt $940,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,973 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $33,973

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $607,612 · other assets $0

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

    securities $260,405 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $347,207 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $347,207 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $347,207

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $52,028,000 · program services $52,028,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $78,238,000 · program services $74,943,000 · management and general $3,295,000 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,751,000 · program services $5,253,000 · management and general $498,000 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,432,000 · program services $2,221,000 · management and general $211,000 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,138,000 · program services $4,693,000 · management and general $445,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,900 · program services $18,900 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,896 · program services $41,896 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,237,413 · program services $2,237,413 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $390 · program services $390 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,792 · program services $16,792 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $715,987 · program services $715,987 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT RESEARCH OF ACTIVE STUDENTS

    total $52,421,000 · program services $52,421,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT HOUSING AND LECTURES

    total $2,608,000 · program services $2,608,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: LABORATORIES AND BOOKS

    total $129,000 · program services $129,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,202 · end of year $37,162

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $231,085 · end of year $235,719

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,698,302 · end of year $2,374,837

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

    $5,075,074

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

    $4,172,961

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,618,100 · end of year $902,113

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,510,709 · end of year $2,510,709

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,575 · end of year $12,600

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,378,558 · end of year $1,667,224

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,715,265 · end of year $4,380,716

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The School's goal is the advanced training of new generations of creative and original researchers in the natural sciences and mathematics, or, in other words, the education of future scientific leaders. Therefore, all FGS students are directly involved in the research conducted at the Institute.

  • GRANTS ARE GIVEN TO STUDENTS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AT THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE LOCATED IN REHOVOT, ISRAEL FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS. THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL HAS ESTABLISHED ITS REPUTATION AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTER WHERE STUDENTS STRIVE TO REACH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL RESEARCHERS. THE FEINBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED BY THE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL AND CHARTERED AS A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ALL STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS AND ARE EXEMPT FROM PAYING TUITION TO ALLOW THEM TO DEVOTE ALL THEIR TIME TO RESEARCH AND STUDY.

    Expenses $197,327,378 · Grants $52,028,000 · Revenue $940,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Prof Alon Chen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $351,802
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,239
    Other
    $93,563
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,239 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $93,563 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $351,802 related
  • Prof Gilad Perez

    Trustee and Dean

    Total calculated
    $255,700
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,856
    Other
    $72,844
    Hours/week
    20 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,856 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $72,844 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $255,700 related
  • Prof Ilan Lampl

    Director, Ekard Research School

    Total calculated
    $233,489
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,697
    Other
    $67,792
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $165,697 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $67,792 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $233,489 related
  • Prof Nirit Dudovich

    Director Research School of Physical Science- last day 1/31/24

    Total calculated
    $232,237
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $164,943
    Other
    $67,294
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related
  • Prof David Peleg

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $226,140
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,446
    Other
    $66,694
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $159,446 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $66,694 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $226,140 related
  • Prof Ariel Amir

    Director, Deloro Research School of Physical Science- as of 2/1/24

    Total calculated
    $220,894
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $155,483
    Other
    $65,411
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $155,483 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $65,411 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $220,894 related
  • Prof Igor Ulitsky

    Director, Lorry I. Lokey Research School of Biochemical Science and Chair, Board of Studies in Life

    Total calculated
    $219,394
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $159,095
    Other
    $60,299
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $159,095 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $60,299 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $219,394 related
  • Prof Ayelet Erez

    Dean of Miriam and Aaron Gurwirth Medical School-as of 4/1/24

    Total calculated
    $217,238
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $157,103
    Other
    $60,135
    Hours/week
    14 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $157,103 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $60,135 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $217,238 related
  • Prof Yosef Nir

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $58,363
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $48,692
    Other
    $9,671
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $48,692 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $9,671 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $58,363 related
  • Prof Samuel Safran

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $48,749
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $41,624
    Other
    $7,125
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $41,624 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,125 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $48,749 related
  • Robert A Belfer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • Prof Irun Cohen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Asher

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • Pennie Abramson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • Robert J Drake

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alan Fischer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related
  • Ellen Merlo

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 3 related
  • Ira Mondry

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 2 related
  • David Teplow

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 5 related
  • Lawrence S Blumberg

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Andrew Morse

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
ALL THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII ARE EMPLOYED AND PAID BY WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, AN AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION. THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS' COMPENSATION: ISRAELI PLANNING AND BUDGETING COMMITTEE (PBC) ESTABLISHES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE SENIOR ACADEMIC STAFF AND TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. COMPENSATION SURVEYS ARE MAINLY USED IN THE PROCESS OF STAFF RECRUITMENTS.
Schedule J, Part II
FOR THE TRUSTEES WHO ARE PROFESSORS AND RECEIVE COMPENSATION, THE COMPENSATION IS RELATED FOR THEIR SERVICES AS FACULTY PROFESSORS AND NONE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR ROLES AS TRUSTEES.

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.

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
1 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522259349303117

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