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← DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$65,680,473
Total expenses
$64,163,875
Contributions and grants received
$40,649,774
Grants paid
$7,940,003
Program service revenue
$6,435,402
Investment income
$17,607,431
Other revenue
$987,866
Total assets, end of year
$602,402,435
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,911,935
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$586,490,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$53,358,568
Management and general expenses
$8,012,032
Fundraising expenses
$2,793,275
Program service expenses (Part III)
$53,358,568

Program services were 83.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $128,667

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,275,876

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,245,231

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $791,933

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $4,071,445 · related or exempt $4,071,445

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION AND USER FEES

    total $2,363,957 · related or exempt $2,363,957

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,546,484 · unrelated business $569,179 · excluded $9,977,305

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $12,445 · excluded $12,445

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $650,114

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $650,114

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $650,114 · excluded $650,114

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $86,730,401 · other assets $10,100

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

    securities $79,612,246 · other assets $67,308

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,118,155 · other assets -$57,208

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,060,947 · unrelated business -$227,285 · excluded $7,288,232

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,630

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

    $128,667

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $74,190

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$64,560 · excluded -$64,560

  • 11a · Other revenue: FOOD SERVICE INCOME

    total $133,128 · excluded $133,128

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $256,739 · excluded $256,739

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $389,867

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,183,852 · program services $7,183,852

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $756,151 · program services $756,151

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,397,127 · program services $354,860 · management and general $1,746,526 · fundraising $295,741

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,429,901 · program services $21,606,154 · management and general $1,369,858 · fundraising $1,453,889

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,638,168 · program services $1,499,979 · management and general $47,912 · fundraising $90,277

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,130,407 · program services $1,859,367 · management and general $168,448 · fundraising $102,592

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,787,317 · program services $1,483,473 · management and general $196,605 · fundraising $107,239

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $474,827 · program services $234,538 · management and general $240,289

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $110,050 · management and general $110,050

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,324,429 · management and general $2,324,429

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $827,421 · program services $704,914 · management and general $51,456 · fundraising $71,051

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $462,513 · program services $139,817 · fundraising $322,696

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,744 · program services $46,436 · management and general $8,372 · fundraising $35,936

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $140,037 · program services $118,346 · management and general $11,607 · fundraising $10,084

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,965,739 · program services $1,797,085 · management and general $135,696 · fundraising $32,958

  • 17 · Travel

    total $623,743 · program services $555,522 · management and general $49,511 · fundraising $18,710

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $176,967 · program services $165,204 · management and general $10,005 · fundraising $1,758

  • 20 · Interest

    total $186,027 · program services $156,117 · management and general $29,910

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,895,060 · program services $7,482,987 · management and general $327,786 · fundraising $84,287

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $411,297 · management and general $411,297

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $2,582,906 · program services $2,509,152 · management and general $51,617 · fundraising $22,137

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIP RENTAL & MAINT.

    total $2,201,704 · program services $1,929,677 · management and general $194,153 · fundraising $77,874

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $1,996,887 · program services $1,655,000 · management and general $308,227 · fundraising $33,660

  • 24d · Other expenses: PERSONNEL EXPENSE

    total $931,439 · program services $723,831 · management and general $201,767 · fundraising $5,841

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $439,162 · program services $396,106 · management and general $16,511 · fundraising $26,545

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $500

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,954,644 · end of year $6,868,160

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $27,183,792 · end of year $18,827,200

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,521,825 · end of year $2,089,632

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $5,475

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,390,921 · end of year $1,528,006

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

    $194,965,613

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

    $96,797,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $100,247,560 · end of year $98,167,759

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $41,176,068 · end of year $40,194,637

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $405,976,855 · end of year $431,021,066

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,400,000 · end of year $3,400,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $125,820 · end of year $300,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,587,334 · end of year $5,694,336

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,952,134 · end of year $3,430,356

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $4,061,000 · end of year $3,647,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,850,743 · end of year $2,762,240

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $503,714 · end of year $378,003

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $285,672,520 · end of year $303,608,355

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $282,350,540 · end of year $282,882,145

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH PLANT SCIENCE/RESEARCH: FEED THE HUNGRY AND IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH, PRESERVE AND RENEW OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ENHANCE OUR REGION'S ECONOMY.

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

    Expenses $53,358,568 · Grants $7,940,003 · Revenue $6,435,402

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

  • Mr Todd R Schnuck

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ms Penny Pennington

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Ruth E Kim

    DIRECTOR AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Lisa Ainsworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Teddy Bekele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Roy Blunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Sara Yang Bosco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Blackford F Brauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Lee Broughton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Patrick O Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Johannes Burlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Mun Y Choi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Desiree Coleman-Fry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Christopher B Danforth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Steven M Fox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr James L Johnson III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert J Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Wesley Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Jackie Joyner-Kersee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Sanjeev Krishnan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Ann C Marr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Andrew D Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr John F McDonnell

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN AND EMERITUS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Anna E McKelvey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Thomas Melzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Philip Needleman

    EMERITUS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr William L Polk Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Reiter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Michael Riney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Kiersten Stead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Peter Wyse Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Carrington

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $849,779
    From this org
    $734,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $115,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $734,351
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $96,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,028
    Filer's total
    $849,779
  • Mr Harold Davies

    COO AND VP FOR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $395,596
    From this org
    $343,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,850
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,746
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,450
    Filer's total
    $395,596
  • Ms Diane Moleski

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $168,826
    From this org
    $128,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,638
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,059
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,579
    Filer's total
    $168,826
  • Ms Ellen Atwell

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $108,077
    From this org
    $97,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,986
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Toni Kutchan

    V.P. FOR RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $337,352
    From this org
    $304,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,402
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,089
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,861
    Filer's total
    $337,352
  • Mr Michael Bander

    V.P. FOR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $295,741
    From this org
    $243,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,715
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,026
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,245
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,470
    Filer's total
    $295,741
  • Ms Anna Dibble

    V.P. FOR PEOPLE AND CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $241,756
    From this org
    $221,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,929
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,827
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,706
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,223
    Filer's total
    $241,756
  • Dr Blake Meyers

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $376,883
    From this org
    $343,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,745
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,738
    Filer's total
    $376,883
  • Dr Donald MacKenzie

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IICI

    Total calculated
    $275,898
    From this org
    $267,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,679
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,892
    Nontaxable benefits
    $327
    Filer's total
    $275,898
  • Mr Tom Laurita

    CEO OF DTC

    Total calculated
    $309,259
    From this org
    $261,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,242
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,036
    Filer's total
    $309,259
  • Dr Keith Slotkin

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $291,599
    From this org
    $244,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,937
    Filer's total
    $291,599
  • Dr James Umen

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $265,490
    From this org
    $230,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,855
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,635
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,330
    Filer's total
    $265,490

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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 4B
DR. JAMES CARRINGTON PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. HE RECEIVED $70,000 FROM A 457(F) PLAN.

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.

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • LEWIS AND CLARK PLANT SCIENCES FUND I LP

    EXCLUDED · INVESTMENT IN PLANT AND LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES · DE · 79.97% owned · share of income -$634,641 · share of assets $12,292,515

    Directly controlled by DDPSC

  • ST LOUIS INTERNET2 ACCESS CONSORTIUM LLC

    UNRELATED · INTERNET AND INTERNET 2 ACCESS FOR MEMBERS · MO · 41.16% owned · share of income -$38,381 · share of assets $84,014 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by DDPSC

  • DSC INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LP

    EXCLUDED · ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS AND OCIO · DE · 100% owned · share of income $7,025,343 · share of assets $438,127,947

    Directly controlled by DDPSC

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • DANFORTH TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

    C · FACILITATE AGTECH STARTUP COMPANIES · MO · 100% owned · share of income $24,279 · share of assets $4,849,175 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DDPSC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349305297

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