Form 990 for tax year 2022

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

• 1c · Fundraising events

  $548,443

• 1d · Related organizations

  $286,296,293

• 1e · Government grants (contributions)

  $33,530,186

• 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

  $7,281,843

• 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH BILLED REV

  total $882,195 · related or exempt $882,195

• 3 · Investment income

  total $69,207 · excluded $69,207

• 5 · Royalties

  total $38,057 · excluded $38,057

• 6a · Gross rents

  real property $115,500

• 6b · Less rental expenses

  real property $107,064

• 6c · Rental income or loss

  real property $8,436

• 6d · Net rental income or loss

  total $8,436 · excluded $8,436

• 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

  securities $75,000

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

  securities $44,259

• 7c · Gain or loss

  securities $30,741

• 7d · Net gain or loss

  total $30,741 · excluded $30,741

• 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

  $76,289

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

  $548,443

• 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

  $177,202

• 8c · Net income from fundraising events

  total -$100,913 · excluded -$100,913

• 10a · Gross sales of inventory

  $17,426

• 10b · Cost of goods sold

  $3,956

• 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

  total $13,470 · unrelated business $13,470

• 11a · Other revenue: ALLOCATED ADMIN. EXP.

  total $11,032,802 · excluded $11,032,802

• 11b · Other revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  total $309,247 · excluded $309,247

• 11c · Other revenue: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

  total $29,397 · excluded $29,397

• 11d · All other revenue

  total $42,482 · excluded $42,482

• 11e · Other revenue, total

  $11,413,928

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

• 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

  total $689,500 · program services $689,500

• 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

  total $2,022,778 · program services $2,022,778

• 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

  total $5,000 · program services $5,000

• 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

  total $4,105,624 · program services $997,060 · management and general $3,108,564

• 7 · Other salaries and wages

  total $47,005,351 · program services $29,152,344 · management and general $17,462,161 · fundraising $390,846

• 8 · Pension plan contributions

  total $4,293,326 · program services $2,778,295 · management and general $1,480,369 · fundraising $34,662

• 9 · Other employee benefits

  total $5,241,166 · program services $3,391,661 · management and general $1,807,191 · fundraising $42,314

• 10 · Payroll taxes

  total $3,274,744 · program services $2,119,151 · management and general $1,129,155 · fundraising $26,438

• 11b · Fees: legal

  total $561,645 · program services $141,393 · management and general $420,252

• 11c · Fees: accounting

  total $61,683 · management and general $61,683

• 11d · Fees: lobbying

  total $96,000 · management and general $96,000

• 11g · Fees: other

  total $4,267,604 · program services $2,406,149 · management and general $1,860,652 · fundraising $803

• 12 · Advertising and promotion

  total $2,254,456 · program services $30,959 · management and general $2,051,413 · fundraising $172,084

• 13 · Office expenses

  total $65,378 · program services $22,483 · management and general $38,685 · fundraising $4,210

• 14 · Information technology

  total $384,055 · program services $125,892 · management and general $244,837 · fundraising $13,326

• 16 · Occupancy

  total $2,728,122 · program services $2,257,577 · management and general $470,545

• 17 · Travel

  total $1,298,951 · program services $937,105 · management and general $314,367 · fundraising $47,479

• 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

  total $501,955 · program services $409,058 · management and general $87,824 · fundraising $5,073

• 20 · Interest

  total $1,317,022 · program services $1,079,988 · management and general $237,034

• 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  total $12,375,602 · program services $11,046,989 · management and general $1,328,613

• 23 · Insurance

  total $907,545 · program services $571,252 · management and general $336,293

• 24a · Other expenses: LAB SUPPLIES & SERVICES

  total $7,287,526 · program services $7,287,526

• 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE

  total $5,757,192 · program services $3,184,915 · management and general $2,568,894 · fundraising $3,383

• 24c · Other expenses: OTHER SCIENTIFIC

  total $1,503,784 · program services $1,503,784

• 24d · Other expenses: FED / STATE INCOME TAX

  total $426 · management and general $426

• 24e · All other expenses

  total $4,038,010 · program services $1,766,915 · management and general $2,203,250 · fundraising $67,845

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

• 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

  beginning of year $31,471,094 · end of year $1,022,317

• 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

  beginning of year $4,688,272 · end of year $5,763,820

• 4 · Accounts receivable

  beginning of year $6,206,622 · end of year $12,329,240

• 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

  beginning of year $536,560 · end of year $92,287

• 8 · Inventories for sale or use

  beginning of year $305,710 · end of year $335,429

• 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

  beginning of year $2,270,010 · end of year $2,879,312

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

  $328,227,278

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

  $159,906,569

• 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

  beginning of year $163,115,281 · end of year $168,320,709

• 12 · Investments: other securities

  beginning of year $6,404,746 · end of year $6,450,039

• 15 · Other assets

  beginning of year $5,000,000 · end of year $0

• 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  beginning of year $20,248,601 · end of year $15,331,023

• 19 · Deferred revenue

  beginning of year $884,155 · end of year $1,490,194

• 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

  beginning of year $219,703,968 · end of year $0

• 25 · Other liabilities

  beginning of year $23,673,586 · end of year $0

• 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

  beginning of year -$50,209,306 · end of year $173,639,772

• 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

  beginning of year $5,697,291 · end of year $6,732,164

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A

VARI ALLOWS FOR FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL FOR OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES.

PART I, LINE 5

BONUS IS PAID BASED ON VARIABLE PAY PROGRAM OBJECTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

Disregarded entities

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

• VAI INNOVATIONS LLC

  LICENSING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF VARI · MI · income $44,882 · assets $0

  Directly controlled by VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

• BOSTWICK EVENT MANAGEMENT

  EVENT MANAGEMENT · MI · income $31,588 · assets $123,629

  Directly controlled by VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

• C3 LEARNING DEVELOPMENT LLC

  EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS · MI · income $389,480 · assets $222,067

  Directly controlled by VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE