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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$815,837,195
Total expenses
$532,639,503
Contributions and grants received
$395,238,681
Grants paid
$84,931,251
Program service revenue
$6,286,258
Investment income
$19,199,399
Other revenue
$395,112,857
Total assets, end of year
$1,088,712,998
Total liabilities, end of year
$330,474,717
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$758,238,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$498,761,291
Management and general expenses
$29,207,053
Fundraising expenses
$4,671,159
Program service expenses (Part III)
$498,761,291

Program services were 93.6% 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)

    $278,098,892

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $117,139,789

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $600,028

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PATENT OFFICE

    total $6,286,258 · related or exempt $6,286,258

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,381,044 · unrelated business -$18,545 · excluded $5,399,589

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $386,288,868 · excluded $386,288,868

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,666,406

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $942,796

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,723,610

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,723,610 · excluded $1,723,610

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $318,822,995 · other assets $24,000

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

    securities $304,147,748 · other assets $880,892

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $14,675,247 · other assets -$856,892

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,818,355 · excluded $13,818,355

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRADUATE OFFICE COST R

    total $6,356,882 · excluded $6,356,882

  • 11b · Other revenue: SHARED SRVCS-SCRIPPS H

    total $639,471 · excluded $639,471

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $104,026 · excluded $104,026

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,100,379

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $69,477,912 · program services $69,477,912

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,475,350 · program services $12,475,350

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,977,989 · program services $2,977,989

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $5,207,183 · program services $812,954 · management and general $4,394,229

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $249,699,278 · program services $237,074,752 · management and general $10,562,793 · fundraising $2,061,733

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total -$929,959 · program services -$870,767 · management and general -$52,021 · fundraising -$7,171

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,738,427 · program services $30,748,349 · management and general $2,531,508 · fundraising $458,570

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,396,552 · program services $9,734,815 · management and general $581,571 · fundraising $80,166

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,839,753 · program services $54,217,185 · management and general $2,946,549 · fundraising $676,019

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,545,465 · program services $3,170,512 · management and general $210,290 · fundraising $164,663

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,780,671 · program services $7,111,670 · management and general $1,652,945 · fundraising $16,056

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,192,696 · program services $4,895,179 · management and general $202,123 · fundraising $95,394

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,924,004 · program services $2,924,004

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,576,425 · program services $22,576,425

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,354,447 · program services $2,193,135 · management and general $161,312

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAB SUPPLIES

    total $22,556,148 · program services $20,130,960 · management and general $2,338,337 · fundraising $86,851

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $13,831,087 · program services $13,691,242 · management and general $0 · fundraising $139,845

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SVCS - OTHER

    total $9,996,075 · program services $5,419,625 · management and general $3,677,417 · fundraising $899,033

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $150,464,867 · end of year $165,948,784

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $59,315,416 · end of year $84,166,671

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,859,762 · end of year $1,506,287

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,665,893 · end of year $1,800,218

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,978,242 · end of year $39,223,213

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

    $614,176,714

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

    $393,680,521

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $163,536,420 · end of year $220,496,193

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $173,859,658 · end of year $242,671,419

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $221,429,038 · end of year $298,303,372

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $378,571 · end of year $227,143

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,832,901 · end of year $34,369,698

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,685,226 · end of year $74,694,270

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $141,358,103 · end of year $91,865,614

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $20,889,555 · end of year $18,098,908

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $105,920,000 · end of year $105,010,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $40,631,036 · end of year $40,805,925

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $213,749,076 · end of year $522,178,229

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $235,087,772 · end of year $236,060,052

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("TSRI") PERFORMS HIGH IMPACT BASIC BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, IMPROVES THE HUMAN CONDITION BY FOSTERING TRANSLATION OF ITS DISCOVERIES INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS AND ENGAGES IN THE HIGHEST QUALITY GRADUATE SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND POST GRADUATE SCIENTIFIC TRAINING. TSRI IS KNOWN FOR ITS ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS EMPHASIS IN RESEARCH RELATING TO SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TSRI CONDUCTS BIOMEDICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

  • GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED AT TSRI CAMPUSES IN LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES AND INDIVIDUALS. TSRI'S UNIQUE STRUCTURE MERGES BASIC SCIENTIFIC STUDIES IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND BIOINFORMATICS WITH TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE TO PRODUCE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRUGS AND ADVANCES IN DIGITAL AND PRECISION MEDICINE. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AT TSRI SEED JOINT DRUG DISCOVERY PROJECTS AT CALIBR-SKAGGS, A DIVISION OF TSRI, CREATING A PIPELINE OF DRUG CANDIDATES THAT WILL IMPACT PATIENTS FOR YEARS TO COME. THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE, ANOTHER DIVISION OF TSRI, AIMS TO INDIVIDUALIZE HEALTHCARE BY LEVERAGING THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN HUMAN GENOMICS AND COMBINING IT WITH THE POWER OF WIRELESS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Expenses $473,443,825 · Grants $72,455,901 · Revenue $6,286,258

  • TSRI IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATING, TRAINING AND INSPIRING THE SCIENTISTS OF TOMORROW. THE INSTITUTE'S SKAGGS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, RANKED ONE OF THE TEN BEST GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO MAKE HIGH-IMPACT DISCOVERIES AT THE INTERFACE OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY. STUDENTS IN THE SKAGGS GRADUATE SCHOOL ARE IMMERSED IN INTENSIVE LABORATORY RESEARCH FROM DAY ONE AND PURSUE AMBITIOUS INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES. GRADUATES OF THE SCHOOL BECOME EDUCATORS AT TOP UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, THOUGHT LEADERS WITHIN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND INNOVATORS AT PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES ARRIVE AT TSRI FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE, SEEKING TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING BY WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS. THE SCRIPPS FELLOWS PROGRAM IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS WITH AN OUTSTANDING RECORD OF GRADUATE RESEARCH AND MOVES THEM INTO THEIR OWN LABORATORIES, ALLOWING THEM TO LEAPFROG THEIR POSTDOCTORAL YEARS OF STUDY AND BEGIN PUSHING THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

    Expenses $25,317,466 · Grants $12,475,350

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter G Schultz

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,582,601
    From this org
    $1,506,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,349
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $799,040
    Bonus
    $631,734
    Other
    $75,478
    Deferred
    $42,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,449
    Filer's total
    $1,582,601

  • Ardem Patapoutian

    DIRECTOR/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $115,067
    From this org
    $113,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,048
    Hours/week
    40

  • John D Diekman

    DIRECTOR/BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benedict Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claudia S Luttrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ge Li

    DIRECTOR (END 11/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerald Chan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Herbert Wertheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jen Rubio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanne Stubbe

    DIRECTOR (END 1/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lillian Lou

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Pearson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter C Farrell PhD D Sc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Burkle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherry Lansing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew S Tremblay

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (END 1/23)

    Total calculated
    $961,712
    From this org
    $919,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $464,603
    Bonus
    $391,661
    Other
    $63,344
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,104
    Filer's total
    $961,712

  • Jared M Machado

    TREASURER/TREASURY & CORP. FIN. VP

    Total calculated
    $461,126
    From this org
    $409,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,194
    Bonus
    $110,000
    Other
    $65,816
    Deferred
    $18,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,916
    Filer's total
    $461,126

  • Marshall Olin

    GENERAL COUNSEL (START 12/22)

    Total calculated
    $459,185
    From this org
    $423,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,741
    Bonus
    $146,069
    Other
    $29,213
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,662
    Filer's total
    $459,185

  • Caroline Moon

    CFO/COO (START 1/23)

    Total calculated
    $383,135
    From this org
    $350,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,339
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,945
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $851
    Deferred
    $19,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,790
    Filer's total
    $383,135

  • Alanna Rutan

    SECRETARY/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $308,465
    From this org
    $278,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,714
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,826
    Bonus
    $46,423
    Other
    $35,502
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,214
    Filer's total
    $308,465

  • Mary Wang

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY/DIRECTOR SP

    Total calculated
    $247,369
    From this org
    $216,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,052
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,515
    Bonus
    $20,417
    Other
    $30,385
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,552
    Filer's total
    $247,369

  • Kelly San George

    CFO VP ADM. CALIBR-SKAGGS

    Total calculated
    $487,668
    From this org
    $421,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,199
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,974
    Bonus
    $139,005
    Other
    $58,490
    Deferred
    $27,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,199
    Filer's total
    $487,668

  • James R Williamson

    VP, RSCH & ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $485,289
    From this org
    $441,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,794
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $396,223
    Bonus
    $38,403
    Other
    $6,869
    Deferred
    $15,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,377
    Filer's total
    $485,289

  • Eric Topol

    PROFESSOR/EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $1,092,935
    From this org
    $1,063,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,002,555
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $61,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,380
    Filer's total
    $1,092,935

  • Stephen Maricich

    CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $564,137
    From this org
    $523,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,029
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,768
    Bonus
    $161,335
    Other
    $22,005
    Deferred
    $19,714
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,315
    Filer's total
    $564,137

  • Travis Scott Young

    SENIOR DIRECTOR, CALIBR-SKAGGS

    Total calculated
    $535,082
    From this org
    $485,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,117
    Bonus
    $187,423
    Other
    $49,369
    Deferred
    $19,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,673
    Filer's total
    $535,082

  • Vadim Klyushnichenko

    VP, PHARMACEUTICAL DEV & QUAL

    Total calculated
    $524,509
    From this org
    $491,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,525
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,310
    Bonus
    $155,860
    Other
    $67,814
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,525
    Filer's total
    $524,509

  • Jin-Quan Yu PhD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $415,720
    From this org
    $361,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,083
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $14,512
    Deferred
    $16,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,183
    Filer's total
    $415,720

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
BUSINESS TRAVEL AND FIRST CLASS TRAVEL. THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ALLOWS FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL FOR CERTAIN KEY EMPLOYEES FOR LONG HAUL FLIGHTS. IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, BUSINESS CLASS IS NOT AVAILABLE ON SMALLER AIRCRAFT. IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, TSRI ALLOWS FIRST CLASS TRAVEL. HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH IS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION, WAS PROVIDED TO ONE OFFICER. TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS, WHICH IS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION, WAS PROVIDED TO ONE OFFICER. TAX GROSS-UPS FOR HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT, TRAVEL AND TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS, WHICH IS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION, WERE PROVIDED TO ONE OFFICER.
FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5 AND SCHEDULE J:
ERIC TOPOL, M.D., RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION, SCRIPPS CLINIC MEDICAL GROUP, FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE. IN 2022, IN EXCHANGE FOR THESE SERVICES, THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE REIMBURSED THE SCRIPPS MEDICAL GROUP $750,000.

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.

Disregarded entities

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

  • STRIDE LLC

    FACILITATE BASIC RESEARCH · CA · income $38,144 · assets $177,806

    Directly controlled by THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • CALM THERAPEUTICS INC

    S · RESEARCH · CA · 62.02% owned · share of assets $81,450 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  • OMRX ONCOLOGY INC

    C · RESEARCH · CA · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202402289349302190

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