Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,125,626
- Total expenses
- $5,497,413
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,950,426
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $153,205
- Investment income
- $17
- Other revenue
- $21,978
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,158,385
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,933,786
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$775,401
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,138,957
- Management and general expenses
- $358,456
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,138,957
Program services were 93.5% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$4,042,962
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$907,464
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2a · Program service revenue: VENDOR SERVICES
total $153,205 · unrelated business $153,205
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3 · Investment income
total $17 · excluded $17
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $21,978 · related or exempt $21,978
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$21,978
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $647,750 · program services $608,392 · management and general $39,358
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,523,551 · program services $1,425,727 · management and general $97,824
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $52,735 · program services $44,275 · management and general $8,460
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $366,401 · program services $352,173 · management and general $14,228
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $143,575 · program services $135,803 · management and general $7,772
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $7,765 · management and general $7,765
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $44,588 · management and general $44,588
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $139,392 · program services $76,325 · management and general $63,067
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $12,504 · program services $10,516 · management and general $1,988
-
14 · Information technology
total $18,790 · program services $18,004 · management and general $786
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $1,013,777 · program services $963,214 · management and general $50,563
-
17 · Travel
total $38,139 · program services $36,014 · management and general $2,125
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $7,128 · program services $6,772 · management and general $356
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $127,731 · program services $121,344 · management and general $6,387
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS
total $623,739 · program services $623,739
-
24b · Other expenses: LAB SUPPLIES & SERVICES
total $583,322 · program services $581,343 · management and general $1,979
-
24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE
total $110,138 · program services $105,145 · management and general $4,993
-
24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $20,167 · program services $15,009 · management and general $5,158
-
24e · All other expenses
total $16,221 · program services $15,162 · management and general $1,059
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $190,479 · end of year $180,480
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $14,774 · end of year $381
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $584,471 · end of year $581,673
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $45,545 · end of year $180,428
-
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 $20,000 · end of year $31,471
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$788,760
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$665,009
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $229,144 · end of year $123,751
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $18,282 · end of year $14,859
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $77,672 · end of year $45,342
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $198,932 · end of year $577,798
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $854,480 · end of year $765,725
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $149,000 · end of year $149,000
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $151,137 · end of year $150,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $227,009 · end of year $291,263
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$437,402 · end of year -$827,344
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $37,211 · end of year $51,943
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To create breakthrough technologies that catalyze discoveries in a spirited home for collaborative science. With the goal to build and disseminate new capabilities, engineer unique technologies, and pioneer pathways to fresh discoveries, the Institute has a vision to illuminate the path from discovery to cure. The pursuit of this vision holds true to our expressed values of Curiosity, Character, Commonality, Cultivation, and Champion for underserved science.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Institutes mission is to transform real world problems into industry-leading solutions by creating breakthrough technologies, training and developing the next generation of scientists, and advancing the cause of underserved science.
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The Scintillon Institute is a non-profit research institute located within the heart of the San Diego biotechnology community. The institute was founded in 2012 with the goal of discovering and developing new biological- and chemistry-based technologies that address the fundamental needs of our growing civilization. Our translational research focus includes the creation of novel chemical tools to detect and mitigate aging to promote increased healthspan; therapies to treat diseases such as HIV, type 1 diabetes, Parkinsons, hydrocephalus, neuroinflammation and sepsis; and novel biological imaging using cryo electron microscopy, high content imaging, and extracellular vesicle characterization with deep machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence. Our faculty investigators continue also to push the boundaries of new science through discoveries in areas of neurological pathways of food intake and satiety, blood brain barrier and neurovascular boundaries, lipid-based G protein signaling, mRNA-directed cell differentiation, and much more.
Expenses $5,138,957
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Brian LawsonBRIAN LAWSON
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $226,733
- From this org
- $189,125
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,608
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $189,125
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $18,440
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,168
- Filer's total
- $226,733
-
Iustin Tabarean
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $188,446
- From this org
- $160,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,446
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $15,600
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,846
- Filer's total
- $188,446
-
Irene PedersenIRENE PEDERSEN
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $183,224
- From this org
- $156,667
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,557
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,667
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $15,275
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,282
- Filer's total
- $183,224
-
Albert ChenALBERT CHEN
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $181,504
- From this org
- $140,167
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,337
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,167
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $13,666
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,671
- Filer's total
- $181,504
-
Valentin Cracan PhDVALENTIN CRACAN PHD
ASST PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $177,936
- From this org
- $135,884
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $42,052
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,884
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $13,650
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,402
- Filer's total
- $177,936
-
Alexey TerskikhALEXEY TERSKIKH
PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $163,812
- From this org
- $152,115
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,697
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $152,115
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $2,527
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,170
- Filer's total
- $163,812
-
Erica Chavin
Dir Finance
- Total calculated
- $145,052
- From this org
- $116,467
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,585
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Tal TeitzTAL TEITZ
ASSOC PROFESSOR
- Total calculated
- $106,028
- From this org
- $100,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,028
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jiwu Wang PhD
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $42,582
- From this org
- $38,799
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,783
- Hours/week
- 16
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John Nolan PhDJOHN NOLAN PHD
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $16,770
- From this org
- $15,280
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,490
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Lin YangLIN YANG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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 · Written employment contract
- 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
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523179349304367
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