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← ALLEN INSTITUTE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALLEN INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$240,418,148
Total expenses
$220,607,045
Contributions and grants received
$234,977,658
Grants paid
$14,909,539
Program service revenue
$568,258
Investment income
$4,319,610
Other revenue
$552,622
Total assets, end of year
$351,360,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$149,833,264
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$201,527,421
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$174,423,908
Management and general expenses
$46,183,137
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$174,423,908

Program services were 79.1% 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)

    $65,157,193

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $169,820,465

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE INCOME

    total $409,764 · related or exempt $409,764

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MATERIAL TRANSFER

    total $158,494 · related or exempt $158,494

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,377,758 · excluded $5,377,758

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $439,382 · excluded $439,382

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,426,616 · other assets $95,000

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

    securities $29,579,564 · other assets $200

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,152,948 · other assets $94,800

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,058,148 · excluded -$1,058,148

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $113,240 · excluded $113,240

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $113,240

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,161,961 · program services $13,161,961

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,747,578 · program services $1,747,578

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,500,100 · management and general $3,500,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $91,548,408 · program services $72,724,084 · management and general $18,824,324

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,225,996 · program services $4,085,161 · management and general $1,140,835

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,534,076 · program services $6,960,805 · management and general $2,573,271

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,603,840 · program services $6,039,618 · management and general $1,564,222

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $925,048 · program services $241,307 · management and general $683,741

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $210,741 · management and general $210,741

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $230,000 · management and general $230,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,215,570 · program services $10,773,120 · management and general $4,442,450

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $161,571 · program services $124,476 · management and general $37,095

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,834,177 · program services $9,347,731 · management and general $4,486,446

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $137,111 · management and general $137,111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,879,989 · program services $19,891,866 · management and general $3,988,123

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,837,062 · program services $1,380,476 · management and general $1,456,586

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,932,005 · program services $981,296 · management and general $950,709

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,647 · management and general $7,647

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,805,703 · program services $9,491,005 · management and general $1,314,698

  • 24a · Other expenses: LABORATORY SUPPLIES

    total $16,813,313 · program services $16,813,313

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $418,523 · program services $191,207 · management and general $227,316

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUBLIC EDUCATION

    total $344,613 · program services $239,089 · management and general $105,524

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $532,013 · program services $229,815 · management and general $302,198

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,771,793 · end of year $16,342,774

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $53,722,101 · end of year $78,295,973

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,365,029 · end of year $12,031,019

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,211,584 · end of year $897,525

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $570,000 · end of year $510,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $405,139 · end of year $420,837

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,683,455 · end of year $5,029,870

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

    $155,608,191

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

    $90,886,286

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,837,765 · end of year $64,721,905

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,037,568 · end of year $47,166,882

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $121,046,031 · end of year $125,943,900

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,795,886 · end of year $22,844,782

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $442,669 · end of year $1,651,343

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $121,052,444 · end of year $125,337,139

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $175,975,451 · end of year $196,072,212

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,384,015 · end of year $5,455,209

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ALLEN INSTITUTE IS TO UNLOCK THE COMPLEXITIES OF BIOSCIENCE AND ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH. USING AN OPEN SCIENCE, MULTI-SCALE, TEAM-ORIENTED APPROACH. THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON ACCELERATING FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH, (SEE SCHEDULE O) DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND MODELS, AND CULTIVATING NEW IDEAS TO MAKE A BROAD, TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT ON SCIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ALLEN INSTITUTE IS TO UNLOCK THE COMPLEXITIES (SEE SCHEDULE O) OF BIOSCIENCE AND ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH. USING AN OPEN SCIENCE, MULTI-SCALE, TEAM-ORIENTED APPROACH. THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON ACCELERATING FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND MODELS, AND CULTIVATING NEW IDEAS TO MAKE A BROAD, TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT ON SCIENCE.

  • THE ALLEN INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO ANSWERING SOME OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN BIOSCIENCE AND ACCELERATING RESEARCH WORLDWIDE. THE INSTITUTE IS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH WITH A COMMITMENT TO AN OPEN SCIENCE MODEL. THROUGH PUBLICLY AVAILABLE KNOWLEDGE, DATA, MODELS, TOOLS, AND REAGENTS, THE INSTITUTE CATALYZES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND NURTURES MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS.

    Expenses $174,423,908 · Grants $14,909,539 · Revenue $568,258

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Stryker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jo Lynn Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Margaret Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joanne Berger-Sweeney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phyllis Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alta Charo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carla Dewberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allan Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rui Costa

    PRESIDENT, CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,254,221
    From this org
    $1,214,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $949,846
    Bonus
    $82,575
    Other
    $181,749
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,051
    Filer's total
    $1,254,221
  • Marjorie Thomas

    VP, TREASURER, CFO

    Total calculated
    $592,364
    From this org
    $565,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $482,011
    Bonus
    $82,860
    Other
    $667
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,826
    Filer's total
    $592,364
  • Margaret McClellan

    VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $580,998
    From this org
    $540,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $518,194
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $1,877
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,927
    Filer's total
    $580,998
  • Christopher Beaudoin

    VICE PRESIDENT, COO

    Total calculated
    $464,623
    From this org
    $426,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $425,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,359
    Deferred
    $11,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,014
    Filer's total
    $464,623
  • Hongkui Zeng

    EXECUTIVE VP, DIR. BRAIN SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $607,894
    From this org
    $574,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,956
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $481,126
    Bonus
    $92,486
    Other
    $1,326
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,956
    Filer's total
    $607,894
  • Karel Svoboda

    EXECUTIVE VP, DIR. NEURAL DYNAMICS

    Total calculated
    $563,446
    From this org
    $528,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $447,138
    Bonus
    $79,800
    Other
    $1,773
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,735
    Filer's total
    $563,446
  • Kathryn Richmond

    EXECUTIVE VP, DIR. FRONTIERS

    Total calculated
    $518,128
    From this org
    $488,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $413,440
    Bonus
    $75,088
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,600
    Filer's total
    $518,128
  • Christof Koch

    MERITORIOUS INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $510,983
    From this org
    $489,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $418,897
    Bonus
    $69,284
    Other
    $1,082
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,720
    Filer's total
    $510,983
  • Petra Smith

    EXECUTIVE DIR, PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $503,919
    From this org
    $459,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $408,434
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $1,499
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,986
    Filer's total
    $503,919
  • Robert Reid

    SENIOR INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $454,995
    From this org
    $415,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $415,503
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,388
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,104
    Filer's total
    $454,995

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
PERIODICALLY, SENIOR EXECUTIVES MAY TAKE FIRST CLASS TRAVEL DUE TO LENGTH OF THE TRIP, TIMING OF FLIGHT OR VISIT SCHEDULE. TAX GROSS UPS OF MOVING EXPENSES MAY BE PAID TO RECRUIT NEW EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO 75% OF HEALTH CLUB DUES REIMBURSEMENT (UP TO $140 OF REIMBURSEMENT/MONTH), BUT NOT UNDER A QUALIFIED BENEFIT PLAN.
PART I, LINE 1B
WE FOLLOWED THE WRITTEN POLICIES FOR 'FIRST-CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL AND 'HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES OR INITIAL FEES.' WE DO NOT HAVE A WRITTEN 'HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE' POLICY.
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVES, AND CERTAIN SENIOR INSTITUTE LEADERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS BASED UPON ATTAINMENT OF INSTITUTE-WIDE OR, INDIVIDUAL GOALS. NEAR THE END OF THE COMPENSATION YEAR (JANUARY-DECEMBER). INSTITUTE SENIOR LEADERSHIP ASSESSED THEIR PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO GOALS, REVIEWED THEIR SELF-ASSESSMENT WITH THEIR MANAGER WHO MADE A FINAL DECISION ON PERFORMANCE SCORES. ALL SCORES AND ASSOCIATED BONUSES WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413179349304991

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