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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by IGEM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,029,844
Total expenses
$7,332,251
Contributions and grants received
$150,138
Grants paid
$235,000
Program service revenue
$5,870,268
Investment income
$9,438
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,048,801
Total liabilities, end of year
$821,645
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$227,156
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,005,044
Management and general expenses
$1,327,207
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,005,044

Program services were 81.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $150,138

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $5,221,328 · related or exempt $5,221,328

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSOR REVENUE

    total $648,940 · related or exempt $648,940

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,802 · excluded $25,802

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

    other assets $16,364

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$16,364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$16,364 · excluded -$16,364

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $72,500 · program services $72,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $152,500 · program services $152,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $303,716 · program services $303,716

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $260,300 · program services $208,240 · management and general $52,060

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,258 · program services $3,406 · management and general $852

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,880 · program services $27,904 · management and general $6,976

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $342,401 · program services $273,921 · management and general $68,480

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,782 · management and general $26,782

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $136,080 · management and general $136,080

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,888,010 · program services $1,886,434 · management and general $1,576

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $125,199 · program services $99,280 · management and general $25,919

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $235,158 · program services $147,438 · management and general $87,720

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $167,273 · program services $11,894 · management and general $155,379

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $448,779 · management and general $448,779

  • 17 · Travel

    total $508,880 · program services $200,062 · management and general $308,818

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,786 · management and general $7,786

  • 24a · Other expenses: JAMBOREE EVENT EXPENSE

    total $2,607,749 · program services $2,607,749

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $267,102 · end of year $86,901

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $779,860 · end of year $732,860

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $700,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $67,000 · end of year $221,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,754 · end of year $550

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,257 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $153,069 · end of year $6,990

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $374,090 · end of year $492,248

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $81,961 · end of year $327,497

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $123,920 · end of year $227,156

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,441,071 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • IGEM FOUNDATION FOSTERS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THROUGH ORGANIZING AND OPERATING THE IGEM COMPETITION, THE PREMIER STUDENT SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY COMPETITION. THE IGEM GRAND JAMBOREE IS THE CULMINATING EVENT OF THE IGEM COMPETITION, WHERE TEAMS PRESENT THEIR SUMMER PROJECTS AND COMPETE FOR AWARDS AND PRIZES. IGEM ALSO FOSTERS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BY OPERATING THE REGISTRY OF STANDARD BIOLOGICAL PARTS, A COMMUNITY COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS. IGEM PROMOTES THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING AN OPEN COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOLS, LABORATORIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AND INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $6,005,044 · Grants $235,000 · Revenue $5,870,268

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Randall Rettberg

    CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Thomas Knight

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Drew Endy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • King Chownone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ariel Lindner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Cumbers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pam Silver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nemanja Stijepovic

    EXECUTIVE VP/COO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Meagan Lizarazo

    FORMER CLERK/COO/VP

    Total calculated
    $168,462
    From this org
    $168,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $168,462
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,462

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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
MEAGAN LIZARAZO RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENTS DURING 2023 EQUAL TO HER ANNUAL COMPENSATION.

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

  • MAGGENIX

    $10,000

    STARTUP SHOWCASE WINNER - PRIZE

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 corporations and trusts

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

  • IGEM EUROPE

    C · FOSTERING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION · FR · 100% owned · share of income $2,840,069 · share of assets $886,646 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by IGEM FOUNDATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510669349301001

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