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MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCHINC

EIN 20-8325570 MADISON, WI

Largest nonprofits in Wisconsin

Revenue 2024
$78,378,897
Expenses 2024
$37,276,559

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E20
Classification
1000
Street
330 N ORCHARD ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH BY CONDUCTING, ENABLING AND TRANSLATING INNOVATIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON AND OTHERS, BY LEVERAGING OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.OUR VISION IS TO SOLVE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO HUMAN HEALTH BY SERVING AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTER AND COLLABORATIVE HUB THAT ENABLES INVESTIGATORS TO ADDRESS AND ANSWER FUNDAMENTAL BIOMEDICAL QUESTIONS.WE ENVISION USING OUR PRIVATE STATUS AND STREAMLINED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO RESPOND NIMBLY TO EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WE WILL SYNERGISTICALLY ENHANCE OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTHS.THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE WILL PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITY. THE PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR THE INSTITUTE ARE AS FOLLOWS:1) COLLABORATION - SPARK RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS ACROSS THE SCIENCES AND THE UW-HOSPITAL THAT ACCELERATE BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERIES TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH.2) INTERACTION - FOSTER INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH THAT BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, LABS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES.

  • BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES TO BETTER DIAGNOSE, TREAT AND PREVENT DISEASE- TRANSIENT LIGHTING FOR SURGERY: DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID-SWITCH LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FULL LIGHT IN THE OPERATING ROOM, WHILE PROTECTING LIGHT-SENSITIVE FLUORESCENCE IMAGES OF USE TO SURGEONS.- BETTER CT IMAGES: DEVELOPING A MULTI-SOURCE X-RAY TUBE FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) - ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED TOOLS TO IMAGE DISEASE - TO ENABLE FASTER IMAGING, DOSE REDUCTION, AND IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY.- IMPROVED BREAST CANCER TRACKING: CREATING AN IMAGING SYSTEM TO TRACK BREAST CANCER BASED ON ALIGNMENT OF COLLAGEN FIBERS, WHICH ARE BIOMARKERS FOR BREAST CANCER METASTASIS.

    Expenses $7,410,908 · Grants $211,277 · Revenue $37,500

  • REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING AND DIRECTING CELLULAR FATES TO IMPROVE HEALTH- CREATE PHYSIOLOGICALLY STABLE, SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL CELLS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN BODY.- APPLY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CELLULAR GENERATION FOR APPLICATION IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.- APPLY KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP AND TAILOR DRUGS FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

    Expenses $5,994,162 · Revenue $4,800

  • VIROLOGY: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS TO BETTER PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH- ADVANCE PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VIRUSES AND THEIR DISEASES.- ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIOLOGY OF HEALTHY CELLS AND TISSUES.- DEVELOP NEW TOOLS DERIVED FROM VIRUSES FOR USE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE.

    Expenses $4,000,509 · Grants $46,224

  • RESEARCH COMPUTING: EXPENDING COMPUTING POWER TO ADDRESS NEW QUESTIONS IN BIOLOGY- DEVELOP A CYBER-INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES HIGH THROUGHPUT COMPUTING AND FOSTERS COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE MEDICAL SCIENCE PARTNERS.- DEVELOP SOFTWARE ASSURANCE MARKETPLACE THAT AIDS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND SOFTWARE ASSURANCE TOOLS THAT DEVELOPERS CAN CREATE A MORE SECURE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE BY OFFERING THE CAPACITY NEEDED TO CONTINUOUSLY TEST AND "REBUILD" THE CODE UNDERLYING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS.

    Expenses $2,787,879 · Grants $124,572

  • GENERAL SCIENCE:- BIOETHICS: ADDRESSING EMERGING ETHICAL ISSUES AND BUILDING A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBLE SCIENCE.- HEMOSTASIS: INITIATION AND REGULATION OF PROTEASE CASCADES, WHICH GOVERN A VARIETY OF ESSENTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FROM BLOOD CLOTTING TO MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH.

    Expenses $2,564,810 · Grants $813,163

  • METABOLISM:- ELUCIDATING THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE AND ITS DISRUPTION IN HUMAN DISEASE- MITOCHONDRIA AND DISEASE: UNLOCKING FUNCTION OF THE MITOCHONDRIA, OR "CELLULAR POWERHOUSE," TO UNDERSTAND ITS ROLE IN MORE THAN 150 DISEASES, INCLUDING PARKINSON'S, DIABETES, AND CANCER.- ORPHAN PROTEINS: ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH PLATFORM TO STUDY THE MORE THAN 100 PROTEINS - NEARLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE MAMMALIAN MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEOME - THAT HAVE A YET UNDISCOVERED BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTION.- COENZYME Q: INTEGRATING VARIOUS BIOCHEMICAL, GENETIC AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY APPROACHES TO FURTHER ELUCIDATE THE STEPS OF COENZYME Q, WHOSE DEFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE HUMAN DISEASES.

    Expenses $2,503,703 · Grants $64,053

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: - ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.

    Expenses $841,508 · Grants $52,134

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Erik Iverson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $1,032,701
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $799,362
    Other
    $218,339
    Hours/week
    4 + 40.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,000 + $564,262 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $235,100 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $167,009 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $51,330 related
    Filer's total
    $15,000 + $1,017,701 related
  • Brad Schwartz

    CEO/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $594,568
    From this org
    $541,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,171
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $469,116
    Bonus
    $72,281
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,140
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,031
    Filer's total
    $594,568
  • John Burris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Harvey Cohen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • James Dahlberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • John Durant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Gregg Fergus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Jacquelyn Fredrick

    TRUSTEE/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Tess Morgridge Gardner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Eric Morgridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • John Morgridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Tashia Morgridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • John Neis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Thomas Pyle Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Fred Robertson

    TRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Winslow L Sargeant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $42,000
    From this org
    $15,000
    From related orgs
    $27,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related
  • Kathi Stanek

    CFO/COO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $403,653
    From this org
    $353,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,205
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $353,448
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,807
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,398
    Filer's total
    $403,653
  • Brian Mattmiller

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFF./SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $276,025
    From this org
    $227,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,509
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,516
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,398
    Filer's total
    $276,025
  • William Swisher Jr

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $359,164
    From this org
    $303,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,350
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,574
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,240
    Filer's total
    $359,164
  • Randy Bartels

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $427,752
    From this org
    $367,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,511
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,241
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,271
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,240
    Filer's total
    $427,752
  • Doug Eklund

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $222,564
    From this org
    $191,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,489
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,359
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,130
    Filer's total
    $222,564
  • Melissa Skala

    LEAD INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $351,595
    From this org
    $297,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,345
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,506
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,744
    Filer's total
    $351,595
  • Ronald Stewart

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - BIOINFORMATICS

    Total calculated
    $248,481
    From this org
    $209,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,132
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,349
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,002
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,130
    Filer's total
    $248,481
  • Paul Ahlquist

    LEAD INVESTIGATOR

    Total calculated
    $271,414
    From this org
    $230,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,118
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,265
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,031
    Filer's total
    $271,414
  • Deborah Keller

    FORMER TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $43,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $33,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $10,000 + $33,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $10,000 + $33,000 related

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $78,378,897
    Expenses
    $37,276,559
    Contributions
    $78,122,274
    Grants paid
    $1,311,424
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $33,569,331
    Expenses
    $32,259,175
    Contributions
    $33,528,597
    Grants paid
    $1,519,557
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,189,437
    Expenses
    $28,100,888
    Contributions
    $26,024,399
    Grants paid
    $1,394,317

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,260,275
    Expenses
    $28,634,578
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,159,232
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,381,681
    Expenses
    $27,481,598
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,239,954
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,940,296
    Expenses
    $32,476,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,667,794
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,704,046
    Expenses
    $31,285,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,580,884
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $355,011,811
    Expenses
    $376,385,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,864,329
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,807,584
    Expenses
    $29,535,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,903,424
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,113,847
    Expenses
    $23,653,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,768,349
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,944,811
    Expenses
    $24,566,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,198,025
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,743,291
    Expenses
    $24,567,128
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,994,135
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $29,036,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,124,420

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON

    $1,519,557

    2023 TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON

    $1,394,317

    2022 TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON

    $1,311,424

    2024 TO SUPPORT ONGOING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.