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LIFEX GREENHOUSE INC

EIN 88-1083211 PITTSBURGH, PA

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Revenue 2024
$2,042,014
Expenses 2024
$1,871,295

Program services were 72.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U02
Classification
1000
Street
218 OAKLAND AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST LIFE SCIENCES ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA AND BEYOND THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, DIRECT SUPPORT OF EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES AND FOSTERING TALENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST LIFE SCIENCES ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHWESTERN PA THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, DIRECT SUPPORT OF EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS, AND FOSTERING TALENT.

  • SINCE RECEIVING THE GREENHOUSE DESIGNATION IN 2022, LIFEX GREENHOUSE HAS COMPLETED EIGHT ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS AND HAS INVESTED OVER $3.8 MILLION IN FOURTEEN START-UPS.

    Expenses $1,354,801

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Gerald Vardzel

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $424,801
    From this org
    $87,815
    From related orgs
    $278,883
    Other
    $58,103
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $87,815 + $278,883 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,086 + $44,017 related
    Filer's total
    $101,901 + $322,900 related
  • Dr Michael Hufford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby Zappala

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Molineaux

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Rutenbar

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jen Gilburg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Gulick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Malandro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Shaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim McNulty

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eliza Swann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Young

    VP, OPERATIONS & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $229,641
    From this org
    $58,047
    From related orgs
    $110,911
    Other
    $60,683
    Hours/week
    14 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $58,047 + $110,911 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,954 + $39,729 related
    Filer's total
    $79,001 + $150,640 related
  • Kelly Collier

    DIRECTOR OF ECOSYSTEM DEVE

    Total calculated
    $187,369
    From this org
    $97,892
    From related orgs
    $39,950
    Other
    $49,527
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,892 + $39,950 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,789 + $13,738 related
    Filer's total
    $133,681 + $53,688 related

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
    $2,042,014
    Expenses
    $1,871,295
    Contributions
    $1,811,285
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,697,086
    Expenses
    $965,524
    Contributions
    $2,494,586
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $508,287
    Expenses
    $832,454
    Contributions
    $431,071
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2022 return

  • LIFEX HOLDINGS LLC

    LIFE SCIENCES INCUBATOR HOLDING COMPANY · PA · income $1,002,000 · assets $1,002,000

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.