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SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 54-1156453 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$251,855,977
Expenses 2024
$252,569,094

Program services were 71.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U050
Classification
8000
Street
1401 EYE STREET NW 500

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5487), covering 2 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SURA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND TO STRENGTHEN THE SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES OF ITS MEMBERS AND OUR NATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SURA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH FOR THE NATION BY ACCELERATING DISCOVERY, INNOVATION, AND REAL-WORLD IMPACT ACROSS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND NATIONAL LABORATORIES

  • SURA HAS 55 MEMBER UNIVERSITIES IN THE US AND CANADA AND IS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, TO FOSTER EXCELLENCE IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, TO STRENGTHEN THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES OF THE NATION, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.THE THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY, OR JEFFERSON LAB, IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE'S TEN NATIONAL LABORATORIES. SURA HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS (M&O) CONTRACT FOR THE JEFFERSON LAB SINCE IT WAS SELECTED IN 1983 IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION, THROUGH ITS WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY, JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES (JSA) LLC. AS THE M&O CONTRACTOR, JSA HAS OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY FOR JEFFERSON LAB OPERATIONS INCLUDING OVER 800 EMPLOYEES AND OVER $180 MILLION IN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.JSA IS ORGANIZED AS A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND IS GOVERNED BY AN OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES EXCLUSIVELY TO THOSE HAVING CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND A PRIMARY MISSION TO PERFORM THE DOE JEFFERSON LAB M&O CONTRACT. SURA PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF THE SCIENTIFIC MISSION OF THE JEFFERSON LAB WITH ASSISTANCE FROM FACULTY EXPERTS FROM ITS MEMBER UNIVERSITIES.SURA, THROUGH ITS SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM, PARTNERS WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE SCIENTISTS AND OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO CONDUCT ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, ASTROBIOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH TO MEET THE MISSION OBJECTIVES OF SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES.THE CENTER FOR NUCLEAR FEMTOGRAPHY WAS ESTABLISHED TO BRING TOGETHER EXPERTISE IN THE NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH COMMUNITY. SURA PROVIDES RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH GRANTS TO NUCLEAR PHYSICS FACULTY WITHIN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITIES AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CENTER FOR NUCLEAR FEMTOGRAPHY LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $179,789,557 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $242,290,543

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.

  • Elizabeth Beise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • M Omar Faison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andres Gil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Hoit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Norton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Padma Raghavan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Srirama Rao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chad Reed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Sui

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Twilley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Weyhenmeyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Hearne

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $545,527
    From this org
    $512,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $510,886
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,557
    Deferred
    $31,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,584
    Filer's total
    $545,527
  • Elizabeth Lawson

    CHIEF GOV. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $303,074
    From this org
    $262,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,783
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,875
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,416
    Deferred
    $23,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,177
    Filer's total
    $303,074
  • William A Jones Jr

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $246,158
    From this org
    $224,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,517
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $863
    Deferred
    $20,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,584
    Filer's total
    $246,158
  • David Dean

    DEP. DIR. FOR SCIENCE & TECH.

    Total calculated
    $471,541
    From this org
    $405,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $403,454
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,661
    Filer's total
    $471,541
  • Allison F Lung

    PROJECT ASSURANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $416,711
    From this org
    $372,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,868
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,572
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,221
    Filer's total
    $416,711
  • Johnathon Huff

    DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR & COO

    Total calculated
    $412,504
    From this org
    $367,978
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,526
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,618
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,476
    Filer's total
    $412,504
  • Amber Boehnlein

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $373,159
    From this org
    $320,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,467
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $318,316
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $28,649
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,818
    Filer's total
    $373,159
  • Andrei Seryi

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $367,449
    From this org
    $312,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,273
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $309,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $28,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,629
    Filer's total
    $367,449
  • Cynthia E Keppel Hellman

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $348,828
    From this org
    $302,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,558
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,894
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $27,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,034
    Filer's total
    $348,828
  • Aida Lebbos

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $274,570
    From this org
    $236,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,676
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,609
    Deferred
    $21,320
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,356
    Filer's total
    $274,570
  • Joseph Scarcello

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICERS

    Total calculated
    $261,409
    From this org
    $238,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,564
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,429
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,416
    Deferred
    $21,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,068
    Filer's total
    $261,409
  • Kimberly Sawyer

    LAB DIRECTOR (UNTIL 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $370,565
    From this org
    $342,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,329
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $5,438
    Deferred
    $27,078
    Nontaxable benefits
    $720
    Filer's total
    $370,565

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
    $251,855,977
    Expenses
    $252,569,094
    Contributions
    $8,236,510
    Grants paid
    $15,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $242,074,440
    Expenses
    $242,201,377
    Contributions
    $7,969,262
    Grants paid
    $10,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $210,242,590
    Expenses
    $212,184,455
    Contributions
    $6,690,695
    Grants paid
    $89,000

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
    $191,788,988
    Expenses
    $187,499,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,857,642
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,332,390
    Expenses
    $12,090,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,950,006
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,312,264
    Expenses
    $11,061,954
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,688,373
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,085,918
    Expenses
    $10,100,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,255,001
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,031,797
    Expenses
    $10,504,327
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,685,570
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,227,866
    Expenses
    $8,145,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,500,985
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,833,842
    Expenses
    $8,024,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,313,873
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,737,802
    Expenses
    $7,825,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,085,126
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,631,304
    Expenses
    $8,758,265
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,192,612
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,900,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,410,360

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

  • OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    $58,000

    2022 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

    $15,000

    2024 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

  • THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

    $13,000

    2022 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    $12,000

    2022 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

  • 2023 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

  • THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    $6,000

    2022 JSA RESEARCH GRANT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2024 return

  • JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC

    RESEARCH · VA · income $245,152,587 · assets $29,340,233

  • SURATECH LLC

    RESEARCH · VA · income $0 · assets $0

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 GROUP.

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.