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PRAIRIE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COOPERATIVE

EIN 37-1157915 SPRINGFIELD, IL

Revenue 2024
$3,044,537
Expenses 2024
$3,469,005

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H43Z
Classification
2000
Street
4936 LAVERNA RD

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVE CONTINUOUS MEDICAL RESEARCH TO FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF APPLICATIONS OF NEW MODES OF THERAPY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.

  • Continuing Education: Provide all forms of continuing education for the entire Hospital Sisters Health System. The program strives to provide educational activities that are based on identified gaps through a formal needs assessment involving the educational facilitators, program planners, and content reviewers. The scope of the programs include, but are not limited to: cardiac, vascular, and general medical care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality improvement, and cost effectiveness. There were approximately 90 CME and 38 CNE events conducted in FY 2025.

    Expenses $1,544,192 · Revenue $1,672,650

  • Participate in Phase I-IV clinical trials as an enrolling site in a wide range of therapeutic areas with a focus on cardiovascular, diabetes, and neurology research. Trials are sponsored and funded by device and pharmaceutical companies. Participated in approximately 38 cardiovascular trials, 11 diabetes trials, and 15 neurology trials in FY 2025. Conduct Clinical Events Committee (CEC) and Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) management for medical device sponsors. Provide individuals with expertise to advise the sponsor on the continuing safety of trial subjects. Provide oversight of trial data to determine that sponsors are compliant with conducting trials that are ethical, safe for subjects, and produce good, reliable data. Provided CEC/DSMB management for approximately 3 clinical trials in FY 2025.

    Expenses $1,440,515 · Revenue $1,285,694

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.

  • Brenda Jeffers

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 1 related

  • JENNY CHAMBERS

    Executive Director - PERC

    Total calculated
    $213,880
    From this org
    $195,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,086
    Bonus
    $3,269
    Other
    $1,080
    Deferred
    $17,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $946
    Filer's total
    $213,880

  • LARRY HARDY

    Board Member, Chair (began 11/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 3 related

  • AVINASH MURTHY MD

    Board Member / Physician

    Total calculated
    $1,029,753
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,000,461
    Other
    $29,292
    Hours/week
    1 + 59 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $943,827 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $55,794 related
    Other
    $0 + $840 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,042 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,029,753 related

  • Bharath Rajagopalan MD

    Board Member / Physician

    Total calculated
    $1,399,133
    From this org
    $1,340,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,473
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,261,253
    Bonus
    $78,542
    Other
    $865
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,773
    Filer's total
    $1,399,133

  • Dennis Rizzo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET ROGLIS

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Lewis MD

    BOARD MEMBER / HSHS Chief Clinical Officer

    Total calculated
    $884,394
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $747,020
    Other
    $137,374
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 57.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $746,222 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $798 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $107,251 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,123 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $884,394 related

  • PETER KUNG

    Board Member/HSHS SVP-CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $657,904
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $545,334
    Other
    $112,570
    Hours/week
    1.2 + 58.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $511,320 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $27,105 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,909 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $79,504 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,066 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $657,904 related

  • Michael Scialdone

    Treasurer / HSHS SVP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $912,947
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $780,312
    Other
    $132,635
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 59.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $727,132 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $48,180 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $112,411 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,224 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $912,947 related

  • Paige Toth

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $368,704
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $293,537
    Other
    $75,167
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 59.7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $290,612 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,380 related
    Other
    $0 + $545 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $42,494 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,673 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $368,704 related

  • Lauren McNeil

    Manager - Research

    Total calculated
    $121,028
    From this org
    $101,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,325
    Hours/week
    60

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
    $3,044,537
    Expenses
    $3,469,005
    Contributions
    $32,071
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,015,074
    Expenses
    $3,905,132
    Contributions
    $35,601
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,083,136
    Expenses
    $3,955,138
    Contributions
    $246,600
    Grants paid
    $600

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
    $4,199,666
    Expenses
    $3,917,434
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,417,610

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,470,955
    Expenses
    $3,494,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,345,359

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,027,765
    Expenses
    $3,215,311
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,237,025

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,658,216
    Expenses
    $2,923,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,372,017

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,484,945
    Expenses
    $3,191,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,689,793

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.

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

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

The first 25 as filed. The return lists every one.

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.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • KIARA LLC

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · IL · 100% owned · share of income $12,978,117 · share of assets $19,279,759 · controlled entity

  • LASANTE WISCONSIN INC

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · IL · controlled entity

  • LASANTE INC

    C Corporation · HEALTHCARE · IL · controlled entity

  • RENAISSANCE QUALITY INSURANCE LTD

    C Corporation · INSURANCE · CJ · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $227,389,871 · controlled entity

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.