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SPARK NS INC

EIN 92-2007188 MENLO PARK, CA

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Revenue 2024
$9,000,000
Expenses 2024
$6,368,774

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U20
Classification
1000
Street
1300 EL CAMINO REAL STE 100

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

SPARK NS IS DEDICATED TO MORE EFFICIENTLY ADVANCING PROMISING ACADEMIC DISCOVERIES IN NEUROSCIENCE FROM THE LAB TO THE CLINIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE PROMISING ACADEMIC DISCOVERIES IN NEUROSCIENCE FROM THE LAB TO THE CLINIC.

  • IN ADDITION TO GRANT FUNDING, PROVIDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, ADVISORY AND MENTORSHIP SERVICES FOR FIVE 2024/2025 COHORT 1 PROJECTS.

    Expenses $3,312,877 · Grants $813,575

  • SOLICITED AND REVIEWED 100 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2025/2026 COHORT 2 SELECTING 8 PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD. COMPLETED GRANT AGREEMENTS AND ONBOARDING OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS.

    Expenses $1,659,000

  • CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELEARNING PLATFORM.

    Expenses $550,000

  • CONTINUED BUILDING ADVISORY PANEL AND SCIENTIFIC BOARD COVERING THE INDICATIONS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, BIPOLAR DISORDER AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; THESE ADVISORS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, MENTORSHIP AND PROJECT ADVISORY SUPPORT.BUILDING A NETWORK OF CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO THE SELECTED PROJECTS.

    Expenses $100,000

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.

  • Michele Cucullu

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tara Farnsworth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Daria Mochly-Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marcia Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Stephen Kargotich

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $378,462
    From this org
    $360,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,462
    Filer's total
    $378,462

  • Opher Kornfeld

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $275,570
    From this org
    $264,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,000
    Bonus
    $34,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,070
    Filer's total
    $275,570

  • Marisol Urbano

    PROGRAM OPERATION MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $241,097
    From this org
    $227,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,597
    Filer's total
    $241,097

  • Adriana Garcia

    EDUCATION MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $163,202
    From this org
    $151,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,702
    Filer's total
    $163,202

  • Jeyanthi Ramasubbu

    SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $138,000
    From this org
    $138,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ravikumar Ponnusamy

    SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $153,669
    From this org
    $127,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,451
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,218
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,451
    Filer's total
    $153,669

  • Charlene Chabata

    PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $127,074
    From this org
    $116,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,070
    Hours/week
    40

  • Monet Jimenez

    LEARNING EXPERIENCE DESIGNER

    Total calculated
    $120,414
    From this org
    $109,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,190
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shadi Nasiri

    EVENT COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $115,119
    From this org
    $101,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,273
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $9,000,000
    Expenses
    $6,368,774
    Contributions
    $9,000,000
    Grants paid
    $813,575
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,711,028
    Expenses
    $1,473,982
    Contributions
    $1,711,028
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Steve Kargotich
Mailing address
1300 EL CAMINO REAL 100MENLO PARK CA 94025
Website
WWW.SPARKNS.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.