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J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE INC

EIN 52-1842938 SAN DIEGO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$14,407,483
Expenses 2024
$19,604,869

Program services were 45.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U50Z
Classification
1000
Street
950 WATERFRONT PLACE

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

J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE (JCVI) IS AN INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF GENOMICS COMMITTED TO ACCELERATING FOUNDATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO DRIVE ADVANCES IN HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. THIS PAST YEAR JCVI COMMITTED RESEARCH EFFORTS IN HUMAN HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, AND SOFTWARE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCVI IS ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF GENOMICS THROUGH BOLD INNOVATIONS. OUR MISSION IS TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD, AND TO DEVELOP UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND ANSWERS ABOUT DISEASE, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $5,271,780 · Grants $770,981

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,128,103 · Grants $200,684

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $2,066,947 · Grants $565,153

  • OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS FOR SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT OF KEY STAFF & INTERNSHIPS.

    Expenses $451,688

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • Venter John Craig

    CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,213,531
    From this org
    $1,190,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,159,975
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,256
    Filer's total
    $1,213,531

  • Kowalski Heather

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $382,268
    From this org
    $359,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,000
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,256
    Filer's total
    $382,268

  • Wolf Richmond

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruggles Rudy

    VICE CHAIRMAN, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Perry Meredith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenner David

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Badr-El-Din Amin PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wardle Katharine

    TREASURER,VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $307,012
    From this org
    $260,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,655
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $10,835
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,022
    Filer's total
    $307,012

  • Adelson Julie G

    SECRETARY, VP LEG AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $204,031
    From this org
    $196,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,224
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,007
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $28,800
    Deferred
    $7,224
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $204,031

  • Peake Antony G

    VP RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $315,889
    From this org
    $302,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,693
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,965
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,231
    Deferred
    $12,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,548
    Filer's total
    $315,889

  • Vashee Sanjay

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $215,807
    From this org
    $207,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,326
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,980
    Deferred
    $8,501
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,807

  • Mullen Jill

    SR. VP OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $318,561
    From this org
    $281,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,768
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,083
    Deferred
    $11,236
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,532
    Filer's total
    $318,561

  • Yumul Mary C

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $294,138
    From this org
    $252,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,075
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,830
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $21,233
    Deferred
    $10,434
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,641
    Filer's total
    $294,138

  • Stayeas Timothy V

    NETWORK TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $250,669
    From this org
    $212,799
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,870
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,799
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $9,026
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,844
    Filer's total
    $250,669

  • Fouts Derrick

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $223,072
    From this org
    $214,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $8,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $223,072

  • Singh Indresh

    DIRECTOR, INFORMATICS

    Total calculated
    $243,896
    From this org
    $206,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,284
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,311
    Deferred
    $8,457
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,844
    Filer's total
    $243,896

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
    $14,407,483
    Expenses
    $19,604,869
    Contributions
    $12,879,736
    Grants paid
    $1,536,818
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,132,739
    Expenses
    $21,845,674
    Contributions
    $15,104,824
    Grants paid
    $2,483,399
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,132,512
    Expenses
    $23,314,207
    Contributions
    $16,500,408
    Grants paid
    $2,934,839

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,447,926
    Expenses
    $28,664,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,744,354

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,928,609
    Expenses
    $30,374,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,269,815

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,789,454
    Expenses
    $37,425,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,987,608

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,203,090
    Expenses
    $38,811,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,806,544

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,292,873
    Expenses
    $32,278,607
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,946,762

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 11 November 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.