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COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

EIN 98-0119947 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2023
$1,114,389,675
Expenses 2023
$1,119,535,683

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1156 CLEMENT ST

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

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Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE DELIVER INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH GREAT SCIENCE. WE INNOVATE FOR TOMORROW AND HELP IMPROVE TODAY - FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, ALL AUSTRALIANS AND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE DELIVER INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH GREAT SCIENCE.

  • CSIRO ESSENTIALLY OPERATES ONE PROGRAM SERVICE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ACHIEVE ITS PRIMARY FUNCTIONS. SEE SCHEDULE O.CSIRO IS AN INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AGENCY, CONSTITUTED AND OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT (I.E. AN ACT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT) AND THE FINANCIAL RULE MADE UNDER SECTION 41(2) AND 42(2) OF THE PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2013.CSIRO'S PRIMARY FUNCTIONS WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF EXEMPTION UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) ARE:1) TO CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES, FURTHERING THE INTEREST OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL OBJECTIVES OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND FOR ANY PURPOSE DETERMINED BY THE MINISTER.2) TO ENCOURAGE OR FACILITATE THE APPLICATION OR UTILIZATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.CSIRO'S SECONDARY FUNCTIONS INCLUDED THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LIAISON, TRAINING OF RESEARCH WORKERS, PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $1,119,535,683 · Grants $5,259,144 · Revenue $323,979,506

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Doug Hilton

    CEO (AS OF 09/29/23)

    Total calculated
    $392,779
    From this org
    $392,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $363,557
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $29,222
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $392,779
  • Kathryn Fagg

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $117,468
    From this org
    $117,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Ian MacFarlane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $71,713
    From this org
    $71,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michele Allan

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 05/04/24)

    Total calculated
    $60,227
    From this org
    $60,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alex Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $58,723
    From this org
    $58,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emma Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 08/22/23)

    Total calculated
    $47,559
    From this org
    $47,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Edwina Cornish

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 11/25/24)

    Total calculated
    $29,696
    From this org
    $29,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roy Green

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/07/23)

    Total calculated
    $35,751
    From this org
    $35,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Knox

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 09/14/23)

    Total calculated
    $12,555
    From this org
    $12,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ming Long

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 05/01/25)

    Total calculated
    $465
    From this org
    $465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Moran

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 04/24/24)

    Total calculated
    $465
    From this org
    $465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanya Monro

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 02/24/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirsten Rose

    DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $443,834
    From this org
    $443,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $378,680
    Bonus
    $30,290
    Other
    $34,864
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $443,834
  • Thomas Munyard

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,896
    From this org
    $295,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,589
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60,307
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $295,896
  • Stewart Walters

    CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $219,966
    From this org
    $219,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,320
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $34,646
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $219,966
  • Jonathan Law

    EXECUTIVE DIR. (TERM 03/28/24)

    Total calculated
    $468,390
    From this org
    $468,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,325
    Bonus
    $12,190
    Other
    $274,875
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $468,390
  • Peter Mayfield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $416,815
    From this org
    $416,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,370
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $69,445
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $416,815
  • Elanor Huntington

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $366,369
    From this org
    $366,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $294,558
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $71,811
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $366,369
  • Bronwyn Fox

    CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $324,163
    From this org
    $324,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,741
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $33,422
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $324,163
  • Anthea White

    ACTING EXECUTIVE HT

    Total calculated
    $248,649
    From this org
    $248,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,314
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $49,335
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $248,649
  • Jonathan Wittle

    RESEARCH UNIT LEADER

    Total calculated
    $369,419
    From this org
    $369,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,645
    Bonus
    $15,243
    Other
    $36,531
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $369,419
  • Michael Robertson

    ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ET)

    Total calculated
    $298,841
    From this org
    $298,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,720
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $81,121
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $298,841
  • Daniel Metcalfe

    RESEARCH UNIT LEADER

    Total calculated
    $297,633
    From this org
    $297,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,131
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $59,502
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $297,633
  • Vladana Solar

    DIR., NATIONAL AI CENTRE (TERM 06/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $280,395
    From this org
    $280,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $36,607
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $280,395
  • Dietmar Tourbier

    RESEARCH UNIT LEADER

    Total calculated
    $294,273
    From this org
    $294,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,401
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $70,872
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $294,273

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,114,389,675
    Expenses
    $1,119,535,683
    Contributions
    $684,014,759
    Grants paid
    $5,259,144
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,067,896,728
    Expenses
    $1,103,855,060
    Contributions
    $676,834,752
    Grants paid
    $26,599,300

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
    $1,067,242,529
    Expenses
    $1,006,952,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,284,667,877
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,072,398,569
    Expenses
    $1,029,833,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,210,702,659
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,337,007
    Expenses
    $977,330,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,946,650,501
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,024,947,833
    Expenses
    $1,049,546,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,033,338,820
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,060,962,998
    Expenses
    $1,109,448,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,157,411,435
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,114,060
    Expenses
    $1,062,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,275,674
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,000,913,885
    Expenses
    $1,017,264,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,027,019,800

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

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 2023 return

  • FUNDACION CSIRO CHILE RESEARCH

    RESEARCH · CI · controlled entity

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 2023 return

  • CSIRO USA LLC

    RESEARCH · CA · income $1,740,174 · assets $385,160

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • CSIRO CUSTODIAL SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of income $5,734 · share of assets $126,835

  • CSIRO FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of income $7,190,757 · share of assets $4,607,302

  • CSIRO FOLLOW ON SERVICES 2 PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of assets $7

  • CSIRO FOLLOWON 2 SPONSOR TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of assets $1,647

  • CSIRO FOLLOWON SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of assets $7

  • CSIRO FOLLOWON SPONSOR TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of assets $1,640

  • CSIRO GENERAL PARTNER 2 PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of income -$9,117,969 · share of assets $264,214,213

  • CSIRO GENERAL PARTNER PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of income $181,046 · share of assets $125,374,561

  • CSIRO INNOVATION COINVESTMENT 2 TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income $5 · share of assets $2,299

  • CSIRO INNOVATION CO-INVESTMENT FUND (TRUST)

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income -$25,287 · share of assets $46,468,613

  • CSIRO INNOVATION CO-INVESTMENT SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · share of assets $7

  • CSIRO INNOVATION FOLLOWON FUND 1

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income -$4,643,778 · share of assets $63,565,929

  • CSIRO INNOVATION FOLLOWON FUND 2 (TRUST)

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income -$822,477 · share of assets $32,031,529

  • CSIRO INNOVATION FUND 2 DISCRETIONARY TR

    T · INVESTMENT · AS

  • CSIRO INNOVATION FUND DISCRETIONARY TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS

  • CSIRO INNOVATION HOLDING TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income $1,847,066 · share of assets $81,958,082

  • CSIRO INNOVATION INVESTMENT SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · share of assets $14

  • CSIRO INNOVATION SERVICES PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned

  • CSIRO INNOVATIONS LLC

    C · RESEARCH · DE · 100% owned · share of income $6,323,658 · share of assets $139,576,041

  • CSIROGP FUND 2 PTY LTD

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · 100% owned · share of income $2,565,220 · share of assets $24,284,285

  • MAIN SEQUENCE CORE FUND 3 LP

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income $5 · share of assets $2,299

  • NATIONAL ICT AUSTRALIA LIMITED (NICTA)

    C · RESEARCH · AS · 100% owned · share of income $5 · share of assets $2,299

  • SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ENDOWMENT FUND

    T · GRANT MAKING · AS · share of income $9,057,055 · share of assets $79,381,225

  • THE TRUSTEE FOR CSIRO INNOVATION COINVESTMENT TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income $1 · share of assets $1,659

  • THE TRUSTEE FOR MAIN SEQUENCE NGS COINVESTMENT FUND

    C · INVESTMENT · AS · share of income $4,663 · share of assets $1,987,104

The first 25 as filed. The return lists the rest.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.