BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

EIN 04-3081524 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024: $12,550,550
Expenses 2024: $12,580,411

Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: H00Z
Classification: 1000
Street: LAFAYETTE CITY CENTER 2 AVE DE LAFA

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

TO SERVE VETERANS BY ADVANCING QUALITY HEALTHCARE THROUGH INQUIRY, INNOVATION, AND CONTINUOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT THE VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

BASIC MEDICAL RESEARCH: IN 2024, BVARI ENGAGED IN 30 BASIC RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT EXPLORED VARIOUS RESEARCH AREAS, INCLUDING ONCOLOGY, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, SLEEP, AND VISION.

Expenses $1,681,791 · Revenue $23,615
CLINICAL RESEARCH: IN 2024, BVARI ADMINISTERED 53 CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE OF VETERANS. CLINICAL RESEARCH INCLUDED CLINICAL TRIALS AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF MEDICAL DATA OR BIOMEDICAL SAMPLES.

Expenses $8,629,743 · Revenue $1,205,894
EDUCATION: IN 2024, BVARI SUPPORTED 15 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF VETERANS AND ENHANCE THE SKILLS OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINEES WHO CARE FOR THEM. BVARI COORDINATES AND FACILITATES ATTENDANCE AT SEMINARS, LECTURES, TRAININGS, CONFERENCES, AND ONGOING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS, THEIR DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND TRAINEES.

Expenses $252,929
ALL OTHER RESEARCH ACITIVITIES.

Expenses $95,450

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.

Jennifer Vasterling PhDJENNIFER VASTERLING PHD

DIRECTOR/CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Jacob Joseph MD Facc FahaJACOB JOSEPH MD FACC FAHA

DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Robert Forrester MBAROBERT FORRESTER MBA

DIRECTOR/TREASURER/SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Richard Seligman EdDRICHARD SELIGMAN EDD

DIRECTOR/COMMUNITY MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mary Brophy MD MPHMARY BROPHY MD MPH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michael Charness MDMICHAEL CHARNESS MD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Terence Keane PhDTERENCE KEANE PHD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Vincent Ng MBAVINCENT NG MBA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Aldebaran Hofer PhDALDEBARAN HOFER PHD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Topor PhD Ms-HpedDAVID TOPOR PHD MS-HPED

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ryan FergusonRYAN FERGUSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marci SalowMARCI SALOW

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patricia McNulty MsPATRICIA MCNULTY MS

CEO

Total calculated

$0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$12,550,550

Expenses

$12,580,411

Contributions

$10,539,362

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$15,893,775

Expenses

$14,923,968

Contributions

$12,670,428

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$17,108,717

Expenses

$14,947,928

Contributions

$14,526,095

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$13,304,752

Expenses

$12,996,243

Contributions

$11,526,143

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$12,550,550	$12,580,411	$10,539,362	$0
2024	$15,893,775	$14,923,968	$12,670,428	$0
2023	$17,108,717	$14,947,928	$14,526,095	$0
2022	$13,304,752	$12,996,243	$11,526,143	$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.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$10,948,061

Expenses

$10,804,828

Assets (EOY)

$30,681,512
2020 · 990

Revenue

$12,065,526

Expenses

$12,223,190

Assets (EOY)

$27,331,940
2019 · 990

Revenue

$12,570,469

Expenses

$12,088,244

Assets (EOY)

$25,108,392
2018 · 990

Revenue

$11,993,289

Expenses

$11,662,365

Assets (EOY)

$24,632,807
2017 · 990

Revenue

$12,075,845

Expenses

$12,267,581

Assets (EOY)

$21,932,896
2016 · 990

Revenue

$14,450,127

Expenses

$14,759,007

Assets (EOY)

$9,685,156
2015 · 990

Revenue

$15,319,781

Expenses

$15,304,236

Assets (EOY)

$6,506,364
2014 · 990

Revenue

$15,499,600

Expenses

$15,330,539

Assets (EOY)

$5,947,086

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$10,948,061	$10,804,828	$30,681,512
2020	990	$12,065,526	$12,223,190	$27,331,940
2019	990	$12,570,469	$12,088,244	$25,108,392
2018	990	$11,993,289	$11,662,365	$24,632,807
2017	990	$12,075,845	$12,267,581	$21,932,896
2016	990	$14,450,127	$14,759,007	$9,685,156
2015	990	$15,319,781	$15,304,236	$6,506,364
2014	990	$15,499,600	$15,330,539	$5,947,086

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

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

$146,840

2024 SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
OCEAN STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

$104,724

2023 SUBAWARDEE
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

$95,281

2024 Research
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

$87,746

2023 SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

$78,436

2022 SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC

$70,195

2024 RESEARCH SUBCONTRACT
OCEAN STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

$65,117

2024 SUBAWARDEE
FOUNDATION FOR ATLANTA VETERANS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC

$48,757

2025 Collaboration in Research
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

$27,027

2022 Research Research
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

$15,202

2023 RESEARCH

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

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

VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

VA HOSPITAL · MA

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 SOUNK.

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.