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WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE

EIN 25-1877336 WINDBER, PA

Revenue 2024
$10,156,383
Expenses 2024
$8,810,514

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
620 7TH STREET

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 CHAN SOON-SHIONG INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE AT WINDBER IS COMMITTED TO DISCOVERING MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS AND DEVELOPING ADVANCED DISEASE PREVENTION MEASURES THAT WILL LEAD TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, DECREASED DISEASE AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CHAN SOON-SHIONG INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE AT WINDBER IS COMMITTED TO DISCOVERING MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS AND DEVELOPING ADVANCED DISEASE PREVENTION MEASURES.

  • APOLLO YEAR 4 - WRI HAS A LONG HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL, INITIALLY FOCUSING ON THE CLINICAL BREAST CARE PROJECT (CBCP) AND NOW EXPANDING TO PAN-CANCER STUDIES WHICH NOW INCLUDES THE APOLLO PROJECT. WRL'S OVERARCHING ROLE FOR THE APOLLO PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL BIOREPOSITORY FOR SAMPLE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, SAMPLE PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION AND LONG-TERM STORAGE. ADDITIONALLY, SAMPLE QUALITY WILL BE ASSESSED TO ENSURE SUITABILITY FOR RESEARCH. WRL'S INFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM WILL BE USED TO ENHANCE CLINICOPATHOLOGIC DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT MOLECULAR DATA MANAGEMENT, AND INTEGRATE AND RENDER DATA AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH. THE BIOINFORMATICS TEAM WILL ANALYZE DATA TO UNCOVER MOLECULAR DIFFERENCES THAT CAN BE USED IN DISEASES CLASSIFICATION, BIOMARKER DISCOVERY AND EARLY DISEASES DETECTION.

    Expenses $1,768,064

  • BCCOE '22 - BREAST CANCER TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. WRI HAS BEEN PROVIDING BIOBANKING, INFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIOINFORMATICS SERVICES TO CBCP FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. THE BIOBANK AT WRI IS COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGIST (CAP) ACCREDITED, AND SERVES AS THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR ALL THE CBCP BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTIONS. IN VIEW OF THIS, WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CBCP SAMPLE INVENTORY. TO DATE WE HAVE OVER 280,000 CBCP SAMPLE ALIQUOTS STORED IN OUR FACILITY AND MAINTAIN 24/7 MONITORING OF STORAGE FREEZERS AMONG OTHER QUALITY MEASURES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT ENSURES SUSTAINED QUALITY OF THE STORED BIOSPECIMENS. THESE STANDARDS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND ENSURED FOR ALL FUTURE COLLECTIONS.

    Expenses $1,697,772

  • BCCOE '23 - BREAST CANCER TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. WRI HAS BEEN PROVIDING BIOBANKING, INFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIOINFORMATICS SERVICES TO CBCP FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. THE BIOBANK AT WRI IS COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGIST (CAP) ACCREDITED, AND SERVES AS THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR ALL THE CBCP BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTIONS. IN VIEW OF THIS, WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CBCP SAMPLE INVENTORY. TO DATE WE HAVE OVER 280,000 CBCP SAMPLE ALIQUOTS STORED IN OUR FACILITY AND MAINTAIN 24/7 MONITORING OF STORAGE FREEZERS AMONG OTHER QUALITY MEASURES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT ENSURES SUSTAINED QUALITY OF THE STORED BIOSPECIMENS. THESE STANDARDS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND ENSURED FOR ALL FUTURE COLLECTIONS.

    Expenses $909,122

  • Expenses $2,284,639

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.

  • DR PATRICK SOON-SHIONG

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES BANAAG

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT MORSE

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HAI HU

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $332,260
    From this org
    $310,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,086
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,174
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $310,174

  • LORI STURTZ

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $143,307
    From this org
    $125,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,434
    Hours/week
    40

  • LEONID KVECHER

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $196,777
    From this org
    $175,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,293
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,484
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $175,484

  • STELLA SOMIARI

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $219,092
    From this org
    $190,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,330
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,762
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,762

  • MARIANO RUSSO

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $156,997
    From this org
    $138,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,529
    Hours/week
    40

  • XIAOYING LIN

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $216,491
    From this org
    $200,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,102
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,389
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,389

  • THOMAS KURTZ

    FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $549,518
    From this org
    $376,148
    From related orgs
    $152,846
    Other
    $20,524
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $376,148 + $152,846 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $376,148 + $152,846 related

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
    $10,156,383
    Expenses
    $8,810,514
    Contributions
    $9,779,436
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,915,878
    Expenses
    $7,720,003
    Contributions
    $8,472,633
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,915,878
    Expenses
    $7,720,003
    Contributions
    $8,472,633
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,088,541
    Expenses
    $7,783,238
    Contributions
    $8,603,413
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,887,287
    Expenses
    $6,625,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,167,168

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,493,215
    Expenses
    $5,881,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,881,003

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.