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SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

EIN 51-0197108 LA JOLLA, CA

Revenue 2023
$123,272,481
Expenses 2023
$111,174,592

Program services were 81.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H920
Classification
8200
Street
10901 N TORREY PINES RD

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).

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.

  • DAVID BRENNER MD

    CEO AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,311,788
    From this org
    $984,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $327,443
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $974,234
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,111
    Deferred
    $312,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,943
    Filer's total
    $1,311,788
  • DONALD B KEARNS MD

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM GERHART

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DANIEL J EPSTEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID L SZEKERES JD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID W DOWN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DOUGLAS H OBENSHAIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES C BLAIR PHD

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES M MYERS

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHERINE CHAPIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KAZUMI SHIOSAKI PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LONNA J WILLIAMS STOLPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LORI MOORE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL R CUNNINGHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NICHOLAS COSFORD

    PROFESSOR & TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $312,612
    From this org
    $244,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,484
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,544
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,584
    Deferred
    $24,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,214
    Filer's total
    $312,612
  • STUART A TANZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TED ROTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM A ROPER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ADRIENNE CROWN JD

    GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $409,163
    From this org
    $360,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,673
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $357,860
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,630
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,673
    Filer's total
    $409,163
  • ROBIN RYAN

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $506,989
    From this org
    $458,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,299
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $451,617
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,073
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,299
    Filer's total
    $506,989
  • CARL WARE PHD

    CENTER DIRECTOR, IIDC

    Total calculated
    $518,091
    From this org
    $454,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,702
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $423,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,435
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,702
    Filer's total
    $518,091
  • KRISTIINA VUORI MD PHD

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $661,818
    From this org
    $601,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,610
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $598,654
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,554
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,610
    Filer's total
    $661,818
  • MICHAEL JACKSON PHD

    DRUG DISCOVERY & DEV, SR VP

    Total calculated
    $505,811
    From this org
    $447,238
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,573
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $441,089
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,149
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,573
    Filer's total
    $505,811
  • RANDAL KAUFMAN PHD

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $477,988
    From this org
    $402,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,955
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,179
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,955
    Filer's total
    $477,988
  • ZE'EV RONAI PHD

    CENTER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $561,192
    From this org
    $497,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,660
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $437,537
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $9,995
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,660
    Filer's total
    $561,192

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 — 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
    $123,272,481
    Expenses
    $111,174,592
    Contributions
    $107,001,067
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $117,219,104
    Expenses
    $103,397,718
    Contributions
    $104,423,511
    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

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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

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 10 September 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.