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SANTA FE INSTITUTE

EIN 85-0325494 SANTA FE, NM

Revenue 2024
$51,822,371
Expenses 2024
$16,973,641

Program services were 62.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U200
Classification
2000
Street
1399 HYDE PARK 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE IS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT EXPANDS THE BOUNDARIES OF SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING. ITS AIM IS TO DISCOVER, COMPREHEND, AND COMMUNICATE THE COMMON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES IN COMPLEX PHYSICAL, COMPUTATIONAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS THAT UNDERLIE MANY OF THE MOST PROFOUND PROBLEMS FACING SCIENCE AND SOCIETY TODAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INDEPENDENT NOT-FOR-PROFIT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

  • 2024 SANTA FE INSTITUTE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS - SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $10,636,504 · Grants $481,963 · Revenue $1,223,755

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.

  • DAVID KRAKAUER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $472,082
    From this org
    $444,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,435
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $344,647
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,635
    Filer's total
    $472,082

  • GEOFFREY WEST

    DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $305,592
    From this org
    $292,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,242
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,050
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,500
    Filer's total
    $305,592

  • JENNIFER DUNNE

    VP - SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $282,769
    From this org
    $261,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,220
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,549
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,378
    Filer's total
    $282,769

  • MELANIE MITCHELL

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $262,339
    From this org
    $231,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,250
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,089
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,461
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,789
    Filer's total
    $262,339

  • SIDNEY REDNER

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $246,594
    From this org
    $225,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,543
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,051
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,114
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,429
    Filer's total
    $246,594

  • CRIS MOORE

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $226,795
    From this org
    $187,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,266
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,229
    Bonus
    $1,300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,444
    Filer's total
    $226,795

  • WILLIAM M TRACY

    VP - STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $219,100
    From this org
    $211,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,970
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,630
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $216
    Filer's total
    $219,100

  • JANET GUNN

    SECRETARY/VP - ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $197,151
    From this org
    $162,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,676
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,475
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,722
    Filer's total
    $197,151

  • DAVID WOLPERT

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $196,801
    From this org
    $188,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,111
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $551
    Filer's total
    $196,801

  • SUZETTE FRONK

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $176,613
    From this org
    $150,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,244
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,369
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,013
    Filer's total
    $176,613

  • KATHERINE COLLINS

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • IAN MCKINNON

    VICE CHAIR, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY BENGIER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROSS BUHRDORF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN CHISHOLM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELIZABETH DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FRED DOTZLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BILL GURLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN HAGEL III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CARL KAWAJA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARI KOOI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL MAUBOSSIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBERT MAXFIELD

    TRUSTEE (THRU 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN H MILLER

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DARLA MOORE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $51,822,371
    Expenses
    $16,973,641
    Contributions
    $47,278,082
    Grants paid
    $481,963
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,241,440
    Expenses
    $46,348,060
    Contributions
    $7,456,254
    Grants paid
    $45,191
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,241,440
    Expenses
    $16,681,238
    Contributions
    $7,456,254
    Grants paid
    $45,191
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,410,848
    Expenses
    $15,398,513
    Contributions
    $8,380,780
    Grants paid
    $152,665

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
    $57,773,982
    Expenses
    $12,028,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,101,684

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,329,573
    Expenses
    $10,513,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,200,417

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,320,985
    Expenses
    $12,511,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,920,847

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,577,927
    Expenses
    $11,950,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,800,092

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,246,511
    Expenses
    $10,668,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,541,535

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,214,613
    Expenses
    $10,417,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,135,945

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,159,380
    Expenses
    $11,629,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,221,394

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,316,191
    Expenses
    $12,156,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,651,533

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,534,744
    Expenses
    $11,556,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,241,584

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,161,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,676,344

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

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 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.