Public Charity

PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION

PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, of ITHACA, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.3M in revenue, $2.6M in expenses, $9.3M in total assets. 46 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 150554849 ITHACA, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.3M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$9.3M
Grant Records46
Funding Total$1.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

DISSEMINATE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH. THE INSTITUTION CONDUCTS AND FACILITATES PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH, AND COMMUNICATES KNOWLEDGE RESULTING FROM THIS RESEARCH. IT HOUSES, CURATES, AND MAKES AVAILABLE SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS AND A RESEARCH LIBRARY; PUBLISHES TECHNICAL AND POPULAR PALEONTOLOGICAL BOOKS AND JOURNALS; AND PROMOTES EDUCATION IN EARTH HISTORY AND PALEONTOLOGY BY PROVIDING EXHIBITS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH THE MUSEUM OF THE EARTH.

Where $100 goes at Paleontological Research Institution

How Paleontological Research Institution divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$26 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$35
The museum's 8,000-square-foot permanent exhibition takes visitors on a journey through 4.5 billion years of history, from the earth's origin to the present day
50% of program spending
$34
The nature center cultivates an awareness, appreciation, and responsibility for the natural world through outdoor and environmental education
About 50% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC
2025
COMMUNITY BUILDING-PHILANTHROPY
$35,450
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
2024
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$90,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
2024
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$80,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
2024
IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT MISSION
$35,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$33,000

Showing up to 5 of 46 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD PRESIDENT Brian Bauer
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR, T Chris Mcroberts
TRUSTEE Cori Myers
TRUSTEE Daniel E Karig
TRUSTEE John C Handley
TRUSTEE Larry Baum

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$944,339 29 grants
Research & Policy
$600,821 10 grants
Arts & Culture
$69,745 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$12,250 1 grant
Unspecified
$107,220 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.3M $2.6M $9.3M
2024 $2.3M $3.2M $7.1M
2023 $3.4M $3.1M $8.7M
2022 $4.5M $3.0M $8.7M
2021 $2.8M $2.7M $7.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.8M to $4.3M (+50%), with total assets most recently reported at $9.3M.

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