Public Charity

THE SCINTILLON INSTITUTE

THE SCINTILLON INSTITUTE is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN DIEGO, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $5.1M revenue, $5.5M expenses, $1.2M total assets. 21 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 454323888 SAN DIEGO, CA Science & Technology N.E.C. NTEE: U99 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.1M
Total Expenses$5.5M
Total Assets$1.2M
Grant Records21
Funding Total$2.5M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

To create breakthrough technologies that catalyze discoveries in a spirited home for collaborative science. With the goal to build and disseminate new capabilities, engineer unique technologies, and pioneer pathways to fresh discoveries, the Institute has a vision to illuminate the path from discovery to cure. The pursuit of this vision holds true to our expressed values of Curiosity, Character, Commonality, Cultivation, and Champion for underserved science.

Where $100 goes at The Scintillon Institute

How The Scintillon Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
The Scintillon Institute is a non-profit research institute located within the heart of the San Diego biotechnology community
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
$37,118
2024
CREATE PANDAS PATIENTS 3D CULTURES TO EXAMINE THE AFFECTS OF GENETICS AND IMMUNE INTERACTIONS ON THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND ANALYZING POTENTIAL LEAKINESS, CELL TO CELL INTERACTION, COMMUNICATION AND FUNCTION
$25,000
2024
RESEARCH SUBCONTRACT
$9,010

Showing up to 5 of 21 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

ASSOC PROFESSOR Albert Chen
PROFESSOR Alexey Terskikh
ASSOC PROFESSOR Brian Lawson
Dir Finance Erica Chavin
ASSOC PROFESSOR Irene Pedersen
ASSOC PROFESSOR Iustin Tabarean

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Research & Policy
$1,868,063 14 grants
Human & Social Services
$357,500 2 grants
General Support
$200,776 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$45,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$34,731 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.1M $5.5M $1.2M
2023 $3.9M $3.7M $1.2M
2022 $4.0M $3.7M $1.6M
2020 $2.3M $2.7M $956K
2019 $1.1M $2.4M $854K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.1M to $5.1M (+347%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.2M.

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