Nonprofit · EIN 52-1231801
LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · CHARLOTTE, NC 28269
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,812,183 | $2,918,392 | -$106,209 | $3,455,244 | $1,064,666 | $2,390,578 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,870,218 | $3,108,065 | $762,153 | $3,955,635 | $1,458,848 | $2,496,787 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,620,688
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $191,495
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $3,010
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,531,500
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $100,008
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $100,008
- Professional fundraising fees
- $98,000
- Accounting fees
- $18,300
- Program services (functional)
- $2,680,972
- Management and general (functional)
- $139,420
- Fundraising (functional)
- $98,000
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,955,635
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,455,244
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,064,666
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,390,578
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,390,578
- Gross receipts
- $2,815,606
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1981
- State of legal domicile
- DC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSAN DAVIDSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER Officer | 35 | $100,008 |
| DOUGLAS E KOSHLAND | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DANIEL GOTTSCHLING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| D LEANNA JONES | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JEREMY NATHANS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| NEAL SILVERMAN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MENG WANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRUCE ALBERTS | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BONNIE BASSLER | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS CECH | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELAINE FUCHS | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN HOCKFIELD | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| H ROBERT HORVITZ | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID J JULIUS | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RUTH LEHMANN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT MCISAAC | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN L MCKNIGHT | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC OLSON | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHILLIP A SHARP | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY M TILGHMAN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT TJIAN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FENG ZHANG | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSAN DAVIDSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 35 | $75,003 |
| CHRISTINE PRATT | FORMER TREASURER Officer | 35 | $4,550 |
| DOUGLAS E KOSHLAND | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DANIEL GOTTSCHLING | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JEREMY NATHANS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MENG WANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| D LEANNA JONES | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRUCE ALBERTS | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BALTIMORE | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BONNIE BASSLER | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL S BROWN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS CECH | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELAINE FUCHS | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEPH L GOLDSTEIN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN HOCKFIELD | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| H ROBERT HORVITZ | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN L MCKNIGHT | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHILLIP A SHARP | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHIRLEY M TILGHMAN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT TJIAN | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN WESSLER | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FENG ZHANG | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC OLSON | TRUSTEE OF ADVISORY BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3020-I PROSPERITY CHURCH ROAD 267, CHARLOTTE, NC 28269-8112
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SUSAN DAVIDSON, 3020-I PROSPERITY CHURCH ROAD 267, CHARLOTTE, NC 28269
- Signed the 990
- SUSAN DAVIDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (980) 616-0551
- Website
- WWW.LSRF.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GROSS MENDELSOHN & ASSOCIATES PA
Mission
TO FUND BASIC RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS. POSTDOCTURAL FELLOWSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO QUALIFYING SCIENTISTS SELECTED BY THE FOUNDATION'S PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Program accomplishments
- TO FUND BASIC RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES THROUGH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS.Expenses $2,680,972 · grants $2,531,500
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1231801
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1984
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,455,244
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,815,606
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $2,812,183 | $2,918,392 | $3,455,244 | XML |
| 990 | May 2024 | $3,870,218 | $3,108,065 | $3,955,635 | XML |
| 990 | May 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-1231801).
Questions about LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION is 52-1231801.
- Is LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1984.
- Are donations to LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names SUSAN DAVIDSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 23 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $100,008 (SUSAN DAVIDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER).
- How much revenue does LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,812,183, expenses of $2,918,392 and total assets of $3,455,244 at year end.
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