NonprofitsWhitehead Institute For Biomedical Research

Medical Research

Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research

CAMBRIDGE, MA

Total revenue

$164.9M

Total expenses

$145.7M

Net assets

$762.9M

Grants received

$46.1M

185 grants

EIN

061043412

Tax year

2023

Mission

Whitehead institute is a biological research institute dedicated to making paradigm shifting insights into the fundamental principles of life.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$36.3M
Program service revenue$772K
Investment income$42.7M
Other revenue$85.1M
Total revenue$164.9M

Expenses

Grants paid$2.4M
Salaries & benefits$39.4M
Fundraising$1.7M
Other expenses$103.9M
Total expenses$145.7M
Total assets$903.4M
Net assets$762.9M

People

31 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DR RUTH LEHMANN

DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

Board

$1.0M

40 hrs/wk

MR MARTIN MULLINS

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

$534K

40 hrs/wk

MS SHARON STANCZAK

VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

Board

$422K

40 hrs/wk

MS LAURA SANDER

CFO & TREASURER

Board

$194K

40 hrs/wk

MS MONIQUE TAYLOR

ASST SECRETARY

Board

$88K

40 hrs/wk

MS SUSAN WHITEHEAD

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MS BRIT D'ARBELOFF

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR MARK LAPMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR PHILLIP SHARP

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR PETER WHITEHEAD

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR ROBERT SATCHER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR PAUL JOSKOW

DIRECTOR/BOARD VICE CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR CHURCHILL FRANKLIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR SUSAN HOCKFIELD

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MS SARAH WILLIAMSON

DIRECTOR/BOARD CHAIR

Board

3 hrs/wk

DR DENNIS LANGER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR SETH ALEXANDER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR KEVIN CHURCHWELL

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR MICHAEL CHAMBERS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR TERRANCE MCGUIRE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MR RAJA BOBBILI

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR SALLY KORNBLUTH

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR DEBORAH DUNSIRE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

MS MICHO SPRING

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DR RUDOLF JAENISCH

MEMBER (FACULTY)

Staff

$384K

40 hrs/wk

DR ROBERT WEINBERG

MEMBER (FACULTY)

Staff

$357K

40 hrs/wk

DR RICHARD YOUNG

MEMBER (FACULTY)

Staff

$352K

40 hrs/wk

DR MARY GEHRING

MEMBER (FACULTY)

Staff

$329K

40 hrs/wk

DR IAIN CHEESEMAN

MEMBER (FACULTY)

Staff

$324K

40 hrs/wk

MS MONICA GERBER

SECRETARY (FORMER)

Staff

$121K

20 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

THE INVESTMENT FUND FOR FOUNDATIONS

INVESTMENT MANAGER

$2.5M

SEI BOSTON LLC

CONSULTING SERVICES

$959K

Nx2 SERVICES LLC

CLEANING

$799K

MORSE BARNES-BROWN PENDLETON PC

LEGAL FIRM

$650K

WOLF GREENFIELD SACKS PC

LEGAL

$331K

Grants received

Showing 185 of 185

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.0M
NAT-TECH
2024
$200K
GERMLINE IMMORTALITY: TRANSGENERATIONAL MAINTENANCE OF UNSTABLE GENETIC ELEMENTS
2024
$110K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2024
$100K
HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY
2024
$67K
TO FUND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2024
$50K
Rett Syndrome Research
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$68
FIDELITY MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2024
$2.4M
CREATE NOVEL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
2023
$2.2M
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$1.2M
IN SUPPORT OF STUDYING HOW SMALL PROTEINS CRITICAL FOR PACKAGING SPERM CHROMATIN MAY PLAY A ROLE IN SHAPING THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION.
2023
$865K
IN SUPPORT OF EXPERIMENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPARE THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF A LARGELY PARASITIC MICROBIAL EUKARYOTE GROUP THAT ENABLES ITS MEMBERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR HOSTS.
2023
$829K
RESEARCH
2023
$500K
TO SUPPORT ENGINEERING THE STROMAL SECRETOME TO PROGRAM ORGAN DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION
2023
$415K
H. Gray Scholars - Grant
2023
$409K
SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
2023
$330K
Funding for Aging Research
2023
$323K
FOR THE LAB OF DR. MARY GEHRING
2023
$285K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$225K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2023
$168K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2023
$100K
HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY
2023
$100K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
2023
$100K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$100K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$100K
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
2023
$67K
TO FUND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2023
$38K
Rett Syndrome Research
2023
$37K
Extramural Research Grant
2023
$33K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2023
$30K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$21K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Gavin Schlissel, Ph.D.
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$7K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$5K
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$3K
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$1.4M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$1.3M
GERMLINE IMMORTALITY: TRANSGENERATIONAL MAINTENANCE OF UNSTABLE GENETIC ELEMENTS
2022
$1.1M
INVESTIGATOR AWARD RESEARCH GRANT
2022
$575K
INVESTIGATOR AWARD RESEARCH GRANT
2022
$500K
TO SUPPORT ENGINEERING THE STROMAL SECRETOME TO PROGRAM ORGAN DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION
2022
$477K
SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
2022
$408K
H. GRAY SCHOLARS - GRANT
2022
$400K
MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
2022
$308K
CIRCUITS: IMPACT OF EPIGENETIC AND CELLULAR VARIANTS ON ALZHEIMERS DISEASE PATHOLOGY
2022
$300K
Research conducted by Dr. Sinisa Hvratin, from the Searle Scholars Program.
2022
$250K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2022
$225K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2022
$200K
CANCER RESEARCH
2022
$200K
HUMANITARIAN/EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY
2022
$200K
CANCER RESEARCH
2022
$169K
DONATION
2022
$164K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2022
$150K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$133K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2022
$111K
Extramural Research Grant
2022
$100K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
2022
$100K
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
2022
$100K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2022
$67K
TO FUND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2022
$63K
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR GAVIN SCHLISSEL, PH.D.
2022
$50K
Rett Syndrome Research
2022
$50K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$30K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2022
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$11K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$11K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$10K
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$575K
INVESTIGATOR AWARD RESEARCH GRANT
2021
$440K
AGING RESEARCH
2021
$385K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$385K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$308K
CIRCUITS: IMPACT OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC AND CELLULAR VARIANTS ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATHOLOGY
2021
$300K
Medical Research
2021
$262K
SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD
2021
$225K
MEDICAL RESEARCH
2021
$100K
To investigate the role of tRNA-derived fragments and the genes they regulate in breast cancer progression and metastasis.
2021
$100K
RESEARCH
2021
$100K
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
2021
$50K
TO SUPPORT RESEACH ON NEW STRATEGIES TO TARGET HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVARIAN CARCINOMA.
2021
$30K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2021
$21K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$7K
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
2021
$5K
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2021
$5K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2021
$3K
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$2.1M
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2020
$500K
RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM
2020
$367K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$230K
PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH
2020
$190K
Medical Research
2020
$173K
CIRCUITS: IMPACT OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC AND CELLULAR VARIANTS ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATHOLOGY
2020
$167K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2020
$167K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2020
$167K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2020
$167K
RESEARCH PROJECT
2020
$129K
Program Support
2020
$114K
RESEARCH- SUBAWARD
2020
$65K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2020
$61K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$50K
MECP2 REACTIVATION
2020
$25K
ABSTRACT TRAVEL AWARDS
2020
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE OPERATIONS
2020
$3K
TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$383K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$302K
Pancreatic Cancer Research
2019
$200K
CANCER RESEARCH
2019
$173K
IMPACT OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC AND CELLULAR VARIANTS ON AD PATHOLOGY
2019
$170K
Medical Research
2019
$114K
RESEARCH- SUBAWARD
2019
$100K
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
2019
$100K
General Support/ COVID-19 Research
2019
$100K
University Research & Teaching/ Education Grants
2019
$83K
Program Support
2019
$40K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2019
$22K
Hanna Gray Scholars
2019
$10K
Health
2019
$341K
Hanna Gray Scholars
2018
$178K
WHOLE GENOME CHARACTERIZATION OF DNA METHYLATION CHANGES IN THE AGED AND AD
2018
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$155K
Program Support
2018
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$86K
RESEARCH- SUBAWARD
2018
$10K
Hanna Gray Scholars
2018
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2018
$727K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$188K
RESEARCH- SUBAWARD
2017
$84K
Program Support
2017
$20K
Annual Fund
2017
$20K
Operating Support
2017
$15K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$46.1M from 71 funders · 185 grants · 2017–2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$8.7M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$4.1M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$3.9M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Gates Foundation

$2.4M · 1 grant · 2023

Milky Way Research Foundation

$2.3M · 3 grants · 2021–2022

Gordon E And Betty I Moore Foundation

$2.0M · 2 grants · 2023

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

$1.6M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

John Templeton Foundation

$1.5M · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN061043412
NTEE codeH92
Subsection03
Ruling date2018-06
Formed1981
Employees360
Volunteers20
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