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The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on July 15, 2020.

10010 N Torrey Pines Road
LA Jolla, California 92037

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (EIN: 95-2160097) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 12 out of 1,151 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $447,774. The highest compensated employee at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is Fred Gage, Ph.D. with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $855,667.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$189,316,467

Expenses

$136,990,693

Employee compensation

$75,666,308
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Fred Gage, Ph.D.
President/Professor
$855,667
$812,436 No related comp$43,231
Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.
Former President/Professor
$609,601
$576,136 No related comp$33,465
Martin Hetzer, Ph.D.
Professor/Cso
$486,878
$446,600 No related comp$40,278
Rebecca Newman
Vice President, External Relations
$476,649
$442,852 No related comp$33,797
Kim E Witmer
Treasurer/Svp Finance and Admin
$466,485
$424,778 No related comp$41,707
Victoria Lundblad, Ph.D.
Professor
$437,587
$398,054 No related comp$39,533
Katherine Jones, Ph.D.
Professor
$418,721
$373,927 No related comp$44,794
Reuben Shaw, Ph.D.
Professor
$417,009
$376,280 No related comp$40,729
Julia A Miller, Jd
General Counsel and Secretary
$385,310
$338,332 No related comp$46,978
Kimberly Castillo
Chief Financial Officer
$324,721
$278,143 No related comp$46,578
Jan Karlseder, Ph.D.
Trustee and Professor
$277,635
$246,460 No related comp$31,175
Gerald Shadel, Ph.D.
Trustee and Professor
$217,019
$213,450 No related comp$3,569

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Joseph Noel, Ph.D.
Trustee and Professor
$5,000
$5,000 No related compNo other comp
Stacey Stewart
Trustee
No compensation reported
Marna Whittington, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
No compensation reported
Eric Sagerman
Trustee
No compensation reported
Sanjay K Jha, Ph.D.
Trustee
No compensation reported
Donald L Cohn
Trustee
No compensation reported
Edwin K Hunter
Trustee
No compensation reported
David F Hale
Trustee
No compensation reported
Richard A Heyman, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
No compensation reported
Markus Reinhard
Trustee
No compensation reported
Irving Weissman, M.D.
Trustee
No compensation reported
Corinne Mentzelopoulos
Trustee
No compensation reported

Contractors

Cooley LLP
Legal
$3,642,137
Uc Regents San Diego
Trng Program/Subcont
$1,668,190
Ao Reed CO
Construction
$454,267
Allied Universal Security Services
Security
$406,495
Lak Public Relations Inc.
Public Relations
$272,264

Mission Statement

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF LIFE ITSELF IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SALK INSTITUTE. OUR TEAM OF WORLD-CLASS, AWARD-WINNING SCIENTISTS PUSHES BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS SUCH AS NEUROSCIENCE, CANCER RESEARCH, AGING, IMMUNOBIOLOGY, PLANT BIOLOGY, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, AND MORE. FOUNDED BY JONAS SALK, DEVELOPER OF THE FIRST SAFE AND EFFECTIVE POLIO VACCINE, THE INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK: SMALL BY CHOICE, INTIMATE BY NATURE, AND FEARLESS IN THE FACE OF ANY CHALLENGE.

Revisions to this organization profile

April 11, 2025:
2024 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 990 filed
May 9, 2024:
2023 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 990 filed
May 13, 2023:
2022 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 990 filed

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