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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a biological research center based in Cold Spring Harbor, NY that was founded in 1924. As of 2018 they had $214 million in revenue and $812 million in assets.

The organization conducts research in the biological sciences with a particular emphasis on basic research in molecular biology and genetics. The organization conducts research in the biological sciences with a biological sciences with a particular em...

EIN:

11-2013303

City:

Cold Spring Harbor

State:

New York

Metro:

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

NTEE:

U50: Biology and life sciences research centers

Website:

cshl.edu

Type:

501(c)(3)

Revenue:

$214,110,387

Assets:

$812,593,560

Employees:

1,124

Fiscal year end:

December

Founded:

1924

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Form 990s for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2017-12	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Jan 18, 2018	990	View PDF
2015-12	Apr 4, 2017	990	View PDF
2014-12	Feb 17, 2016	990	View PDF
2013-12	Dec 29, 2014	990	View PDF
...and four more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$4,765,607	$4,482,283	6.3%
Related organizations	$5,169,229	$5,194,491	-0.5%
Government grants (contributions)	$57,143,745	$53,637,682	6.5%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$89,538,112	$73,866,527	21.2%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$1,107,591	$2,509,990	-55.9%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$156,616,693	$137,180,983	14.2%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$156,616,693	$137,180,983	14.2%
Program services	$23,094,740	$22,570,964	2.3%
Investment income and dividends	$5,144,188	$3,877,558	32.7%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$13,399,961	$3,290,181	307.3%
Net rental income	$1,154,019	$1,230,549	-6.2%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$14,324,050	$1,688,364	748.4%
Net income from fundraising events	$-21,794	$-14,213	-53.3%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$398,530	$419,047	-4.9%
Total revenues	$214,110,387	$170,243,433	25.8%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$5,618,201	$4,474,437	25.6%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$493,799	$422,233	16.9%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$2,924,300	$2,688,316	8.8%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$56,539,514	$53,502,748	5.7%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$4,103,150	$4,003,188	2.5%
Other employee benefits	$12,108,310	$12,791,604	-5.3%
Payroll taxes	$3,658,967	$3,458,345	5.8%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$1,001,563	$799,044	25.3%
Accounting fees	$339,235	$331,918	2.2%
Lobbying fees	$56,000	$44,000	27.3%
Pro. fundraising fees	$35,500	$29,500	20.3%
Investment mgmt fees	$1,519,331	$1,368,059	11.1%
Other fee-for-service	$2,177,194	$1,250,311	74.1%
Advertising and promotion	$309,190	$296,446	4.3%
Office expenses	$23,191,724	$21,335,727	8.7%
Information tech. expenses	$1,878,252	$1,513,390	24.1%
Royalty expenses	$842,832	$785,249	7.3%
Occupancy	$5,607,337	$5,704,551	-1.7%
Travel	$2,128,690	$2,035,168	4.6%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$4,119,394	$4,178,864	-1.4%
Interest	$4,209,719	$4,134,104	1.8%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$13,429,586	$13,687,291	-1.9%
Insurance	$760,073	$795,718	-4.5%
All other expenses	$8,417,336	$8,001,313	5.2%
Total expenses	$155,469,197	$147,631,524	5.3%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$8,110	$9,110	-11.0%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$62,909,565	$57,745,927	8.9%
Pledges and grants receivable	$83,708,283	$55,420,588	51.0%
Accounts receivable	$7,391,849	$2,699,637	173.8%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$400,000	$0	999%
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$684,597	$894,633	-23.5%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$1,818,939	$2,490,859	-27.0%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$235,173,713	$229,012,825	2.7%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$131,941,115	$134,475,781	-1.9%
Investments, other securities	$277,627,498	$226,919,271	22.3%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$10,929,891	$9,522,904	14.8%
Total assets	$812,593,560	$719,191,535	13.0%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$15,534,105	$9,727,833	59.7%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$5,166,852	$8,719,715	-40.7%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$95,741,426	$95,675,157	0.1%
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$32,495,104	$33,945,665	-4.3%
Total liabilities	$148,937,487	$148,068,370	0.6%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$402,838,559	$364,168,113	10.6%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$152,945,674	$103,149,001	48.3%
Permanently restricted net assets	$107,871,840	$103,806,051	3.9%

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Vendors for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Grant Thornton LLP	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2019-08-06
████████ ███████	Marketing software		2018-05-02
█████████	Content management system software		2018-05-02
███████████ ██████████	Construction	$2,334,574	2017-12-01
██████ ██████ ███	Legal	$274,588	2017-12-01
█████ ██████████ ████████ ███	Consulting	$450,821	2017-12-01
████ ███	Tax accounting; Audit accounting; Accounting	$338,300	2017-12-01
███████ ███████	Planned Giving	$35,500	2017-12-01
...and 30 more vendors

Personnel at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Bruce W. Stillman	President and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Executive Officer and Trustee	$641,917	July 17, 2019
John P. Tuke	Chief Operating Officer / Board Member	-	July 17, 2019
████ ██ █████	Finance and Accounting / Chief Financial Officer	$294,933	July 17, 2019
█████████ ███████	Information Technology / Vice President , Chief Information Officer	-	July 17, 2019
██████ ██████	Vice President, Chief Facilities Officer	$263,665	July 17, 2019
██████ ██████████	Vice President, Communications	-	Jan. 10, 2019
███████ ██████	Vice President , Development , Government and Community Relations / Vice President Development	$325,490	July 17, 2019
████ █████	Vice President , Business Development and Technology Transfer	$391,883	Dec. 31, 2017
███████ █ ████	Vice President , GNRL Counsel	$189,715	Dec. 31, 2016
███████ ████████████	Vice President	-	July 17, 2019
...and 11 more key personnel

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