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MRIGlobal

MRIGlobal is a engineering or technology research center based in Kansas City, MO that was founded in 1943. As of 2018 they had $109 million in revenue and $93 million in assets.

MRIGlobal is an independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal operates research facilities for the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.

EIN:

44-0545878

City:

Kansas City

State:

Missouri

Website:

mriglobal.org

Phone:

816-753-7600

Founded:

1943

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

U40: Engineer and technology research centers

Revenue:

$109,624,647

Assets:

$93,326,926

Employees:

481

Fiscal year end:

September

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at MRIGlobal

Energy and infrastructure: mriglobal's energy and infrastructure programs focus on technology assessments for both fossil and renewable energy sources and are conducted for the u.s. government as well as commercial customers. Additionally, transportation programs support highway design and safety studies for the federal highway administration and state highway agencies.

Form 990s for MRIGlobal

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-09	Sep 26, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-09	Oct 16, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-09	Oct 26, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-09	Dec 15, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-09	Aug 11, 2015	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for MRIGlobal

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$61,612,960	$36,160,004	70.4%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$30,202	$9,888	205.4%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$19,868	$0	999%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$61,643,162	$36,169,892	70.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$61,643,162	$36,169,892	70.4%
Program services	$47,801,801	$40,103,369	19.2%
Investment income and dividends	$235,509	$228,257	3.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-59,806	$-56,802	-5.3%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$3,981	$7,895	-49.6%
Total revenues	$109,624,647	$76,452,611	43.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$95,000	$70,000	35.7%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$3,600,335	$2,711,466	32.8%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$33,280,151	$33,232,627	0.1%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$5,571,016	$3,443,253	61.8%
Other employee benefits	$4,339,836	$3,768,828	15.2%
Payroll taxes	$2,453,132	$2,388,381	2.7%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$182,653	$265,831	-31.3%
Accounting fees	$127,508	$0	999%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$21,050	$20,403	3.2%
Other fee-for-service	$3,057,920	$2,638,777	15.9%
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$3,303,870	$2,768,654	19.3%
Information tech. expenses	$483,200	$358,996	34.6%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$3,222,721	$3,287,636	-2.0%
Travel	$732,242	$773,375	-5.3%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$207,480	$203,406	2.0%
Interest	$402,039	$430,280	-6.6%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$3,912,241	$4,126,869	-5.2%
Insurance	$239,921	$255,165	-6.0%
All other expenses	$39,917,456	$18,761,168	112.8%
Total expenses	$105,149,771	$79,505,115	32.3%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$18,326,342	$4,370,267	319.3%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$7,244,481	$9,001,660	-19.5%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$181,107	$352,435	-48.6%
Inventories for use	$509,224	$464,449	9.6%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$983,065	$962,207	2.2%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$41,454,964	$43,004,125	-3.6%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$7,048,973	$7,202,884	-2.1%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$1,809,822	$1,547,799	16.9%
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$15,768,948	$14,854,793	6.2%
Total assets	$93,326,926	$81,760,619	14.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$14,108,014	$10,270,626	37.4%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$15,247,203	$16,354,469	-6.8%
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	$25,142,428	$28,195,011	-10.8%
Total liabilities	$54,497,645	$54,820,106	-0.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$38,829,281	$26,940,513	44.1%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for MRIGlobal

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Microsoft Services	Software		2020-03-17
█████████	Content management system software		2020-03-05
███ ███	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2020-02-04
███████	Research and Dvelpment	$1,265,000	2018-09-01
██████ █████████ ███████████	Research and Dvelpment	$1,306,578	2018-09-01
████ ████████████ ███	Research and Dvelpment	$1,539,938	2018-09-01
████ █████ ███	Research and Dvelpment	$479,250	2018-09-01
███████ ███████████ ███	Research and Dvelpment	$655,529	2018-09-01
...and 25 more vendors

Personnel at MRIGlobal

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Thomas M Sack	President and Chief Executive Officer	$624,752	Sept. 30, 2018
Richard T Fleener	Executive Vice President , Chief Financial Officer and Tre / Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	$458,164	Sept. 26, 2019
████ █ ██████	Chief Advisor - Science	$223,402	Sept. 30, 2018
█████ █ ██████	Vice President Sales and Marketing	$270,110	Sept. 30, 2018
██████ █ ███████	Vice President Research Operations	$238,827	Sept. 30, 2018
███████ █ ███████	Principal Advisor Science	$265,766	Sept. 30, 2017
█████ █ █████	Senior Sales Director	$265,423	Sept. 30, 2018
████ █ ████	Director	$207,603	Sept. 30, 2018
███ ███ ███ █████	Sales Advisor	$230,197	Sept. 30, 2018
███████ █ ████████	Vice President and General Counsel and Corp Secr.	$328,097	Sept. 30, 2018
...and six more key personnel

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	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)	501(c)(3)	$39 million	Cambridge, MA
2	Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	501(c)(3)	$29 million	Saint Louis, MO
3	Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Pasadena, CA
4	Anser	501(c)(3)	$65 million	Falls Church, VA
5	Marshall University Research Corporation (MURC)	501(c)(3)	$33 million	Huntington, WV
6	Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)	501(c)(3)	$260 million	Alexandria, VA
7	Noblis	501(c)(3)	$322 million	Reston, VA
8	Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)	501(c)(3)	$34 million	Washington, DC
9	Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)	501(c)(3)	$92 million	Oak Ridge, TN
10	Human Resources Research Organization	501(c)(3)	$35 million	Alexandria, VA
11	Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology	501(c)(3)	$34 million	Belmont, CA
12	Cna Corporation	501(c)(3)	$123 million	Arlington, VA
13	In-Q-Tel	501(c)(3)	$116 million	Arlington, VA
14	Internet2	501(c)(3)	$79 million	Ann Arbor, MI
15	Merit Network	501(c)(3)	$37 million	Ann Arbor, MI
16	National Academy of Sciences	501(c)(3)	$298 million	Washington, DC
17	W M Keck Observatory	501(c)(3)	$47 million	Kamuela, HI
18	Gas Technology Institute (GTI)	501(c)(3)	$104 million	Des Plaines, IL
19	Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)	501(c)(3)	$65 million	Johnstown, PA
20	American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)	501(c)(3)	$96 million	Manassas, VA
21	Cubrc	501(c)(3)	$47 million	Buffalo, NY
22	Electric Power Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$421 million	Palo Alto, CA
23	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	501(c)(3)	$370 million	Washington, DC
24	SRI International	501(c)(3)	$405 million	Menlo Park, CA
25	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	501(c)(3)	$220 million	Boulder, CO

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