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Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

RTI is a engineering or technology research center based in Research Triangle Park, NC that was founded in 1958. As of 2017 they had $978 million in revenue and $694 million in assets.

RTI is an independent, nonprofit institute that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide. Our mission is to improve the human condition by turning knowledge into practice.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: Rti International; and Res Triangle Inst.

EIN:

56-0686338

City:

Research Triangle Park

State:

North Carolina

Metro:

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

NTEE:

U40: Engineer and technology research centers

Website:

rti.org

Phone:

(919) 541-6000

Type:

501(c)(3)

Revenue:

$978,863,066

Assets:

$694,689,063

Employees:

3,426

Fiscal year end:

September

Founded:

1958

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Form 990s for RTI

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2017-09	Oct 16, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-09	Oct 12, 2017	990	View PDF
2016-09	Aug 28, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-09	Dec 8, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-09	Aug 7, 2015	990	View PDF
...and four more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for RTI

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Non-cash contributions	$0	$0
Program services	$972,277,037	$884,678,966	9.9%
Investment income and dividends	$9,432,592	$4,985,891	89.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$86,183	-100%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-881,392	$-5,679,342	84.5%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$-1,965,171	$952,821	-306.2%
Total revenues	$978,863,066	$885,024,519	10.6%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$446,310	$475,776	-6.2%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$29,302	$24,107	21.5%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$7,854,425	$7,483,921	5.0%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$310,341,362	$284,449,976	9.1%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$22,797,265	$20,852,445	9.3%
Other employee benefits	$96,991,304	$82,340,371	17.8%
Payroll taxes	$22,369,551	$20,526,434	9.0%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$2,065,198	$1,578,352	30.8%
Accounting fees	$189,646	$383,304	-50.5%
Lobbying fees	$419,146	$309,669	35.4%
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$346,159,150	$310,847,270	11.4%
Advertising and promotion	$28,129	$11,073	154.0%
Office expenses	$16,259,103	$14,734,887	10.3%
Information tech. expenses	$25,663,786	$28,227,835	-9.1%
Royalty expenses	$522,514	$492,633	6.1%
Occupancy	$19,225,351	$15,158,197	26.8%
Travel	$25,170,155	$23,857,906	5.5%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$42,902,079	$35,177,677	22.0%
Interest	$1,767,426	$1,826,214	-3.2%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$14,569,501	$14,600,069	-0.2%
Insurance	$1,659,053	$1,870,881	-11.3%
All other expenses	$13,653,448	$5,364,906	154.5%
Total expenses	$971,083,204	$870,593,903	11.5%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$0	$0
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$35,219,909	$38,572,042	-8.7%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$206,187,439	$176,716,788	16.7%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$24,941,975	$20,371,561	22.4%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$159,999,549	$121,977,691	31.2%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$170,712,381	$176,532,386	-3.3%
Investments, other securities	$58,186,014	$52,906,731	10.0%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$6,678,528	$3,275,759	103.9%
Other assets	$32,763,268	$17,591,444	86.2%
Total assets	$694,689,063	$607,944,402	14.3%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$167,393,210	$100,939,279	65.8%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$41,816,994	$40,901,166	2.2%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$46,431,871	$49,216,135	-5.7%
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	$22,628,701	$23,511,244	-3.8%
Total liabilities	$278,270,776	$214,567,824	29.7%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$414,124,937	$391,221,506	5.9%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$541,838	$491,762	10.2%
Permanently restricted net assets	$1,751,512	$1,663,310	5.3%

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Vendors for RTI

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Drupal	Content management system software		2019-01-07
██████████████████████ ███	Tax accounting		2018-10-10
████████ ███ ███	Audit accounting		2018-02-15
██ ███████ ███████████	Global Marketing Research Firm	$8,760,412	2017-09-01
██ ██████████	Contract Labor	$26,397,343	2017-09-01
███████ ████ █████████	Contract Labor	$31,224,830	2017-09-01
█████ ██████ █████████████	International Health Care Services	$8,441,593	2017-09-01
███████████ ███████ ██████████ ███	International Health Care Services	$13,175,506	2017-09-01
...and 15 more vendors

Personnel at RTI

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
M Kaelin	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$503,546	Sept. 30, 2017
Michael H Kaelin	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	-	Dec. 8, 2016
███████ █ ██████ ███	Chief Financial Officer	-	Oct. 10, 2018
█ ███████████	Divisional Director	$396,811	Sept. 30, 2017
█████ ████████	Controller	-	Feb. 16, 2018
█ ██████	President	$999,271	Sept. 30, 2017
█ ██████	Former Board Member	$28,000	Sept. 30, 2017
█ ███████	Vice President	$247,105	Sept. 30, 2017
█ █████	Secretary	$478,637	Sept. 30, 2017
█ ███	Treasurer	$302,967	Sept. 30, 2017
...and seven more key personnel

Peer engineer and technology research centers

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Mitre	501(c)(3)	$1.6 billion	Mclean, VA
2	Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY)	501(c)(3)	$548 million	New York, NY
3	Southwest Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$537 million	San Antonio, TX
4	Noblis	501(c)(3)	$322 million	Reston, VA
5	Aerospace Corporation	501(c)(3)	$974 million	Los Angeles, CA
6	SRI International	501(c)(3)	$405 million	Menlo Park, CA
7	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	501(c)(3)	$265 million	Boulder, CO
8	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	501(c)(3)	$346 million	Washington, DC
9	National Academy of Sciences	501(c)(3)	$314 million	Washington, DC
10	Electric Power Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$411 million	Palo Alto, CA
11	University of Toronto	501(c)(3)	$2.6 billion	Canada,
12	American Museum of Natural History	501(c)(3)	$310 million	New York, NY
13	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	501(c)(3)	$1.5 billion	Chevy Chase, MD
14	Bar Ilan University (BIU)	501(c)(3)	$342 million	New York, NY
15	Alliance for Sustainable Energy	501(c)(3)	$384 million	Golden, CO
16	Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)	501(c)(3)	$260 million	Alexandria, VA
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	501(c)(3)	$4.4 billion	Cambridge, MA
18	Act	501(c)(3)	$353 million	Iowa City, IA
19	The College Board	501(c)(3)	$1.0 billion	New York, NY
20	The Common Fund for Nonprofit Organizations	501(c)(3)	$436 million	Wilton, CT
21	Duke University Health System	501(c)(3)	$3.3 billion	Durham, NC
22	Mercy Corps	501(c)(3)	$308 million	Portland, OR
23	The Pew Charitable Trusts / Plan 08150 08151 08152	501(c)(3)	$337 million	Philadelphia, PA
24	American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences	501(c)(3)	$457 million	Washington, DC
25	American Heart Association (AHA)	501(c)(3)	$851 million	Dallas, TX

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