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Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

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RTI is a scientific research assistance provider based in Research Triangle Park, NC that was founded in 1958. As of 2018 they had $965 million in revenue and $707 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.

Research Triangle Institute (RTI) makes grants to other organizations, such as $168,405 to American National Red Cross (ANRC) for "General Support"; $88,300 to United Way of the Greater Triangle (UWGT) for "General Support"; $25,000 to The Children's Inn at NIH for "General Support"; $20,000 to WakeMed for "General Support"; and $12,000 to Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC for "General Support".

EIN:

56-0686338

City:

Research Triangle Park

State:

North Carolina

Metro:

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Website:

rti.org

Phone:

(919) 541-6000

Facebook:

facebook.com/rti.international

Founded:

1958

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

U02: Science research technical and management assistance providers

Revenue:

$965,882,534

Assets:

$707,333,261

Employees:

4,006

Fiscal year end:

September

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Form 990s for RTI

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-09	Oct 18, 2019	990	View PDF
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
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for RTI

Field	2018	2017
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
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Program services	$957,734,627	$972,277,037	-1.5%
Investment income and dividends	$17,854,671	$9,432,592	89.3%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-145,457	$-881,392	83.5%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$-9,561,307	$-1,965,171	-386.5%
Total revenues	$965,882,534	$978,863,066	-1.3%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$496,720	$446,310	11.3%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$23,197	$29,302	-20.8%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$10,290,658	$7,854,425	31.0%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$336,033,882	$310,341,362	8.3%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$23,481,119	$22,797,265	3.0%
Other employee benefits	$107,888,194	$96,991,304	11.2%
Payroll taxes	$23,513,224	$22,369,551	5.1%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$1,546,454	$2,065,198	-25.1%
Accounting fees	$1,567,948	$189,646	726.8%
Lobbying fees	$723,742	$419,146	72.7%
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$302,591,309	$346,159,150	-12.6%
Advertising and promotion	$14,970	$28,129	-46.8%
Office expenses	$15,489,379	$16,259,103	-4.7%
Information tech. expenses	$27,482,888	$25,663,786	7.1%
Royalty expenses	$816,110	$522,514	56.2%
Occupancy	$16,813,822	$19,225,351	-12.5%
Travel	$24,762,812	$25,170,155	-1.6%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$36,307,606	$42,902,079	-15.4%
Interest	$2,710,121	$1,767,426	53.3%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$16,407,581	$14,569,501	12.6%
Insurance	$1,878,607	$1,659,053	13.2%
All other expenses	$16,265,429	$13,653,448	19.1%
Total expenses	$967,105,772	$971,083,204	-0.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$0	$0
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$19,958,138	$35,219,909	-43.3%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$201,449,554	$206,187,439	-2.3%
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	$20,437,054	$24,941,975	-18.1%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$184,223,989	$159,999,549	15.1%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$175,594,576	$170,712,381	2.9%
Investments, other securities	$67,187,616	$58,186,014	15.5%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$6,313,541	$6,678,528	-5.5%
Other assets	$32,168,793	$32,763,268	-1.8%
Total assets	$707,333,261	$694,689,063	1.8%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$155,366,611	$167,393,210	-7.2%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$46,425,610	$41,816,994	11.0%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$67,575,003	$46,431,871	45.5%
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	$3,000,000	$0	999%
Other liabilities	$20,124,300	$22,628,701	-11.1%
Total liabilities	$292,491,524	$278,270,776	5.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$412,531,611	$414,124,937	-0.4%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$603,277	$541,838	11.3%
Permanently restricted net assets	$1,706,850	$1,751,512	-2.5%

Vendors for RTI

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Drupal	Content management system software		2020-01-06
██████	Fundraising software		2020-01-06
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2020-01-06
██████████	Marketing software		2020-01-06
██████████████████████ ███	Tax accounting		2019-10-18
████████ ███ ███	Audit accounting		2019-05-17
███ ████████████	Construction Labor	$40,450,777	2018-09-01
██ ██████████	Contract Labor	$17,267,285	2018-09-01
...and 18 more vendors

Personnel at RTI

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
M Kaelin	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$542,766	Sept. 30, 2018
Michael H Kaelin Cfo	Chief Financial Officer	-	Oct. 18, 2019
█ ██████	President	$1.0 million	Sept. 30, 2018
█ ███████████████	Divisional Director	$381,129	Sept. 30, 2018
█████ ████████	Controller	-	May 22, 2019
█ ██████	Former Board Member	$28,000	Sept. 30, 2017
█ ██████	Vice President	$658,869	Sept. 30, 2018
█ ████████	Former Vice President	$289,442	Sept. 30, 2018
█ █████████	Assistant Secretary	$272,006	Sept. 30, 2018
█ ███	Vice President	$439,732	Sept. 30, 2018
...and 11 more key personnel

Peer science research technical and management assistance providers

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Fermi Research Alliance LLC	501(c)(3)	$416 million	Batavia, IL
2	Mitre	501(c)(3)	$1.7 billion	Mclean, VA
3	Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)	501(c)(3)	$260 million	Alexandria, VA
4	Noblis	501(c)(3)	$322 million	Reston, VA
5	Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY)	501(c)(3)	$1.1 billion	Albany, NY
6	National Academy of Sciences	501(c)(3)	$298 million	Washington, DC
7	Aerospace Corporation	501(c)(3)	$1.0 billion	Los Angeles, CA
8	Alliance for Sustainable Energy	501(c)(3)	$411 million	Golden, CO
9	Electric Power Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$421 million	Palo Alto, CA
10	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	501(c)(3)	$370 million	Washington, DC
11	SRI International	501(c)(3)	$405 million	Menlo Park, CA
12	Bar Ilan University (BIU)	501(c)(3)	$383 million	New York, NY
13	Weizmann Institute of Science	501(c)(3)	$613 million	Israel,
14	Southwest Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$591 million	San Antonio, TX
15	Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY)	501(c)(3)	$600 million	New York, NY
16	Institut Pasteur	501(c)(3)	$342 million	France,
17	Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning	501(c)(3)	$246 million	Brighton, MA
18	Barnardo's	501(c)(3)	$395 million	United Kingdom,
19	Planned Parenthood Federation of America	501(c)(3)	$274 million	New York, NY
20	Plan International	501(c)(3)	$660 million	New York, NY
21	World Wildlife Fund (WWF)	501(c)(3)	$256 million	Washington, DC
22	Mercy Corps	501(c)(3)	$308 million	Portland, OR
23	Cooperative for Assistance and Relief EVERYWHERE (CARE)	501(c)(3)	$606 million	Atlanta, GA
24	Open Society Foundation	501(c)(3)	$372 million	New York, NY
25	Carleton University	501(c)(3)	$518 million	Canada,

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