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Nonprofit · EIN 11-2013303

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

Tax-exempt · COLD SPG HBR, NY 11724

Financials

$258M$190.7M2023$232.7M$199.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$232,693,889$199,781,370$32,912,519$1,368,966,306$220,789,493$1,148,176,813
December 31, 2023990$257,960,426$190,674,658$67,285,768$1,242,678,094$142,757,608$1,099,920,486
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$144,072,092
of which government grants
$56,826,393
Program service revenue
$28,583,646
Investment income
$49,101,258
Royalties
$8,933,978
Net rental income
$1,204,424
Net gain from sales of assets
$35,043,359
Net income from fundraising events
-$29,614
Other revenue
$10,936,893

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$4,514,319
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$3,363,253
Other salaries and wages
$77,441,401
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$109,755,943
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$753,561
Accounting fees
$354,606
Occupancy
$8,967,317
Travel
$2,353,877
Depreciation
$16,262,518
Program services (functional)
$164,205,008
Management and general (functional)
$33,399,748
Fundraising (functional)
$2,176,614

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,242,678,094
Total assets, end of year
$1,368,966,306
Total liabilities, end of year
$220,789,493
Net assets, end of year
$1,148,176,813
Land, buildings and equipment
$380,513,803
Publicly traded securities
$244,516,401
Net assets without donor restrictions
$869,786,461
Net assets with donor restrictions
$278,390,352
Gross unrelated business income
$362,642
Gross receipts
$482,328,436
Employees
1,333
Volunteers
22
Year formed
1924
State of legal domicile
NY

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
BRUCE STILLMAN PHDCEO AND TRUSTEE
Trustee or director, Officer
50$975,312$163,824
JOHN TUKECHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
50$584,160$109,033
DAVID TUVESONSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
50$543,180$77,399
MICHAEL WIGLERSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
50$440,079$74,865
CHARLES V PRIZZISENIOR VP ADVANCEMENT
Highest-paid employee
50$427,202$77,670
NICHOLAS MILOWSKICFO
Officer
50$413,390$77,621
NICHOLAS TONKSSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
50$403,117$75,714
DEBRA ARENAREVP, GENERAL COUNSEL
Key employee
50$389,211$75,272
ANTHONY ZADORSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
50$410,471$42,140
WALTER GOLDSCHMIDTSVP, SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Key employee
50$362,714$66,100
STEPHEN MONEZ VPCHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER
Key employee
50$346,529$72,974
LEEMOR JOSHUA-TORDIRECTOR OF RESEARCH (AS OF 01/2024)
Key employee
50$160,840$0
BRUCE RATNERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHARLES I COGUTVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CHRISTINE ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
27 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
DAVID BOIESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
DIANA L TAYLORTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
DOUGLAS SCHLOSSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
ELAINE FUCHS PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
ELIZABETH COGAN FASCITELLITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
ELIZABETH MCCAULTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
ELLEN V FUTTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
GEOFFREY ROBERTSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
HOWARD L MORGAN PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES M STONE PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMIE C NICHOLLSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JEAN MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JEFFREY E KELTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
KAREL SVOBODA PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LALIT R BAHL PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LAURA SLATKINTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LAURIE J LANDEAU VMDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LYON POLKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MARILYN H SIMONS PHDCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
MARK CLASTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MARK HAMERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL R BOTCHAN PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
PAUL J TAUBMANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT D LINDSAYVICE-CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
ROBERT W LOURIE PHDSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
THOMAS LISTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
TRACY JOHNSON PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 45 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
BRUCE STILLMAN PHDCEO AND TRUSTEE
Trustee or director, Officer
39$3,033,951$161,178
DAVID SPECTORDIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Key employee
40$907,784$71,565
JOHN TUKECHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
39$568,098$115,221
MICHAEL WIGLERSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
40$427,233$71,296
DAVID TUVESONSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
40$436,086$57,907
CHARLES V PRIZZISENIOR VP ADVANCEMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$418,828$73,890
ANTHONY ZADORSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
40$397,761$73,781
NICHOLAS TONKSSCIENTIST
Highest-paid employee
40$392,294$73,081
WALTER GOLDSCHMIDTSVP, SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Key employee
39$349,638$73,005
STEPHEN MONEZ VPCHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER
Key employee
40$314,929$69,185
SCOTT QUEHLCFO (THRU 4/2023)
Officer
39$283,831$6,652
NICHOLAS MILOWSKICFO (AS OF 11/2023)
Officer
39$76,560$11,786
BRUCE RATNERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHARLES I COGUTVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINE ANDERSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAVID BOIESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DIANA L TAYLORTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DOUGLAS SCHLOSSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELAINE FUCHS PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH COGAN FASCITELLITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELIZABETH MCCAUL PHDTREASURER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ELLEN V FUTTERTRUSTEE (AS OF 6/2023)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GEOFFREY ROBERTSONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GEORGE D YANCOPOULOS MD PHDTRUSTEE (THRU 11/2023)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HOWARD L MORGAN PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMES M STONE PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMIE C NICHOLLSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEAN MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEFFREY E KELTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOANNE BERGER-SWEENEY PHDTRUSTEE (THRU 1/2023)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KAREL SVOBODA PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LALIT R BAHL PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAURA SLATKINTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAURIE J LANDEAU VMDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LYON POLKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARILYN H SIMONS PHDCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MARK CLASTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARK HAMERTRUSTEE (AS OF 1/2023)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL R BOTCHAN PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL J TAUBMANVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ROBERT D LINDSAYVICE-CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT W LOURIE PHDSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STUART WEISBROD PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THOMAS LISTERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TRACY JOHNSON PHDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1 BUNGTOWN RD, COLD SPG HBR, NY 11724-2209
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
BRUCE STILLMAN, PO BOX 100 ONE BUNGTOWN ROAD, COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY 11724
Signed the 990
NICHOLAS MILOWSKI, CFO
Phone
(516) 367-8448
Return prepared by
GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS LLC

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON BASIC RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • RESEARCH: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY (CSHL), FOUNDED IN 1890, IS A WORLD-RENOWNED, PRIVATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTION WITH RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN CANCER, NEUROSCIENCE, PLANT BIOLOGY, QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY, AND BIOINFORMATICS & GENOMICS. THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT IS HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE, ALLOWING CSHL SCIENTISTS TO WORK TOGETHER ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO SOLVE BIOLOGY'S MOST CHALLENGING PROBLEMS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO APPLY THIS RESEARCH ON BASIC BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS TO IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND OTHER DISEASES. (SEE SCHEDULE O)(CONTINUED FROM PART III)RESEARCH AT THE LABORATORY IS ENRICHED BY COLLABORATIONS WITH SCIENTISTS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS AND IN THE BIOTECH AND PHARMACEUTICAL SECTORS. THESE PARTNERINGS HAVE INCLUDED NYU, MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING, WEILL CORNELL AND HARVARD. THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT, VISION AND TALENT OF THE LABORATORY'S OVER 600 SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO PLACE CSHL AMONG THE TOP 1% OF LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS MOST CITED IN PUBLISHED RESEARCH. THE LABORATORY HAS BEEN A NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER WITH AN NCI "OUTSTANDING" RATING. IT HAS BEEN HOME TO EIGHT NOBEL LAUREATES, INCLUDING BARBARA MCCLINTOCK, DISCOVERER OF THE "JUMPING GENES". THE LABORATORY OFFERS AN ADVANCED DRUG TESTING FACILITY DELIVERING WELL-VALIDATED DRUG CANDIDATES TO BOTH THE BIOTECH AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. SINCE 2015, CSHL HAS HAD AN AFFILIATION WITH NORTHWELL HEALTH, THE AFFILIATION HAS LAUNCHED NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES, EXPANDED ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS, AND PROVIDED FUNDING FOR NEW INVESTIGATIONS THAT WILL HAVE A RAPID IMPACT IN THE CLINIC. TOGETHER, CSHL AND NORTHWELL HEALTH ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING OUR DISCOVERIES OUT OF THE LAB AND TO THE PATIENTS. AS A TEAM, WE ARE POISED TO IDENTIFY NEW CANCER DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS THAT WILL MORE EFFECTIVELY AND RAPIDLY TREAT CANCER THAN EVER BEFORE.
    Expenses $125,435,518 · grants $4,514,319 · revenue $873,170
  • EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS & COURSES PROGRAM: CSHL'S REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE PREMIER HUBS OF ACTIVITY IN BIOLOGY AND GENETICS IS LINKED TO ITS MEETINGS AND COURSES PROGRAM. WITH ROOTS IN THE LEGENDARY ANNUAL SYMPOSIA IN QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY SERIES, WHICH BEGAN IN 1933, THE PROGRAM ORGANIZES MORE THAN 60 MEETINGS AND COURSES ANNUALLY, COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND COURSES ATTRACTING CLOSE TO 13,000 PARTICIPANTS. (SEE SCHEDULE O)(CONTINUED FROM PART III)PARTICIPANTS RANGE FROM THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED SENIOR INVESTIGATORS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS. PROGRAMS ARE PUT TOGETHER ON THE BASIS OF OPENLY SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS AND INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF UNPUBLISHED WORK. CSH ASIA, A CSHL-STYLED MEETING PROGRAM, BEGAN IN 2009, AND CONTINUES TO OPERATE IN SUZHOU, CHINA.
    Expenses $20,988,041 · revenue $15,882,324
  • PUBLICATIONS: WITH ORIGINS IN THE 1930'S, CSHL PRESS ENHANCES THE LABORATORY'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION BY PUBLISHING ORIGINAL WORK THAT ASSISTS IN THE ADVANCE AND SPREAD OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. SALE OF ITS PUBLICATIONS ENHANCES THE LABORATORY'S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE. THE PRESS PUBLISHES RESEARCH AND REVIEW JOURNALS, BOOKS, MANUALS, PRIMERS AND OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES, IN ELECTRONIC AND PRINT FORM. IN 2024, THE PRESS PUBLISHED 283 PRINT BOOKS, INCLUDING 15 NEW TITLES. THE PRESS ALSO PRODUCES 3 PRINT/ONLINE JOURNALS, 4 ONLINE ONLY JOURNALS AND 1 NO-CHARGE JOURNALS.
    Expenses $10,202,647 · revenue $9,602,551
  • OTHER PROGRAMS SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: THE CSHL SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (SBS) TRAINS THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIOLOGISTS, OFFERING A PH.D. IN BIOLOGY IN AS LITTLE AS 4 YEARS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHED STUDENTS (APPROXIMATELY 50) DRAWN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN SELF-CONFIDENT, SELF-RELIANT YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO BECOME SCHOLARS AND TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR RESEARCH AND FUTURE CAREERS DEMAND. OUR GRADUATES ARE WELL PREPARED TO ENTER A WIDE ARRAY OF CAREERS THAT INCLUDE ACADEMIC RESEARCH, BIOTECH, PHARMA, CONSULTING, AND PUBLISHING. STUDENTS AT CSHL EXPLORE CAREER OPTIONS AND ACQUIRE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS THROUGH SEVERAL MEANS, SUCH AS THE CAREER AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COURSE, THE CAREER DIRECTIONS SERIES AND THE BIOSCIENCE ENTERPRISE CLUB. THE SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND INTERNSHIPS. BANBURY CENTER: BANBURY CENTER, LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE HISTORIC ROBERTSON HOUSE, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTISTS AND OTHER LEADERS IN SOCIETY TO DISCUSS TOPICS OF COMMON INTEREST. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MEETINGS ARE ORGANIZED EACH YEAR, FOR GROUPS BETWEEN 20-30 PARTICIPANTS. THE CONFERENCES ARE RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AS BEING AMONG THE WORLD'S BEST DISCUSSION WORKSHOPS FOR TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR GENETICS, HUMAN GENETICS, NEUROSCIENCE AND SCIENCE POLICY.DNA LEARNING CENTER:THE DNA LEARNING CENTER (DNALC) HAS A MAJOR IMPACT NOT ONLY IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA, BUT ALSO GLOBALLY IN PIONEERING PUBLIC SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR THE GENOME AGE. WITH TEACHING FACILITIES ON LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY, IT BRINGS A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO LEARNING ABOUT BIOLOGY AND GENOMES TO CLASSROOMS AND HOMES OF CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. RENOWNED FOR DEVISING MEANS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO CONDUCT SOPHISTICATED EXPERIMENTS WITH DNA, THE DNALC ALSO HAS A ROBUST PRESENCE ON THE INTERNET, POWERED BY A TEAM OF MULTIMEDIA INNOVATORS WHO BRING KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIFE SCIENCES TO COMPUTER, TABLET AND CELL PHONE USERS.
    Expenses $7,578,802 · revenue $2,225,601

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
11-2013303
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1964
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,368,966,306
Income (IRS master file)
$482,328,436

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$232,693,889$199,781,370$1,368,966,306IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$257,960,426$190,674,658$1,242,678,094XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$207,360,887$183,981,090$1,112,826,649IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-2013303).

Questions about COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

What is the EIN of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY?
The employer identification number (EIN) of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY is 11-2013303.
Is COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1964.
Are donations to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names BRUCE STILLMAN.
Who are the officers and directors of COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 42 people; 12 received compensation from the organization, the highest $975,312 (BRUCE STILLMAN PHD, CEO AND TRUSTEE).
How much revenue does COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $232,693,889, expenses of $199,781,370 and total assets of $1,368,966,306 at year end.

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