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Nonprofit · EIN 27-0568407

MIRCORE

Tax-exempt · ANN ARBOR, MI 48104

Financials

$376K$333K2023$447K$404K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MIRCORE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$446,787$403,946$42,841$188,407$0$188,407
December 31, 2023990$376,476$333,409$43,067$145,566$0$145,566
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$156,462
Membership dues
$119,220
Program service revenue
$290,325
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$18,020
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$71,740
Other salaries and wages
$109,977
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$202,193
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$16,143
Travel
$36,655
Program services (functional)
$375,763
Management and general (functional)
$28,183

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$145,566
Total assets, end of year
$188,407
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$188,407
Gross receipts
$446,787
Employees
29
Volunteers
350
Year formed
2009
State of legal domicile
MI

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 / weekCompensation
Inhan Lee PhDPresident and Director
Trustee or director, Officer
40$71,500
James Proscia JD PhDDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Mi Dong MSDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura NicholsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Inhan Lee PhDPresident and Director
Trustee or director, Officer
40$27,200
James Proscia JD PhDDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Mi Dong MSDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura NicholsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1100 N MAIN ST STE 214, ANN ARBOR, MI 48104-1059
In care of
% MIRCORE
Mailing address (990-N for 2013)
2929 Plymouth Rd Suite 207, Ann Arbor MI 481053206
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Inhan Lee, 1100 N Main Street, Suite 214, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Principal officer (990-N for 2013)
Inhan Lee, 2929 Plymouth Rd Suite 207, Ann Arbor MI 481053206
Signed the 990
Inhan Lee, President
Phone
(734) 288-8647

Mission

miRcore's mission is to advance science and medicine by advocating personalized medicine and democratizing medical research. We believe that cultivating youth in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math, medicine) is the best way to realize our mission. We value science, compassion, and collaboration. We teach students to see the humanity behind statistics and to understand the importance of collaboration among scientists, doctors, and the public. We hope to engender a STEMM-literate citizenry.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • Computational biology research education for high school students: To democratize medical research in the genomics era, we teach high school students computational biology. About 2,100 students were served in 2024 through our Contest, Conference, camps, in-school, after-school and weekend programs. 1) miRcore Volunteer Program (MVP): We mentor high schoolers in computational biology research every weekend, advocating personalized medicine and fostering leadership. This year, we offered in-person meetings at University of Michigan, Scripps Research Institute, LG NOVA. Volunteers lead school club Genes in Disease and Symptoms (GIDAS, guide-us). 2) GIDAS: a student club at high schools and the University of Michigan. Our volunteers share learning with peers at their schools. In 2024, there are over 100 high school GIDAS chapters nationally. 3) Genes and Health Contest: promotes study in science among peers through enjoyable challenges. In 2024, we held the contest virtually. 4) High School Research Conference: provides high schoolers a science conference setting to boost their familiarity with academic pursuits while raising community awareness on the conference theme (disease of focus voted on by volunteers each year). We held two in-person locations at University of Michigan campus and Scripps Research Translational Institute as well as with virtual participation. 5) Summer camps for high schoolers: Computational Biology, Biotechnology Sequencing, R Programming Research, and Sequencing Your Genome camps were held online and also in-person at University of Michigan and Scripps Research Institute. We focused on high school student teaching among last year's Citizen Scientist Sequencing Initiatives this year and thus include CSSI here this year. 6) Lab on Wheels program: We provided hands-on experiments at local high school biology classrooms to expose 9th graders about computational biology and a research project using gel electrophoresis. 7) Middle School biology workshop: Our high school volunteers led the workshop to teach younger students about genes, cancers, and computational biology.
    Expenses $248,934 · revenue $290,325
  • Citizen Scientist Sequencing Initiative (CSSI): In February 2023 we implemented our Citizen Scientist Sequencing Initiative, whereby individuals can obtain their own genomic sequences as sole custodians, not having to share it with anyone, including us, miRcore. After the successful implementation, in 2024 we focused the CSSI to a dedicated high school student education through a summer camp, Sequencing Your Genome. Though we focused the effort to SYG and moved expenses directly related to student education to the first program of high school education expenses and revenue, the related other expenses including exhibiting at 2024 ASHG Conference are under this category, because this program is for educating citizen scientists beyond high school students.
    Expenses $40,966
  • Bioinformatics research, consulting and supports: 1. We supported scientists at the University of Michigan, University of Texas Medical Branch and Yonsei University in Korea. More specifically, we provided computational biology research support to RNA function experts regarding small RNA regulations. We published research papers for the public benefits. 2. We are uncovering novel RNA-RNA interactions, research which may result in identifying more breast cancer patients who can benefited from precision medicine cancer drugs. 3. We taught student scientists to do in-depth research and how to write research papers. One collaborative research project for novel small RNA functions in COVID-19 was published and one research project manuscript was also published.
    Expenses $37,489 · revenue $5,000
  • miRcore Science Advocacy (MSA): We continued miRcore Science Advocacy, which has the basic structure from the MVA program that we had developed in 2021 as a student-run COVID-19 vaccine advocacy program galvanized individuals who have positive perceptions of vaccines in advocating for vaccines in their own networks and communities. Utilizing the MVA program structure, we had expanded the advocacy to miRcore Science Advocacy in 2022 summer with a focus on genome privacy and promises of genome medicine until the end of the school year 2023. In 2023-24 school year, our students chose the theme to neural degenerative disorder research advocacy and also started to advocate for mental health. For MSA training, we hosted brain health workshop with a regional artist, which helped to implement brain health workshop at our Annual High School Research Conference. Weekly newsletter and weekly project meetings have been continuously implemented.
    Expenses $32,374 · grants $5,000 · revenue $5,000
  • Microgrant program: We provide microgrants to experts in the field of disease of focus (autoimmune diseases in 2022-23 school year; neurodegenerative diseases in 2023-24 school year) so that they can obtain initial proof-of-concept data for innovative ideas to be used in bigger grant applications. We provided $6,000 microgrant to Drs. Arash Soleimanpour and Vaibhav Sidarala, for their Type 1 Diabetes research and $10,000 to Dr. Sami Barmada for ALS research. Drs. Soleimanpour and Barmada are Associate Professors of the University of Michigan and Dr. Sidarala is an Adjunct Research Investigator of the University of Michigan.
    Expenses $16,000

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
27-0568407
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
2010
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Medical research (H99)
Assets (IRS master file)
$188,407
Income (IRS master file)
$446,787

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$446,787$403,946$188,407IRS
990December 2023$376,476$333,409$145,566XML
990December 2022$255,296$272,365$102,499IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-N for 2013
Officer: Inhan Lee
December 31, 2013≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

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 27-0568407).

Questions about MIRCORE

What is the EIN of MIRCORE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MIRCORE is 27-0568407.
Is MIRCORE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
Are donations to MIRCORE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MIRCORE 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 MIRCORE 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 MIRCORE 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 MIRCORE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Inhan Lee.
Who are the officers and directors of MIRCORE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 4 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $71,500 (Inhan Lee PhD, President and Director).
How much revenue does MIRCORE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $446,787, expenses of $403,946 and total assets of $188,407 at year end.

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