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Nonprofit · EIN 58-2229271

ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC

Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30303

Financials

$94.3M$46.9M2022$104.9M$51.7M2023$147.5M$67.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
August 31, 2025990$147,536,895$67,930,180$79,606,715$1,294,856,818$1,974$1,294,854,844
August 31, 2024990$104,870,728$51,713,579$53,157,149$1,215,248,476$347$1,215,248,129
August 31, 2023990$94,265,802$46,914,315$47,351,487$1,162,091,366$386$1,162,090,980
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$147,536,895
Net gain from sales of assets
$102,232,019
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$66,500,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$288,389
Other salaries and wages
$134,513
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$485,830
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$1,789
Occupancy
$29,039
Travel
$2,181
Depreciation
$861
Program services (functional)
$66,809,383
Management and general (functional)
$1,120,797

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,215,248,476
Total assets, end of year
$1,294,856,818
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,974
Net assets, end of year
$1,294,854,844
Land, buildings and equipment
$1,164
Publicly traded securities
$527,852,129
Gross receipts
$409,043,765
Employees
14
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1996
State of legal domicile
GA

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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
P RUSSELL HARDINPRESIDENT - RETIRED 1/31/2025
Officer
4$99,751$6,901
ERIK S JOHNSONPRESIDENT - ELECTED 2/1/2025
Officer
4$41,761$6,574
ELI P NIEPOKYTREASURER
Officer
4$35,639$7,468
SARA E BLALOCKSECRETARY - ELECTED 2/1/2025
Officer
4$7,609$917
E JENNER WOOD IIITRUSTEE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
2$5,000$0
JOHN G RICETRUSTEE VICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0
TIMOTHY C ROLLINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0
LAWRENCE L GELLERSTEDT IIITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0
KATHELEN V AMOSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 9 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
THOMAS J LAWLEYTRUSTEE- RETIRED 03/28/2023
Former
1$2,500$158,451$29,511
P RUSSELL HARDINPRESIDENT
Officer
4$59,317$0$6,209
ERIK S JOHNSONSECRETARY/VICE PRESIDENT
Officer
4$34,901$0$5,422
ELI P NIEPOKYTREASURER
Officer
4$30,917$0$6,344
E JENNER WOOD IIITRUSTEE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
2$5,000$0$0
JOHN G RICETRUSTEE VICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
TIMOTHY C ROLLINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
LAWRENCE L GELLERSTEDT IIITRUSTEE- ELECTED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
KATHELEN V AMOSTRUSTEE- ELECTED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 10 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
P RUSSELL HARDINPRESIDENT
Officer
4$204,889$0$9,797
THOMAS J LAWLEYTRUSTEE- RETIRED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$5,000$159,983$26,138
ERIK S JOHNSONSECRETARY/VICE PRESIDENT
Officer
4$33,621$0$5,267
ELI P NIEPOKYTREASURER
Officer
4$29,732$0$6,146
E JENNER WOOD IIITRUSTEE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
2$5,000$0$0
M DOUGLAS IVESTERTRUSTEE- RETIRED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
JOHN G RICETRUSTEE VICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
TIMOTHY C ROLLINSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$5,000$0$0
LAWRENCE L GELLERSTEDT IIITRUSTEE- ELECTED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
KATHELEN V AMOSTRUSTEE- ELECTED 03/28/2023
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
191 PEACHTREE ST NE STE 3540, ATLANTA, GA 30303-1799
In care of
% ERIC S JOHNSON
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Erik S Johnson, 191 Peachtree St NE 3540, Atlanta, GA 30303
Signed the 990
Erik S Johnson, President
Phone
(404) 522-6755

Mission

To make grants and provide support benefitting Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences institutions, which includes Emory's schools of medicine, nursing, and public health and its medical research laboratories and hospitals.

990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • More than half of the annual funding distributed by the Woodruff Fund was designated to support the programs and facilities of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. Winship is Georgia's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Woodruff Fund grants were used to recruit and retain faculty for dual appointments at Emory's medical school and the Winship Cancer Institute and to fund significant faculty research projects in cancer prevention, detection and treatment. More than one-third of the funds dedicated to support programs were used to support Winship's clinical trials program. Other significant allocations of program funds were made for information technology and data management, support of Winship's biostatistics and bioinformatics programs, and for supporting Winship's administration, shared resources, and its NCI cancer center support grant. Almost half of the distributions to Winship are allocated to pay for facilities.In March 2024, the Woodruff Fund made a multi-year commitment to fund an extraordinary effort to grow Winship with a focus on improving the patient experience and better aligning research programs with patient care. Consistent with that commitment, the Woodruff Fund agreed to redesignate to the "Bigger, Better Winship" plan some funds previously paid to support Woodruff Health Sciences facilities and to increase distributions from the Woodruff Fund to Emory in future fiscal years. Accomplishments from this investment include hiring new clinical and research faculty, hiring patient navigators to support patient experience, increased digitization of pathology services and reduced patient wait and trial activation times.
    Expenses $44,872,295 · grants $44,664,499
  • Woodruff Fund grants supported strategic academic and research initiatives in Emory's medical schools and enterprises. Significant support during this fiscal year was directed to Emory's School of Medicine to recruit a new Vice President for Basic and Translational Research and to recruit a new Health Policy and Management Department Chair. The Woodruff Fund also invested in the research areas of brain health, AIDS, diabetes and maternal health, in addition to facility and equipment improvements to the Primate Center and the Biochemistry department. A significant portion of the distributions were used to pay for facilities, including Emory's biomedical research facilities and School of Medicine building.
    Expenses $17,692,432 · grants $17,610,501
  • The Woodruff Fund oversees a separate investment account intended to grow research capacity for the Emory + Children's Pediatric Research Institute. In this fiscal year, the Fund disbursed $4.225 million toward a multi-year plan to recruit pediatric investigators focused on childhood cancer and blood disorders and cardiac and brain medicine.
    Expenses $4,244,656 · grants $4,225,000

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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025August 31, 2026January 15, 2027Not due yet
2024August 31, 2025January 15, 2026990 on file
2023August 31, 2024January 15, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
58-2229271
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Supporting organization (509(a)(3))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Supporting organization of unknown type
Exempt since
1996
Accounting year ends
August
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B110)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,294,856,818
Income (IRS master file)
$409,043,765

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990August 2025$147,536,895$67,930,180$1,294,856,818XML
990August 2024$104,870,728$51,713,579$1,215,248,476XML
990August 2023$94,265,802$46,914,315$1,162,091,366XML
990August 2022$188,927,419$179,850,991$1,114,739,846IRS
990August 2021–––IRS
990August 2020–––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 58-2229271).

Questions about ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC

What is the EIN of ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC is 58-2229271.
Is ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
Are donations to ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Supporting organization of unknown type).
Which annual return does ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC 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 ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
Who is the principal officer of ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names Erik S Johnson.
Who are the officers and directors of ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $99,751 (P RUSSELL HARDIN, PRESIDENT - RETIRED 1/31/2025).
How much revenue does ROBERT W WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FUND INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $147,536,895, expenses of $67,930,180 and total assets of $1,294,856,818 at year end.

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