Krell Institute INC

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Ames, IA501(c)(3)Since 1996Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 42-1457548Revenue $20.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSkrellinst.org1609 Golden Aspen Dr Ste 101, 50010-8078 · Ames, IATax-exempt since Dec 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To support the advancement of the discipline of computational science by administering the computational science graduate fellowship and the stewardship science graduate fellowship for the u.s. Department of energy; to provide communication support to the department of energy; and to manage smaller projects related to computational science as needed.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 87 volunteers and 23 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $14K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 69% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.9M
77% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 77% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.0M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$19.9M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$863K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$20.0M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$12.4M
FY2022$14.3M
FY2023$16.8M
FY2024$18.9M
FY2025$20.0M
Expenses
$19.9M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$12.4M
FY2022$14.3M
FY2023$16.8M
FY2024$18.9M
FY2025$19.9M
Net assets
$863K
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$799K
FY2022$800K
FY2023$813K
FY2024$841K
FY2025$863K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $18.4M Management & general 8% · $1.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$323,220Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance & Admin
$200,971Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Technology
$194,132Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications
$159,016Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Network Administrator
$126,506Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Dev Ops Engineer
$123,949Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shelly Olsan’s $323K as President is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Shelly Olsan$323,220$292,709$254,274$239,499$232,932
Beth Brosnahan$200,971$195,747$176,640$168,189$163,098
Nazanin Imani$194,132$189,097$167,729$162,690$159,233
Bill Cannon$159,016————
William Cannon—$152,853$145,478$139,822$134,469
Rob Pearson$126,506————
Mat Wymore$123,949————
Robert Pearson—$121,616$102,223——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Administers fellowships and provides communication support for computational science.

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3 programs · $18.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The department of energy computational science graduate fellowship program selects highly qualified students and supports their research and academic study for up to four years of their PHD graduate work in a computational science and engineering discipline area that is important to the united states department of energy's office of…

$14.4Mprogram expense
02

The stewardship science graduate fellowship (SSGF) program selects highly qualified students in stewardship science disciplines that are important to the united states department of energy's national nuclear security administration.

$3.9Mprogram expense
03

The communication project develops and provides accessible, concise, and scientifically accurate presentations of the research supported by the department of energy (doe) at doe laboratories, at universities, and in industry.

$28Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 17 grants · $365K · 2021–2023
Iowa State UniversityIA · FY2023$27,260
Arizona State UniversityFY2023$25,815
Wayne State UniversityMI · FY2022$38,500
Arizona State UniversityFY2022$12,715
Iowa State UniversityIA · FY2022$9,087
Million ConceptsFY2021$24,891
Farallon InstituteCA · FY2021$24,442
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaFY2021$14,598

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Money outPt IX
$19.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$18.4M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$863K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$655K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$19.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Total revenueLn 12$20.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$603K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$655K
Other assetsLn 15$129K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$863K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 687
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$762K$655K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$841K$863K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$916K$271K$646K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$612K$644K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$145K$72K$73K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$160K$81K$80K
Payroll taxesLn 10$140K$61K$79K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$42K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$57K$47K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$22K$22K$387
Office expensesLn 13$120K$100K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$141K$141K
OccupancyLn 16$164K$164K
TravelLn 17$841K$825K$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$396K$394K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15.5M$15.5M
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$375K−$349K
Total functional expensesLn 25$19.9M$18.4M$1.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $20.0M$19.9M$22K$863K 990 PDF
FY2024 $18.9M$18.9M$28K$841K 990 PDF
FY2023 $16.8M$16.8M$13K$813K 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.3M$14.3M$2K$800K 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.4M$12.4M$7K$799K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $19,953,360 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $18,774,415$19,894,757
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $138,905$28,586
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $27,724$30,017
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,941,044$19,953,360
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $82,494$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,516,321$2,617,754
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $16,313,926$17,313,876
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $18,912,741$19,931,630
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $28,303$21,730
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $19,953,360 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$19,894,007
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$750
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$19,894,757
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $28,586$28,586
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $30,017$30,017
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,586 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $30,017$19,953,360
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $19,931,630 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $270,602 · Management $645,626$916,228
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $612,489 · Management $643,592$1,256,081
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $71,631 · Management $73,098$144,729
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $80,805 · Management $79,566$160,371
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $61,147 · Management $79,198$140,345
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $42,232$42,232
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $47,110 · Management $10,350$57,460
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $22,040 · Management $387$22,427
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $99,596 · Management $20,369$119,965
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $140,952$140,952
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $164,446$164,446
IX-17 TravelPrograms $824,919 · Management $15,815$840,734
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $394,012 · Management $1,738$395,750
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,054$10,054
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,493,819$15,493,819
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $374,909 · Management −$348,872$26,037
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $18,353,079 · Management $1,578,551 · Fundraising $0$19,931,630
Part X · Balance sheet $3,756,756 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $75,850$52,305
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $686,372$602,719
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,771,292$2,931,873
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,463$13,049
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $37,308$28,064
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $227,500$128,746
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,828,785$3,756,756
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,767,856$2,773,193
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $219,471$120,375
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,987,327$2,893,568
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $756,372$777,775
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $85,086$85,413
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $841,458$863,188
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,828,785$3,756,756
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $863,188 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$19,953,360
XI-2 Total expenses$19,931,630
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,730
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$841,458
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$863,188

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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