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
90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
7 people listed on the 990; $690K paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Krell Institute INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- 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.
Questions for Krell Institute INC
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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 ofenergy's office of…
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.
Oascr communications project (ocp) is supported by the office of advanced scientific computing research (oascr) to develop and provide accessible, concise, and scientifically accurate presentations of the research supported by the department of energy (doe) oascr at doe laboratories, at universities, and in industry.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $90K | $92K |
| Given inLn 1b | $0 | $250 |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $2K | $3K |
| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $770K | $939K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $269K | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.0M | $2.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.2M | $1.3M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $792K | $799K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $706K | $174K | $532K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $953K | $547K | $406K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $103K | $60K | $43K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $125K | $46K | $79K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $106K | $50K | $56K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $804 | $804 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $23K | $23K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $53K | $51K | $3K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $113K | $84K | $29K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $109K | $420 | $108K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $138K | $138K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $15K | $15K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $11K | $11K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $9.8M | $9.8M | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $51K | $264K | −$212K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $12.4M | $11.1M | $1.2M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 14, 2026 | $20.0M | $19.9M | $22K | $863K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 19, 2024 | $18.9M | $18.9M | $28K | $841K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 21, 2023 | $16.8M | $16.8M | $13K | $813K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 12, 2023 | $14.3M | $14.3M | $2K | $800K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 10, 2022 | $12.4M | $12.4M | $7K | $799K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $12,364,175 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $12,364,175 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,357,371 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,050,031 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $798,553 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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