Spectrum Biobank INC

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Portola Vally, CA501(c)(3)Medical ResearchEIN 84-3418742Revenue $3K in FY2024

On file with the IRSspectrumbiobank.org3130 Alpine Rd Ste 288 Pmb 102, 94028-7541 · Portola Vally, CATax-exempt since May 2020Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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A nonprofit organization working to create medicine for underprivileged communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$110K
to officers and key staff · 31% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 92% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 31% of spending; over 30%.
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
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$60
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 3 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 3 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3K
-99% vs prior year
Spent
$359K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$12K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$3K
FY2024▼ -99%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$468K
FY2022$300K
FY2023$273K
FY2024$3K
Expenses
$359K
FY2024▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$100K
FY2022$246K
FY2023$327K
FY2024$359K
Net assets
$12K
FY2024▼ -97%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$368K
FY2022$422K
FY2023$368K
FY2024$12K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2020.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $309K Management & general 14% · $50K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/CFO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Yambazi Banda’s $110K as CEO is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 89 <$100K medical research 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Yambazi Banda$110,000$45,909——
Danny Park—$93,750$110,000$110,000

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

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Develops medicine for underprivileged communities.

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1 program · $309K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Spectrum is focused on bridging the diversity gap in genomics. To that effect it has setup a biobank to generate dna sequence data from diverse populations and partner with researchers to provide insights using this data.

$309Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$11K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18
Money outPt IX
$359K
Ln 25
Programscol B$309K
Managementcol C$50K
Owns and owesPt X
$12K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12K
Total assetsLn 16$12K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18
Total revenueLn 12$3K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$12K
Total assetsLn 16$12K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60
Net assetsLn 32$12K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$368K$12K
Total assetsLn 16$368K$12K
LiabilitiesLn 26$92$60
Net assetsLn 32$368K$12K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$110K$66K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$5K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$8K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$30K$30K
InsuranceLn 23$529$529
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$199K$199K$257
All other expensesLn 24e$126$126
Total functional expensesLn 25$359K$309K$50K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3K$359K−$356K$12K 990 PDF
FY2023 $273K$327K−$54K$368K 990 PDF
FY2022 $300K$246K$54K$422K 990 PDF
FY2021 $468K$100K$368K$368K 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
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Part I · Summary $2,509 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $273,057$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$2,491
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$18
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $273,057$2,509
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $151,087$118,737
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $175,655$239,978
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $326,742$358,715
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$53,685−$356,206
Part VI · Governance 1 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members1
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,509 across 3 lines filed
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,491$2,491
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Excluded from tax $18$18
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,509$2,509
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $358,715 across 7 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $66,000 · Management $44,000$110,000
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,242 · Management $3,495$8,737
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $8,400 · Management $1,920$10,320
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $29,958$29,958
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $529$529
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $198,788 · Management $257$199,045
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $126$126
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $309,043 · Management $49,672 · Fundraising $0$358,715
Part X · Balance sheet $11,804 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $368,042$11,804
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $368,042$11,804
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $92$60
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $92$60
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $367,950$11,744
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $368,042$11,804
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,744 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,509
XI-2 Total expenses$358,715
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$356,206
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$367,950
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,744

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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