The mission of the organization is to achieve breakthroughs in humanity`s capability to prevent, militigate, and suppress pandemics.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$83K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $377K a year · 17% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$83K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
43 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 43.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $322K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
0.9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
Spent
$566K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2023–FY2024
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2023
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$1.8M
Expenses
$566K
FY2023
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023$566K
FY2024$3.1M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2023
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$751K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2023.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $424K Management & general 23% · $130K Fundraising 2% · $12K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $83K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and Executive Director
$83,333Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Treasurer Until December
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Treasurer Since December
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacob Swett’s $250K as Executive Director/Board President is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Jacob Swett$250,000$83,333
Siobhan Brenton$191,698—
Richard Williamson$181,125—
David Carel$171,985—
Carly Tryens$124,200—
James Montavon$103,201—

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops solutions to prevent, lessen, and control pandemics worldwide.

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3 programs · $423K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

General Program

Blueprint biosecurity's general program broadly supports our mission to mitigate the risk of pandemics through developing actionable plans, stakeholder engagement, and effective execution of our initiatives.

$210Kprogram expense
02

Far Uvc

Our main far-uvc project is assessing far-uvc as a tool for pandemic prevention and writing a roadmap for accelerating its research, development, and deployment. Additionally, we have conducted modeling of the efficacy of far-uvc, supported research on eye safety, and supported conferences and workshops on far-uvc.

$112Kprogram expense
03

Built Enviroment Transmission Suppression

Our physical environments - from airports to childcare centers, factories, and schools - play a major role in the spread of pathogens. But there are many fundamental open questions about indoor transmission that leave us vulnerable to new pandemics: in which specific built environments do highly contagious diseases currently spread most…

$102Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$322K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $12K · 2024–2024
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2024$12,500

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$110
Other incomeLn 4–11$2
Money outPt IX
$566K
Ln 25
Programscol B$424K
Managementcol C$130K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$110
Other incomeLn 4–11$2
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$51K
SavingsLn 2$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$0$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$18K
Net assetsLn 32$0$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$83K$62K$19K$2K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$227K$202K$17K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$0$5K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$4K$22K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$39K$7K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$0$7K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$0$13K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$110K$79K$31K$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$667$0
Information technologyLn 14$755$0$755$0
OccupancyLn 16$661$0$661$0
TravelLn 17$31K$31K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$0$1K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$2K$5K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$566K$424K$130K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.8M$3.1M−$1.3M$751K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.6M$566K$2.0M$2.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,583,112 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$2,583,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$110
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$2
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$2,583,112
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 $0$389,964
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$175,564
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$565,528
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$2,017,584
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
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 $2,583,112 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,583,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,583,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $110$110
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $110$2,583,112
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $565,528 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $62,500 · Management $19,167 · Fundraising $1,667$83,334
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $202,130 · Management $16,507 · Fundraising $8,544$227,181
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $5,256 · Fundraising $0$5,256
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,136 · Management $22,496 · Fundraising $0$26,632
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,253 · Management $6,683 · Fundraising $1,625$47,561
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,456 · Fundraising $0$7,456
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $12,800 · Fundraising $0$12,800
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $79,161 · Management $30,818 · Fundraising $0$109,979
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,740 · Management $667 · Fundraising $0$2,407
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $755 · Fundraising $0$755
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $661 · Fundraising $0$661
IX-17 TravelPrograms $30,908 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$30,908
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,754 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,754
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,221 · Fundraising $0$1,221
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,485 · Management $5,138 · Fundraising $0$7,623
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $424,067 · Management $129,625 · Fundraising $11,836$565,528
Part X · Balance sheet $2,036,040 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$50,539
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,983,095
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$2,406
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$2,036,040
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$18,456
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$18,456
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$1,702,373
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$315,211
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$2,017,584
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$2,036,040
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,017,584 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,583,112
XI-2 Total expenses$565,528
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,017,584
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,017,584

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