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US nonprofit · EIN 201512696 · Manassas, VAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 201512696) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Bionexus Foundation Inc's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (10) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Raymond H Cypess ChairChairman/Pres/Board Member2018
8 yrs
Frank SimonieBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Leslie LenertBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Lydia Villa-KomaroffBoard Member (Until 07/2023)2022
4 yrs
Melissa RewolinskiBoard Member/Secretary2022
4 yrs
Steve KaminskyBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Gregory FortonCFO (Until 04/2023)since 2022
Heather KiesslingTreasurer (From 9/2022)since 2022
John SweeneyAsst Treas/CFO/Sr VP Fin&adminsince 2018
John Sweeney Until 032022Asst Treas/CFO/Sr VP Fin&admin2022
Lydia Villa-KomaroffCompany secretarysince 2018
Patrick BourkeTreasurer (Until 9/2022)2022
Ruth ChengAsst Sec./Csio (From 11/2023)2023
Scott BollerAsst Tre/CFO/VP (From 03/2023)2023
Therese SellarsAsst Sec./VP HR/Cposince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Raymond H CypessChairman/Pres/Board Member0.6$0$2.3m$44k
Ruth ChengAsst Sec./Csio0.6$0$576k$63k
Therese SellarsAsst Sec./VP HR/Cpo0.6$0$421k$58k
Scott BollerAsst Tre/CFO/VP0.6$0$402k$27k
Steve KaminskyBoard Member0.6$0$28k
Heather KiesslingTreasurer0.6$0$26k
Melissa RewolinskiDirector(Thru 10/24)/Secretary0.6$0$24k
Alfredo MololinoBoard Member0.6$0$22k
Leslie LenertBoard Member0.6$0$21k
Frank SimonieBoard Member0.6$0$1k

About

Legal name
Bionexus Foundation Inc
EIN
201512696
Address
10801 University Blvd, Manassas, VA, 20110-2209
State
Virginia
Mission
Bionexus is organized to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes, within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (or corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws); within such limits, to support the educational and scientific mission of the american type culture collection. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
U50 Science and technology research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Science & Technology
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2004
Principal officer
Raymond H Cypess (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2005
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsRaymond H Cypess
≥8years on the filingsSteve Kaminsky
≥4years on the filingsLeslie Lenert
≥4years on the filingsLydia Villa-Komaroff

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$323.5m
Total liabilities
$2m
Net assets or fund balances
$321.4m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0