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US nonprofit · EIN 461961453 · Richmond, VAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 461961453) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation's network

15 people7 organisationsi15 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (15). Violet dotted lines (7) 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

15 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 15 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
David X Cifu MD ChairChair2019
7 yrs
Andre Marshall PHDDirector2021
5 yrs
Charles Anamelechi PHDDirector2023
3 yrs
Dennis Manos PHDDirector2019
7 yrs
Fred Epstein PHDDirector2025
1 yr
Grace FestaDirector2025
1 yr
Howard P KernDirector2019
7 yrs
Jeff ConroyTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Kenneth Fridley PHDDirector2025
1 yr
KYP SirinakisVice Chair2019
7 yrs
Michael Friedlander PHDDirector2019
7 yrs
Michael MoranDirector2025
1 yr
Milton Brown MD PHDDirector2023
3 yrs
Srirama RAO PHDDirector2019
7 yrs
Thomas D Roberts IIICompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 15 →

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Michael GrishamPresident & CEOsince 2019
Suzanne Zeta PHDVPsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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
Michael GrishamPresident & CEO40$200k
Suzanne Zeta PhDVP40$133k$24k
David X Cifu MDChair1$0
Kyp SirinakisVice Chair1$0
Jeff ConroyTreasurer1$0
Thomas D Roberts IIISecretary1$0
Michael MoranDirector0.5$0
Grace FestaDirector0.5$0
Fred Epstein PhDDirector0.5$0
Michael Friedlander PhDDirector0.5$0
Andre Marshall PhDDirector0.5$0
Srirama Rao PhDDirector0.5$0
Milton Brown MD PhDDirector0.5$0
Kenneth Fridley PhDDirector0.5$0
Dennis Manos PhDDirector0.5$0
Howard P KernDirector0.5$0
Charles Anamelechi PhDDirector0.5$0

About

Legal name
Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation
EIN
461961453
Address
800 E Leigh St Ste 17, Richmond, VA, 23219-1598
State
Virginia
Mission
To advance economic development by creating competitive critical mass for virginia life sciences through collaborations with our research universities and industry, to attract research and commercialization capital to virginia and to catalyze the commercialization of virginia's innovations that meet large, unmet medical needs, improve human health and to create many more high-paying life... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
U20 Science and technology research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Science & Technology
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Michael Grisham (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsDavid X Cifu MD
≥7years on the filingsDennis Manos PHD
≥7years on the filingsHoward P Kern
≥7years on the filingsJeff Conroy

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$11m
Total liabilities
$4k
Net assets or fund balances
$11m
Contributions and grants received
$432k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$4.8m
Employees
2
Volunteers
11

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$676k$5.3mDeficit $4.6m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

5 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
The University of VirginiaTo foster life sciences research$3m
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityTo foster life sciences research$827k
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityTo foster life sciences research$403k
Old Dominion UniversityTo foster life sciences research$378k
George Mason UniversityTo foster life sciences research$198k