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US nonprofit · EIN 540737652 · Lexington, VAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 540737652)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 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.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 PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

V M I Research Laboratories' network

11 people7 organisationsi11 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). 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

11 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 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 11 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Charles E Edgar IV ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Abigail DawsonDirector2020
6 yrs
Chris WilsonDirector2019
7 yrs
Elizabeth KnappDirector2019
7 yrs
HAL SnyderDirector2019
7 yrs
John DanielDirector2020
6 yrs
Jose GomezDirector2019
7 yrs
Mark BryantDirector2020
6 yrs
Pat GriffinDirector2020
6 yrs
Robert EagleDirector2019
7 yrs
Todd BrickhouseDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Angie FafatasTreasurer/Contractual Offisince 2019
Anne AlerdingCompany secretarysince 2019
Della MartinTreasurer/Contractual Offi2019
Wade E BellDirector of Researchsince 2019

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
Angie FafatasTreasurer/ Contractual Officer25$47k
Wade E BellDirector of Research1$7k
Anne AlerdingSecreatary1$2k
Abigail DawsonDirector0.5$0
Chris WilsonDirector0.5$0
Jose GomezChairman0.5$0
Mark BryantDirector0.5$0
Michael SebastinoDirector0.5$0
Pat GriffinDirector0.5$0
Robert EagleDirector0.5$0
Tim HodgesDirector0.5$0

About

Legal name
V M I Research Laboratories
EIN
540737652
Address
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, 24450
State
Virginia
Mission
VMI RESEARCH LABS EXISTS TO SERVE AS THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ARM OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. ITS PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AND TO AID DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY VMI'S PRIME MISSION - EDUCATION OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT. (Continued on Schedule O) (as filed on the Form 990)
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1963
IRS ruling date
1 May 1967
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsCharles E Edgar IV
≥7years on the filingsChris Wilson
≥7years on the filingsElizabeth Knapp
≥7years on the filingsHAL Snyder

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
$2m
Total liabilities
$1.1m
Net assets or fund balances
$876k
Contributions and grants received
$2m
Program service revenue
$129k
Grants and similar paid out
$38k
Employees
61
Volunteers
8