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US nonprofit · EIN 562034464 · Columbia, SCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 562034464) - 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 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).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 (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

Dorn Research Institute

Donations deductible
Revenue
$487k
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$658k
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$1.1m
$29k liabilities
Net assets
$1.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
4.9y av
Staff
8
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Michael Ryan
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Dorn Research Institute's network

9 peoplei9 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

9 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.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 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Michael Ryan ChairBoard Chair2021
5 yrs
Brandon MendezTreasurer2024
2 yrs
David Brett VessMed Ctr Directo2025
1 yr
James McCallumCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Jennifer OthersenBoard Member2018
8 yrs
John GrantlandBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Javed TunioBoard Member2025
1 yr
Matthew OwensBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Nikki WootenBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Christopher WoodExecutive Dir.since 2022
Lauren EckstromDirector ofsince 2024
Rebecca ParsonsExecutive Director2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 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
Christopher WoodExecutive Dir.40$125k
Lauren EckstromDirector of40$75k
Javed TunioBoard Member1$0$380k
James McCallumSecretary1$0$307k
Jennifer OthersenBoard Member1$0$299k
David Brett VessMed Ctr Directo1$0$192k
Michael RyanBoard Chair1$0$177k
Nikki WootenBoard Member1$0
John GrantlandBoard Member1$0
Brandon MendezTreasurer1$0
Matthew OwensBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
Dorn Research Institute
EIN
562034464
Address
6439 Garners Ferry Rd, Columbia, SC, 29209-1638
State
South Carolina
Mission
Research & education to find new improved ways to treat disease. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
H99Z Medical research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Medical Research
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1998
Principal officer
Christopher Wood (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 1998
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJames McCallum
≥8years on the filingsJennifer Othersen
≥8years on the filingsNikki Wooten
≥5years on the filingsMichael Ryan

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.1m
Total liabilities
$29k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.1m
Contributions and grants received
$25k
Program service revenue
$404k
Employees
8

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$460k$671kDeficit $211k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Dorn Research Institute likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Status
Not stated
Formed
Not stated
Registered agent
Not stated

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