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US nonprofit · EIN 823945232 · San Diego, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 823945232) - 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 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2019.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Open Research Institute Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$11k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$12k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$524k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$524k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
3.2 years on average
Staff
0
2,000 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Open Research Institute Inc's network

5 people3 organisationsi5 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (3) 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

5 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 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
Anshul MakkarDirector2021
5 yrs
Keith WheelerCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Matthew WishekDirector2025
1 yr
Michelle ThompsonCEO2025
1 yr
Steve ConklinCFO2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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
Karen RuckerCompany secretarysince 2020
Keith WheelerCompany secretary2023
Michelle ThompsonCEOsince 2020
Steve ConklinCFOsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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
Keith WheelerSecretary5$0
Anshul MakkarDirector10$0
Michelle ThompsonCEO30$0
Steve ConklinCFO10$0
Matthew WishekDirector10$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Open Research Institute Inc
EIN
823945232
Address
3525 del Mar Heights Road 1873, San Diego, CA, 92130-2199
State
California
Mission
Open Research Institute ORI is a non-profit research and development organization which provides all of its work to the general public under the principles of Open Source and Open Access to Research. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
U05 Science and technology research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Science & Technology
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2019
Principal officer
Michelle Thompson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsKeith Wheeler
≥5years on the filingsAnshul Makkar
≥1years on the filingsMatthew Wishek
≥1years on the filingsMichelle Thompson

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$524k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$524k
Contributions and grants received
$2k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
2,000