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US nonprofit · EIN 851216282 · Sacramento, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 851216282) - 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 2024: 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 2020.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Paragon Institute of Innovation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$18k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$35k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.1m
$512k liabilities
Net assets
$578k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
5.1 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
6
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Paragon Institute of Innovation's network

6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) 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.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 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Brian HanfordDir Communicati2021
5 yrs
Dr Valerie ThomasDir Innovation2022
4 yrs
Elie DaherDir Operations2022
4 yrs
Michelle GonzalezExecutive Dir.2021
5 yrs
Peipei Alena YuanDir Comm Outrea2021
5 yrs
Pete AnticoSecretary/TREAS2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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
Michelle GonzalezExecutive Dir.0$0
Pete AnticoSecretary/TREAS0$0
Peipei Alena YuanDir Comm Outrea0$0
Brian HanfordDir Communicati0$0
Elie DaherDir Operations0$0
Dr Valerie ThomasDir Innovation0$0

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

About

Legal name
Paragon Institute of Innovation
EIN
851216282
Address
1401 21st Street Suite R, Sacramento, CA, 95811-5226
State
California
Mission
The corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the nonprofit public benefit corporation law for public and charitable purposes.the specific purpose of the corporation is to cultivate the next wave of brilliant minds through think tank projects for science, technologies and economic development. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
U99 Science and technology research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Science & Technology
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2020
Principal officer
Executive Director (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2020
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsBrian Hanford
≥5years on the filingsMichelle Gonzalez
≥5years on the filingsPeipei Alena Yuan
≥5years on the filingsPete Antico

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
$1.1m
Total liabilities
$512k
Net assets or fund balances
$578k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0