NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization
NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC (EIN 80-0631734)
Tax period
2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed
2022-11-11
IRS object ID
202213159349303441
Schema version
2021v4.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2022-11-11T11:33:38-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2021-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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Preparer Firm EIN135565207PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1KPMG LLPBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line1345 PARK AVENUEAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP101540102ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2021-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN800631734EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlNEWYBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone6469777000PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1101 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 7TH FLAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
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Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonMARIA JOANTAPersonNm
Person TitleCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERPersonTitleTxt
Phone6469777000PhoneNum
Signature2022-11-10SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

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Person FirstMARIAPersonFirstNm
Person LastJOANTAPersonLastNm
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SSN999009999SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

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Preparer PersonOSE JOSEPH-ERAMEHPreparerPersonNm
PTINP02534927PTIN
Phone2127589700PhoneNum
Preparation2022-11-09PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer3TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL1AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2021TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerTOM MANIATISPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1101 AVE OF THE AMERICASAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP10013ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$75,770,198GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressWWW.NYGENOME.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2010FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateDELegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionADVANCING GENOMIC RESEARCH TO DRIVE NOVEL BIOMEDICAL DISCOVERIES TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Voting Members Independent22VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee226TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers22TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$1,994,450TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$51,639,109PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$61,556,925CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$8,497,659PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$9,002,608CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$90,496PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$27,107CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$556,725PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$1,712,471CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$60,783,989PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$72,299,111CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$1,010,263PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Total Fundraising Expense$453,549CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$42,564,807PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$39,947,593CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$72,306,280PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$69,108,421CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$11,522,291PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$3,190,690CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$83,547,232TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$85,222,125TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$47,595,266TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$46,079,469TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$35,951,966NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$39,142,656NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionOPERATE A STATE-OF-THE-ART, WORLD CLASS GENOMIC RESEARCH CENTER THAT CREATES AND USES ADVANCED GENOMICS TO UNDERSTAND THE GENETIC BASIS OF DISEASE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE SCHEDULE O.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$51,412,857ExpenseAmt
Grant$1,760,070GrantAmt
Revenue$7,531,190RevenueAmt
DescRESEARCH AND RESEARCH SEQUENCING: NYGC'S RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AND FACULTY CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE GENETIC FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HUMAN DISEASE, BOTH IN THEIR OWN PROJECTS AND THROUGH COLLABORATIONS. NYGC RESEARCHERS HAVE PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN CANCER, INCLUDING LUNG, LIVER, BREAST AND MELANOMA, A MULTISITE VERY RARE CANCER PROJECT AND A LARGE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT STUDYING CANCER IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN NYC; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, INCLUDING ALS AND DEMENTIA AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES, FOCUSING ON AUTISM, AMONG OTHERS. IN 2021, NYGC SEQUENCED OVER 4,500 WHOLE GENOME SAMPLES, AS WELL AS NEARLY 6,000 COVID VIRAL SAMPLES, COMPLETED 611 PROJECTS, AND COLLABORATED WITH 101 INVESTIGATORS FROM 52 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE SCHEDULE O.Desc

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Expense$4,420,664ExpenseAmt
Revenue$1,471,418RevenueAmt
DescCLINICAL SEQUENCING: NYGC IS AUTHORIZED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING APPROVED CLINICAL TESTS THROUGH ITS CLEP/CLIA CERTIFIED CLINICAL LABORATORY: CONSTITUTIONAL WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING FOR UNDIAGNOSED DISEASE, CONSTITUTIONAL WHOLEGENOME SEQUENCING FOR PREDISPOSITIONAL GENETIC SCREENING, ONCOLOGY WHOLE GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME SEQUENCING, CONSTITUTIONAL WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING, TARGETED VARIANT TESTING USING SANGER SEQUENCING, ONCOLOGY WHOLE EXOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME SEQUENCING, AND THE SMASH GENOMIC ASSAY.Desc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$55,833,521TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesYes (1)LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments0DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other AssetsYes (1)ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnoteYes (1)IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficeYes (1)ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesYes (1)ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgYes (1)MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To IndividualsYes (1)MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans0PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Deductible Non Cash ContriYes (1)DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution0DeductibleArtContributionInd
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
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Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document57IRPDocumentCnt
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Employee226EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitYes (1)UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T FiledYes (1)Form990TFiledInd
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Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
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Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt0SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
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Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersYes (1)MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (1)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (1)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NANCY KONGBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone6469777154PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1101 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 7TH FLAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP10013ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (38 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndOfficerOfficerIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeIndHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
CHERYL A MOORE
PRESIDENT & COO (THROUGH 3/21)40.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$628,607$0$18,267
TOM MANIATIS PHD
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO40.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$616,411$0$0
DAFNA BAR-SAGI PHD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
RUSSELL L CARSON MBA
DIRECTOR & CO-CHAIR4.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
ELI CASDIN
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
DENNIS S CHARNEY MD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
AUGUSTINE MK CHOI MD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KENNETH A DILL PHD
DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
NICHOLAS DONOFRIO
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOSEPH E EDELMAN
DIRECTOR (AS OF 6/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOHN B EHRENKRANZ
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ANTHONY B EVNIN PHD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOHN P HAVENS
DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
WESLIE R JANEWAY
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KENNETH KAUSHANSKY MD
DIRECTOR (THROUGH 1/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
RICHARD P LIFTON MD PHD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
EDISON T LIU MD
DIRECTOR (THROUGH 2/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
HERB PARDES MD
DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ANIL RUSTGI MD
DIRECTOR (AS OF 2/21)1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
IVAN G SEIDENBERG MBA
DIRECTOR & CO-CHAIR4.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
FRANK V SICA
DIRECTOR & COMMITTEE CHAIR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JIM SIMONS PHD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BRUCE STILLMAN PHD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
CRAIG B THOMPSON MD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
GORDON F TOMASELLI MD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KEVIN J TRACEY MD
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ELIZABETH BROOKS O'BRIEN
VP & GENERAL COUNSEL40.00Yes (X)$440,292$0$40,576
THOMAS LEHNER
SCI DIR, NEURO DIS GEN40.00$362,827$0$49,280Yes (X)
SOREN GERMER
SVP, GENOME TECHNOLOGIES40.00$410,837$0$34,047Yes (X)
CAROL ASHE
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER40.00$405,036$0$36,117Yes (X)
CHARLES GAGNON
SENIOR DIR, IT INFRASTRUCTURE40.00$340,516$0$46,990Yes (X)
MARIA JOANTA
CHIEF FIN. OFFICER (AS OF 7/21)40.00$169,606$0$19,229Yes (X)
MICHAEL CHARLES ZODY
SCIENTIFIC DIR, COMP BIOLOGY40.00$277,755$0$23,134Yes (X)
KAREN L BUNTING
SENIOR DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES40.00$226,078$0$18,686Yes (X)
SHAILAJA GARGEYA
SENIOR DIR, SOFTWARE ENGINEER40.00$318,002$0$17,787Yes (X)
DAYNA M OSCHWALD
CHIEF OF STAFF40.00$258,478$0$31,335Yes (X)
CHRISTOPHER PHIFER BLACK
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH COMPUTING40.00$218,966$0$42,403Yes (X)
NICOLAS ROBINE
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY40.00$213,550$0$37,197Yes (X)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org$4,886,961TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org$0TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation$415,048TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K75IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (1)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

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DONNELLY MECHANICAL
96-59 222ND STREETQUEENSNY11429ENGINEERING SERVICES$720,835
GUARDIAN SERVICES INDUSTRIES INC
88005 EXPEDITE WAYCHICAGOIL60695CLEANING SERVICES$353,833
TEC SYSTEMS INC
47-25 34TH STREET 4TH FLOORLONG ISLAND CITYNY11101MAINTENANCE SERVICES$177,232
HOWSON & HOWSON LLP
5 SENTRY PKWY 160BLUE BELLPA19422LEGAL SERVICES$134,310
KPMG LLP
PO BOX 120511DALLASTX75312ACCOUNTING SERVICES$130,113
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K6CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues$2,735,000MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants$14,510,236GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$44,311,689AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions$2,724,243NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$61,556,925TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

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RESEARCH SEQUENCING541700$7,531,190$5,536,740$1,994,450
CLINICAL SEQUENCING541700$1,471,418$1,471,418
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$9,002,608TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$27,107TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$27,107ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$1,251,014TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$1,251,014ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$3,674,053RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$3,471,087RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$202,966RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$202,966TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$202,966ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescOTHER MISC REVENUEDesc
Business900099BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column$258,491TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$258,491ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$258,491OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$72,299,111TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$7,008,158RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$1,994,450UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$1,739,578ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,593,681TotalAmt
Program Services$1,593,681ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$166,389TotalAmt
Program Services$166,389ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,255,579TotalAmt
Program Services$2,109,697ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,002,312ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$143,570FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$185,902TotalAmt
Program Services$185,902ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,703,387TotalAmt
Program Services$13,108,257ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,495,018ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$100,112FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,123,438TotalAmt
Program Services$801,984ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$306,866ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$14,588FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,096,930TotalAmt
Program Services$1,394,563ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$687,694ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$14,673FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,035,272TotalAmt
Program Services$1,511,007ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$503,650ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$20,615FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$235,238TotalAmt
Management And General$235,238ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$127,060TotalAmt
Management And General$127,060ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$50,859TotalAmt
Management And General$45,859ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$5,000FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$250TotalAmt
Fundraising$250FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,558,552TotalAmt
Program Services$2,306,294ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$252,258ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$314,627TotalAmt
Program Services$110,256ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$203,938ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$433FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$3,110,631TotalAmt
Program Services$2,836,025ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$274,606ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$395,340TotalAmt
Program Services$395,340ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$14,120,934TotalAmt
Program Services$11,710,583ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,303,138ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$107,213FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$67,457TotalAmt
Program Services$66,669ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$775ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$13FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$37,508TotalAmt
Program Services$28,590ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$8,486ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$432FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$268,263TotalAmt
Program Services$188,575ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$76,689ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,999FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,665,542TotalAmt
Program Services$5,222,851ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$405,257ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$37,434FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$660,185TotalAmt
Management And General$660,185ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
DIRECT COST OF SEQUENCI$9,496,551$9,496,551
RESEARCH$2,524,924$2,524,924
RECRUITMENT$200,665$49,525$151,140
OTHER$113,257$25,858$81,182$6,217

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$69,108,421TotalAmt
Program Services$55,833,521ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$12,821,351ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$453,549FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$9,393,791BOYAmt
EOY$10,264,308EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,575,195BOYAmt
EOY$7,859,130EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,431,588BOYAmt
EOY$6,350,857EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,246,622BOYAmt
EOY$2,423,898EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,918,628BOYAmt
EOY$3,304,280EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$133,048,124LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$85,581,035LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$51,267,221BOYAmt
EOY$47,467,089EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,714,187BOYAmt
EOY$7,552,563EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$83,547,232BOYAmt
EOY$85,222,125EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,075,510BOYAmt
EOY$5,032,047EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$11,521,530BOYAmt
EOY$12,695,217EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$71,442BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,820,000BOYAmt
EOY$4,100,000EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$25,106,784BOYAmt
EOY$24,252,205EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$47,595,266BOYAmt
EOY$46,079,469EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$27,915,254BOYAmt
EOY$26,513,021EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$8,036,712BOYAmt
EOY$12,629,635EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$35,951,966BOYAmt
EOY$39,142,656EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$83,547,232BOYAmt
EOY$85,222,125EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$3,190,690ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$70,723,214CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$115,038,771CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$32,878,926CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$51,639,109CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$61,556,925CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$331,836,945TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$70,723,214CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$115,038,771CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$32,878,926CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$51,639,109CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$61,556,925CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$331,836,945TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$159,305,553SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$172,531,392PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$378,725CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,090,669CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,205,975CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,312,682CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,952,174CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,940,225TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$95,299CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$104,653CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$38,049CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$742,082CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$258,491CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,238,574TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$347,015,744TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$63,775,539GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.49720PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.54290PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteers0VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or ManagementYes (1)PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements0MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members0MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast0PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations0GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators0DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations0RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other ActivitiesYes (1)OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities$52,638OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures$52,638TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c30NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART II-B, LINE 1:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHROUGH ITS LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS, NYGC ADVOCATES AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT CURRENT OPERATIONS AND/OR EXPAND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT NYGC. IN 2021, NYGC ENGAGED PAID LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS TO REPRESENT ITS INTERESTS AT THE STATE LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, FROM TIME TO TIME, NYGC STAFF MAY CONTACT MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO ENCOURAGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR NYGC. SUCH CONTACT MAY INCLUDE MEETINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THE APPROXIMATE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES IN 2021 WAS $23,377. NYGC ALSO MAINTAINS MEMBERSHIPS IN IRC SECTION 501(C)(6) ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY. IN 2021, $2,388 OF THE DUES THAT NYGC PAID TO THESE ASSOCIATIONS WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO LOBBYING.ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$71,059,157OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$26,565,746DepreciationAmt
Book Value$44,493,411BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$60,492,873OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$57,519,195DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,973,678BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,496,094OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,496,094DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$47,467,089TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
SECURITY DEPOSITS$7,339,122
DEFERRED COMPENSATION$213,441
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$7,552,563TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDEFERRED RENTDesc
Amt$24,252,205Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$24,252,205TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$75,770,198TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$75,770,198RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included-$3,471,087OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt-$3,471,087RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$72,299,111TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$72,579,508TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$3,471,087OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$3,471,087ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$69,108,421ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$69,108,421TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART X, LINE 2:NYGC IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE FASB ASC SECTION 740-10-05, INCOME TAXES - OVERALL, RELATING TO ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. NYGC RECOGNIZES THE EFFECT OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT OF BEING SUSTAINED AND HAS DETERMINED IT DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPOSURE TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS DURING 2021 AND 2020.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:RENTAL EXPENSE -3,471,087.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:RENTAL EXPENSE 3,471,087.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (5 entries)

RegionRegionTxtEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)14PROGRAM SERVICESRESEARCH$480,577
NORTH AMERICA6PROGRAM SERVICESRESEARCH$172,931
MIDDLE EAST (NORTH AFRICA)1PROGRAM SERVICESRESEARCH$1,808
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC1PROGRAM SERVICESRESEARCH$499
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)2PROGRAM SERVICESRESEARCH SUBAWARD$166,389
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees24SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee24TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$822,204SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$822,204TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)RESEARCH SUBAWARD$148,514WIRE$0
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)RESEARCH SUBAWARD$17,875WIRE$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org2Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Type Of AssistanceRESEARCHTypeOfAssistanceTxt
RegionNORTH AMERICARegionTxt
Recipient1RecipientCnt
Cash Grant$38,779CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWIREMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 2:NYGC MONITORS THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOLLOWING THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL AWARDS. GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS. COSTS ARE REVIEWED FOR ALLOWABILITY WITH REGARD TO RELEVANT COST PRINCIPLES, BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD BEFORE PAYMENT.
PART I, LINE 3:THE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES ARE REPORTED ON THE ACCRUAL METHOD.
PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD:

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (12 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
105 E 17TH STREETNEW YORKNY10003135562308501(C)(3)$440,678$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
ONE BUNGTOWN ROADCOLD SPRING HARBORNY11724112013303501(C)(3)$322,523$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
615 WEST 131ST STREETNEW YORKNY10027135598093501(C)(3)$227,755$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
1275 YORK AVENUENEW YORKNY10065131924236501(C)(3)$110,207$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC
415 MAIN STREETCAMBRIDGEMA02142263428781501(C)(3)$71,543$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
1230 YORK AVENUENEW YORKNY10065131624158501(C)(3)$51,589$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
129 SCHMITZ HALL 355870SEATTLEWA98195916001537WA$51,281$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE
1300 YORK AVENUENEW YORKNY10065150532082501(C)(3)$27,994$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
YALE UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 208356NEW HAVENCT06520060646973501(C)(3)$15,918$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
700 ROSEDALE AVENUE CB 1034ST LOUISMO63112430653611501(C)(3)$9,113$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PLACENEW YORKNY10029136171197501(C)(3)$7,615$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
3910 KESWICK ROADBALTIMOREMD21211520595110501(C)(3)$7,063$0RESEARCH SUBAWARD
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org12Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationNYGC MONITORS THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOLLOWING THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL AWARDS. GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS. COSTS ARE REVIEWED FOR ALLOWABILITY WITH REGARD TO RELEVANT COST PRINCIPLES, BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD BEFORE PAYMENT.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or ResidenceYes (X)HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
CHERYL A MOORE
PRESIDENT & COO (THROUGH 3/21)$256,926$0$244,600$0$127,081$0$17,400$0$867$0$646,874$0$0$0
TOM MANIATIS PHD
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO$612,312$0$0$0$4,099$0$0$0$0$0$616,411$0$0$0
ELIZABETH BROOKS O'BRIEN
VP & GENERAL COUNSEL$440,292$0$0$0$0$0$17,400$0$23,176$0$480,868$0$0$0
SOREN GERMER
SVP, GENOME TECHNOLOGIES$410,837$0$0$0$0$0$17,400$0$16,647$0$444,884$0$0$0
CAROL ASHE
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER$405,036$0$0$0$0$0$36,000$0$117$0$441,153$0$18,600$0
THOMAS LEHNER
SCI DIR, NEURO DIS GEN$362,827$0$0$0$0$0$36,900$0$12,380$0$412,107$0$18,101$0
CHARLES GAGNON
SENIOR DIR, IT INFRASTRUCTURE$307,096$0$29,160$0$4,260$0$17,286$0$29,704$0$387,506$0$0$0
SHAILAJA GARGEYA
SENIOR DIR, SOFTWARE ENGINEER$310,998$0$7,004$0$0$0$17,400$0$387$0$335,789$0$0$0
MICHAEL CHARLES ZODY
SCIENTIFIC DIR, COMP BIOLOGY$277,755$0$0$0$0$0$14,344$0$8,790$0$300,889$0$0$0
DAYNA M OSCHWALD
CHIEF OF STAFF$258,478$0$0$0$0$0$14,688$0$16,647$0$289,813$0$0$0
CHRISTOPHER PHIFER BLACK
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH COMPUTING$218,966$0$0$0$0$0$13,648$0$28,755$0$261,369$0$0$0
NICOLAS ROBINE
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY$213,550$0$0$0$0$0$13,154$0$24,043$0$250,747$0$0$0
KAREN L BUNTING
SENIOR DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIV$226,078$0$0$0$0$0$11,394$0$7,292$0$244,764$0$0$0
MARIA JOANTA
CHIEF FIN. OFFICER (AS OF 7/21)$169,606$0$0$0$0$0$5,550$0$13,679$0$188,835$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 1AHOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE NYGC SELECTIVELY OFFERS HOUSING ALLOWANCES TO EMPLOYEES, PRINCIPALLY AS A RECRUITING TOOL FOR NEW FACULTY AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS. SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OR HOUSING ALLOWANCES ARE COMMONLY OFFERED BY PEER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY TO HELP FACULTY AND OTHER RESEARCHERS DEFRAY THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING. THE VALUE OF THIS ASSISTANCE WAS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE EMPLOYEE.
PART I, LINE 3IN 2021, NYGC'S SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO WAS EMPLOYED BY AN UNRELATED ENTITY AND LEASED TO NYGC TO DEVOTE 80% OF HIS TIME AND EFFORT TO SERVING AS NYGC'S SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO, AN OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION AND AS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF NYGC'S FACULTY. HE OVERSAW NYGC'S RESEARCH PROGRAM AND UNDERTOOK OTHER ACTIVITIES AS NYGC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUESTED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO DEVOTED 20% OF HIS TIME TO HIS DUTIES AT THE UNRELATED ENTITY, WHERE HE MAINTAINS A LABORATORY AND CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT, INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH PROJECTS. IN JANUARY 2021, NYGC HIRED AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO PERFORM AN EXECUTIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION STUDY OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT'S COMPENSATION, INCLUDING THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO. THE REVIEW SHOWED THAT THE COMPENSATION PAID TO ALL MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO, WAS REASONABLE.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

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PersonSILAS MANIATISPersonNm
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FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1 & PART III, LINE 1:THE NEW YORK GENOME CENTER (NYGC) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT MEDICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL HUB FOR GENOMIC RESEARCH. LEVERAGING OUR STRENGTHS IN WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING AND GENOMIC ANALYSIS, OUR MISSION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF GENOMIC SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO NOVEL BIOMEDICAL DISCOVERIES. NYGC'S AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN GENOMICS AND DISEASE-FOCUSED RESEARCH. THE CENTER IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR ENHANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENETIC BASIS OF CANCER, NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE (ALS, ALZHEIMER'S, FTD, PARKINSON'S AND HUNTINGTON'S), AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE (AUTISM, SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER). SINCE 2020, THE NYGC HAS ALSO DIRECTED ITS EXPERTISE TO COVID-19 RESEARCH. NYGC SERVES AS A NEXUS FOR COLLABORATION IN GENOMIC RESEARCH FOR THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, BUILDING ON THE COMBINED STRENGTHS OF FACULTY, MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUPS, AFFILIATE MEMBERS, AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS. NYGC'S GROWTH AND DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE EMPOWERS THE CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WITH THE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE TO ACCELERATE GENOMIC SCIENCE. THE NYGC TEAM, LED BY EVNIN FAMILY SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AND CEO TOM MANIATIS, PHD, INCLUDES SENIOR AND CORE FACULTY MEMBERS WHO HOLD JOINT APPOINTMENTS AT LEADING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. THE FACULTY INCLUDES A NOBEL LAUREATE, SIX NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, THREE LASKER AWARD WINNERS, THREE NIH NEW INNOVATOR AWARD WINNERS, THREE NIH PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD WINNERS, AS WELL AS ONE NIH DIRECTOR'S TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH AWARDEE. NYGC HAS 16 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND 85 AFFILIATED SCIENTISTS IN ADDITION TO ITS INTERNAL SCIENTIFIC TEAM, ROBUST RESEARCH PROGRAMS, STATE-OF-THE-ART, NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING/ANALYTICS CAPABILITIES, A CLINICAL LABORATORY CERTIFIED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND A CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION TEAM. WE CONSIDER THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AMONG RESEARCHERS, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE CENTER, TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENETIC BASIS OF HUMAN DISEASES, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF BASIC SCIENCE. NYGC STRIVES TO CHAMPION DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. IN ADDITION TO THE WORKPLACE THIS INCLUDES RESEARCH AND IN ITS APPLICATION TO CLINICAL CARE. A FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF THE GENOME CENTER IS ADDRESSING THE LACK OF DIVERSITY WITHIN DATA SAMPLES AND SUBJECTS IN GENOMICS RESEARCH. NYGC IS ALSO COMMITTED TO EXPANDING DIVERSITY AS REFLECTED WITHIN THE CENTER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WITHIN THE FACULTY, STAFF, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A & LINE 4BNYGC IS COMMITTED TO ITS MISSION OF ADVANCING GENOMIC SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO NOVEL BIOMEDICAL THERAPEUTICS AND ACCELERATE ITS USE IN THE CLINICAL SETTING. RESEARCH AND FACULTY --------------------- NYGC ATTRACTS WORLD-CLASS SCIENTISTS AND IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING EMERGING YOUNG FACULTY. NYGC RESEARCHERS HAVE BACKGROUNDS IN SINGLE CELL GENOMICS, GENOMIC ENGINEERING, EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND METHODS DEVELOPMENT, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING. MOST FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE JOINT APPOINTMENTS AT ONE OF NYGC'S PARTNER INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION, STRENGTHEN RESEARCH, ADVANCE ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP, AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO TREAT HUMAN DISEASES. THIS YEAR, THE CENTER RECRUITED THREE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS INCLUDING: DR. GAMZE GURSOY BEGAN HER INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CAREER AT NYGC WITH A JOINT APPOINTMENT IN THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. SHE BRINGS A DIVERSE BACKGROUND INCLUDING HER INTEREST IN DEVELOPING TOOLS TO ANALYZE AND UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENOMIC STRUCTURE, VARIATION, AND MOLECULAR PHENOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES AND ADDING PRIVACY-PRESERVATION TO THESE MODELS AND DATASETS TO ENABLE INFERENCE FROM SENSITIVE GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC DATA WHILE PRESERVING PATIENT PRIVACY. AS A POSTDOC, DR. GURSOY WAS AWARDED A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND PRESTIGIOUS NIH/K99 "PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD" IN 2020 FROM THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NHGRI). CHENXU ZHU, PHD, IS A "MULTIOMICS" RESEARCHER AND HIS LAB FOCUSES ON APPLYING AN ARRAY OF INNOVATIVE GENOMIC METHODS, INCLUDING SINGLE-CELL TECHNOLOGIES, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND GENE REGULATION MECHANISMS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE, PARTICULARLY CANCER. HE JOINED NYGC FROM THE SAN DIEGO BRANCH OF THE LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, WHERE HE SERVED AS A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN ITS LABORATORY OF GENE REGULATION. DR. ZHU OBTAINED HIS PHD IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FROM PEKING UNIVERSITY. HE ALSO HOLDS A JOINT APPOINTMENT AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT NYGC MEMBER INSTITUTION WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE (WCM) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS AND INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOMEDICINE. SANJA VICKOVIC, PHD, JOINED NYGC AS A CORE FACULTY MEMBER AND DIRECTOR OF NYGC'S TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION LAB. DR. VICKOVIC WORKED AT THE BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD, WHERE SHE WAS A WALLENBERG FELLOW IN DR. AVIV REGEV'S LAB. SHE OBTAINED HER PHD IN GENE TECHNOLOGY FROM THE KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM. DR. VICKOVIC IS AN EXPERIENCED AND ACCOMPLISHED ENGINEER AND AN INVENTOR OF THE SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMIC TECHNOLOGY CALLED "VISIUM" NOW COMMERCIALIZED BY 10X GENOMICS. SHE ALSO HAS TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. DR. VICKOVIC CURRENTLY HOLDS MULTIPLE JOINT APPOINTMENTS WHILE AT NYGC. SHE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE FU FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE AND THE HERBERT AND FLORENCE IRVING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER DYNAMICS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS REMAINING A WALLENBERG ACADEMY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AT UPPSALA UNIVERSITY. IN 2021, NYGC SCIENTISTS RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PIONEERING RESEARCH, RELEASED FINDINGS FROM NEW STUDIES, AND DEVELOPED NEW GENOMIC TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP ADVANCE PRECISION MEDICINE: DAN LANDAU, MD, PHD, RECEIVED A 2021 TOP 10 CLINICAL RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS LAB'S BREAKTHROUGH TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING A HIGHLY SENSITIVE "LIQUID BIOPSY" BLOOD TEST FOR MONITORING OF CANCER PROGRESSION AND RELAPSE. DR. LANDAU ALSO LED THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPED A NEW MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE THAT ANALYZES THE THOUSANDS OF DNA METHYLATION CHANGES DETECTED IN TUMOR CELLS -- AND INFERS WHICH ONES ARE LIKELY TO DRIVE TUMOR GROWTH. MARCIN IMIELINSKI, MD, PHD, IS AN AWARDEE OF THE 2021 PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCH. THE AWARD IS TO SUPPORT HIS PROJECT TO EXPLAIN WHY CERTAIN ACRAL MELANOMAS (WHICH OCCUR ON THE HANDS AND FEET) AND OTHER SIMILAR CANCERS WITH FEW SMALL MUTATIONS RESPOND TO IMMUNOTHERAPY BY EXAMINING A NOVEL CLASS OF GENETIC ALTERATIONS CALLED TYFONAS. THIS STUDY CAN TRANSFORM THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER EVOLUTION AND PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR A WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IMMUNOTHERAPY BIOMARKER TO HELP NAVIGATE THE BEST COURSE FOR PATIENT TREATMENT. DR. IMIELINSKI ALSO LED THE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CANCER GENOMICS RESEARCH TEAM THAT RELEASED FINDINGS FROM A COMPREHENSIVE WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING STUDY OF A KEY SUBSET OF LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA (LUAD). THE TEAM'S REPORT DETAILS THEIR UNCOVERING OF STRUCTURAL GENETIC VARIANTS THAT MAY BE POTENTIAL NEW BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR LUAD, THE MOST COMMON LUNG MALIGNANCY AND A LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN THE U.S. RAHUL SATIJA, PHD, LED THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPED MIXSCAPE, A NEW COMPUTATIONAL TOOL TO INTERPRET EXPERIMENTS THAT COMBINE THE USE OF CRISPR TO PERTURB GENES ALONG WITH MULTIMODAL SINGLE-CELL SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES. THIS NEW TOOL HELPED TO IDENTIFY A NEW MOLECULAR MECHANISM FOR THE REGULATION OF IMMUNE CHECKPOINT PROTEINS THAT GOVERN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND DESTROY CANCER CELLS. NEVILLE SANJANA, PHD, RECEIVED A 2021 GRANT FROM THE SIMONS FOUNDATION (SFARI) TO SUPPORTS A PROJECT TO DEPLOY CRISPR AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO UNCOVER BIOMARKERS FOR AUTISM GENE THERAPY. HEMALI PHATNANI, PHD IS A 2021 RECIPIENT OF THE NIH DIRECTOR'S TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH AWARD, PART OF THE NIH'S HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD PROGRAM TO PROMOTE EXCEPTIONALLY INNOVATIVE OR UNCONVENTIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE OR OVERTURN FUNDAMENTAL PARADIGMS. DR. PHATAMI WAS ALSO AWARDED A DEFENSE DEPT GRANT TO STUDY ALS-FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA. ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2021 INCLUDE: OVER THE PAST YEAR, NYGC HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN CORE RESEARCH AREAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NEW YORK GENOME CENTER'S EVNIN FAMILY SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AND CEO, TOM MANIATIS. IN 2021, DR. MANIATIS WAS NAMED TO NEW YORK'S FIRST "CITY & STATE LIFE SCIENCES POWER 50" LIST, HIGHLIGHTING KEY INDIVIDUALS DRIVING THE LIFE SCIENCE SECTOR'S GROWTH IN NEW YORK. NYGC FACULTY PUBLISHED OVER 75 STUDIES IN HIGH-IMPACT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS THAT PROVIDED NEW INSIGHTS INTO DISEASE MECHANISMS. NYGC RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED MANY INNOVATIVE GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES THAT ARE SHARED WIDELY WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. CANCER: THE GENOME CENTER CANCER GROUP (GCCG), LED BY HAROLD VARMUS, MD, NYGC AND WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, AND CHARLES SAWYERS, MD, MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, IS COMPOSED OF CLINICIANS AND CANCER RESEARCHERS FROM NYGC'S MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING 10 NCI-DESIGNATED CANCER CENTERS. NYGC'S COLLABORATIVE CANCER INITIATIVE, POLYETHNIC-1000 (P-1000), WAS LAUNCHED IN 2018 TO ADVANCE CANCER GENOMICS IN UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS. IN THE PAST YEAR, THE PROGRAM HAS APPOINTED TWO DISTINGUISHED CANCER AND ETHNICITY SCHOLARS, ONYINYE BALOGUN, MD, AND MELISSA B. DAVIS, PHD, ESTEEMED HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCHERS AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE WHO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE CONDUCT AND COORDINATION OF P-1000'S NEXT PHASE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. DR. DAVIS RECENTLY AUTHORED A "SCIENCE & SOCIETY" ESSAY IN TRENDS IN CANCER. ADDITIONALLY, THE VERY RARE CANCER CONSORTIUM (VRCC) IS A RESEARCH COHORT FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC CAUSES OF RARE, UNDERSTUDIED CANCERS AND LEVERAGES THE COMBINED EXPERTISE FROM INSTITUTIONS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. THROUGH A NETWORK OF 20 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO COLLECT SAMPLES OF VERY RARE CANCERS IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS, BUILD RESEARCH COHORTS, AND REDUCE THE TOLL TAKEN BY UNDERSTUDIED DISEASES. NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE: HEMALI PHATNANI, PHD, CORE FACULTY MEMBER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR GENOMICS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AT NYGC, CONVENED THE THIRD NYGC ALS CONSORTIUM BIANNUAL MEETING IN WHICH ONE HUNDRED RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS, FROM 40+ GLOBAL MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, SHARED THE LATEST IN ALS GENOMICS RESEARCH AND CELEBRATED MILESTONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDING CREATING ONE OF THE LARGEST ALS DATA COHORTS IN THE WORLD, EMPOWERING AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL APPROACH TO ADVANCE NEW TREATMENTS AND EFFECTIVE THERAPIES FOR THIS COMPLEX DISEASE.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4ANEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE: DR. THOMAS LEHNER, NYGC'S SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE, LEADS NYGC'S NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP. A KEY PROJECT THE GROUP IS DEVELOPING IS GEMMA (GENOMIC MEDICINE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AVANCEMENT). GEMMA IS A NEW YORK STATE-WIDE PRECISION PSYCHIATRY PLATFORM THAT INTEGRATES DIAGNOSTIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND PATIENT CARE DATA WITH GENOMIC DATA AND OTHER MEDICAL RECORDS FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, CLINICAL VALIDATION, AND TRANSLATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION. THIS UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCE WOULD RAPIDLY DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF DIVERSE BIOMARKERS AND GENETIC FACTORS DRIVING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE ENABLING A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPANSION OF THE PREDICTIVE AND DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF GENOMIC TESTS, CLINICALLY ACTIONABLE FINDINGS, THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PERSONALIZED TREATMENT GUIDELINES BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GENETIC MAKEUP AND MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DATA MINING WHICH WILL VASTLY IMPROVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOMES. NYGC CHIEF DIAGNOSTIC OFFICER VAIDEHI JOBANPUTRA, PHD, FACMG, IS A MEMBER OF THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM THAT CONDUCTED WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF 200+ FAMILIES THAT INCLUDED INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS. BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS, THE TEAM IDENTIFIED MORE FINELY TARGETED DIAGNOSES FOR MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS UNCOVERED BIOMARKERS REGARDING TOLERANCE/RESISTANCE TO ANTIPSYCHOTIC TREATMENTS. THE TEAM NOTES THAT WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING CAN PLAY A POWERFUL ROLE IN THE SETTING OF BOTH RESEARCH AND GENETIC COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE STUDY, DRAWING FROM PARTICIPANTS AROUND THE GLOBE, WAS PUBLISHED IN MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY IN 2021. COVID-19: IN 2020, NYGC ESTABLISHED THE COVID-19 GENOMICS RESEARCH NETWORK (CGRN), A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONSORTIUM TO SUPPORT GLOBAL COVID-19 GENOMICS RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND BUILD AN INFORMATION-SHARING DATABASE. THIS RESOURCE HELPS SUPPORT THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION OF THE VIRUS, AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON POPULATION HEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, NYGC'S CLINICAL LABORATORY CONDUCTED COVID-19 TESTING FOR VARIOUS HEALTHCARE ENTITIES AND THE RESEARCH STAFF CONTRIBUTED TO VIRAL SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING NEW VIRAL VARIANTS THAT INCREASE THE SPREAD OF THE PATHOGEN. THESE EFFORTS RESULTED IN SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS. CLINICAL LABORATORY: NYGC'S CLINICAL LABORATORY HAS LENT ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPERTISE TO SEVERAL LARGE INITIATIVES IN CLINICAL GENOMICS, INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI LED NYCKIDSEQ PROJECT AS PART OF THE NHGRI, NCI, AND NIMHD FUNDED CLINICAL SEQUENCING EVIDENCE-GENERATING RESEARCH (CSER) CONSORTIUM. THIS EFFORT PRIORITIZES GENOME SEQUENCING OF HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED PATIENT POPULATIONS TO IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTEGRATING GENOME SEQUENCING INTO CLINICAL CARE AND DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES FOR DISCOVERY, INTERPRETATION, RETURN OF RESULTS, AND HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION. IN ADDITION, THE NYGC CLINICAL LABORATORY IS CURRENTLY COLLABORATING WITH WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, AND ILLUMINA ON A PRECISION MEDICINE COLLABORATION IN CANCER, CARDIOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND NEUROLOGY TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE THE VALUE OF CLINICAL WHOLE GENOMES WITH AIMS OF RETURNING CLINICALLY ACTIONABLE RESULTS, INTEGRATING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, DEVELOPING NOVEL POLYGENIC RISK SCORES, AND UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF GENETICS IN THERAPEUTIC RESPONSES. RESEARCH SEQUENCING ------------------- NYGC HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST VOLUME WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK. IN THE PAST SIX YEARS, NYGC'S SEQUENCING LABORATORY HAS SEQUENCED OVER 82,000 WHOLE GENOME SAMPLES. NYGC HAS FIVE NOVASEQ SYSTEMS SEQUENCERS, WITH THE CAPACITY TO SEQUENCE THOUSANDS OF GENOMES A YEAR. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY ENABLES NYGC TO CONDUCT LARGE-SCALE GENOMICS PROJECTS WITH GREAT SPEED AND SAMPLE VOLUMES, AND TO EXPLORE THE GENOME IN MORE DEPTH WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY. NYGC'S RESEARCH SEQUENCING LAB, LED BY SOREN GERMER, PHD, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF GENOME TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSED MORE THAN 14,000 SAMPLES IN 2021, INCLUDING 4,552 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING SAMPLES (GERMLINE AND CANCER), 5,787 COVID VIRAL SAMPLES, 3,341 TRANSCRIPTOME (RNA) SEQUENCING SAMPLES. IN 2021 THE PRODUCTION SEQUENCING LAB WAS AWARDED NEW CONTRACTS FROM NHLBI FOR A TOTAL OF UP TO $5,640,230. NYGC ALSO PURCHASED TWO NEW SEQUENCING INSTRUMENTS IN 2021; ONE INSTRUMENT ADDS LONG READ CAPACITY TO THE CENTER'S SEQUENCING MENU, THE OTHER PROMISES SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED REAGENT COSTS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT APPLICATIONS AND HAS CREATED A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE GENOMICS COMMUNITY. AS ONE OF THE FEW EARLY ADOPTERS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, NYGC IS WORKING INTENSIVELY TO ENABLE THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR A RANGE OF APPLICATIONS. IN 2021, NYGC CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONAL FOCUS ON SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS, MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY THROUGH FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC COLLABORATIONS NEW CUTTING-EDGE TECHNIQUES INVENTED IN THE CENTER'S INNOVATION LAB. THESE INCLUDE CITE-SEQ, ASAP-SEQ, DOGMA-SEQ AS WELL AS THE 10X MULTIOME ASSAY, TECHNIQUES THAT ALLOW SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT IN THOUSANDS OF CELLS COMBINATIONS OF CELL SURFACE PROTEIN MARKERS, RNA ABUNDANCE AND CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY. THE CENTER'S TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION LABORATORY HAS COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS AND IS GEARING UP TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE LARGE GRANTS IN WHICH THESE ASSAYS WILL BE APPLIED. IN ADDITION, THE LAB HAS IMPLEMENTED A NOVEL AMPLIFICATION FREE SINGLE CELL WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ASSAY THAT IS BEING USED IN A LARGE STUDY OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER IN A COLLABORATION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4ADIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION --------------------- IN 2020, NYGC LAUNCHED AN ORGANIZATION-WIDE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE, AFFIRMING NYGC'S COMMITMENT TO TAKE ACTIONABLE STEPS TOWARD CREATING A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT THAT IS WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL ABILITY, AGE, OR RELIGION. IN 2021, NYGC'S CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI) ADVISORY GROUP, WHOSE GOAL IS TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION THROUGHOUT ALL ASPECTS OF NYGC'S WORK AND CULTURE, PROVIDED EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE NYGC COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF INEQUALITY AND BIAS AND TO ENHANCE CULTURAL COMPETENCY. EXAMPLES INCLUDE BOOK CLUBS, ORGANIZATION-WIDE TRAINING ON ISSUES RELATED TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKPLACE CULTURE SURVEY. THE GROUP, IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH NYGC'S SENIOR TEAM, HAS SHOWCASED THE WORK AND SKILLS OF DIVERSE EMPLOYEES, STAFF, FACULTY AND TRAINEES, WITH MENTORSHIP CAREER PANELS, AND BY DEVELOPING WEB PAGES, ARTICLES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON DEI-RELATED TOPICS. IT IS ALSO WORKING TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT AN INCLUSIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BY HOSTING AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES IN 2021. NYGC IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND INEQUALITIES IN SCIENCE AND IN THE WORKPLACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ITS WORK IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021, THE CENTER HAD A TOTAL OF 20 MEMBERS, CONSISTING OF 12 INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDING MEMBERS AND EIGHT ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. *THE INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE THE FOLLOWING RECOGNIZED ACADEMIC, MEDICAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS: (1) COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY, (2) CORNELL UNIVERSITY/WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, (3) THE JACKSON LABORATORY, (4) MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, (5) ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, (6) NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, (7) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, (8) NORTHWELL HEALTH, (9) THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, ON BEHALF OF STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, (10) THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY, (11) THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND (12) ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. *ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: (1) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, (2) HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY, (3) THE NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION, (4) ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE, (5) PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, (6) HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, (7) GEORGETOWN LOMBARDI COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, AND (8) RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7AEACH INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDING MEMBER APPOINTS ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON NYGC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO INCLUDES THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AND OTHER DESIGNATED DIRECTORS OR INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD. DECISIONS REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL INCLUDE THE ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS, CHANGES TO THE MISSION, CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AND BYLAWS, APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD AND THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, AND ADOPTION OF CERTAIN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THE BOARD ALSO REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. MANAGEMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO ENTER INTO BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTRACTS, INCLUDING FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS AND HAS THE DISCRETION TO MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS WITHOUT FORMAL BOARD APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, UTILIZING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT. UPON RECEIPT OF THE DRAFT FORM 990, MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; DIRECTOR OF FINANCE; GENERAL COUNSEL; AND THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR/CEO REVIEW THE FORM. PRIOR TO FILING, MANAGEMENT PRESENTS THE FORM 990 TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. ALSO PRIOR TO FILING, MANAGEMENT PROVIDES THE FORM 990 TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CNYGC REQUIRES ALL INTERESTED PERSONS (DEFINED AS BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES) TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS REQUIRED BY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. NYGC FOLLOWS A PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING SUCH DISCLOSURES ANNUALLY. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCLOSED BY BOARD MEMBERS OR OFFICERS MUST BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. IF AN INTERESTED PERSON HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, HE OR SHE MAY PRESENT INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR UNDERLYING TRANSACTION AT A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT AFTER SUCH PRESENTATION, HE/SHE SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT THAT CREATES THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL, PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE J NARRATIVES FOR THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING COMPENSATION. FOR 2021, NYGC HIRED AN INDEPENDENT, OUTSIDE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO PERFORM AN ANALYSIS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT'S TOTAL COMPENSATION. THE REVIEW SHOWED THAT THE COMPENSATION PAID TO MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CHERYL MOORE, CAROL ASHE, SOREN GERMER, ELIZABETH O'BRIEN, MICHAEL ZODY, THOMAS LEHNER AND TOM MANIATIS) WAS REASONABLE. THE AD-HOC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD (WHICH IS COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS) MET WITH THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN JANUARY 2021 AND APPROVED THE 2021 COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT. THE COMMITTEE DOCUMENTED ITS ACTIONS IN WRITTEN MEETING MINUTES. IN MID-2021, ACTING ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NYGC'S INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, NYGC INCREASED MICHAEL ZODY'S SALARY TO BRING IT CLOSER TO MARKET LEVELS. THIS SALARY CHANGE WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE AD-HOC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD AND DOCUMENTED IN WRITING. IN MID-2021, CHARLES GAGNON WAS PROMOTED TO THE EXECUTIVE ROLE OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND GIVEN A SALARY INCREASE. PRIOR TO HIS PROMOTION, NYGC OBTAINED AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION ANALYSIS FOR THE POSITION, CONFIRMING THAT HIS PROPOSED SALARY INCREASE WAS REASONABLE. THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION ANALYSIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE AD-HOC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, WHICH APPROVED MR. GAGNON'S SALARY AND DOCUMENTED ITS DECISION IN WRITING. IN OCTOBER 2021, SARAH LESSER AVINS WAS HIRED INTO THE EXECUTIVE ROLE OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT. PRIOR TO MS. AVINS HIRE, NYGC OBTAINED AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION ANALYSIS FOR THE POSITION CONFIRMING THAT HER PROPOSED TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS REASONABLE. THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION ANALYSIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE AD-HOC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, WHICH APPROVED MS. AVINS COMPENSATION AND DOCUMENTED ITS DECISION IN WRITING. THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM RECEIVED STANDARD MERIT INCREASES IN 2021.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19NYGC'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION AIN 2021, TOM MANIATIS, PHD., SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR & CEO, WAS EMPLOYED BY AN UNRELATED ENTITY AND LEASED TO NYGC TO DEVOTE 80% OF HIS TIME AND EFFORT TO SERVING AS NYGC'S SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR AND CEO, AN OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION, AND AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF NYGC'S FACULTY, WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING NYGC'S RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND FOR UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS NYGC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUESTED FROM TIME TO TIME. DR. MANIATIS DEVOTES 20% OF HIS TIME TO HIS DUTIES AT THE UNRELATED ENTITY, WHERE HE MAINTAINS A LABORATORY AND CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT, INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH PROJECTS.

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