2021-11-11T12:39:26-06:00 2020-12-31 475324570 INSERO & CO CPAS LLP 20 THORNWOOD DR SUITE 200 ITHACA NY 14850 990 2020-01-01 131739923 BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC BOYC 6072541225 533 TOWER ROAD ITHACA NY 14853 SOPHIA DARLING VP OF FINANCE 6072541217 2021-11-15 1 SOPHIA DARLING XXX-XX-XXXX DUANE SHOEN P00503316 6072724444 0 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z SOPHIA DARLING 533 TOWER ROAD ITHACA NY 14853 67297722 0 X WWW.BTISCIENCE.ORG X 1924 NY THE BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARACH, INC. (BTI) WAS FOUNDED BY WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON OUT OF A CONVICTION THAT "ANY PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE NATURE OF LIFE THAT YOU CAN ESTABLISH FOR PLANTS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND MAN, IN HEALTH AND DISEASE." HE ALSO SAW PLANT SCIENCE AS A MEANS OF ENDING HUNGER, THUS ULTIMATELY PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL STABILITY. BTI SCIENTISTS INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PLANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CONCENTRATING PARTICULARLY ON PLANT DEVELOPMENT, MOLECULAR PLANT MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL ECOLOGY. BTI ENVISIONS A WORLD IN WHICH NUTRITIOUS FOOD IS IN ABUNDANCE, THE ENVIRONMENT IS SECURE AND PEOPLE LIVE FULLER, HEALTHIER LIVES. THIS VISION CAN BE REALIZED IN PART THROUGH THE STUDY OF PLANT BIOLOGY. AT BTI, WE STRIVE TO BE A WORLD LEADER IN PLANT BIOLOGY. 20 19 167 22 64971 65147 11720964 10494245 0 0 631449 438924 796125 576108 13148538 11509277 2438852 2325701 0 0 10023902 10473878 0 0 624168 5684664 4356644 18147418 17156223 -4998880 -5646946 84751025 88923201 6050256 8798903 78700769 80124298 X TO ADVANCE AND COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN PLANT BIOLOGY TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENHANCE HUMAN HEALTH. 0 0 9058419 564578 IMPROVE AGRICULTURE/SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION: INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS ADVANCE, COMMUNICATE, AND APPLY PLANT RESEARCH TOWARDS PRODUCING AN INCREASINGLY SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY. FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS BY THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CITED CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL DISASTER, RAPID URBANIZATION AND UNPRECENDENTED POPULATION GROWTH AS GREAT CHALLENGES TO THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF THE WORLD FOOD SUPPLY. AT BTI, SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING, AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, HOW PLANTS GROW, RESPOND TO LIGHT, AND MAKE USE ON A SCALE THAT CAN MEET DEMAND. CURRENT RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE NUTRITIVE QUALITY OF FOOD, INCREASING YIELD AND FURTHERING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRONOMICALLY VIABLE PLANT SPECIES. SPECIFIC RESEARCH FOCUSES ON LONGER SHELFLIFE, NATURAL INSECT CONTROL TO FURTHER REDUCE THE NEED FOR PESTICIDES, ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS, CROPS THAT PRODUCE HIGHER YIELD WITH LESS LIGHT, REDUCED NEED FOR CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION AND PLANTS WITH HIGHER TOLERANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS SUCH AS DROUGHT, HEAT AND COLD. 850382 RESEARCH TOOLS & COMMUNICATIONS: INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS ADVANCE, COMMUNICATE, AND APPLY PLANT RESEARCH TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER AND RECORD A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENES, PROTEINS AND CHEMICALS THAT DIRECT THE LIFE OF CELLS. THEY ARE ALSO CONTINUALLY DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH. BTI SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND DATABASES, ENABLING RESEARCHERS TO BETTER ORGANIZE, ACCESS AND RETRIEVE A WEALTH OF DATA, ISOLATE AND IDENTIFY SPECIFIC GENES CONTROLLING THE SPECIFIC LIFE PROCESSES AND IDENTIFY MOLECULES WITH POTENTIAL EVOLUTIONARY, BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL IMPORTANCES. 2125954 82237 IMPROVED HUMAN HEALTH: INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS ADVANCE, COMMUNICATE, AND APPLY PLANT RESEARCH TOWARDS IMPROVED HUMAN HEALTH. CURRENT RESEARCH AT BTI MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND AGING-RELATEDDISEASES PRODUCE FOODS TO COMBAT VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES PROVIDE NATURAL WAYS TO CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE AND USE GENETIC TOOLS TO COMBAT DISEASE IN HUMANS, SUCH AS THE EMPLOYMENT OF PLANTDERIVED COMPOUNDS AS ANTICANCER AGENTS. 2138269 1678886 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 2138269 1678886 14173024 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 0 167 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 20 19 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X SOPHIA DARLING 6072541225 533 TOWER ROAD ITHACA NY 14853 DAVID STERN PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 441280 0 47752 GREGORY GALVIN CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHRYN BOOR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 APRIL BURKE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERTO CANIZARES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOURDES CASANOVA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL CHOMET VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER CORNELIUS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY LOU GUERINOT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE HEARD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN MCCOUCH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAN NYROP DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELINDA OAKES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY OPPERMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROY PARK JR DIRECTOR (PART YEAR) 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY RAWSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 OLIVER SCHULZE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIRA SHEINERMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAN SILVERTHORNE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE SMART DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES TRAUTMANN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TOWNSEND DIRECTOR (PART YEAR) 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAULA MUELLER DIRECTOR (PART YEAR) 1.00 X 0 0 0 SOPHIA DARLING VP OF FINANCE 40.00 X 214299 0 24453 MEREDITH WILLIAMS ASSISTANT SECRETARY 40.00 X 45599 0 10500 STEPHANIE MEYER VP OF ADVANCEMENT 40.00 X 113077 0 12288 MARIA HARRISON PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR 40.00 X 233337 0 41143 ZHANGJUN FEI PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR 40.00 X 224648 0 40057 DANIEL KLESSIG PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR 40.00 X 207597 0 43300 GEORG JANDER PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR 40.00 X 183886 0 34426 FRANK SCHROEDER PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR 40.00 X 182393 0 31537 1846116 0 285456 10 0 1 0 NIXON PEABODY LLP 1300 CLINTON SQUARE ROCHESTER NY 14604 LEGAL SERVICES 159843 1 7880510 2613735 9619 10494245 1077777 64971 1012806 260036 260036 55149592 55788445 -638853 -638853 -638853 OTHER INCOME 900009 316072 316072 316072 11509277 316072 64971 633989 2325701 2325701 909248 244516 539367 125365 7253840 6362529 568447 322864 864670 702119 121407 41144 903452 699826 153690 49936 542668 415298 97262 30108 264810 107436 157374 36910 36910 365278 365278 1446254 1421267 21087 3900 573266 438956 110530 23780 98280 62578 27122 8580 15941 15941 597013 564383 32630 76962 1440 75522 SUPPLIES 677457 638181 35365 3911 EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENAN 162591 162591 PUBLICATIONS 35483 25783 9700 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 6399 420 1099 4880 17156223 14173024 2359031 624168 865401 535713 298000 2180231 2817705 2897791 86250 33633 120484 205625 13461737 11089130 2183506 2372607 55944023 57247248 22435656 22971835 0 478518 84751025 88923201 1120911 1136245 877763 646761 287389 886071 3764193 6129826 6050256 8798903 X 72927697 74196641 5773072 5927657 78700769 80124298 84751025 88923201 X -5646946 7600362 -529887 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 9722292 11720029 14816114 11720964 10494245 58473644 9722292 11720029 14816114 11720964 10494245 58473644 58473644 726903 1540222 2138499 1631008 1272842 7309474 13784 64971 78755 9603 5724 3109 554811 316072 889319 66751192 0.87600 0.88500 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4729136 541439 111821 5158754 4089642 751315 111821 4729136 4599968 -396570 113756 4089642 4186646 530762 117440 4599968 4062983 280673 157010 4186646 0.00000 0.58584 0.41416 0 0 5107264 4621155 486109 8354473 6467975 1886498 2372607 PRIVATE CAPITAL 8790090 C HEDGE FUNDS 14181745 C 22971835 PPP LOAN 1719500 DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND SEVERANCE PAYABLE 317251 ACCRUED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATION 4093075 6129826 20389895 7600362 1645534 9245896 11143999 365278 365278 11509277 18436479 1645534 1645534 16790945 365278 365278 17156223 PART V LINE 4: THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS IS TO MAINTAIN PURCHASING POWER OF THE ENDOWMENT WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING A REASONABLE, PREDICTABLE, STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE LEVEL OF INCOME TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS. 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