SMART DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $755K · expenses $728K · assets $575K

EIN
47-3979454
Address
3110 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE SUITE 120, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22042-4536
NTEE code
B05
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
July 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Roberto Llames (its 2022 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2022 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

The Corporation is organized primarily to conduct and promote comprehensive basic and applied research of contemporary education issues whuch include or are not limited to prespectives from information technology data analysis government anthropology law history fine arts medicine science economics commerce and philosophy. This includes recommendations regarding related policy impacts that would be useful to the individual and beneficial to the community.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

11 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Roberto Llames Director2022-2024 $165,600$412,425 2
Michael Lee Director2022-2024 $65,375$169,250 2
David Fernandez Senior Researcher2022-2024 $55,018$145,128 1
Chi Han Tung Researcher2024 $69,322$69,322 1
Jiae Sohn Researcher2024 $59,428$59,428 1
Martin Llames Research Assistant2022-2024 $35,700$58,250 1
Jose Rosel Jr Administrative2024 $34,291$34,291 1
Maria Teresita Trinchera Treasurer2023-2024 $2,763$13,301 1
Lisa Andersson Researcher2024 $4,618$4,618 1
Lauren Llames Administrative2024 $642$642 1
Ma Teresita Trinchera (former) Treasurer2022 $3,350$3,350 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

1 person listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Leonardo Canseco Director2022-2024 10 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 11 people listed · 10 paid, $493K · 10 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Roberto Llames Director20 $165,600$0$0 $165,6002
Chi Han Tung Researcher40 $69,322$0$0 $69,3221
Michael Lee Director10 $65,375$0$0 $65,3752
Jiae Sohn Researcher40 $59,428$0$0 $59,4281
David Fernandez Senior Researcher40 $55,018$0$0 $55,0181
Martin Llames Research Assistant10 $35,700$0$0 $35,7001
Jose Rosel Jr Administrative30 $34,291$0$0 $34,2911
Lisa Andersson Researcher40 $4,618$0$0 $4,6181
Maria Teresita Trinchera Treasurer10 $2,763$0$0 $2,7631
Lauren Llames Administrative5 $642$0$0 $6421
Leonardo Canseco Director10 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 6 people listed · 5 paid, $306K · 5 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Roberto Llames Director20 $165,600$0$0 $165,6002
David Fernandez Senior Researcher10 $61,640$0$0 $61,6401
Michael Lee Director10 $52,125$0$0 $52,1252
Martin Llames Research Assistant10 $15,780$0$0 $15,7801
Maria Teresita Trinchera Treasurer10 $10,538$0$0 $10,5381
Leonardo Canseco Director10 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 6 people listed · 5 paid, $172K · 5 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Roberto Llames Director20 $81,225$0$0 $81,2252
Michael Lee Director10 $51,750$0$0 $51,7502
David Fernandez Senior Researcher20 $28,470$0$0 $28,4701
Martin Llames Research Assitant10 $6,770$0$0 $6,7701
Ma Teresita Trinchera Treasurer10 $3,350$0$0 $3,3501
Leonardo Canseco Director10 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$755,176$727,601 $575,260$538,873 $755,176$0 $291,161106
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$658,317$575,183 $532,724$515,714 $658,317$0 $395,62050
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$447,646$367,537 $454,856$432,580 $447,646$0 $171,56556

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $113 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SMART DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC” 2020-2023 4$113 2023$23
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $727,601 spent · pay $291,161 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $291,161$291,161$0$0 40.0%
Other (as described)General and Administrative $214,108$214,108$0$0 29.4%
Other (as described)Overhead $137,039$137,039$0$0 18.8%
Other (as described)Awards $45,185$45,185$0$0 6.2%
Other (as described)Fringe Benefits $40,108$40,108$0$0 5.5%
Total$727,601100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $575,183 spent · pay $395,620 · grants $3,125 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $395,620$395,620$0$0 68.8%
Other (as described)Contract Services $130,843$130,843$0$0 22.7%
Other (as described)Travel Expense $41,758$41,758$0$0 7.3%
Other (as described)Travel and Meetings $3,837$3,837$0$0 0.7%
Grants to US individuals $3,125$3,125-- 0.5%
Total$575,183100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $367,537 spent · pay $171,565 · grants $0 · events $1,409
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $171,565$0$0$0 46.7%
Other (as described)Contract Services $96,502$0$0$0 26.3%
Other (as described)Outside Services $71,143$0$0$0 19.4%
Travel $23,307$0$0$0 6.3%
Other (as described)Facilities/Equipment $2,389$0$0$0 0.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,409$0$0$0 0.4%
Interest $1,203$0$0$0 0.3%
Other (as described)Communications $19$0$0$0 0.0%
Total$367,537100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2024$49,973$01
2020$0$01
Largest awards · 1 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated
2024National Institute of Food and AgricultureGrant or other assistanceBEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 10.311**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRAT$49,973

State business registration

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

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