Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Legal name: Coriell Institute for Medical Research Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
210672684
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Camden, NJ, USA
Phone
(800) 752-3805
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Biological & Life Sciences

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,210,396
Expenses
$23,095,330
Assets
$37,747,677
Liabilities
$4,794,624

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR JEAN-PIERRE ISSA (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR JEAN-PIERRE ISSA (PRESIDENT/CEO): $792,881 total reported compensation
  • LEO JOSE (CIO & VP, INNOVATION): $259,872 total reported compensation
  • NAHID TURAN (CHIEF BIOBANKING OFFICER): $253,541 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to prevent and cure disease through biomedical research.

What it reported doing in 2024

The coriell institute for medical research is a world-renowned biomedical research organization dedicated to preventing and curing disease. In pursuit of this mission, coriell scientists conduct groundbreaking research in rare diseases, cancer, aging, infectious diseases, and personalized medicine.a globally recognized leader in biobanking, coriell has served as an nih-supported cell repository for more than 50 years and currently hosts biobanks for several national institutes of health (nih) institutes, including nigms, ninds, nhgri, nei, and nia. Coriell's research and biobanking programs have made it one of New Jersey's leading recipients of nih funding. In addition, coriell provides laboratory and biobanking expertise to researchers and organizations worldwide, supporting the processing, storage, and distribution of critical biological samples.in 2023, coriell partnered with cooper university health care and cooper medical school of rowan university to establish the camden cancer research center (ccrc), the first basic cancer research center in southern New Jersey.building on its legacy of scientific innovation, coriell announced in 2025 a partnership with the New Jersey economic development authority (njeda) to launch a new state-designated strategic innovation center (sic). The New Jersey coriell labs innovation center will become the largest public life sciences incubator in the region, serving as a hub for emerging biotechnology companies and fostering collaboration among New Jersey's academic, healthcare, and research institutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.4%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.4% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $793K · 27 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.