MRIGlobal
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 440545878
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, United States
- Phone
- 8167537600
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- General Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,849,749
- Expenses
- $121,798,462
- Assets
- $140,070,332
- Liabilities
- $29,036,552
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ian M Colrain PhD (President and CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Ian M Colrain PhD (President and CEO): $1,029,024 total reported compensation
- Martin J Nevshemal (CFO and Treasurer - Outgoing): $581,242 total reported compensation
- Amy M Bog PhD (Chief Innovation Officer): $433,889 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Improve the overall health, safety, and well-being of people everywhere. Four decades of repository support for cGMP and non-GMP materials In general, the background, education, and experience of MRIGlobal’s staff span a broad spectrum of scientific specialties, program management, managerial expertise, and comprehensive support capabilities. This diversity is advantageous in solving complex scientific problems for your program. MRIGlobal Awarded a CDC Contract for up to $148 Million Supports Rapid Development and Production of Emergency Response Diagnostic Tests … Read More []( "Read more about Safeguarding a Clinical Trial Amid Regulatory and Logistical Constraints").
What it reported doing in 2024
Integrated Defense Solutions - MRIGlobal guards human health and safety by defending against chemical, biological, and explosive threats. With decades of chemical warfare agent detection, evaluation, and assessment, our unique expertise and history combines scientific and engineering experts with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to advance programs across the United States government and private sectors. This includes the design, building, testing, and evaluation of advanced products and technologies such as miniature devices capable of detecting toxic materials and chemical agents, field-deployable laboratories, and medical response systems that improve national defense and global health.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 44th 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: -5.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $95.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $12.2M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.