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Filing year 2024

THE SCINTILLON INSTITUTE

San Diego, California·EIN 45-4323888·NTEE U99 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$5.1M
Total assets
$1.2M
Total expenses
$5.5M
Reported officers
11
Mission

To create breakthrough technologies that catalyze discoveries in a spirited home for collaborative science. With the goal to build and disseminate new capabilities, engineer unique technologies, and pioneer pathways to fresh discoveries, the Institute has a vision to illuminate the path from discovery to cure. The pursuit of this vision holds true to our expressed values of Curiosity, Character, Commonality, Cultivation, and Champion for underserved science.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Assoc Professor
unclassified
$227k
$244k
Base
$189k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$19k
Assoc Professor
unclassified
$188k
$203k
Base
$160k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Assoc Professor
unclassified
$183k
$197k
Base
$157k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Assoc Professor
unclassified
$182k
$195k
Base
$140k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Asst Professor
unclassified
$178k
$191k
Base
$136k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Professor
unclassified
$164k
$176k
Base
$152k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Dir Finance
officer (unspecified)
$145k
$156k
Assoc Professor
unclassified
$106k
$114k
$43k
$46k
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$17k
$18k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 1 unpaid individual.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 11%
from 2023

From $204k in 2023 to $227k in 2024.

$204k
2023
$227k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$226k to $244k

Estimated with San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE SCINTILLON INSTITUTE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.9M
$3.7M
2023
$5.1M
$5.5M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn in California

Comparable science & technology organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $110,249.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$110,249
75th percentile
$216k
90th percentile
$360k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 50 organizations across 50 filings (2022 – 2023).

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