North Carolina Life Sciences
To promote the general welfare of the life science industry and to enhance its contributions to the public welfare.
North Carolina Life Sciences at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,756,374
- +6.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,339,562
- +12.5% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $8,730
- +20.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,228,492
- +11.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who North Carolina Life Sciences funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2019 it made 1 grant totaling $12K.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,756,374 | $1,339,562 | $1,228,492 | — | — | $8,730 |
| 2024 | $1,649,616 | $1,190,363 | $1,104,135 | — | — | $7,242 |
| 2023 | $1,549,604 | $1,214,098 | $939,074 | — | — | $437 |
| 2022 | $1,257,653 | $998,005 | $868,637 | — | — | $33 |
| 2021 | $1,141,692 | $953,835 | $791,253 | — | — | $33 |
| 2020 | $970,197 | $911,346 | $838,826 | — | — | $132 |
| 2019 | $904,427 | $925,692 | $832,101 | $11,880 | 1 | $333 |
About North Carolina Life Sciences
Based on IRS filings
North Carolina Life Sciences is a public charity, based in Research Triangle Park, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $9K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
North Carolina Life Sciences is led by Laura Gunter, President on every filing since 2021; 1 of 37 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Laura Gunter
President
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$109K (2021) → $191K (2025)
Daniel Amburn
Chairman
Director → Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Capel
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Neal Fowler
Director
Director → Chairman, 2021
Chairman → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Russ Read
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Adams
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Wirth
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bennett Love
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Broadus Meigs
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sinu Bhandaru
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christine Vannais
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Ruiz
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Mikszta
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kseniya Simpson
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Davidson
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Smith
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kent Geer
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leonardo Costa Siqueira
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Logan
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Jordan
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Barnhill
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Buck Phillips
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Vondielingen
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Posehn
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Drew Cutshaw
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marlene Sanders-Seye
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Hardin
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Toni Lockett
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Peterson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harold Alterson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Braxton
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria Stauffer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Goodrich
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nikki Heron
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Lewus
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Alapaattikoski
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Joyce
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (53)
- Former: Matthew Cooke (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mike McBrierty (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Scott Sewell (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sheila Mikhail (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Tom Fagley (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Blake Stevens (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Jon Tucker (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Matt Boyer (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Chad Henry (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Deepak Jain (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Bill Edwards (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Chuck Blatchley (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Maeve Gardner (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Susan Thomason (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Toni Lockett Cromwell (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Capel (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Sholeh Ehdaivand (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Marlene Sanders (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Adam Zerda (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Brenda Summers (2019–2022) — Director of Workforce Programs
- Former: Gary Shope (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Gray Armstrong (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kyle Rasbach (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark Harbaugh (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mike Elder (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Tim Willis (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Alex Graham (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Bekki Bracken Brown (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Casey Nelson (2022) — Secretary
- Former: David Etchison (2022) — Secretary
- Former: Peter Shaw (2022) — Director
- Former: Ed Field (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Martin Meeson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Samuel Taylor (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Christof Jensen (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David Chapin (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Erica Jackson (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Giles Shih (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Matthew Keffer (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mike Garrett (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Rich West (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Scott Kohne (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Ted Lithgow (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Tom Staab (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dean Gray (2020) — Director
- Former: Andy Stober (2019) — Director
- Former: Brad Walters (2019) — Director
- Former: Jay Dixon (2019) — Director
- Former: Joe Cascone (2019) — Director
- Former: Oliver Sherrill (2019) — Director
- Former: Terry Costello (2019) — Director
- Former: Tyler Gronbach (2019) — Director
- Former: Will Lee (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $191K, to Laura Gunter (President).
Frequently asked questions about North Carolina Life Sciences
How large is North Carolina Life Sciences?
North Carolina Life Sciences reported $1.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.
Where does North Carolina Life Sciences operate?
North Carolina Life Sciences has awarded grants in North Carolina.
What is North Carolina Life Sciences's EIN?
North Carolina Life Sciences's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-1880780. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 25, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 7, 2026)
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