Southeastern Universities Research
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Southeastern Universities Research at a glance
In short: Southeastern Universities Research gave $15K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $15K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $15,000
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $15,000
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $15,000
- Total assets
- $54,386,144
- -4.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Southeastern Universities Research
Open Grants
5 open opportunities from Southeastern Universities Research
Graduate Fellowship Program at JLAB
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Varies
Deadline
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MSI Graduate Awards Program
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Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
SURA / AIBS Public Policy Fellowship
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Varies
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Who Southeastern Universities Research funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($15K).
Grant Size Distribution
13 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 13 (92%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Southeastern Universities Research gives
- Giving fell 85% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2024) to $101K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $15K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | JSA Research Grant | $15,000 |
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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 | $54,386,144 | $251,855,977 | $252,569,094 | $15,000 | 1 | $1,328,924 |
| 2024 | $56,943,066 | $242,074,440 | $242,201,377 | $10,000 | 1 | $1,706,973 |
| 2023 | $51,026,585 | $210,242,590 | $212,184,455 | $89,000 | 4 | $149,478 |
| 2022 | $53,857,642 | $191,788,988 | $187,499,987 | $100,897 | 7 | $1,665,391 |
| 2021 | $29,950,006 | $10,332,390 | $12,090,159 | — | — | $1,274,811 |
| 2020 | $27,688,373 | $8,312,264 | $11,061,954 | — | — | $-209,553 |
| 2019 | $29,255,001 | $8,085,918 | $10,100,611 | — | — | $355,707 |
About Southeastern Universities Research
Based on IRS filings
Southeastern Universities Research is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $54.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $15K. Net investment income was $1.3M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Southeastern Universities Research is led by Sean J. Hearne, President & CEO on every filing since 2022; 19 of 32 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sean J. Hearne
President & CEO
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$439K (2023) → $512K (2025)
David Dean
Dep. Director for Science & Tech.
Deputy Director for Science → Dep. Director for Science & Tech., 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$471K (2023) → $406K (2025)
Jens Dilling
Lab Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$259K (2025)
Kimberly Sawyer
Lab Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$343K (2025)
Andres Gil
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Sui
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David P. Norton
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth J. Beise
Director
Board Vice Chair → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fred L. King
Director
Board Chair → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Weyhenmeyer
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marc I. Hoit
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William B. Moore
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Srirama Rao
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Padma Raghavan
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Twilley
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chad Reed
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
M. Omar Faison
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Lawson
Chief Gov. Officer
Chief Gov. Officer & Corp Secretary → Chief of Lab. Operations, 2024
Chief of Lab. Operations → Chief Gov. Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$229K (2019) → $262K (2025)
William A. Jones Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
Controller & Interim CFO → CFO, 2024
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$137K (2019) → $224K (2025)
Joseph Scarcello
Chief Programs Officers
Chief Grants & Contracting Officer → Chief Programs Officer, 2023
Chief Programs Officer → Chief Programs Officers, 2025
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$210K (2021) → $239K (2025)
Allison F. Lung
Project Assurance Officer
Chief Planning Officer → Project Assurance Officer, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$321K (2022) → $372K (2025)
Amber Boehnlein
Associate Director
Associate Director, Cs & Technology → Chief Information Officer, 2023
Chief Information Officer → Associate Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$274K (2022) → $321K (2025)
Andrei Seryi
Associate Director
Associate Director, Accelerator Ops, R & D → Associate Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$271K (2022) → $312K (2025)
Cynthia E. Keppel Hellman
Associate Director
Associate Director & Experimental Nuclear Physics → Associate Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$219K (2022) → $302K (2025)
Rolf Ent
Special Scientist
Eic Co-Associate Director → Special Scientist, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$291K (2022) → $286K (2025)
Stuart Henderson
Former Lab Director
Lab Director → Director of Jefferson Lab, 2023
Director of Jefferson Lab → Former Lab Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$586K (2022) → $1.2M (2025)
James Fast
Special Scientist
Principal Staff Scientist → Special Scientist, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$222K (2023) → $278K (2025)
Jianwei Qui
Associate Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$270K (2023) → $299K (2025)
Johnathon Huff
Deputy Lab Director & COO
Chief Operating Officer → Deputy Lab Director & COO, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$319K (2023) → $368K (2025)
Aida Lebbos
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Secretary → Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$229K (2024) → $237K (2025)
Krishna Padiyar
Special Scientist
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$273K (2024) → $287K (2025)
Robert T. May
Special Scientist
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$275K (2025)
Former officers (96)
- Former: Scott Hartranft (2020–2024) — CFO · Filing note: As of 120
- Former: Steven A. Hoey (2022–2024) — Associate Director
- Former: Sergei Nagaitsev (2024) — Special Scientist
- Former: Arthur Champagne (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: C. Kevin Chambliss (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Calvin R. Howell (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Charles G. Riordan (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Christopher F. D'elia (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Cynthia M Bauerle (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Dale Wesson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Daniel C. Flynn (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Daniel T. Jaffe (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: David J. Hudson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Dennis M. Manos (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Don Engel (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Edward J Brash (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth A. Klonoff (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: George E. Miller Ill (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gerard P. Gilfoyle (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gordon C. Cannon (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Judd Nicholson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Morris Foster (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Noel Wong (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Paul Eugenio (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Ramesh Kolluru (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sanjiv Sarin (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sara J. Graves (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sudeep Sarkar (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tanja Horn (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tanju Karanfil (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Terry L. Herdman (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: William J. Briscoe (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Zisis Papandreou (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Allyson Quesada (2020–2023) — Director of Human Resources
- Former: Deborah L. Crawford (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Ralph J. Zottola (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Russell J. Mumper (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Tomas Diaz De La Rubia (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Andre Marshall (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Jack G. Baldauf (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Jean Pierre Bardet (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: John R. English (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Julie Jordan (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Julius Fridriksson (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Karen J. L. Burg (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Marco Carvalho (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Samuel Cas D'angelo (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Timothy Denning (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Yousif Shamoo (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Anthony Tongen (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Giovanni Piedimonte (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kelly Lucas (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: M. Omar Falson (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Melur K. Ram Ramasubramanian (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael W. Maier (2022–2023) — Former Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Pamela M. Norris (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Robert D. McKeown (2022–2023) — Special Scientist
- Former: Robert V. Janssens (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: William A. Oren (2022–2023) — Principal Staff Engineer
- Former: Gregg Fields (2023) — Director
- Former: Volker Burkert (2023) — Principal Staff Scientist
- Former: Jerry P. Draayer (2019–2022) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Russell Moy (2019–2022) — General Counsel
- Former: George E. Miller III (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Ramu Ramachandran (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jianwei Qiu (2022) — Associate Director, Theoretical & Comp. Physics
- Former: John Sprouse Jr. (2022) — Facilities Management & Logistics Director
- Former: Leigh Harwood (2022) — Principal Staff Scientist
- Former: Malachi Schram (2022) — Data Science Department Head
- Former: Walter Chandler (2022) — Special Scientist
- Former: Lawrence Hare (2019–2021) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Tracy Gibson (2019–2021) — Subject Matter Expert
- Former: B Ramu Ramachandran (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Cas D'Angelo (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: David C Lee (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: David R Shaw (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Eric T Kledzik (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Greg Kubiak (2019–2020) — Assistant Corporate Secretary · Filing note: Thru 420
- Former: Jean-Pierre Bardet (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mark A Barteau (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: P Srirama Rao (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Peter Bjonerud (2019–2020) — CFO
- Former: Prakash Nagarkatti (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Yousif Sha moo (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Laurent Sibille (2020) — Subject Matter Expert
- Former: Francis L. Macrina (2019) — Trustee
- Former: J Iwan Alexander (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer L. Kerpelman (2019) — Trustee
- Former: John C Higginbotham (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Linda Akli (2019) — Director of It Initiatives
- Former: Lisa A. Cassis (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Hoeting (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Nick Tsinoremas (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Devor (2019) — Subject Matter Expert
- Former: Robert Nobles (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Truell Hyde (2019) — Trustee
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 $1.2M, to Stuart Henderson (Former Lab Director (Until 7/24)). 19 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Southeastern Universities Research
How much does Southeastern Universities Research give each year?
Southeastern Universities Research gave $15K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $10K across 1 grant.
How large is Southeastern Universities Research?
Southeastern Universities Research reported $54.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $251.9M.
What is Southeastern Universities Research?
Southeastern Universities Research is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Washington, DC. It holds $54.4M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Southeastern Universities Research operate?
Southeastern Universities Research has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia.
What is Southeastern Universities Research's EIN?
Southeastern Universities Research's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-1156453. 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
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 12, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 6, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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