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Phoenix Bioinformatics Corporation

EIN 46-3600900 · Newark, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood75 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

DEVELOP AN ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL AND PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES THE RESOURCES TO ALLOW SCIENTIFIC DATABASES TO PERSIST, GROW AND PROSPER. INTEGRATE AND SYSTEMATICALLY ORGANIZE TRUSTED DATA INTO KNOWLEDGE BASES AND DEVELOP TOOLS THAT ENABLE REUSE OF AND CREATE KNOWLEDGE FROM DATA. BUILD AN INTERACTIVE, COMPUTABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE RESEARCHERS EXPLORE RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE AND BUILD TESTABLE HYPOTHESES. FOSTER INTERACTION AND COLLABORATION AMONG SCIENTISTS TO ACCELERATE THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. PROMOTE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC AIMS, METHODS, AND RESULTS WITHIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Income
$2.2 million
Spending
$2.2 million
Spent on programs
67%
Reserves
3.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 79%
Employees
18
Volunteers
0
Highest pay
$240,598, chief technical officer

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 50% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 3.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    10 of 20

    It owes 40% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 5% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    66% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 68% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    8 of 8 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $717,118 spent. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF TAIR (THE ARABIDOPSIS INFORMATION RESOURCE), A DATABASE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE GENOME AND PROTEOME OF THE REFERENCE PLANT ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. NEW SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION WAS EXTRACTED FROM NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED TO THE ARABIDOPSIS GENES AS CITED IN THE PUBLICATIONS. THE TAIR SCIENTIFIC DATABASE SERVED THE PUBLIC WITH OVER 2.2 MILLION SEPARATE VISITS TO THE SITE, OVER 13 MILLION INDIVIDUAL PAGE VIEWS, AND AN AVERAGE OF 59,000 UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH.
  2. $496,013 spent. DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC DATABASES TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS AND ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. WE SUPPORTED THREE EXTERNAL PARTNER DATABASES (REPBASE, CIPRES AND CYVERSE) BY ENABLING THEM TO BRING IN SUBSCRIPTION OR MEMBERSHIP REVENUE.
  3. $68,763 spent. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PHYLOGENES, A DATABASE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GENE FUNCTION IN 40 PLANT SPECIES AND 10 NON-PLANT MODEL ORGANISMS. THE PHYLOGENES SCIENTIFIC DATABASE SERVED THE PUBLIC WITH OVER 14,000 SEPARATE VISITS TO THE SITE, OVER 22,000 INDIVIDUAL PAGE VIEWS, AND AN AVERAGE OF 900 UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH.
  4. $166,409 spent. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MORPHOBANK, AN OPEN-ACCESS WEB APPLICATION WITH TOOLS AND ARCHIVES FOR EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH IN PHYLOGENETICS, SPECIFICALLY SYSTEMATICS AND CLADISTICS (THE SCIENCE OF DETERMINING THE EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPECIES). IN 2024, THE RESOURCE SERVED THE PUBLIC WITH OVER 29,000 SEPARATE SESSIONS, OVER 171,000 INDIVIDUAL PAGE VIEWS, AND AN AVERAGE OF 1,000 UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH. THE RESOURCE CONTAINS OVER 1,600 PUBLISHED PROJECTS, WITH OVER 300 BEING PUBLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since June 2014.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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