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Leonardo Da Vinci Dna Project Inc

EIN 83-1918238 · New York, NY

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

ENGAGED IN CHARITABLE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Income
$5,000
Spending
$46,385
Reserves
6.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 (3)
  1. THE GOALS OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT ARE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELATED TO THE INTERFACES OF ART WITH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, GENOMICS, GENETICS, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT, INC. SINCE 30 JUNE 2024
  2. REGARDING RESEARCH:A) PUBLISHED PAPER ON FORENSICS, GENIUS, AND ENTHUSIASM IN THE GENETICS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN HUMAN EVOLUTION JOURNAL (AUGUST 2024) B) PUBLISHED PAPER ON SAMPLING PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED BY THE PROJECT IN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES (MARCH 2025); DEVELOPED POTENTIAL SAMPLING OPTIONS THAT CAUSE MINIMAL HARM TO SAMPLESC) ANALYZED PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED SAMPLES THROUGHOUT 2024-25, DRAFTED MANUSCRIPTS ON MICROBIAL SIGNATURES AND ON HUMAN DNAD) EXTRACTED DNA AND DATED RELICS IN SAMPLES FROM TOMBS EXCAVATED IN APRIL 2024, ANALYZED DNA FROM PETROUS BONES, PREPARED AND PRESENTED INITIAL RESULTS
  3. REGARDING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:A) PREPARED ANNUAL REPORT COVERING THE YEAR 2024 AND CIRCULATED IT TO STAKEHOLDERSB) PUBLISHED 400-PAGE BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF LEONARDO'S FAMILY FROM POINTS OF VIEW OF GENETICS AND GENEALOGY; PREPARED NEWS RELEASE AND GAVE PUBLIC PRESENTATION IN MAY 2025; ELICITED WIDESPREAD GLOBAL INTERESTC) PUBLISHED OPINION PIECE "CAN AN ARTIST'S DNA HELP DETECT FORGERIES? BIOLOGICAL RESIDUE ON OR AROUND AN ARTWORK MAY HELP TELL AN ORIGINAL FROM A FAKE, BUT THE NOVEL METHOD IS NOT WITHOUT RISKS" IN A VISUAL ARTS NEWSLETTER

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 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 July 2019.

    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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