Pioneering Deep Tech Institute Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported a significant diversion of its assets during the year.
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Pioneering Deep Tech Institute PDTI is a 501c3 nonprofit that incubates and accelerates community-benefit deep-technology ventures by providing shared facilities targeted capital and experienced legal and regulatory support from early feasibility through MVP and initial commercialization. Our model is explicitly founder-aligned: we do not capture intellectual property and we structure participation through a modest product-linked stake designed to sustain the organizations exempt activities. We are selective and focus only on projects with a clear community-benefit multiplier. In parallel we conduct and sponsor select scholarly research and publications and we develop expert-led educational programs so practitioners policymakers and the public can better understand and govern emerging technologies.
- Income
- $0
- Spending
- $9,311
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- -29.5 months of spending
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 6
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
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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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 (3)
- $7,355 spent. PROGRAM 2 - POINT-OF-CARE MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC UColIV POC Diagnostic. Continuing research program targeting a quantitative low-resource-setting diagnostic for urinary collagen type IV - a marker of microvascular and kidney function relevant to chronic kidney disease and hypertension-associated nephropathy. URI submitted two competitive NIH applications for this program in 2023 R21 mechanism in June application ID GRANT13924257; SBIR mechanism in September same application number; both not funded. The TY2025 antibody procurement from Abcam Inc. 6,516.53 combined settled by ACH on 4 29 2025 supported preparation of the Corporations preliminary clinical-validation manuscript reporting Spearman rho equal to 0.631 P equal to 9.5 times 10 to the negative 4 n=24 between urinary collagen type IV and estimated glomerular filtration rate in a clinical sample. The manuscript is in preparation for submission to Kidney International Reports.
- PROGRAM 4 - FEDERAL COMPLIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE. Federal grant infrastructure registrations completed and continuously maintained throughout TY2025: SAM.gov UEI registration awarded 5 24 2023; FDA Establishment Registration 6 9 2024; NIH eRA Commons account 5 25 2024; Grants.gov registration 6 5 2023; DoD SBIR program registration 9 27 2024. Direct expense during TY2025: 35 state filings Utah Business License 18 and Utah Consumer Protection charitable solicitation renewal 17. These registrations position the Corporation for continued federal grant solicitation including future R21 SBIR and other competitive applications.
- PROGRAM 1 - ANCHOR INCUBATOR DELIVERABLE: INVESTIGATIVE INTELLIGENCE EmberGraph Intel. First substantive deliverable of the Corporations incubator model. An investigative-intelligence program applying graph methods alternative data and forensic analysis to the structure of complex systems. TY2025 activity consisted of preparatory research methodology development and infrastructure setup; no separate financial activity through the corporate account during TY2025. The supporting Utah LLC entity EmberGraph Intel LLC EIN 41-4716159 was organized March 6 2026 as a subsequent event.
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
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.
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 November 6, 2026.
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.
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.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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 November 4, 2026.
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