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About Us — INSTAR Lab Community
Learn who we are: INSTAR Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institute in Marietta, Ohio, led by scientists, engineers, and researchers advancing AI, quantum science, and applied research across the sciences.

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Research setting / Community
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Give a reader a clear view of the institution, its mission, leadership, and research capacity.
Verify our nonprofit standing.
INSTAR Lab Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institute. The facts below are the ones an external record establishes; the rows without one say so instead of asking to be trusted.
Verified facts
- Legal name
- INSTAR Lab Inc.
- Employer identification number
- EIN 85-0845517.
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) public charity under IRC §170(b)(1)(A)(vi).
- Ruling effective date
- 27 April 2020.
- Determination letter
- IRS determination letter (PDF) — EIN 85-0845517, exemption under IRC §501(c)(3), public charity classification under §170(b)(1)(A)(vi), and the 27 April 2020 ruling effective date.
Check us against independent records
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Confirms the legal name, EIN, 501(c)(3) status, and 2020-05 ruling date. It shows no financial data because it excludes 990-N (e-Postcard) filers — that is expected for an organization of this size, not a gap in standing.
- Ohio charity registration
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Request our records
Under IRC §6104(d), a tax-exempt organization must provide its exemption application and annual returns to anyone who asks in writing. Write to INSTAR Lab Inc., 125 Frederick St, Marietta, OH 45750-3407. Say which documents you want and where they should be sent; no form or reason is required.The exemption application and determination letter — the letter is already served on this page — and annual returns or notices for years the organization is required to file them.
Not yet published
- Annual or impact report
- Not reported — No annual or impact report has been supplied for publication. When the organization approves one, it will be linked here.
- Financial statements or Form 990 summary
- Not reported — No audited statements or 990 summary has been supplied for publication. Filings below the full-return threshold are available on written request under IRC §6104(d).
- Impact metrics
- Not reported — No owner-confirmed researcher, publication, or grant counts are published here. Unconfirmed figures are never estimated.
- Federal contracting identifiers
- Not reported — No verified federal contracting identifiers are published on this site. Past values were withdrawn as unverifiable. Corrections register
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