What Health and Environmental Sciences Institute does

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) is a Washington, DC-based scientific organization founded in 1989 that delivers research services and scientific programs in the health and environmental sciences domain. Inputs list the entity size at 11-50 staff and a single US operating base. Public material characterizes HESI as a nonprofit organization, while the firmographic record tags the entity type as "for_profit" — an unresolved inconsistency that should be verified before any ownership, tax, or transaction analysis. The organization's only documented direct digital asset is the hesiglobal.org website.

HESI's operating model is consistent with a multi-stakeholder scientific convening format, in which research programs are typically funded through member dues, corporate sponsorships, grants, and program-level fees drawn from government, industry, and academic participants. Specific service lines, program rosters, member counts, contract values, and pricing mechanics were not extractable from the supplied corpus (the website returned a "One moment, please / Loader / Please wait while your request is being verified" placeholder), so the revenue mechanics cannot be verified beyond this structural inference. The inputs report no app, no API, no patent portfolio, no certifications, and no disclosed technology stack.

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Name

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

Legal name

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

Website

https://hesiglobal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute is a Washington, DC-based scientific organization founded in 1989 that delivers research services and scientific programs in health and environmental sciences, employing 11–50 staff and supported by multi-sector membership and program funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Real-World Evidence (RWE) & HEOR for Development (HLAIALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) (HLAIAKAB), Medical Affairs, Scientific Communications & HEOR FSP (HLAGAOAG)

Keywords

• Scientific research services
• Environmental health programs
• Toxicology research institute
• Scientific program management
• Nonprofit research collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Core offering

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) is a nonprofit scientific organization that provides research services and administers scientific programs focused on health and environmental sciences. It convenes and coordinates multi-sector scientific research initiatives aimed at advancing understanding of human health, toxicology, and environmental safety.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Research Triangle Institute (RTI International): Large nonprofit scientific research institute conducting health, environmental, and policy research for government and commercial clients. Comparable to HESI in health and environmental R&D scope, but operates at substantially greater scale with direct contract research delivery.
• National Academy of Sciences: Congressionally chartered nonprofit that convenes leading scientists to provide independent advice on scientific and policy questions. Comparable to HESI in its role as a convening authority on scientific issues spanning health and environment, though vastly larger and operating under a federal charter.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI): Large nonprofit research organization conducting applied R&D for the energy sector, including environmental and health impact studies. Comparable to HESI in nonprofit consortium research model, though EPRI focuses on energy industry science rather than broader health and environmental portfolios.
• Battelle Memorial Institute: Major nonprofit applied science organization performing research across health, environment, and national security domains. Comparable to HESI in its nonprofit scientific mission and multi-disciplinary health/environmental portfolio, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT): Nonprofit scientific organization producing technical research to inform environmental and climate policy, particularly in transportation emissions. Comparable to HESI in the nonprofit, multi-stakeholder, policy-relevant environmental science model, though focused narrowly on transportation emissions.
• International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI): Global nonprofit that convenes academia, government, and industry to advance science on nutrition, food safety, and toxicology. Highly comparable to HESI in its nonprofit, multi-stakeholder scientific program model across health-related domains.
• Health Effects Institute: Nonprofit scientific research organization that funds and conducts research on the health effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures. Directly comparable to HESI as a multi-stakeholder nonprofit producing policy-relevant health and environmental science.

Emerging players

• Society of Toxicology: International scientific society advancing toxicology research and risk assessment, overlapping with HESI's toxicology and risk science activities. Comparable as a scientific community anchor in health and environmental safety domains, though organized as a professional membership society rather than a research-performing nonprofit.
• American Council on Science and Health: Nonprofit science advocacy organization communicating on health, environmental, and consumer safety science. Comparable to HESI as a nonprofit operating at the intersection of health and environmental science, though primarily a communications and policy body rather than a research consortium.
• Society for Risk Analysis: Multi-disciplinary scholarly society advancing risk analysis science across health, environmental, and engineering domains. Comparable to HESI in shared risk assessment and environmental health interest areas, but operates as a professional association rather than a programmatic research nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hesi_global

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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