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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,217,166
Total expenses
$8,787,031
Contributions and grants received
$9,716,021
Grants paid
$247,658
Program service revenue
$474,630
Investment income
$519
Other revenue
$25,996
Total assets, end of year
$16,271,909
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,918,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,353,464
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,436,425
Management and general expenses
$1,034,949
Fundraising expenses
$315,657
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,436,425

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,532,692

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,183,329

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCT LICENSE FEES

    total $460,630 · related or exempt $460,630

  • 2b · Program service revenue: HONORARIA FEES

    total $14,000 · related or exempt $14,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $519 · excluded $519

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRAVEL REWARDS REVENUE

    total $16,021 · excluded $16,021

  • 11b · Other revenue: REIMBURSED TRAVEL

    total $9,974 · excluded $9,974

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1 · excluded $1

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,996

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $52,823 · program services $52,823

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $45 · program services $45

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $194,790 · program services $194,790

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $849,279 · program services $378,650 · management and general $470,629

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,232,534 · program services $3,884,151 · management and general $183,041 · fundraising $165,342

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $150,957 · program services $139,932 · management and general $5,012 · fundraising $6,013

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $336,137 · program services $281,227 · management and general $43,574 · fundraising $11,336

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $393,779 · program services $331,204 · management and general $49,657 · fundraising $12,918

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,480 · program services $30,044 · management and general $3,391 · fundraising $4,045

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,000 · program services $29,659 · management and general $3,348 · fundraising $3,993

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $744,296 · program services $614,137 · management and general $59,363 · fundraising $70,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,617 · program services $2,539 · management and general $96,078

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,569 · program services $26,531 · management and general $535 · fundraising $2,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $665,675 · program services $639,995 · management and general $14,202 · fundraising $11,478

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,592 · program services $114,744 · management and general $47,348 · fundraising $5,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $389,509 · program services $362,052 · management and general $15,762 · fundraising $11,695

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $88,375 · program services $60,545 · management and general $24,920 · fundraising $2,910

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total -$129,906 · program services -$88,943 · management and general -$36,703 · fundraising -$4,260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,814 · program services $3,983 · management and general $1,644 · fundraising $187

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $224,484 · program services $224,484

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & FEES

    total $112,091 · program services $83,828 · management and general $24,896 · fundraising $3,367

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $1,872 · program services $1,282 · management and general $529 · fundraising $61

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $104,219 · program services $68,723 · management and general $27,723 · fundraising $7,773

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,083,193 · end of year $965,638

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,841,208

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $7,799

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,159,399 · end of year $371,008

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $76,163 · end of year $44,861

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $740,822

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $733,007

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $440,664 · end of year $7,815

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $464,117 · end of year $12,602,244

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year -$140,113

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $76,216 · end of year $431,336

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $77,577 · end of year $133,739

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $9,187,520 · end of year $2,734,787

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $257,331 · end of year $49,919

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,637,211 · end of year $7,017,747

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $6,335,717

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE (COS) IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING OPENNESS, INTEGRITY, AND REPRODUCIBILITY IN SCHOLARLY RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COS IS A NONPROFIT CULTURE CHANGE ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO INCREASE THE OPENNESS, INTEGRITY, AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. COS ADVANCES THIS MISSION BY:(I) BUILDING AND IMPROVING OPEN-SOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS TRANSPARENT, REPRODUCIBLE PRACTICES ACROSS THE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE;(II) INCREASING RESEARCHERS' CAPACITY TO PURSUE OPENNESS, INTEGRITY, AND TRUSTWORTHINESS;(III) SHIFTING THE INCENTIVES, NORMS, AND POLICIES THAT SHAPE RESEARCHER BEHAVIOR;(IV) DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS FOR OPEN, PUBLIC-GOODS SERVICES; AND(V) CONDUCTING METASCIENCE RESEARCH THAT INNOVATES, EXPERIMENTS, AND EVALUATES HOW RESEARCH IS DONE.

  • INFRASTRUCTURE:THE OPEN SCIENCE FRAMEWORK (OSF; WWW.OSF.IO) IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS RESEARCHERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RESEARCH PROCESS--FROM PLANNING AND DATA COLLECTION TO ANALYSIS, COLLABORATION, AND SHARING. BY PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY, OSF ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO ADVANCE AND VALIDATE THEIR WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY.IN 2024, OSF EXPERIENCED CONTINUED GROWTH, WITH 121,594 NEW USERS, 105,868 NEW PUBLIC PROJECTS, REGISTRATIONS, AND PREPRINTS, NEARLY 30 MILLION VIEWS OF HOSTED CONTENT, AND 50 MILLION FILE DOWNLOADS.COS IMPLEMENTED KEY ENHANCEMENTS TO STREAMLINE WORKFLOWS AND IMPROVE USABILITY, INCLUDING: (I) BOA, A TOOL FOR LARGE-SCALE DATA MINING; (II) CEDAR INTEGRATION TO SUPPORT CUSTOM FAIR METADATA; AND (III) A REVAMPED PREPRINTS INTERFACE TO SIMPLIFY SUBMISSIONS AND ENHANCE DISCOVERABILITY.COS ALSO EXPANDED ITS MODULAR TRAINING PROGRAM TO HELP RESEARCHERS ADOPT OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES WITH GREATER EASE AND CONFIDENCE.

    Expenses $4,337,868 · Revenue $460,630

  • METASCIENCE:AS METASCIENCE GAINS GLOBAL TRACTION, COS HELPED COORDINATE AND ACCELERATE THE FIELD THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF THE METASCIENCE ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE SERVES AS A COLLABORATIVE HUB CONNECTING RESEARCHERS, FUNDERS, INSTITUTIONS, PUBLISHERS, POLICYMAKERS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS, AND OTHERS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE SCIENTIFIC ECOSYSTEM.THE ALLIANCE FOCUSES ON: (I) BUILDING COALITIONS THROUGH CONVENINGS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND RESOURCES THAT CONNECT COMMUNITIES ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND SECTORS; (II) STRENGTHENING THE WORKFORCE BY SUPPORTING NEW CAREER PATHWAYS, OFFERING CROSS-SECTOR TRAINING, AND LAUNCHING PROGRAMS FOR POSTDOCTORAL AND EARLY-CAREER INNOVATORS; (III) ENABLING MATCHMAKING AMONG RESEARCHERS, FUNDERS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS TO DESIGN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; AND (IV) ALIGNING AND AMPLIFYING METASCIENCE EFFORTS TO REDUCE DUPLICATION AND ACCELERATE SHARED PROGRESS.COS ALSO CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ITS OWN METASCIENCE RESEARCH THROUGH PROJECTS SUCH AS THE OPEN SCHOLARSHIP SURVEY (OSS) AND PILOT INITIATIVES INCLUDING BENCHMARKING LLM AGENTS ON SCIENTIFIC TASKS, SMART: SCALING MACHINE ASSESSMENTS OF RESEARCH TRUSTWORTHINESS, AND THE REGISTERED REVISIONS PROJECT, WHICH EVALUATES INNOVATIONS IN PEER REVIEW.THE OPEN SCHOLARSHIP SURVEY (OSS) IS A STANDARDIZED, MODULAR TOOL USED TO ASSESS RESEARCHER ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS, AND PERCEPTIONS REGARDING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP. IT IDENTIFIES KEY "GAPS"-- BETWEEN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS, PERCEPTIONS AND NORMS, AND BARRIERS TO ADOPTION--THAT INFORM TARGETED INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS TRAINING AND INCENTIVE REFORM. IN 2024, COS DEPLOYED THE THIRD WAVE OF THIS LONGITUDINAL STUDY, TRACKING CHANGES IN RESEARCHER ENGAGEMENT WITH OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES OVER TIME.ACROSS ITS INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICY, AND METASCIENCE INITIATIVES, COS CONTINUES TO ADVANCE A MORE TRANSPARENT, TRUSTWORTHY, AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM.

    Expenses $1,745,341 · Grants $115,885 · Revenue $250

  • POLICY/COMMUNITY:MOMENTUM FOR OPEN SCIENCE CONTINUED TO GROW IN 2024 AS GOVERNMENTS, FUNDING AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS STRENGTHENED REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND REPRODUCIBILITY. COS'S TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS PROMOTION (TOP) GUIDELINES, FIRST INTRODUCED IN 2015, RECEIVED A MAJOR UPDATE IN 2024. THE REVISED VERSION CLARIFIED STANDARDS, REFINED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, AND REINFORCED THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA SHARING, PREREGISTRATION, AND REPLICATION IN RESEARCH ASSESSMENT--FURTHERING COS'S ROLE IN ADVANCING CREDIBLE AND TRANSPARENT SCIENCE.COS WORKED WITH RESEARCH COMMUNITIES TO MAKE OPEN SCIENCE THE EVERYDAY NORM FOR CREDIBLE RESEARCH. THROUGH TARGETED CULTURE CHANGE INITIATIVES, COS CATALYZED THE ADOPTION OF OPEN PRACTICES WITHIN SPECIFIC DOMAINS. TWO MAJOR 2024 EFFORTS INCLUDED: (I) THE GLOBAL FLOURISHING STUDY, INCORPORATING DATA FROM MORE THAN 200,000 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 22 COUNTRIES, AND (II) THE INSTAGRAM DATA ACCESS PILOT SELECTED FOUR RESEARCH TEAMS FROM OVER 40 SUBMISSIONS.BOTH INITIATIVES INTEGRATED CORE OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES--SUCH AS PREREGISTRATION AND REGISTERED REPORTS--INTO THEIR DESIGN, SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION IN LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH.IN 2024, COS ALSO LAUNCHED LIFECYCLE JOURNAL, A NEW PUBLISHING PLATFORM THAT REDEFINES SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION BY ALIGNING RECOGNITION WITH TRANSPARENCY AND RIGOR. LIFECYCLE JOURNAL EVALUATES RESEARCH BASED ON METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY AND OPENNESS RATHER THAN NOVELTY ALONE, REWARDING ROBUST AND REPRODUCIBLE WORK THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE.

    Expenses $1,353,216 · Grants $131,773 · Revenue $13,750

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • GEORGE BANKS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA SAXE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON HILL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW BUYS

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELAINE CHEN

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADIB CHOUDHURY

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALISON MUDDITT

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAMIAN PATTISON

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSANNA-ASSUNTA SANSONE

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVETTE SEGER

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELAINE WESTBROOKS

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN NOSEK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $262,600
    From this org
    $252,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,100
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $262,600

  • LISA CUEVAS SHAW

    COO & MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $208,029
    From this org
    $200,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,028
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $208,029

  • NICOLE PFEIFFER

    CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $186,854
    From this org
    $179,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,187
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $186,854

  • OSMAND CHRISTIAN

    SR. DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $191,797
    From this org
    $175,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,452
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,345
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,045
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,407
    Filer's total
    $191,797

  • TIM ERRINGTON

    SR. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $148,158
    From this org
    $142,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,129
    Hours/week
    40

  • MATTHEW FRAZIER

    PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $154,177
    From this org
    $136,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,777
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,579
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,821
    Filer's total
    $154,177

  • BRIAN PILATI

    MANAGER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $147,984
    From this org
    $132,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,693
    Hours/week
    40

  • FITZHUGH ELLIOTT

    MANAGER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $143,639
    From this org
    $128,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,331
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRIAN GEIGER

    SR. MANAGER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $145,464
    From this org
    $127,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,111
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349318466

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