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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,849,304
Total expenses
$3,448,050
Contributions and grants received
$16,848,320
Grants paid
$6,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$984
Total assets, end of year
$14,925,476
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,414,894
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,510,582
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,509,270
Management and general expenses
$1,912,683
Fundraising expenses
$26,097
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,509,270

Program services were 43.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,848,320

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $984 · excluded $984

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $984

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $401,212 · program services $133,809 · management and general $267,403

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,245,786 · program services $928,169 · management and general $294,876 · fundraising $22,741

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,716 · program services $21,095 · management and general $11,169 · fundraising $452

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $75,018 · program services $48,371 · management and general $25,611 · fundraising $1,036

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,466 · program services $62,201 · management and general $32,933 · fundraising $1,332

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $104,134 · management and general $104,134

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $105,405 · management and general $105,405

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $413,079 · program services $238,542 · management and general $174,001 · fundraising $536

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,250 · management and general $3,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $126,410 · program services $6,094 · management and general $120,316

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $61,419 · program services $1,115 · management and general $60,304

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $684,630 · management and general $684,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,097 · program services $63,773 · management and general $18,324

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $101 · program services $101

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,327 · management and general $10,327

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $103,726 · end of year $13,446,308

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,253 · end of year $7,324

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,471,844

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $651 · end of year $114,462

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,300,432

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $109,328 · end of year $13,508,182

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,400

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SCIENCE FOR AMERICA IS A NON-PROFIT "SOLUTIONS INCUBATOR" THAT BRINGS TOGETHER SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS AND WORKS WITH PARTNERS ACROSS SECTORS TO:-IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS TO URGENT CHALLENGES, IN THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD, THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING, -DEVELOP CLEAR VISION, STRATEGY AND EXECUTION PLANS, AND-ENSURE THE LAUNCH AND SUCCESS OF THOSE SOLUTIONS, BY INCUBATING THEM TO AN APPROPRIATE STAGE.POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS MAY INCLUDE THE CREATION OF PROJECTS, INITIATIVES, SHARED FACILITIES, COALITIONS, NEW COMPANIES, PRIZES, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

  • ONE KEY QUESTION IS HOW TO SATISFY GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY WHILE KEEPING COSTS LOW AND DRIVING ENERGY-RELATED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS TO ZERO. TO THIS END, WE PUBLISHED A WHITE PAPER ("NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUSION POWER") THAT IS PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. WE THEN TURNED OUR ATTENTION TO CARBON DIOXIDE. GIVEN THE NEED TO REMOVE BILLIONS OF TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE COMING DECADES, WE ARE EVALUATING POTENTIAL WAYS TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST OF DIRECT AIR CAPTURE TO ENABLE CO2 REMOVAL FROM THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE MOST ENERGY AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY.

    Expenses $623,450

  • A TEAM OF SCIENCE FOR AMERICA STAFF AND ADVISORS HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING A GAME-CHANGING SOLUTION TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CANCER THERAPEUTICS.

    Expenses $493,399

  • WE WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHICH GROUPS ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM, HOW MUCH ARE THEY UNDERREPRESENTED BY, AND ARE SOME UNIVERSITIES DOING BETTER THAN OTHERS AT DIVERSIFYING THEIR STEM STUDENT POPULATION. WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT RELATIVE REPRESENTATION: THE REPRESENTATION OF A GROUP RELATIVE TO THEIR REPRESENTATION IN A BASELINE POPULATION. CALCULATING A GIVEN POPULATION'S REPRESENTATION IN STEM AT A COLLEGE COMPARED TO THAT POPULATION'S BASELINE REPRESENTATION IN THE SAME COLLEGE'S OVERALL POPULATION MAY ALLOW US TO EVALUATE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS TO SEE IF THERE ARE PATTERNS OF OVER OR UNDER REPRESENTATION FOR CERTAIN GROUPS IN STEM, RELATIVE TO THEIR REPRESENTATION ACROSS THAT UNIVERSITY AS A WHOLE.

    Expenses $348,488 · Grants $6,000

  • Expenses $43,933

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric S Lander

    CHAIR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $76,524
    From this org
    $76,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kaitlin Browman

    COO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $324,688
    From this org
    $302,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,218
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,470
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,926
    Filer's total
    $324,688

  • Amanda Rubin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Schmidt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reid Hoffman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Badgett

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,970
    From this org
    $198,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,547
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,423
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,539
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8
    Filer's total
    $216,970

  • Zara Burke

    SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $269,989
    From this org
    $248,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,614
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $269,989

  • Ariel Carmeli

    SCIENTIST (FROM 1/26/23)

    Total calculated
    $180,742
    From this org
    $172,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,497
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,245
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,497
    Filer's total
    $180,742

  • Alexandra Ritchie

    SCIENTIST (FROM 5/1/23)

    Total calculated
    $111,323
    From this org
    $108,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,464
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Neely

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $203,145
    From this org
    $171,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,459
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,686
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,533
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,926
    Filer's total
    $203,145

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL FOR OFFICERS AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OCCURS ON OVERSEAS FLIGHTS AND IN OTHER LIMITED SITUATIONS. THIS TRAVEL IS FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, THEREFORE, THE VALUE IS NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE WAGES. THE CHIEF SCIENTIST/CEO AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER WERE THE ONLY LISTED INDIVIDUALS WHO USED FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441279349301974

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