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← OPENET INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPENET INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,587,726
Total expenses
$1,623,088
Contributions and grants received
$1,345,150
Grants paid
$676,956
Program service revenue
$1,242,576
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,492,941
Total liabilities, end of year
$217,544
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,275,397
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$779,037
Management and general expenses
$844,051
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$779,037

Program services were 48.0% 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)

    $140,498

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,204,652

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $330,044

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $1,242,576 · related or exempt $1,242,576

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $568,615 · program services $568,615

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $108,341 · program services $108,341

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $86,970 · management and general $86,970

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $111,965 · program services $23,793 · management and general $88,172

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $698,455 · program services $78,288 · management and general $620,167

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $182 · management and general $182

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,242 · management and general $32,242

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,723 · management and general $6,723

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $230 · management and general $230

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,365 · management and general $9,365

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $294,874 · end of year $861,592

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $300,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $256,114 · end of year $324,813

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $547 · end of year $936

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,100 · end of year $5,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $244,876 · end of year $217,544

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,759 · end of year $1,275,397

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TRAINING AND BASIC SUPPORT, AND ONGOING RESEARCH TO SUPPORT BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE. OPENET CAN BE USED BY LOCAL OR REGIONAL WATER MANAGERS, WATER USERS, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, POLICYMAKERS, GROWERS, AND CORPORATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPENET USES BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE TO PROVIDE EASILY ACCESSIBLE SATELLITE- BASED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET) DATA FOR IMPROVED WATER MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

  • DATA PRODUCTION: BUILDING ONTO DATA PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED FOR THE ENTIRE WESTERN US FROM 2016 FORWARD, IN THIS TAX PERIOD OPENET HAS GENERATED AND REVIEWED DATA FOR: THE MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL PLANE, DECADES OF HISTORICAL DATA FOR THE STATES OF OR, UT, AS WELL AS THE UPPER CO RIVER BASIN. OPENET HAS ALSO HAS REVIEWED AND PUSHED THIS DATA TO THE GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE PUBLIC DATA CATALOG.

    Expenses $664,917 · Grants $624,086 · Revenue $1,242,576

  • UI MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES: LAUNCH OF THE APPLICATION PROGRAMING INTERFACE OCCURRED IN THIS TAX PERIOD, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES OF UI PLATFORMS, INCLUDING THE API AND THE DATA EXPLORER. UPDATES TO THESE PLATFORMS ARE CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE SPEED AND USER EXPERIENCE. THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE GEODATABASE, CLOUD PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS, AND UPDATES TO THE DATA EXPLORER BACKEND.

    Expenses $44,290 · Grants $44,290

  • RESEARCH: SPECIAL RESEARCH TOPICS DURING THIS PERIOD INCLUDE: ACCURACY ASSESSMENTS COMPARING OPENET DATA TO GROUND BASED EDDY-COVARIANCE DATA; DAILY LOW LATENCY LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA GENERATION/EVALUATION; MODEL UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR PERSISTENT BIASES; METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION LAYER.

    Expenses $8,580 · Grants $8,580

  • USER SUPPORT: DURING THE TAX PERIOD, OPENET HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO AGENCIES AND USERS ACROSS THE US. THIS SERVICE COMES IN THE FORM OF DATA CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION, IN ADDITION TO SERVICES VIA HUBSPOT TICKET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

    Expenses $61,250

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Larsen

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joya Banerjee

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dr Maurice Hall

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Luis Villa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brett Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yun Yang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Schlessinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502279349303620

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