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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$894,783
Total expenses
$1,029,564
Contributions and grants received
$488,819
Grants paid
$97,517
Program service revenue
$185,205
Investment income
$210,502
Other revenue
$10,257
Total assets, end of year
$4,198,919
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,879
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,137,040
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$811,309
Management and general expenses
$196,246
Fundraising expenses
$22,009
Program service expenses (Part III)
$811,309

Program services were 78.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $191,795

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $297,024

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTION INCOME

    total $206,781 · related or exempt $206,781

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BIBLIOGRAPHY ROYALTIES

    total $14,688 · related or exempt $14,688

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING

    total -$36,264 · related or exempt -$36,264

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,104 · excluded $63,104

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $404,287

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $256,889

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $147,398

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $147,398 · excluded $147,398

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $10,257 · related or exempt $10,257

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,257

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $49,102 · program services $49,102

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $48,415 · program services $48,415

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $189,290 · program services $149,160 · management and general $36,079 · fundraising $4,051

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $144,022 · program services $65,883 · management and general $67,015 · fundraising $11,124

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,690 · program services $19,232 · management and general $14,160 · fundraising $1,298

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,310 · program services $15,374 · management and general $5,796 · fundraising $1,140

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,504 · management and general $1,504

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,035 · management and general $36,035

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,935 · program services $2,935

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,282 · program services $13,801 · management and general $481

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,868 · program services $13,171 · management and general $9,697

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,284 · program services $15,815 · management and general $2,819 · fundraising $3,650

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,347 · program services $19,347

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,587 · program services $5,370 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $317

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING EXPENSES

    total $197,481 · program services $196,422 · management and general $630 · fundraising $429

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDITORIAL

    total $185,773 · program services $181,543 · management and general $4,230

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $13,689 · program services $10,312 · management and general $3,377

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $10,471 · program services $30 · management and general $10,441

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,479 · program services $5,397 · management and general $2,082

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,945 · end of year $64,494

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $65,506 · end of year $11,565

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,228 · end of year $80,069

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,931,564 · end of year $4,042,791

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,840 · end of year $58,550

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,318 · end of year $3,329

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$34,154 · end of year -$120,078

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,984,239 · end of year $4,257,118

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SOCIETY'S MISSION IS TO FOSTER INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PROMOTE DISCUSSION OF SCIENCE'S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS, AND BRING THIS UNDERSTANDING TO OTHERS WORLDWIDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER INTEREST, PROMOTE DISCUSSIONS, AND CONVEY UNDERSTANDING IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE WORLDWIDE.

  • PUBLICATIONS - THE SOCIETY PUBLISHES TWO JOURNALS: ISIS APPEARS QUARTERLY AND OSIRIS APPEARS ANNUALLY. USING A HIGHLY SELECTIVE PROCESS, THE SOCIETY ENSURES THAT EACH JOURNAL CARRIES THE BEST SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. THE EDITORIAL BOARDS HELP THE EDITORS REVIEW THE MANUSCRIPTS UNDER THE OVERALL DIRECTION OF A COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS. ISIS AND OSIRIS ARE SENT TO SOME 3,000 SUBSCRIBERS. THE HSS ALSO PUBLISHES THE ANNUAL ISIS CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY (CB) AS A SUPPLEMENT TO ISIS. EACH CB CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES, WHICH ARE ALSO LOADED INTO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (HSTM) DATABASE, PUBLISHED BY EBSCO, AND FREELY AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. NONMEMBERS CAN ACCESS MUCH OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AT NO CHARGE AT WWW.ISISCB.ORG.

    Expenses $259,155 · Revenue $206,781

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $198,530 · Grants $97,517 · Revenue $14,688

  • THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE SOCIETY MAINTAINS A WEBSITE THAT INCLUDES CURRENT SOCIETY AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS, PROVIDES LINKS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES, AND A LISTING OF OPEN JOBS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES; PUBLISHES A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER; AND AWARDSPRIZES AND GRANTS FOR EXEMPLARY SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING.

    Expenses $353,624

As filed on the 2023 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Florence Hsia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Projit Mukharji

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Irina Podgorny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Christine Van Oertzen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Dora Vargha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Evelyn Hammonds

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4

  • Gwen Kay

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4

  • Monica Azzolini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Rebekah Higgitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Terence Keel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Alisha Rankin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Fa-Ti Fan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • John Paul Gutierrez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,356
    From this org
    $172,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,856
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,656
    Filer's total
    $184,356

  • Matthew Shindell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4

  • Soraya De Chadarevian

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.4

  • Adrianna Link

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Patrick McCray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Samantha Muka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Omar Nasim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Jessica Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

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. 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 · 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

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540449349302154

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