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← ORCID INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ORCID INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,754,675
Total expenses
$6,235,184
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$290,504
Program service revenue
$6,466,512
Investment income
$279,615
Other revenue
$8,548
Total assets, end of year
$7,742,077
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,752,030
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,990,047
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,654,870
Management and general expenses
$970,715
Fundraising expenses
$609,599
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,654,870

Program services were 74.7% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $6,466,512 · related or exempt $6,466,512

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $279,615 · excluded $279,615

  • 11a · Other revenue: REBATES AND REWARDS

    total $8,316 · excluded $8,316

  • 11b · Other revenue: FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN

    total $232 · excluded $232

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,548

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $230,504 · program services $230,504

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $934,546 · program services $381,590 · management and general $435,483 · fundraising $117,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,176,121 · program services $1,748,282 · management and general $234,636 · fundraising $193,203

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $87,325 · program services $70,510 · management and general $6,313 · fundraising $10,502

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $176,508 · program services $145,982 · management and general $6,127 · fundraising $24,399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $267,830 · program services $116,352 · management and general $54,182 · fundraising $97,296

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $53,456 · management and general $53,456

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,182 · program services $16,199 · management and general $29,070 · fundraising $2,913

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $454,821 · program services $348,889 · management and general $36,736 · fundraising $69,196

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,231 · program services $2,115 · fundraising $2,116

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,445 · program services $23,965 · management and general $7,170 · fundraising $4,310

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $517,785 · program services $517,785

  • 17 · Travel

    total $317,370 · program services $214,585 · management and general $64,196 · fundraising $38,589

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $65,850 · program services $35,715 · management and general $3,205 · fundraising $26,930

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $616,320 · program services $616,320

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,838 · program services $16,118 · management and general $4,822 · fundraising $2,898

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROF. DUES/MEMB./SUBS

    total $162,628 · program services $109,959 · management and general $32,895 · fundraising $19,774

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,641 · management and general $1,641

  • 24c · Other expenses: STATE AND FEDERAL FEES

    total $783 · management and general $783

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $25,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $270,141 · end of year $1,031,521

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,902

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $160,767 · end of year $203,990

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

    $5,974,470

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

    $5,318,927

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $569,751 · end of year $655,543

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,720,320 · end of year $5,673,998

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $154,766 · end of year $152,025

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $169,077 · end of year $271,538

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $58,567

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,321,179 · end of year $2,421,925

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,390,391 · end of year $4,990,047

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ORCID PROVIDES AN IDENTIFIER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO USE WITH THEIR NAME AS THEY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES. WE PROVIDE OPEN TOOLS THAT ENABLE TRANSPARENT AND TRUSTWORTHY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, AND AFFILIATIONS. WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO HELP PEOPLE FIND INFORMATION AND TO SIMPLIFY REPORTING AND ANALYSIS. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING THREE INTERRELATED SERVICES:- THE ORCID ID: A UNIQUE, PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER FREE OF CHARGE TO RESEARCHERS- AN ORCID RECORD CONNECTED TO THE ORCID ID, AND - A SET OF APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIS), AS WELL AS THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT ENABLE INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN AN ORCID RECORD AND MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS SO RESEARCHERS CAN CHOOSE TO ALLOW CONNECTION OF THEIR ID WITH THEIR AFFILIATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ORCID PROVIDES AN IDENTIFIER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO USE WITH THEIR NAME AS THEY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES. WE PROVIDE OPEN TOOLS THAT ENABLE TRANSPARENT AND TRUSTWORTHY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, AND AFFILIATIONS. WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO HELP PEOPLE FIND INFORMATION AND TO SIMPLIFY REPORTING AND ANALYSIS.

  • RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLAR PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER PROGRAM - CREATING A CENTRAL REGISTRY OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS AND AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT LINKING MECHANISM BETWEEN ORCID AND OTHER RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO SOLVE THE NAME AMBIGUITY PROBLEM IN RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS.

    Expenses $4,654,870 · Grants $290,504 · Revenue $6,466,512

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steve Pinchotti

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU FEB); TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Clare Appavoo

    TREASURER (THRU FEB); BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicolas Fressengeas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory Gordon

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU FEBRUARY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lasith Gunawardena

    RESEARCHER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amal Amin Ibrahim

    RESEARCHER (THRU FEBRUARY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kalynn Kennon

    RESEARCHER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Soledad Bravo Marchant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heath Marks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Simon Porter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Remmington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cesar Augusto Rendon-Valencia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carly Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Ann Schultz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elaine Tham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Tise

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Ullyot

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU FEBRUARY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alla Zharinova

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judi Zielke

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU FEBRUARY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christian Shillum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $338,292
    From this org
    $314,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,997
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,383
    Bonus
    $21,912
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,923
    Filer's total
    $338,292
  • Will Simpson

    DIR. OF TECH. (FOREIGN EMPLOYEE)

    Total calculated
    $165,630
    From this org
    $160,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,647
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,983
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,647
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,630
  • Stephanie Harley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $128,963
    From this org
    $112,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,825
    Hours/week
    40
  • Thomas Tepper Jr

    DIR. OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $138,304
    From this org
    $108,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,867
    Hours/week
    30
  • Tom Demeranville

    DIR. OF PROD. (FOREIGN EMPLOYEE)

    Total calculated
    $163,357
    From this org
    $157,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,668
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,689
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,357
  • Julie Petro

    DIR. OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $147,306
    From this org
    $132,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,288
    Hours/week
    40
  • George Nash

    TECH LEAD (FOREIGN EMPLOYEE)

    Total calculated
    $121,164
    From this org
    $121,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EVALUATES THE PERFORMANCE AGAINST THESE GOALS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS THE ABILITY TO AWARD A BONUS OF UP TO 10% OF HIS BASE SALARY AS EVALUATED THROUGH THE OBJECTIVES AND WEIGHTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHRISTIAN SHILLUM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECEIVED A BONUS OF $21,912 IN 2025.

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

  • RESEARCH ORGANIZATION REGISTRY

    $50,000

    AFFILIATION METADATA SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631899349301673

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