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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,844,458
Total expenses
$15,085,265
Contributions and grants received
$18,124,081
Grants paid
$439,047
Program service revenue
$2,226,895
Investment income
$493,482
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,000,190
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,355,490
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,644,700
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,228,737
Management and general expenses
$1,815,089
Fundraising expenses
$1,041,439
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,228,737

Program services were 81.1% 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)

    $685,963

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,438,118

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL

    total $2,215,310 · related or exempt $2,215,310

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT FEES

    total $11,585 · related or exempt $11,585

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $493,482 · excluded $493,482

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $195,331 · program services $195,331

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,270 · program services $73,270

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $170,446 · program services $170,446

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $772,378 · program services $594,521 · management and general $122,428 · fundraising $55,429

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,500,981 · program services $4,234,254 · management and general $871,953 · fundraising $394,774

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $64,583 · program services $49,712 · management and general $10,237 · fundraising $4,634

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $514,410 · program services $395,955 · management and general $81,539 · fundraising $36,916

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $565,944 · program services $435,622 · management and general $89,707 · fundraising $40,615

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $95,570 · program services $29,453 · management and general $64,793 · fundraising $1,324

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,623 · program services $19,950 · management and general $57,673

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,527,791 · program services $4,749,202 · management and general $354,210 · fundraising $424,379

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,964 · program services $37,964 · management and general $3,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $122,038 · program services $91,938 · management and general $23,195 · fundraising $6,905

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $352,595 · program services $279,243 · management and general $40,897 · fundraising $32,455

  • 17 · Travel

    total $652,877 · program services $552,089 · management and general $57,565 · fundraising $43,223

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $59,526 · program services $55,366 · management and general $4,160

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,964 · management and general $28,964

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST REBILLABLE TO CUST

    total $123,860 · program services $123,860

  • 24b · Other expenses: HOSTED PROGRAM EVENT CO

    total $117,288 · program services $112,680 · management and general $4,608

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOSS

    total $2,295 · program services $2,007 · management and general $288

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,531 · program services $25,874 · management and general -$128 · fundraising $785

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,650,803 · end of year $2,267,183

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,770,952 · end of year $13,403,669

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,620,803 · end of year $6,250,532

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,853 · end of year $78,806

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $375,102 · end of year $1,240,130

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $26,753 · end of year $65,360

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,288,067 · end of year $1,710,352

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,364,489 · end of year $18,934,348

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, INC. IS ORGANIZED TO ADVANCE THE POWER OF DATA TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIVES OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, INC. IS ORGANIZED TO ADVANCE THE POWER OF DATA TO IMPROVE LIVES.

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: ESTABLISHED IN 2017, THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE PROGRAM IS HOME TO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS, RESEARCH TEAMS, TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, AND ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY-CENTERED FUTURES IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS 15 PROJECTS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) MANY OF THE PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SAW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN GRANT AND CONTRACT REVENUE, LEADING TO INCREASED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVED PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH REVENUE DIVERSITY. THE INCREASE IN FUNDING AND ACTIVITIES IN THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM EXPANDS OUR REACH ACROSS COMMUNITIES LEVERAGING EDUCATION, DATA, RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. READ MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM: HTTPS://WWW.CODEFORSOCIETY.ORG/FSP

    Expenses $12,168,737 · Grants $379,047 · Revenue $2,198,895

  • COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM: WE ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE OPEN RESEARCH, DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY WORK TOWARDS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE, AND POWER. WORK IN OUR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM INVESTS IN SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CRITICAL FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES. WE DEVELOP STRUCTURES FOR PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, AND PEER-LEARNING TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. IN FY2024 WE DISCONTINUED THIS PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM. THIS DISCONTINUATION WAS NOT MATERIAL TO THE OVERALL REVENUES AND EXPENSES.

    Expenses $60,000 · Grants $60,000 · Revenue $28,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Johnathan Cain

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Dosemagen

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kari Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jochai Ben-Avie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cormekki Whitley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Eagen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danielle Robinson PhD

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $265,434
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,034
    Filer's total
    $265,434

  • Keith Chreston

    CFO, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $188,515
    From this org
    $138,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,265
    Hours/week
    24

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,235
    Filer's total
    $188,515

  • Joe Hand

    SR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $95,875
    From this org
    $77,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,639
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ronald Brooks III

    CFO AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $47,784
    From this org
    $42,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,076
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kena Mayberry

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $131,980
    From this org
    $131,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Kaitlin Thaney

    PROGRAM EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $253,455
    From this org
    $200,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,092
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,051
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,041
    Filer's total
    $253,455

  • Melisa Bok

    PROGRAM EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $230,759
    From this org
    $210,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,885
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,774
    Bonus
    $30,100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,885
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $230,759

  • Joy Buolamwini

    PROGRAM EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $221,640
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,640
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,490
    Filer's total
    $221,640

  • Timnit Gebru

    PROGRAM EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $213,143
    From this org
    $183,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,771
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61
    Filer's total
    $213,143

  • Christopher Holdgraf

    PROGRAM EXEC

    Total calculated
    $164,244
    From this org
    $157,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,500
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,244
    Filer's total
    $164,244

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 committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349315250

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