Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $405,796
- Total expenses
- $323,411
- Contributions and grants received
- $73,917
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $269,327
- Investment income
- $56,076
- Other revenue
- $6,476
- Total assets, end of year
- $789,017
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,723
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $787,294
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $197,779
- Management and general expenses
- $64,431
- Fundraising expenses
- $61,201
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $197,779
Program services were 61.2% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$31,930
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$41,987
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2a · Program service revenue: Events
total $269,327 · related or exempt $269,327
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3 · Investment income
total $2,368 · related or exempt $2,368
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $53,708
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $53,708
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $53,708 · related or exempt $53,708
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Ad Income
total $4,350 · related or exempt $4,350
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11b · Other revenue: Office Income
total $2,126 · related or exempt $2,126
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,476
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $71,335 · program services $30,674 · management and general $26,394 · fundraising $14,267
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $4,430 · program services $1,905 · management and general $1,639 · fundraising $886
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $6,019 · program services $2,588 · management and general $2,227 · fundraising $1,204
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,842 · program services $2,942 · management and general $2,532 · fundraising $1,368
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $31,556 · program services $12,704 · management and general $12,237 · fundraising $6,615
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,863 · program services $801 · management and general $689 · fundraising $373
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24a · Other expenses: Event expense
total $131,867 · program services $105,494 · fundraising $26,373
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24b · Other expenses: Geoscience Center expense
total $26,433 · program services $11,366 · management and general $9,780 · fundraising $5,287
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24c · Other expenses: Merchant fees
total $21,372 · program services $9,190 · management and general $7,908 · fundraising $4,274
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24d · Other expenses: General admin expenditures
total $11,511 · program services $11,511
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,183 · program services $8,604 · management and general $1,025 · fundraising $554
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $44,177 · end of year $79,762
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year -$1,517 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $632,369 · end of year $709,255
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,228 · end of year $1,723
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,442
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $669,359 · end of year $787,294
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON WAS FORMED IN 1947 TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND PROFESSION OF GEOPHYSICS, AND TO FOSTER FELLOWSHIP AND COOPERATION AMONG ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN GEOPHYSICS. THE GSH FORMS THE HEART OF A HOUSTON-BASED GEOPHYSICAL COMMUNITY AND GIVES OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE PROFESSION. THE GSH ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF BENEFIT TO GEOPHYSICISTS.
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SYMPOSIUM AND EVENTS
Expenses $197,779 · Revenue $269,327
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Alexander Mihai Popovici
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rene Mott
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kurang Mehta
1st VP
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul Vincent
2nd VP
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Arpita Bathija
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cucha Lopez
Comm Dir
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Scott Sutherland
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rob Stewart
President Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Norbert van de Coevering
1st VP Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ricardo De Campos
2nd VP Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Patrick Corwin
Treasurer Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Hilary Brawner
Comm Dir Elect
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503519349300030
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