Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FOUNDATION FOR EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,448,963
- Total expenses
- $1,295,350
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,125,359
- Grants paid
- $107,725
- Program service revenue
- $317,814
- Investment income
- $5,790
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $646,155
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $23,359
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $622,796
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $956,850
- Management and general expenses
- $338,500
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $956,850
Program services were 73.9% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,083,647
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$41,712
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2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES
total $123,165 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE
total $194,649 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $5,790 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,790
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $52,500 · program services $52,500
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $55,225 · program services $55,225
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $130,307 · program services $102,990 · management and general $27,317 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $397,361 · program services $314,059 · management and general $83,302 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,848 · program services $15,687 · management and general $4,161 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $48,621 · program services $38,428 · management and general $10,193 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $45,430 · program services $35,906 · management and general $9,524 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $96,561 · program services $36,800 · management and general $59,761 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $674 · program services $0 · management and general $674 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $60,164 · program services $57,517 · management and general $2,647 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $86,301 · program services $86,231 · management and general $70 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $264,211 · program services $159,992 · management and general $104,219 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,213 · program services $1,213 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $2,620 · program services $0 · management and general $2,620 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET
total $9,203 · program services $0 · management and general $9,203 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
total $8,477 · program services $35 · management and general $8,442 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE
total $7,521 · program services $0 · management and general $7,521 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
total $3,144 · program services $267 · management and general $2,877 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,969 · program services $0 · management and general $5,969 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $98,054 · end of year $124,544
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $189,803 · end of year $208,645
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $133,803 · end of year $153,583
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $12,128 · end of year $24,240
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$52,848
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$52,848
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,213 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $120,275 · end of year $135,143
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $97,805 · end of year $23,359
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $295,485 · end of year $271,319
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $161,986 · end of year $351,477
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
EMPOWER INNOVATIVE USE AND STEWARDSHIP OF EARTH SCIENCE DATA TO SOLVE OUR PLANETS GREATEST CHALLENGES.
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THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPEMENT SERVICES IN ORDER TO MAKE EARTH SCIENCE BROADLY AVAILABLE TO PROFESSIONAL USERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THESE PROGRAMS HAD THE GENERAL GOAL OF IMPROVING SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THEY INCLUDED GENERATING AND FUNDING NEW INFORMATION RESOURCES AND ORGANIZING PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES ON EARTH SCIENCES.
Expenses $956,850 · Grants $107,725 · Revenue $317,814
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Susan ShingledeckerSUSAN SHINGLEDECKER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $188,078
- From this org
- $179,287
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,791
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $179,287
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,791
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $188,078
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Patricia AllenPATRICIA ALLEN
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $126,672
- From this org
- $112,855
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,817
- Hours/week
- 40
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Yuhan RaoYUHAN RAO
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Amber Budden RuthAMBER BUDDEN RUTH
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Karl BenedictKARL BENEDICT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John RelphJOHN RELPH
CHAIR, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Micahel MahoneyMICAHEL MAHONEY
CHAIR, PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Steve DiggsSTEVE DIGGS
CHAIR, EDIJ COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Chris StonerCHRIS STONER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael DanielsMICHAEL DANIELS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bruce CaronBRUCE CARON
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. 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
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Pt I Line 4a
- IN FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, THE FOUNDATION PAID SEVERANCE TO SUSAN SHINGLEDECKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,193.83.
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
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EAST TENNEESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
$20,000
LAB AWARDS
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ISCIENCES LLC
$20,000
LAB AWARDS
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AMERICAN GEOSCIENCES INSTITUTE
$12,500
LAB AWARDS
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 22 January 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202600229349300620
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