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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR COMMON SENSE IN SCIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,389,140
Total expenses
$1,027,790
Contributions and grants received
$1,385,150
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,990
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$694,367
Total liabilities, end of year
$85,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$608,606
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$793,229
Management and general expenses
$194,957
Fundraising expenses
$39,604
Program service expenses (Part III)
$793,229

Program services were 77.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,385,150

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,990 · related or exempt $3,990

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,518 · program services $142,518

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $94,568 · program services $94,568

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,723 · program services $4,723

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,126 · program services $6,126

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,461 · program services $17,461

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,599 · program services $9,970 · management and general $5,629

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,070 · management and general $15,070

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $390,503 · program services $267,398 · management and general $83,505 · fundraising $39,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $175,934 · program services $175,934

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,247 · program services $15,671 · management and general $5,576

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,194 · program services $2,786 · management and general $3,408

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARD MEMBER STIPENDS

    total $72,500 · management and general $72,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE LICENSING AND

    total $38,663 · program services $38,009 · management and general $654

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,917 · program services $14,917

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EX

    total $9,992 · program services $1,373 · management and general $8,615 · fundraising $4

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,775 · program services $1,775

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $276,049 · end of year $686,980

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,649 · end of year $7,387

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $30,020 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,462 · end of year $85,761

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $237,294 · end of year $567,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,962 · end of year $41,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER IS A WELL-RESPECTED CHAMPION OF FACT-BASED SCIENCE RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EFFORTS TO SEEK INTEGRITY IN PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON ISSUES AT THE NEXUS OF AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS.

  • THE CENTER COMMISSIONS RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS WITHOUT POLITICAL, CULTURAL, TECHNICAL, OR IDEOLOGICAL BIAS. THE CENTER CONTRIBUTES TO A HEALTHY AND BALANCED SYSTEM IN WHICH JUDICIAL AND REGULATORY DECISIONS ARE BASED ON OBJECTIVE, UNBIASED, SOUND, AND COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSES OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.

    Expenses $793,229

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Randall

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Traverse

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $142,518
    From this org
    $142,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Annotti

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marjana Martinic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Schachtman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Williams PhD

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $20,000
    From this org
    $20,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Simon PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $52,500
    From this org
    $52,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349309505

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