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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by OPEN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,582,088
Total expenses
$808,751
Contributions and grants received
$1,582,088
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,055,551
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,605
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,050,946
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$711,249
Management and general expenses
$74,987
Fundraising expenses
$22,515
Program service expenses (Part III)
$711,249

Program services were 87.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,582,088

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,889 · program services $85,389 · management and general $18,750 · fundraising $18,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $500,939 · program services $467,735 · management and general $33,204

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,730 · program services $25,730

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,362 · program services $45,307 · management and general $3,621 · fundraising $1,434

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,962 · program services $935 · management and general $1,027

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,627 · program services $2,402 · management and general $225

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,959 · program services $38,717 · management and general $5,242

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,348 · program services $3,072 · management and general $6,687 · fundraising $1,589

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,826 · program services $26,826

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $15,102 · program services $15,102

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,142 · management and general $4,400 · fundraising $742

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $1,329 · management and general $1,329

  • 24d · Other expenses: INSURANCE

    total $502 · management and general $502

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34 · program services $34

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $258,740 · end of year $1,055,551

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $22,503 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,634 · end of year $4,605

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $277,609 · end of year $1,050,946

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF OPEN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, INC. (OEDP) IS TO REIMAGINE THE WAY WE SHARE AND USE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC DATA AND TO ENSURE THAT, AS SCIENTIFIC DATA PROLIFERATES, IT IS USABLE WITHIN A SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL CONTEXT. WE DEVELOP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA FROM DIVERSE DATA STREAMS MORE ACCESSIBLE, DIGESTIBLE, AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

  • PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL DATA PARTNERS: IN 2025, OEDP CO-FOUNDED THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL DATA PARTNERS (PEDP), A MEMBER COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND POLICY ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCHERS, AND ARCHIVISTS WHO RELY ON FEDERAL DATASETS AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, POLICY, AND LITIGATION. OEDP STAFF MEMBERS LEAD OR CO-LEAD THE ADVOCACY, FUNDRAISING, GOVERNANCE, AND TOOLS DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUPS. PEDP HAS THREE KEY PILLARS OF WORK: DATA AND TOOL PRESERVATION, BUILDING BETTER TOOLS, AND STRENGTHENING DATA GOVERNANCE, ADVOCACY & PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE PRESERVED OVER 400 DATASETS AND STOOD UP 5 TOOLS THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN OFFLINE.

    Expenses $234,299

  • COMMUNITY DATA STEWARDSHIP: OEDP CO-CREATES NEW TOOLS AND STRATEGIES WITH FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES FOR GOVERNING AND SHARING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SAFELY WITH EACH OTHER, THEIR GOVERNMENTS, RESEARCHERS, AND OTHERS, ULTIMATELY TO ADVANCE TRUST, MEANINGFUL CHANGE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IN 2025, WE PUBLISHED THE COMMUNITY DATA PLAYBOOK, WHICH PROVIDES CASE STUDIES AND PLAYS FOR HOW TO BETTER STEWARD ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. WE ALSO PUBLISHED A DIGITIAL COMPANION IN THE FORM OF A LIVING RESOURCE LIBRARY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL ZINES, AND HELD SEVERAL PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $293,233

  • DIGITCORE: IN 2025, OEDP LAUNCHED THE DIGITIAL TOOLKIT FOR COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, OR DIGITCORE. THE TOOLKIT OUTLINES CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS, AND PHENOMENA EXPERIENCED OR OBSERVED BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCHERS, AND OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGISTS WORKING ON COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. IT INCLUDES VALUES, THEMES, PATTERNS, SOLUTIONS, AND RESOURCES, AND OFFERS TECHNOLOGISTS AND RESEARCHERS COLLABORATING ON OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE AN INTERACTIVE TOOL TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT TOOLS, MODES OF INTERACTION, RESEARCH DESIGN, AND PROCESS.

    Expenses $97,533

  • RESEARCH AND POLICY, PRESENTED THROUGH OPPORTUNITY BRIEFS WHICH HIGHLIGHT PLACES FOR CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND GOVERNANCE THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY GOVERNMENT, RESEARCHERS, DESIGNERS, AND OTHERS. WE PLACE THESE BRIEFS DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFECT CHANGE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKSHOPS. OPPORTUNITY BRIEFS ARE CREATED WITH OUR BRAIN TRUSTS, A 7-10 PERSON, MULTI-SECTOR CIRCLE OF PEOPLE WHO COME TOGETHER IN DISCUSSION BEFORE EACH BRIEF IS CRAFTED.

    Expenses $86,184

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Karien Bezuidenhout

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanne Cheung

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Rist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sanjay Seth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natasha Udu Gamma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brittany Janis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602299349300960

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