FOUNDATION FOR EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS

EIN 91-2156197 VIENNA, VA

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Revenue 2024: $1,448,963
Expenses 2024: $1,295,350

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: U30
Classification: 1200
Street: 344 MAPLE AVE W 129

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EMPOWER INNOVATIVE USE AND STEWARDSHIP OF EARTH SCIENCE DATA TO SOLVE OUR PLANETS GREATEST CHALLENGES.

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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
Patricia AllenPATRICIA ALLEN

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$126,672

From this org

$112,855

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,817

Hours/week

40
Yuhan RaoYUHAN RAO

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Amber Budden RuthAMBER BUDDEN RUTH

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Karl BenedictKARL BENEDICT

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John RelphJOHN RELPH

CHAIR, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Micahel MahoneyMICAHEL MAHONEY

CHAIR, PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Steve DiggsSTEVE DIGGS

CHAIR, EDIJ COMMITTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Chris StonerCHRIS STONER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Michael DanielsMICHAEL DANIELS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$1,448,963

Expenses

$1,295,350

Contributions

$1,125,359

Grants paid

$107,725
2023

Revenue

$1,306,822

Expenses

$1,283,803

Contributions

$1,024,448

Grants paid

$120,361
2022

Revenue

$1,520,298

Expenses

$1,422,258

Contributions

$1,294,634

Grants paid

$118,685

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,448,963	$1,295,350	$1,125,359	$107,725
2023	$1,306,822	$1,283,803	$1,024,448	$120,361
2022	$1,520,298	$1,422,258	$1,294,634	$118,685

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$1,354,283

Expenses

$1,370,930

Assets (EOY)

$406,495
2020 · 990

Revenue

$972,847

Expenses

$888,428

Assets (EOY)

$405,625
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,271,686

Expenses

$1,217,017

Assets (EOY)

$314,618
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,329,947

Expenses

$1,293,143

Assets (EOY)

$256,286
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,118,068

Expenses

$1,081,556

Assets (EOY)

$224,353
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,118,068

Expenses

$1,081,556

Assets (EOY)

$224,353
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,142,587

Expenses

$1,098,773

Assets (EOY)

$200,384
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,172,734

Expenses

$1,252,924

Assets (EOY)

$105,484
2014 · 990

Revenue

$985,601

Expenses

$969,405

Assets (EOY)

$281,906
2013 · 990

Revenue

$777,529

Expenses

$765,614

Assets (EOY)

$173,372

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,354,283	$1,370,930	$406,495
2020	990	$972,847	$888,428	$405,625
2019	990	$1,271,686	$1,217,017	$314,618
2018	990	$1,329,947	$1,293,143	$256,286
2017	990	$1,118,068	$1,081,556	$224,353
2017	990	$1,118,068	$1,081,556	$224,353
2016	990	$1,142,587	$1,098,773	$200,384
2015	990	$1,172,734	$1,252,924	$105,484
2014	990	$985,601	$969,405	$281,906
2013	990	$777,529	$765,614	$173,372

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER

$20,000

2023
EAST TENNEESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

$20,000

2024 LAB AWARDS
ISCIENCES LLC

$20,000

2024 LAB AWARDS
CARBON PLAN

$17,000

2022 LAB AWARD
LYNKER CORPORATION

$12,500

2023
AMERICAN GEOSCIENCES INSTITUTE

$12,500

2024 LAB AWARDS
OCEAN SCIENCE ANALYTICS

$9,604

2023
LYNKER CORPORATION

$7,500

2022 LAB AWARD
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

$5,860

2022 LAB AWARD

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.