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THE EARTH SPECIES PROJECT

EIN 82-5167508 BERKELEY, CA

Revenue 2024
$20,793,212
Expenses 2024
$4,837,122

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
1536 OXFORD ST

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).

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.

  • Andrea Austin

    Head of Operations

    Total calculated
    $213,444
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,444
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,819
    Filer's total
    $213,444

  • KATHERINE ZACARIAN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $191,655
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $225
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,430
    Filer's total
    $191,655

  • Benjamin Hoffman

    Senior AI Research

    Total calculated
    $191,445
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $7,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $28,695 related
    Filer's total
    $155,000 + $36,445 related

  • Sara Keen

    Senior Research Sc

    Total calculated
    $189,004
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $7,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $26,254 related
    Filer's total
    $155,000 + $34,004 related

  • Masato Hagiwara

    Senior AI Research

    Total calculated
    $180,493
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,493
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $25,493 related
    Filer's total
    $155,000 + $25,493 related

  • Madeline Cusimano

    Senior AI Research

    Total calculated
    $179,979
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,979
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $4,650 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $20,329 related
    Filer's total
    $155,000 + $24,979 related

  • Jen-Yu Liu

    Senior AI Research

    Total calculated
    $173,884
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,884
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $7,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $11,134 related
    Filer's total
    $155,000 + $18,884 related

  • AZA RASKIN

    President

    Total calculated
    $148,320
    From this org
    $144,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,320
    Hours/week
    20

  • MICHAEL SELVITELLE

    Senior Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • SEAN WHITE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WENDY HANAMURA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BREWSTER KAHLE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MERLIN VAN LAWICK

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAY BUTTERFIELD

    Director

    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 — 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
    $20,793,212
    Expenses
    $4,837,122
    Contributions
    $20,597,542
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,504,583
    Expenses
    $3,012,338
    Contributions
    $3,444,039
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,986,377
    Expenses
    $2,138,062
    Contributions
    $2,977,392
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 10 September 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.