Shaw Institute: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 01-0455007)

Charles Rolsky’s $120K as Executive Di is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Charles Rolsky	$119,716	$113,173	$67,964	—	—
Susan D Shaw Dr Ph	—	—	—	$13,500	$13,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Exposes environmental threats through science, partnering globally to improve health for people and wildlife.

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2 programs · $251K · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Research

The institute continues to expand its research programs locally and globally. Focus areas include: human exposure, plastics & microplastics, climate change in the gulf of maine, and chemical threats to health and environment.

$202Kprogram expense

02

Outreach & Education

Shaw scientists translate and disseminate research findings to state and national policymakers and the public in support of legislative initiatives to protect the environment and public health.

$48Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$278K

The Signatry Charitable TrustFY2024$120K

Servant FoundationFY2024$15K

The Clements Family Charitable TrustFY2024$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$418K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$667K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$650K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$9K

Investment incomeLn 3$6K

Money outPt IX

$477K

Ln 25

Programscol B$251K

Managementcol C$128K

Fundraisingcol D$98K

Owns and owesPt X

$689K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$294K

Total assetsLn 16$788K

LiabilitiesLn 26$99K

PeoplePt VI, VII

10

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$650K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$9K

Investment incomeLn 3$6K

Other incomeLn 4–11$2K

Gains on assetsLn 7$6K

Total revenueLn 12$667K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$266K

SavingsLn 2$28K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$294K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$482K

Total assetsLn 16$788K

LiabilitiesLn 26$99K

Net assetsLn 32$689K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 512

VolunteersI 610

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$128K	$294K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$476K	$482K
Total assetsLn 16	$605K	$788K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$106K	$99K
Net assetsLn 32	$498K	$689K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$260K	$134K	$52K	$74K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3K	$2K	$859	$604
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$11K	$9K	$903	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$19K	$10K	$4K	$5K
Legal feesLn 11b	$501		$501
Accounting feesLn 11c	$8K		$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$16K	$12K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$1K	$1K	$244	$130
Office expensesLn 13	$3K	$1K	$876	$1K
OccupancyLn 16	$38K	$20K	$11K	$8K
TravelLn 17	$14K	$9K	$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$1K	$1K
InterestLn 20	$9K	$4K	$3K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$12K	$12K
InsuranceLn 23	$16K	$7K	$6K	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$41K	$20K	$18K	$3K
All other expensesLn 24e	$23K	$10K	$13K	$207
Total functional expensesLn 25	$477K	$251K	$128K	$98K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$539K	$584K	−$44K	$644K	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$667K	$477K	$190K	$689K	990 PDF
FY2022	$517K	$411K	$106K	$498K	990 PDF
FY2021	$287K	$352K	−$65K	$393K	990 PDF
FY2020	$267K	$298K	−$32K	$458K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $666,930 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $514,833$650,411

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,233$8,787

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $60$5,811

I-11 Other revenue$1,921

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $517,126$666,930

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $242,802$293,487

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $168,264$183,201

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $411,066$476,688

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $106,060$190,242

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $666,930 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$650,411

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,782

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$650,411

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,787$8,787

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $217$217

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $5,594$5,594

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,921$1,921

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,381 · Excluded from tax $2,138$666,930

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $476,688 across 17 lines filed

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $133,750 · Management $52,002 · Fundraising $73,822$259,574

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,712 · Management $859 · Fundraising $604$3,175

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,695 · Management $903 · Fundraising $1,835$11,433

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,949 · Management $3,867 · Fundraising $5,489$19,305

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $501$501

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,709$7,709

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $11,658 · Management $4,182$15,840

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,034 · Management $244 · Fundraising $130$1,408

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,136 · Management $876 · Fundraising $1,195$3,207

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,782 · Management $10,652 · Fundraising $7,609$38,043

IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,960 · Management $5,490$14,450

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,036$1,036

IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,979 · Management $3,491 · Fundraising $1,531$9,001

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,821$11,821

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,451 · Management $6,028 · Fundraising $2,272$15,751

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,693 · Management $18,390 · Fundraising $3,249$41,332

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,080 · Management $12,815 · Fundraising $207$23,102

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $250,736 · Management $128,009 · Fundraising $97,943$476,688

Part X · Balance sheet $787,543 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $96,694$265,932

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $31,520$27,825

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$7,500

X-4 Accounts receivable$3,163

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $941$941

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $475,514$482,182

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $604,669$787,543

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47$157

X-25 Other liabilities$1,349

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $106,218$98,850

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $498,451$666,269

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$22,424

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $498,451$688,693

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $604,669$787,543

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $688,693 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$666,930

XI-2 Total expenses$476,688

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$190,242

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$498,451

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$688,693

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