Orcid INC FY2024 filing

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Bethesda, MD501(c)(3)Since 2010EducationEIN 27-5142743Revenue $6.8M in FY2024

On file with the IRSorcid.org10411 Motor City Dr Ste 750, 20817-1289 · Bethesda, MDTax-exempt since Apr 2013Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Orcid provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. We provide open tools that enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and affiliations. We provide this service to help people find information and to simplify reporting and analysis. We DO this by providing three interrelated services:- the Orcid id: a unique, persistent identifier free of charge to researchers- an Orcid record connected to the Orcid id, and - a set of application programming interfaces (apis), as well as the services and support of communities of practice that enable interoperability between an Orcid record and member organizations so researchers can choose to allow connection of their id with their affiliations and contributions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$997K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $870K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$997K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.5M
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.8M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$4.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.8M
FY2024▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$6.1M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$6.8M
FY2025$6.8M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2024▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$6.2M
Net assets
$4.4M
FY2024▲ +28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$436K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$4.4M
FY2025$5.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2013.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $4.4M Management & general 15% · $894K Fundraising 8% · $489K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

26 people listed on the 990; $997K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$292,165Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Tech. (foreign Employee)
$139,527Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Communications
$125,520Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Prod. (foreign Ee)
$124,609Pt VII · Sec A
Tech Lead (foreign Employee)
$114,634Pt VII · Sec A
$101,828Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Finance & Operations
$98,827Pt VII · Sec A
Researcher
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christian Shillum’s $314K as Executive Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christian Shillum$314,295$292,165$280,217———
Chris Shillum———$267,539$233,509$23,613
Laurel L Haak—————$198,228
Will Simpson$160,983$139,527$130,731$124,027$131,857$121,844
Tom Demeranville$157,668$124,609$116,888$110,886$117,890$107,151
Sarah Hershberger———$146,448$127,648$117,741
Julie Petro$132,018$125,520$117,537$109,640——
George Nash$121,164$114,634$105,773—$100,604—

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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Questions the 990 asks

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

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Creates unique digital identifiers for researchers to solve name ambiguity in scholarly communications.

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1 program · $4.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Researchers and Scholar Persistent Identifier Program

Creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between orcid and other research information systems to solve the name ambiguity problem in research communications.

$4.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 6 grants · $348K · 2023–2025
Research Organization RegistryFY2025$50,000
Research Organization RegistryFY2024$150,000
Michigan State UniversityMI · FY2024$16,000
LyrasisGA · FY2024$16,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$510K
Investment incomeLn 3$257K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.4M
Managementcol C$894K
Fundraisingcol D$489K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$270K
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$510K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$257K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Gains on assetsLn 7$300
Total revenueLn 12$6.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$270K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$270K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$570K
Other assetsLn 15$155K
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 620
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$999K$270K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.2M$5.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$566K$570K
Total assetsLn 16$6.0M$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$4.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$206K$206K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$130K$130K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$589K$112K$397K$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.2M$1.7M$230K$227K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$22K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$209K$180K$747$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$325K$220K$68K$37K
Legal feesLn 11b$89K$55K$17K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$290K$251K$17K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$47K$32K$10K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$562K$562K
TravelLn 17$353K$239K$74K$40K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$9K$9K
InterestLn 20$19$19
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$559K$558K$205$110
InsuranceLn 23$38K$26K$8K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$176K$111K$47K$18K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M$4.4M$894K$489K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $6.8M$6.2M$519K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $6.8M$5.8M$1.0M$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.7M$5.1M$555K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.1M$4.4M$1.7M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8M$4.1M$735K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.7M$4.0M$731K$436K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $6,811,163 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $127,477$509,901
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,428,598$6,036,722
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $132,080$256,645
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,367$7,895
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,700,522$6,811,163
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $218,393$335,739
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,851,181$3,311,367
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,075,499$2,156,010
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,145,073$5,803,116
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $555,449$1,008,047
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,811,163 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$509,901
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$509,901
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,036,722$6,036,722
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $256,345$256,345
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $300$300
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $7,895$7,895
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,036,722 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $264,540$6,811,163
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,803,116 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $206,000$206,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $129,739$129,739
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $111,619 · Management $397,430 · Fundraising $79,728$588,777
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,706,404 · Management $230,270 · Fundraising $226,533$2,163,207
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $22,389 · Fundraising $2,185$24,574
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $180,337 · Management $747 · Fundraising $28,345$209,429
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $220,199 · Management $68,481 · Fundraising $36,700$325,380
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $55,165 · Management $17,156 · Fundraising $17,156$89,477
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,747$23,747
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $251,138 · Management $17,379 · Fundraising $21,399$289,916
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,096 · Management $9,727 · Fundraising $5,348$47,171
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $561,529$561,529
IX-17 TravelPrograms $238,669 · Management $74,225 · Fundraising $39,778$352,672
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,321 · Fundraising $9,322$18,643
IX-20 InterestManagement $19$19
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $558,318 · Management $205 · Fundraising $110$558,633
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,875 · Management $8,047 · Fundraising $4,313$38,235
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $110,548 · Management $46,995 · Fundraising $18,425$175,968
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,419,346 · Management $894,428 · Fundraising $489,342$5,803,116
Part X · Balance sheet $6,880,647 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $999,154$270,141
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $41,100$4,902
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $142,532$160,767
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $565,981$569,751
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,221,061$5,720,320
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $74,608$154,766
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,044,436$6,880,647
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $153,155$169,077
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,752,548$2,321,179
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $550,000$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $151,133$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,606,836$2,490,256
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,437,600$4,390,391
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,437,600$4,390,391
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,044,436$6,880,647
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,390,391 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,811,163
XI-2 Total expenses$5,803,116
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,008,047
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,437,600
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$54,346
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$910
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,390,391

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