Science for Georgia INC

Tax-deductible

Atlanta, GA501(c)(3)Since 2018Public & Societal BenefitEIN 35-2622232Revenue $225K in FY2024

On file with the IRSscienceforgeorgia.org1700 Northside Dr Nw Ste A7 Pmb 916, 30318-2695 · Atlanta, GATax-exempt since Aug 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Science for Georgia's mission is to improve communication among scientists and the public, increase public engagement with science, and advocate for the responsible use of science in public policy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$32K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 73% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$225K
+181% vs prior year
Spent
$183K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$92K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$225K
FY2024▲ +181%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$112K
FY2022$60K
FY2024$80K
FY2024$225K
Net assets
$92K
FY2024▲ +99%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$70K
FY2022$49K
FY2024$46K
FY2024$92K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $154K Management & general 16% · $29K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $32K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$31,562Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Sharma’s $32K as Executive Director is at the 27th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2021
Amy Sharma$31,562$11,802—
Randy Gorod——$30,000

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Science for Georgia INC is a public benefit nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA, formed in 2018.

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3 programs · $63K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Science for Georgia hosted the 2025 Environmental Justice and Climate Protection Conference. This conference brings together community leaders, concerned citizens, elected officials, academics, and industry experts to break information silos through information sharing focused on identifying solutions to heal and improve the health and…

$38Kprogram expense
02

Science for Georgia hosts a Jazz Hands comedy event twice a year. We train a cohort of scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians, physicians (anyone STEM-adjacent) in the art of stand-up comedy. This event improves the communication skills of the science comedians and makes science fun for the public.

$14Kprogram expense
03

Science for Georgia offers multiple internships to college students which support our programming.

$11Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$225K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$117K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$106K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$183K
Ln 25
Programscol B$154K
Managementcol C$29K
Owns and owesPt X
$92K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$100K
Total assetsLn 16$101K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$117K
Government grantsLn 1e$5K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1
Fees for servicesLn 2g$106K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$375
Total revenueLn 12$225K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4K
SavingsLn 2$96K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$100K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$101K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$92K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$63K$100K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$723$1K
Total assetsLn 16$63K$101K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$51K$92K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$32K$32K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$75K$75K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$28K$28K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$862$9K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$854$0$854$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$0$5K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$575$7K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$13K$13K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$5K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$0$3K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$183K$154K$29K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $80K$46K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $60K$49K 990 PDF
FY2021 $112K$70K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $225,101 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $66,162$116,892
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $13,058$106,487
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $807$1,347
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $219$375
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $80,246$225,101
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $52,023$134,683
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $37,325$48,797
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $89,348$183,480
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$9,102$41,621
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $225,101 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1
VIII-1d Related organizations$2,300
VIII-1e Government grants$5,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$47,283
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$116,892
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $106,487 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$106,487
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,347 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,347
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $375 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$375
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $108,209 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$225,101
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $183,480 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $31,562 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$31,562
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $74,629 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$74,629
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,492 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$28,492
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,516 · Fundraising $0$2,516
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $862 · Management $8,650 · Fundraising $0$9,512
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $854 · Fundraising $0$854
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $5,059$5,059
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $575 · Management $7,026 · Fundraising $0$7,601
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,863 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,863
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,004 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,004
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,080 · Fundraising $0$2,080
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $3,308 · Fundraising $0$3,308
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $153,987 · Management $29,493 · Fundraising $0$183,480
Part X · Balance sheet $101,053 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $15,284$4,077
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $47,459$95,779
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $723$1,197
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $63,466$101,053
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $12,771$8,737
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,771$8,737
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $50,695$92,316
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $50,695$92,316
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $63,466$101,053
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $92,316 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$225,101
XI-2 Total expenses$183,480
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$41,621
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$50,695
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$92,316

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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