Facilitating geophysical research and education, promoting free and open exchange of geophysical data and knowledge, fostering cooperation to advance geophysical reseach and conveying its benefits to all of humanity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.8M 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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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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $250K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.2 months of spending in cash, plus $2.8M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $191K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.2M
74% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 74% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$30.4M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$31.7M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$2.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$30.4M
FY2023▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$25.2M
FY2021$21.0M
FY2022$25.6M
FY2023$30.4M
FY2024$43.1M
FY2025$45.4M
Expenses
$31.7M
FY2023▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$25.4M
FY2021$21.0M
FY2022$25.8M
FY2023$31.7M
FY2024$43.7M
FY2025$44.7M
Net assets
$2.5M
FY2023▲ +38%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$3.3M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1984.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $27.2M Management & general 14% · $4.5M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
$285,023Pt VII · Sec A
SR Program Manager - Interim Gsn
$209,232Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
$192,044Pt VII · Sec A
SR Program Manager - Portable Programs
$181,143Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Education and Public Outreach
$175,585Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Data Services
$151,710Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director, Cyberinfrastructure
$132,655Pt VII · Sec A
Project Cost Controller
$126,734Pt VII · Sec A

Bendick Rebecca’s $312K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 58 $10–100M public safety & disaster 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
Bendick Rebecca$311,978$271,428————
Woodward Robert—$296,158$285,023———
Robert Detrick—————$284,546
Robert Woodward———$277,118$246,523$221,726
Mattioli Glen$239,733$199,646————
Burke Judith Margaret$229,986$221,414$23,998———
Mencin David$228,095$197,713————
Busby Robert—$215,173$209,232———

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • 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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Provides geophysical data and tools to advance Earth science understanding.

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3 programs · $27.2M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Instrumentation services include both the maintenance of continuous networks and pools of instruments for use in individual projects.. The global seismographic network (GSN) is a 152 station, globally distributed, state-of-the-art digital seismic network that provides free, realtime, open access to data. .

$16.7Mprogram expense
02

Data services (DS) ingests, curates and distributes geophysical data to the global earth science community. This includes ground motion, atmospheric, infrasonic, magnetotelluric, strain, hydrological and hydroacoustic data. .

$7.8Mprogram expense
03

Education and Community Engagement

The earthscope engagement program is committed to advancing awareness and understanding of seismology and geophysics while inspiring careers in the earth sciences. . The engagement group provides education, workforce development, and outreach through a variety of resources and activities and collaborates with scientific and educational…

$2.8Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2022
Unavco INCFY2022$191K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$191K
Grants paid · 76 grants · $43.3M · 2019–2024
Central Washington UniversityFY2024$149,364
Univ of Texas El PasoFY2024$105,633
University of WashingtonFY2024$31,460
Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory (llnl)FY2024$25,000
UtepFY2023$361,860
Central Washington UniversityFY2023$132,482
University of WashingtonFY2023$62,504
LlnlFY2023$35,000
University of WyomingWY · FY2023$23,106
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2023$19,773
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$30.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$30.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Money outPt IX
$31.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$27.2M
Managementcol C$4.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$658K
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$30.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$30.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$52K
Investment incomeLn 3$64K
Gains on assetsLn 7$4K
Total revenueLn 12$30.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$171K
SavingsLn 2$487K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$658K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$622K
Other assetsLn 15$978K
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.2M
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5162
VolunteersI 666
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$337K$658K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$622K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M$7.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$2.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$8.3M$8.3M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$31K$31K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$483K$875K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.0M$6.2M$796K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$771K$688K$83K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.5M$2.9M$609K
Legal feesLn 11b$31K$31K
Accounting feesLn 11c$86K$86K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$74K$74K
Investment management feesLn 11f$18K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$862K$570K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$21K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$333K$213K$120K
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$136K$1.1M
TravelLn 17$678K$574K$104K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$457K$292K$165K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$112K$71K$40K
InsuranceLn 23$165K$106K$60K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.9M$5.5M$446K
All other expensesLn 24e$230K$907K−$677K
Total functional expensesLn 25$31.7M$27.2M$4.5M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $45.4M$44.7M$699K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $43.1M$43.7M−$516K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $30.4M$31.7M−$1.3M$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $25.6M$25.8M−$191K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $21.0M$21.0M−$33K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $25.2M$25.4M−$161K$1.9M 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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $30,393,380 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $25,442,822$30,277,778
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $112,936$51,819
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $61,287$63,783
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $25,617,045$30,393,380
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,915,910$8,294,555
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,184,998$12,627,375
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,706,658$10,768,499
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $25,807,566$31,690,429
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$190,521−$1,297,049
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $30,393,380 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$30,079,551
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$198,227
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$30,277,778
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $51,819$51,819
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59,682$59,682
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4,101$4,101
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $51,819 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $63,783$30,393,380
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $31,690,429 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $8,263,255$8,263,255
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $31,300$31,300
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $483,061 · Management $875,366$1,358,427
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,238,974 · Management $796,476$7,035,450
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $688,057 · Management $82,671$770,728
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,853,763 · Management $609,007$3,462,770
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $31,497$31,497
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $86,385$86,385
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $73,625$73,625
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $18,398$18,398
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $862,122 · Management $570,036$1,432,158
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,469 · Management $12,108$33,577
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $212,944 · Management $120,094$333,038
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $135,636 · Management $1,077,694$1,213,330
IX-17 TravelPrograms $574,444 · Management $103,669$678,113
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $292,402 · Management $164,906$457,308
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $71,393 · Management $40,263$111,656
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $105,705 · Management $59,615$165,320
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,457,725 · Management $446,317$5,904,042
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $907,119 · Management −$677,067$230,052
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $27,199,369 · Management $4,491,060 · Fundraising $0$31,690,429
Part X · Balance sheet $9,664,441 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $663$170,852
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $336,663$487,303
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,265,827$4,199,645
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $145,446$93,352
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $138,230$271,409
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$621,982
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,386,623$2,842,059
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$977,839
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,273,452$9,664,441
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,175,929$5,554,977
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,165,205$464,194
X-19 Deferred revenue$115,448
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $119,273$1,029,421
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,460,407$7,164,040
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,813,045$2,500,401
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,813,045$2,500,401
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,273,452$9,664,441
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,500,401 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$30,393,380
XI-2 Total expenses$31,690,429
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,297,049
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,813,045
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$157,382
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,827,023
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,500,401

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