Scients Institute: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 83-1681707)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$10K
FY2021	$0
FY2022	$481K
FY2023	$175K
FY2024	$0

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$56K
FY2021	$125K
FY2022	$160K
FY2023	$98K
FY2024	$19K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	−$181K
FY2021	−$306K
FY2022	$14K
FY2023	$91K
FY2024	$72K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2019.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

91%

Program services 91% · $51K Management & general 5% · $3K Fundraising 4% · $2K

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

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Jorge Moll

Trustee & President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 15aNo
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

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1 program · $51K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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1st exempt purpose sponsorship grants during 2019 included 01/29/2019 Dr. Edwin May's sponsorship: 12,000; 01/29/2019 Laboratories for Fundamental Research's sponsorship: 3,200; 02/20/2019 Brazil @ Silicon Valley's sponsorship: 50,000; 06/04/2019 Jordan Grafman's sponsorship: 10,000; 07/31/2019 Stanford University's sponsorship (Presence…

$51Kprogram 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 · 9 grants · $207K · 2020–2022

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsFY2022$22,541

Individual RecipientFY2022$17,000

Unitemized GrantFY2021$55,171

Laboratory Fundamental ResearchFY2021$41,100

Unitemized GrantFY2021$15,000

Integrative Restoration InstituteCA · FY2021$5,250

Laboratory Fundamental ResearchFY2020$31,000

Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,000

Good Judgment INCFY2020$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$10K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10K

Money outPt IX

$56K

Ln 25

Programscol B$51K

Managementcol C$3K

Fundraisingcol D$2K

Owns and owesPt X

−$181K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29K

Total assetsLn 16$29K

LiabilitiesLn 26$210K

PeoplePt VI, VII

1

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10K

Total revenueLn 12$10K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$29K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29K

Total assetsLn 16$29K

LiabilitiesLn 26$210K

Net assetsLn 32−$181K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 60

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$75K	$29K
Total assetsLn 16	$75K	$29K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$210K	$210K
Net assetsLn 32	−$135K	−$181K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$41K	$41K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$10K	$10K
Legal feesLn 11b	$980		$980
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K			$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$2K		$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$56K	$51K	$3K	$2K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$0	$19K	−$19K	$72K	990 PDF
FY2023	$175K	$98K	$77K	$91K	990 PDF
FY2022	$481K	$160K	$320K	$14K	990 PDF
FY2021	$0	$125K	−$125K	−$306K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$10K	$56K	−$46K	−$181K	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 $10,000 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $210,000$10,000

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $210,000$10,000

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $150,804$51,000

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $26,532$4,883

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $177,336$55,883

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $32,664−$45,883

Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,000 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,000

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$10,000

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $55,883 across 5 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $41,000$41,000

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,000$10,000

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $980$980

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,000$2,000

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,903$1,903

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $51,000 · Management $2,883 · Fundraising $2,000$55,883

Part X · Balance sheet $29,265 assets, 6 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $75,148$29,265

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $75,148$29,265

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $210,000$210,000

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$134,852−$180,735

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$134,852−$180,735

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $75,148$29,265

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$180,735 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$10,000

XI-2 Total expenses$55,883

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$45,883

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$134,852

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$180,735

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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