Unavco INC FY2020 filing

Boulder, COUnknown exempt organizationSince 2001 EIN 84-1588357Revenue $15.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSunavco.org6350 Nautilus Drive Bc · Boulder, CO

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A university governed consortium facilitating geoscience research and education using geodesy.

83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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FY2022
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $127K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $896K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.6 months of spending in cash, plus $896K in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.2M
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$15.8M
Spent
$15.6M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$1.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2022
Revenue
$15.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15.8M
FY2021$17.1M
FY2022$18.4M
Expenses
$15.6M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.6M
FY2021$16.5M
FY2022$18.7M
Net assets
$1.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$0

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2022.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $13.0M Management & general 17% · $2.6M

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

18 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$218,217Pt VII · Sec A
Director Geodetic Infrastructu
$181,317Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Director Gds
$144,888Pt VII · Sec A
Director Ece
$137,147Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Business Affairs
$135,940Pt VII · Sec A
Project Manager III
$135,181Pt VII · Sec A
Project Manager III
$133,124Pt VII · Sec A
Inter. Pres. Thru 2/20/Dir. of Gds
$128,866Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Bendick Kier$281,797$273,313$218,217
Glen Mattioli$187,112$177,818$181,317
David Mencin$174,566$163,935$144,888
Daniel McNamara$153,771——
Donna Charlevoix$153,256$136,410$137,147
Karl Feaux$152,017$134,152$135,181
Judy Donato$142,851$99,537—
Douglas Ertz$138,068$130,431$133,124

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

Programs and updates

Facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy.

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1 program · $13.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Unavco operates a science support facility that advances academic research and education, specific to applications of modern geodesy to the geosciences. With core funding primarily from the national science foundation and also from nasa, services include provision of services to academic scientists and educators.

$13.0Mprogram 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 · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 14 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2022
IrisDC · FY2022$191,075
Central Washington UniversityFY2022$114,782
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2022$33,038
Central Washington UniversityFY2021$135,558
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2021$27,892
IrisDC · FY2021$27,200
Central Washington UniversityFY2020$109,226
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2020$49,444

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$15.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$922K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Money outPt IX
$15.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$13.0M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$834K
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$14.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$922K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Gains on assetsLn 7$14K
Total revenueLn 12$15.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$758K
SavingsLn 2$77K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$834K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$896K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$537K
Other assetsLn 15$48K
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 586
VolunteersI 69
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$423K$834K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$793K$896K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$622K$537K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$1.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$292K$292K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$905K$397K$508K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.1M$4.4M$684K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$608K$587K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.9M$1.6M$331K
Payroll taxesLn 10$521K$424K$96K
Legal feesLn 11b$29K$29K
Accounting feesLn 11c$71K$71K
Investment management feesLn 11f$13K$301$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$557K$410K$147K
Office expensesLn 13$78K$74K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$763K$663K$99K
OccupancyLn 16$829K$829K
TravelLn 17$244K$216K$28K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$100K$42K$58K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$364K$111K$253K
InsuranceLn 23$96K$57K$39K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.8M$2.8M$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$299K$63K$236K
Total functional expensesLn 25$15.6M$13.0M$2.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2022 Latest $18.4M$18.7M−$379K$0 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.1M$16.5M$596K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $15.8M$15.6M$163K$1.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $15,766,455 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $14,928,028$14,812,588
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,123,300$922,276
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $42,091$31,591
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $16,093,419$15,766,455
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$292,459
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,880,826$9,064,352
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,104,936$6,246,425
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,985,762$15,603,236
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $107,657$163,219
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 $15,766,455 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$3,000
VIII-1e Government grants$14,809,588
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,812,588
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $922,276$922,276
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17,094$17,094
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $14,497$14,497
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $922,276 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $31,591$15,766,455
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $15,603,236 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $292,459$292,459
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $397,208 · Management $508,197$905,405
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,427,570 · Management $683,839$5,111,409
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $587,408 · Management $20,594$608,002
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,587,542 · Management $331,316$1,918,858
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $424,178 · Management $96,500$520,678
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $28,885$28,885
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $71,189$71,189
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $301 · Management $12,986$13,287
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $410,089 · Management $146,994$557,083
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $74,255 · Management $3,424$77,679
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $663,264 · Management $99,293$762,557
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $829,398$829,398
IX-17 TravelPrograms $216,238 · Management $27,898$244,136
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $42,336 · Management $57,700$100,036
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $111,094 · Management $253,227$364,321
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $57,215 · Management $38,969$96,184
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,799,614 · Management $2,722$2,802,336
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $63,384 · Management $235,950$299,334
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,983,553 · Management $2,619,683 · Fundraising $0$15,603,236
Part X · Balance sheet $3,106,719 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $356,176$757,574
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $66,635$76,647
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $419,633−$73,361
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $352,960$386,720
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $508,087$478,555
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $622,030$536,737
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $793,075$895,915
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $47,932$47,932
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,166,528$3,106,719
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,526,869$1,224,762
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,526,869$1,224,762
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,639,659$1,881,957
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,639,659$1,881,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,166,528$3,106,719
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,881,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$15,766,455
XI-2 Total expenses$15,603,236
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$163,219
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,639,659
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$79,079
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,881,957

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