Empowering scientists with support for collaboration and problem-solving to drive change.
Leadership
Kari R Fisher · Highest Compensated Employee · $122K
Money in and out
$339K revenue, $340K expenses
Bottom line
64% program efficiency
Empowering scientists with support for collaboration and problem-solving to drive change.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $339K in revenue, $340K in expenses, and $173K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$339K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$340K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$173K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$2K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
64%
33%
Program services $0.64 Management & general $0.33 Fundraising $0.03
Program efficiency
64%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
5.4mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
0%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$339K
FY2024▼ -15%
$467K$234K$0
FY2023FY2025
Expenses
$340K
FY2024▲ +8%
$495K$247K$0
FY2023FY2025
Total assets
$173K
FY2024▼ -1%
$174K$87K$0
FY2023FY2025
Total liabilities
$575
FY2024
$575$288$0
FY2023FY2025
Total revenue
$339K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$340K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$173K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$2K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$173K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B64%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 36
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 44
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $218K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01
Discovery Stack Pilot
A pilot effort in remodeling scientific publishing and peer review to make papers open access, control the tap on reviewing, make a superior platform, and return the profits to science. A first design pass was launched in 2023; the discovery stack pilot was launched in 2024
$193Kprogram expense
02
Immunoskamania Conference
Immunoskamania 2024, a conference to gather senior faculty, principal investigators, and other notable people in the immunology and cancer therapy fields to convene around making science better, and in particular, discussing ways senior scientists in academia can use their power to change the culture of science.
Brooke Runnette’s $158K as Executive Officer
is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 310 $100K–1M science & technology 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Kari R Fisher · Reported title HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE · Highest reported compensation $122K · Total expenses $340K
36%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $232K · Total expenses $340K
68%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
64%
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Overhead ratio
33%
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Fundraising cost ratio
3%
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Revenue growth
-15%
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Legal fee ratio
1%
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Accounting fee ratio
4%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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