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Form 990 for the fiscal year ending December 2025 (IRS tax year 2025).


Improves science through education, research, publications, and advocating for better policy and funding. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $1.0M in revenue, $710K in expenses, and $549K in net assets.Pt I

Founded
2023
Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Social Science
Location
Roswell, GA
Website
goodscienceproject.org
Filings
2 on file (2024–2025)
Revenue
$1.0MFY2025
Expenses
$710K
Net assets
$549K
People
4
Filings
2
Updates
0
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EIN  93-4384559 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Roswell, GA Founded 2023
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Improves science through education, research, publications, and advocating for better policy and funding.
Leadership
Jeremy Stuart Buck · Executive Director · $285K
Money in and out
$1.0M revenue, $710K expenses
Bottom line
87% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$1.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$710K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$549K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $310K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.87 Management & general $0.13
Program efficiency
87%
of spending reaches programs▲ +19% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
9.4mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +21% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+30%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -17% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +57%
Expenses
$710K
FY2025▲ +73%
Total assets
$556K
FY2025▲ +108%
Total liabilities
$6K
FY2025▼ -78%
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$310K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$556K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B87%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 34
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CGood Science Project
EINHdr · item D93-4384559
Principal addressHdr · item CRoswell, GA
WebsiteHdr · item Jgoodscienceproject.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2023
State of legal domicileHdr · item MGA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFSocial Science (V05)
Ruling yearIRS BMFFeb 2024

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a4
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$285,423Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeremy Stuart Buck’s $285K as Executive Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 145 $1–10M social science 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Jeremy Stuart Buck$285,423$122,396

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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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $614K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

In 2025, Stuart Buck published dozens of newsletters that are widely read in the science policy community. Additionally, he published "Let Unfunded Grant Applications See the Light of Day," Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 2025), available at https://issues.org/unfunded-grant-applications-open-science-buck-marcum/, and "Science…

$614Kprogram expense
02

In 2025, Stuart Buck gave a talk at the Foresight Institute's Vision Weekend (a major science conference), and was a panelist at the Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference, the Science and Politics Symposium at Northwestern University, and the Metascience 2025 conference.

Pt IX · col B

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$1.0M
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.87 Management & general $0.13
Program services87%$614K
Management & general13%$96K
Total functional expensesLn 25$710K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$556K
Total assetsLn 16$556K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$6K
Total net assetsLn 32$549K
Months of cash on handcomputed9.4

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $556K · Operating expenses/yr $710K
9.4 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $614K · Total expenses $710K
87%
Management & General
Management & general $96K · Total expenses $710K
13%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $710K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (2-yr avg) $0 · Solicited contributions (2-yr avg) $835K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $1.0M · Total revenue $1.0M
100%
Government reliance
Government grants $0 · Total revenue $1.0M
0%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $1.0M
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $1.0M
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $710K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $1.0M · Prior year $650K
+57%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $549K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $1.0M · Expenses $710K
+30%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $556K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $549K · Total assets $556K
99%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $556K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Jeremy Stuart Buck · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $285K · Total expenses $710K
40%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $325K · Total expenses $710K
46%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 87%
Overhead ratio 13%
Revenue growth 57%

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.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $283K · 2025–2025
University of PittsburghPA · FY2025$218,460
The Analogue Group INCCA · FY2025$65,000

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$1.0M revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$650K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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