Unjournal INC

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Camden, DE501(c)(3)Social ScienceEIN 99-3427647

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The Unjournal provides public evaluations of impactful research in quantitative social sciences attempting to make this research more rigorous.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$156K 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $23K a year · 11% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$156K
to officers and key staff · 75% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 91% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 75% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $41K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$50K
-87% vs prior year
Spent
$210K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$62K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$50K
FY2025▼ -87%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$380K
FY2025$50K
Expenses
$210K
FY2025▲ +20%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$175K
FY2025$210K
Net assets
$62K
FY2025▼ -70%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$205K
FY2025$62K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $130K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $156K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder and Director
$96,806Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Lead and Treasurer
$59,508Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Reinstein’s $97K as Founder and Director is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 34 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
David Reinstein$96,806$78,963
Davit Jintcharadze$59,508$52,713

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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Programs and updates

Evaluates quantitative social science research to improve its rigor.

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1 program service account for $142K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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The Unjournal is entirely focused on providing high-quality open evaluations for research it considers impactful. We ask a team of researchers about the research they consider especially promising and then we vote for especially promising papers or dynamic academic projects.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$41K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$50K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$50K
Money outPt IX
$210K
Ln 25
Programscol B$130K
Owns and owesPt X
$62K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$50K
Total revenueLn 12$50K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$62K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$62K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $50K$210K−$159K$62K 990 PDF
FY2024 $380K$175K$205K$205K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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