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THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC (EIN 11-2656357)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-04-27
IRS object ID
202031189349301468
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionThe National Center for Science Education (NCSE) promotes and defends accurate and effective science education, because everyone deserves to engage with the evidence. NCSE is a not-for-profit, membership organization that helps ensure students across the country receive an accurate and effective evolution and climate science education. We do this by supporting teachers with resources and best teaching practices; through community outreach led by dedicated volunteers delivering hands-on, engaging science activities; and by monitoring and mobilizing against efforts to undermine science education, whether at the statehouse or in the classroom. Our members are scientists, teachers, and citizens with diverse political affiliationsActivityOrMissionDesc
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EOY$3,603EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,963,061BOYAmt
EOY$2,317,254EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$29,738EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,822,311BOYAmt
EOY$2,734,227EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$41,020BOYAmt
EOY$39,331EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$41,020BOYAmt
EOY$39,331EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,602,540BOYAmt
EOY$2,620,541EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$178,751BOYAmt
EOY$74,355EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,781,291BOYAmt
EOY$2,694,896EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,822,311BOYAmt
EOY$2,734,227EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$370,026ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$283,631NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$973,183CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,490,360CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,144,200CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,504,149CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,031,364CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,143,256TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$973,183CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,490,360CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,144,200CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,504,149CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,031,364CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,143,256TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$566,139SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$5,577,117PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$22,738CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$34,570CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$50,432CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$63,656CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$66,755CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$238,151TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$912CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$9,762CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,184CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$264CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,122TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$6,396,529TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$213,382GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.87190PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.85120PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,963,061BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$69,057ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$360,136InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$75,000OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$2,317,254EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,950,686BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$80,388ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$68,013InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,963,061EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,704,609BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$7,395ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$253,472InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,950,686EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,739,420BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$144,583ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$109,772InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,704,609EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,808,289BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$40,916ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$27,953InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,739,420EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY1.00000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$14,085OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,482DepreciationAmt
Book Value$3,603BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$3,603TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,413,921TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$283,631NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$283,631RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,130,290RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$19,580InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$19,580RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,149,870TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,500,316TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$1,500,316ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$19,580InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$19,580ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$1,519,896TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationNCSE has designated a portion of its unrestricted net assets as a general endowment fund to support the mission of the Organization. Since the endowment resulted from an internal designation and is not donor-restricted, it is classified and reported as unrestricted net assets. Each year, the Organization is authorized to withdraw up to 5 of the average balance of the stock and securities portfolio investment account over the prior three years. Market value to be determined as of the last business day of the preceding year for the organization's operating purposes. The dollar amount and timing of any distributions from the investment account will be left up to the discretion of the Executive Director and the Treasurer.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAnn ReidPersonNm
TitleExecutive Dir.TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$181,316BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$8,591NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$189,907TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution8ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$69,179NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New ServicesIn 2019, together with a researcher at the Pennsylvania State University, NCSE conducted a rigorous national survey of science teachers in public middle and high schools. The survey partly replicated a 2007 survey of biology teachers in public high schools about their teaching of evolution and partly replicated a previous NCSE/Penn State 2014-2015 survey of science teachers in public middle and high schools about their teaching of climate change. The results will be published in the peer-reviewed literature starting in 2020, and will also help to inform NCSE's efforts in defending and promoting the teaching of these socially - though not scientifically - controversial areas of science.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Communications: NCSE is the go-to source for the public generally, and the news media in particular, for up-to-date information on threats to the integrity of the science classroom. In 2019, we launched a new website that more accurately reflects our work and mission. In conjunction with the website launch, we changed our domain from .com to .ngo to ensure that visitors understand our non-profit status. We continued to send our monthly e-newsletter, which had a subscriber list of about 25,000 in 2019. We also send a quarterly print publication to our members, Reports of the National Center for Science Education. Continued at Schedule O OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Reports of the National Center for Science Education: We send a quarterly print publication to our members. The high-production, sixteen-page publication includes news about our programs, our members, and other articles of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990's are review by both the Executive Director, and the Treasurer prior to filing. They review the electronic form. The Director of operations submits it to them with comments to explain information and allows for questions and edits prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe board secretary has the directors sign a conflict of interest statement each year. We haven't had a conflict so there has never been any discussion on prohbitions.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementResearch was done by contacting other similar organization in the Bay area to discuss ED salaries. A independent survey was also used, that compares salary data from other non-profits. This process last occurred in 2018.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableNCSE makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request. The organization makes its completed 990 form available upon request and uploads it onto, GuideStar, on the NCSE website and Charity Navigator websites.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2: Change of Oversight or Selection ProcessEffective with its 12/31/2019 audit, the Organization formed an audit committee to oversee the audit process.
Form 990, Part III - Breaking Down Barriers(Cont'd from page 2) And the program inducted its second cohort of Graduate Student Outreach Fellows, bringing the total number of fellows to 10. The Graduate Student Outreach Fellows undergo a rigorous curriculum to help them develop the skills and knowledge needed to create, facilitate, and market effective outreach activities in their local communities.
Form 990, Part III - Communications(Cont'd from page 2) The high-production, sixteen-page publication includes news about our programs, our members, and other articles of interest. Our staff also made public appearances as guest lecturers or were workshop presenters at colleges and universities, museums such as the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and local and regional community organizations as part of our effort to maintain public awareness of our mission, goals, and work. As well, NCSE?s work was featured in external publications such as Scientific American, Education Week, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The Associated Press. We ended the year with 171,000 Facebook fans and 14K Twitter followers.
Form 990, Part III - Supporting Teachers(Cont'd from page 2) The newest cohorts of ambassadors met in the summer at Michigan State University to focus on evolution and at Clemson University to focus on the nature of science. The program also continued to collaborate with the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University and the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Over the course of the year, Veteran teacher ambassadors led 16 workshops and other professional development experiences for about 500 colleagues. In addition, the program continued to send each month an educator newsletter with resources and other items of interest to more than 6,000 subscribers.