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THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC (EIN 11-2656357)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-05-16
IRS object ID
201841369349301304
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
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DescCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: The clubs provided an infrastructure for local volunteers to bring accessible climate change and evolution activities to community events, normalizing discussion of the topics. In 2017, 13 science booster clubs reached 126,000 people. As an extension of the science booster clubs, NCSE ran two summer science camps in Iowa and Maryland and offered 10 micro-grants in six states to fund basic science supplies.Desc

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EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,544,388BOYAmt
EOY$2,703,497EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$45,530BOYAmt
EOY$91,510EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$61,430BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$106,960BOYAmt
EOY$91,510EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,927,365BOYAmt
EOY$2,223,987EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$510,063BOYAmt
EOY$388,000EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,437,428BOYAmt
EOY$2,611,987EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,544,388BOYAmt
EOY$2,703,497EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$11,674ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$186,233NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
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 CommitteefalseAuditCommitteeInd
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$1,085,764CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,185,978CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$973,183CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,490,360CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,144,200CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,879,485TotalAmt

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$1,085,764CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,185,978CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$973,183CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,490,360CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,144,200CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,879,485TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$1,188,004SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$4,691,481PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$60,020CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$116,989CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$22,738CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$34,570CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$50,432CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$284,749TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$912CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$9,762CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,674TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$6,174,908TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$442,655GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.75980PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.76710PublicSupportPY170Pct
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$1,704,609BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$7,395ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$253,472InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,950,686EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,689,469BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$26,262ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$145,082InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,808,289EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,395,183BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions-$70,814ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$365,100InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$1,689,469EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY1.00000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,911OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$3,681DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,230BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,230TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,476,420TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$186,233NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$186,233RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,290,187RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,290,187TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,301,861TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$1,301,861ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$1,301,861TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAnn ReidPersonNm
TitleExecutive Dir.TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$169,024BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$8,057DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$17,653NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$194,734TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: NCSE provided information to teachers, parents, the press and the general public related to creation/evolution and climate change controversies. NCSE staff members were quoted in stories and articles in major media outlets. Staff delivered lectures, workshops, and presentations. NCSE exhibited at several annual meetings of national and state scientific and educational societies. The quarterly print newsletter, Reports of NCSE was distributed to 4,000 homes. NCSE's weekly informational e-blast had 6,000 subscribers. In 2017, NCSE had more than 200,000 Facebook fans and 10,000 Twitter followers.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or ShareholderMembers receive quarterly newsletters. They have no voting rights.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 is sent to all board members. It is reviewed by both the Executive Director and the board Treasurer prior to filing. The Director of Operations submits the 990 to the Executive Director and board Treasure with comments to explain information and responds to questions prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe board of directors members sign a conflict of interest statement each year. NCSE has not had a conflict so there has never been any discussion about prohibitions.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementIn 2017 research was done by contacting other similar organization in the Bay Area to obtain information about the organizations' Executive Director salaries. An independent survey was also used that compares salary data from other non-profits.
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 the GuideStar and Charity Navigator websites.