GEOSCIENCEWORLD: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: GEOSCIENCEWORLD (EIN 20-1308252)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-02-09
IRS object ID: 201710409349301016
Schema version: 2015v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-02-09T10:15:26-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	470900880	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CALIBRE CPA GROUP PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1200W	AddressLine1Txt
City	BETHESDA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20814	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201308252	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEOSCIENCEWORLD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GEOS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7036714791	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8200 GREENSBORO DRIVE NO 900	AddressLine1Txt
City	MCLEAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22102	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ALEXANDRA VANCE	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7036714791	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-02-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SUBRINA WOOD CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00365899	PTIN
Phone	2023319880	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ALEXANDRA VANCE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8200 GREENSBORO DRIVE NO 900	AddressLine1Txt
City	MCLEAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,179,097	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.GEOSCIENCEWORLD.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR THE GEOLOGICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	9	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$6,856,378	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$7,086,292	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$876	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,346	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$87,459	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,857,254	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,179,097	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,016,116	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,133,639	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$5,680,718	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,981,652	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,696,834	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,115,291	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$160,420	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$63,806	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,626,590	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,194,326	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,246,122	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$4,750,052	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$1,619,532	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$1,555,726	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE RESOURCE FOR THE GEOLOGICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$6,833,299	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$7,086,292	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION HAS BUILT A COMPREHENSIVE, WIDELY-ACCESSIBLE EASY TO USE ONLINE RESOURCE FOR PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AS WELL AS BOOKS, FIELD GUIDES, MAPS, DATABASES AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE GEOLOGICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$6,833,299	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7036714791	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8200 GREENSBORO DRIVE NO 900	AddressLine1Txt
City	MCLEAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22102	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
STEVE WOJTAL
BOARD CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL NOGA
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN NEWMAN
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EUGENE RANKEY
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANNE DAVENPORT
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RACHEL RUSSELL
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER KEANE
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT HUDSON
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GRETCHEN GILLIS
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER S STRAUB
COO/DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$234,787	$0	$31,155
ALEXANDRA B VANCE
CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$253,014	$0	$22,996
ANGELA ANDERSON
DIRECTOR OF PARTNER PROJECTS AND OUTREACH	40.00			$121,734	$0	$19,712	Yes (X)
CHRISTY IREDELL
NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR	40.00			$128,821	$0	$18,769	Yes (X)
ROBERT M SEGERS
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT	40.00			$116,614	$0	$9,748	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$854,970	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$102,380	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
HIGHWIRE
425 BROADWAY ST	REDWOOD CITY	CA	94063	ONLINE PUBLISHING	$824,345
ACCUCOMS
PO BOX 1651	LANSDALE	PA	19446	SALES AND MARKETING	$165,938

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$3,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
SUBSCRIPTIONS	519100	$5,880,588	$5,880,588
PUBLICATION SALES	519100	$575,220	$575,220
ROYALTIES	519100	$501,275	$501,275
PUBLISHER'S FEES	519100	$129,209	$129,209

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$7,086,292	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,346	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,346	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	BAD DEBT EXP RECOVERY	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$87,459	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$87,459	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$87,459	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,179,097	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,173,751	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,346	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$861,345	TotalAmt
Program Services	$689,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$171,436	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$135,971	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,777	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,194	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,326	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,661	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,665	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$125,004	TotalAmt
Program Services	$100,003	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,001	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,993	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,543	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,893	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,859	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,034	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$239,829	TotalAmt
Program Services	$239,829	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$93,487	TotalAmt
Program Services	$93,487	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,466	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,346	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,120	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,558,167	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,558,167	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,995	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,546	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,449	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,449	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,232	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,217	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,169	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,468	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,701	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,374	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,318	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,056	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
COMPUTER SERVICES	$828,200	$828,200
ALL OTHER EXPENSES	$76,623	$68,954	$7,669

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,115,291	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,833,299	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$281,992	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$355,327	BOYAmt
EOY	$214,128	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,044,062	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,118,159	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$161,795	BOYAmt
EOY	$772,661	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,520	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,428	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,104	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,104	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,089	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,755	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,861	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,626,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,194,326	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,610,949	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,949,069	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,599,042	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,764,894	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,089	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,246,122	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,750,052	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$1,619,532	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,555,726	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$1,619,532	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,555,726	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,626,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,194,326	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$63,806	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$50,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,721	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$123,721	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,146,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,209,349	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,152,322	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,856,378	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,086,292	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,451,288	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,146,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,259,349	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,223,043	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,856,378	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,089,292	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,575,009	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$27,575,009	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$732	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,021	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$876	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,347	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,302	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$732	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,021	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$876	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,347	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,302	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,148,273	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,260,081	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,224,064	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,857,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,091,639	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,581,311	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99980	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.88730	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00020	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00050	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,104	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,104	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DEFERRED COMPENSATION	Desc
Amt	$36,089	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$36,089	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,091,638	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,091,638	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$87,459	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$87,459	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,179,097	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,027,832	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	-$87,459	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	-$87,459	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,115,291	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,115,291	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART X, LINE 2:	FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016, GSW HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF ITS UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALITY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. GSW PERFORMED AN EVALUATION OF A CERTAIN TAX POSITION FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 AND 2015 AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO MATERIAL MATTERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR THAT MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. FORM 990 IS SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER IT IS FILED. AS SUCH, FORM 990 FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2012 THROUGH 2014 REMAIN WITHIN THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	BAD DEBT RECOVERY 87,459.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	BAD DEBT RECOVERY -87,459.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (1)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
CHRISTOPHER S STRAUB
COO/DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$213,839	$0	$20,948	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$31,155	$0	$265,942	$0	$0	$0
ALEXANDRA B VANCE
CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$230,440	$0	$22,574	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$22,996	$0	$276,010	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 4B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ALEXANDRA VANCE PARTICIPATES IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AND WAS ALLOCATED NO EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND $933 OF INVESTMENT LOSS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. CHRISTOPHER STRAUB PARTICIPATES IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN AND WAS ALLOCATED NO EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND $951 OF INVESTMENT EARNINGS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (4 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
ANNE DAVENPORT
ANNE DAVENPORT IS THE HEAD OF SALES, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE GSL	$307,867	THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON RECEIVES PUBLISHER ROYALTIES FROM GEOSCIENCEWORLD. THE ROYALTIES ARE CALCULATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS.	0
RACHEL RUSSELL
MANAGING EDITOR OF A JORNAL PUBLISHED BY THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AM.	$381,015	THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA RECEIVES PUBLISHER ROYALTIES FROM GEOSCIENCEWORLD. THE ROYALTIES ARE CALCULATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS.	0
CHRISTOPHER KEANE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AGI	$509,461	THE AGI RECEIVES PUBLISHER ROYALTIES FROM GEOSCIENCEWORLD. THE ROYALTIES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON SALES OF GEOREF.	0
MATT HUDSON
PUBLICATIONS MANAGER FOR GSA	$625,708	THE GSA RECEIVES PUBLISHER ROYALTIES FROM GEOSCIENCEWORLD. THE ROYALTIES ARE CALCULATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS.	0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ELECTED BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL CONSISTS OF UP TO ONE MEMBER FROM EACH PUBLISHER ORGANIZATION THAT LICENSES CONTENT TO GEOSCIENCE WORLD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B	NO COMMITTEES EXIST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	PRIOR TO FILING, FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND DISCUSSED AT A BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	GSW HAS THE BOARD AND EMPLOYEES ANNUALLY SIGN AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW COMPARABILITY DATA AND DOCUMENT THEIR APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ON A REGULAR BASIS. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED AT A BOARD MEETING. THE AUDIT ITSELF IS OVERSEEN BY THE CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COO/DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH REGULAR UPDATES TO THE BOARD AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD TREASURER. THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE DRAFT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.