GEOSCIENCEWORLD: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: GEOSCIENCEWORLD (EIN 20-1308252)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2012-11-27
IRS object ID: 201223329349300107
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-27T09:50:14-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	541342298	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Kositzka Wicks and Company	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5500 Cherokee Ave Suite 400	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22312	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201308252	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GeoScienceWorld	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GEOS	NameControl
Phone	7036714791	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4220 King Street	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22302	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Alix Vance	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Phone	7036714791	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Stephen G Travis CPA	Name
PTIN	P00158766	PTIN
Phone	7036422700	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Alix Vance	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4220 King Street	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22302	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	4148273	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	geoscienceworld.org	WebSite
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Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	VA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To provide an online resource for the geological and earth sciences.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	9	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	6	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	5	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	0	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
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Other Revenue Prior Year	0	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	3807202	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	4148273	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
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Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
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Total Expenses Current Year	4120214	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	132701	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	28059	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1553091	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1608424	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	955735	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	983009	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	597356	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	625415	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Build a comprehensive online resource for the geological and earth sciences.	MissionDescription
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Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	3950085	Expense
Revenue	4146947	Revenue
Description	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.	Description
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School	0	School
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Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
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Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
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Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	0	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	5	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
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Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
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Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	9	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	6	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
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Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Organization	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	7036714791	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4220 King Street	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22302	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (10 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
Dr Colin P North
Chair	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
Neal Marriott
Vice Chair	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
James Blankenship
Treasurer	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
Robbie Gries
Secretary	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
Steve Wojtal
Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Lisa Dunn
Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Susan Newman
Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
P Patrick Leahy
Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Doug Rumble
Member	1.00	X		0	0	0
Alix Vance
Executive Director	40.00		X	81250	0	6094

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	81250	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	6094	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Royalties	519100	3964722	3964722
Publishers' fees	519100	110206	110206
Publication Sales	519100	36874	36874
Subscriptions	519100	34029	34029
Other	519100	1116	1116

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	4146947	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1326	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,326	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4148273	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	4146947	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$1,326	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	213119	Total
Program Services	177169	ProgramServices
Management And General	33703	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2247	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	140681	Total
Program Services	116859	ProgramServices
Management And General	22333	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1489	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9685	Total
Program Services	8135	ProgramServices
Management And General	1453	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	97	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13775	Total
Program Services	11571	ProgramServices
Management And General	2066	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	138	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19777	Total
Program Services	19777	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10095	Total
Management And General	10095	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57862	Total
Management And General	57862	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	64680	Total
Program Services	63885	ProgramServices
Management And General	745	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	50	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	75704	Total
Program Services	74554	ProgramServices
Fundraising	1150	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17605	Total
Program Services	14788	ProgramServices
Management And General	2641	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	176	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16003	Total
Management And General	16003	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Publisher royalties	2659553	2659553	0	0
Computer services	682949	682949	0	0
Special Projects	58287	52037	0	6250
Facilities	36827	30935	5524	368

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43612	Total
Program Services	37873	ProgramServices
Management And General	5380	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	359	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4120214	Total
Program Services	3950085	ProgramServices
Management And General	157805	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12324	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	517234	BOY
EOY	1224100	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	310798	BOY
EOY	4941	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	479641	BOY
EOY	364242	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	14369	BOY
EOY	15141	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	231049	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1553091	BOY
EOY	1608424	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	953896	BOY
EOY	867200	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1839	BOY
EOY	115809	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	955735	BOY
EOY	983009	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	597356	BOY
EOY	625415	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	597356	BOY
EOY	625415	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1553091	BOY
EOY	1608424	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	28059	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2501	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	2501	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2517191	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2929270	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3292388	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3800141	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4146947	CurrentTaxYear
Total	16685937	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2519692	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2929270	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3292388	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3800141	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4146947	CurrentTaxYear
Total	16688438	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	16688438	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	9635	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9820	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5099	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7061	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1326	CurrentTaxYear
Total	32941	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	9635	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9820	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5099	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7061	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1326	CurrentTaxYear
Total	32941	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2529327	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2939090	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3297487	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3807202	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4148273	CurrentTaxYear
Total	16721379	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99800	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99670	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00200	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00330	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	0	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	4148273	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	4120214	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	28059	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	28059	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4148273	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Not Rptd F990	0	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	4148273	RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	4148273	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4120214	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F990	0	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	4120214	ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	4120214	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:	Identifier
Return Reference	Part X:	ReturnReference
Explanation	The following was disclosed related to uncertain tax positions in the financial statements. GeoScienceWorld is exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and is classified as an organization other than a private foundation under 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. GeoScienceWorld adopted the provisions in FASB ASB 740-10.	Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (4 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
Susan Newman
Susan is the Executive Director of the Seismological Society of America	186812	The Seismological Society of America receives publisher royalties from GeoScienceWorld. The royalties are calculated in the same manner as all other publishers.	0
Neal Marriott
Neal is the Director of Publishing at the Geological Society of London	147124	The Geological Society of London receives publisher royalties from GeoScienceWorld. The royalties are calculated in the same manner as all other publishers.	0
P Patrick Leahy
Patrick is the Executive Director of the American Geological Institute	278349	The American Geological Society received publisher royalties from GeoScience World in the amount of $241,522. GeoScienceWorld also leases office space and administrative services from American Geological Institute and paid $36,827 during the year.	0
James B Blankenship
James is the GeoScience Director at AAPG	213599	AAPG receives publisher royalties from GeoScienceWorld. The royalties are calculated in the same manner as all other publishers.	0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation	IdentifierIdentifier
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 such 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	Copies of completed disclosure forms are distributed to the Board of Directors. The Board decides what action to take, if any, related to each disclosed 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 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.	Policy for board review of financial statements
Form 990, Part X, Line 19	GeoScienceWorld changed the sales relationships with most of its agents late in the fiscal year resulting in a change of income streams from a royalty base to a subscription base. This business change results in growing deferred revenue as reflected on the Balance Sheet on page 11 of the Form 990.