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INFORMED BY NATURE INC

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2014 · Form 990 · revenue $190K · expenses $178K · assets $15K

EIN
20-1892708
Address
11726 SAN VICENTE BLVD STE 480, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049-5076
Website
WWW.INFORMEDBYNATURE.ORG
NTEE code
S20
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2006
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Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING SCIENCE BY INCREASING SCIENCE LITERACY IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Alan Wagman BOARD MEMBER2012-2014 0 $0 reported 1
Nickolas Kahrilas BOARD MEMBER2012-2014 15 $0 reported 1
Wayne Himelsein FOUNDER2012-2014 15 $0 reported 1
Darren Harley (former) Founder2012 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2014 · 3 people listed · none paid · 2 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ALAN WAGMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
NICKOLAS KAHRILAS BOARD MEMBER15 $0$0$0 $01
WAYNE HIMELSEIN FOUNDER15 $0$0$0 $01
2013 · 3 people listed · none paid · 2 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ALAN WAGMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
NICKOLAS KAHRILAS BOARD MEMBER15 $0$0$0 $01
WAYNE HIMELSEIN FOUNDER15 $0$0$0 $01
2012 · 4 people listed · none paid · 2 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nickolas Kahrilas Board Member15 $0$0$0 $01
Alan Wagman Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Darren Harley Founder0 $0$0$0 $01
Wayne Himelsein Founder15 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2013 · 1 grant to organizations · $5K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2014 · Form 990 period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$190,000$178,292 $14,689$14,689 $190,000$0 $020
2013 · Form 990 period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$535,635$291,879 $6,327$2,981 $535,635$0 $020
2012 · Form 990 period ending 2012-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$209,249$319,950 $24,225-$240,775 $209,244$0 $02-

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $24,200 in all, tax years 2021 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SCIENCE LITERACY FOUNDATION INC Public charity Exact 2021 1$24,200 2021$24,200
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2014 · Form 990 · $178,292 spent · pay $48,019 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Advertising and promotion $90,000$90,000-- 50.5%
Other salaries and wages $42,904$42,904-- 24.1%
Fees: other services $13,011$13,011-- 7.3%
Other (as described)WEBSITE $8,575$8,575-- 4.8%
Payroll taxes $5,115$5,115-- 2.9%
Depreciation and depletion $3,739-$3,739- 2.1%
Information technology $3,600$3,600-- 2.0%
Office expenses $2,939-$2,939- 1.6%
Other (as described)INTERNET ACCESS $2,202-$2,202- 1.2%
All other expenses $1,801$257$1,544- 1.0%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $1,649-$1,649- 0.9%
Travel $1,503-$1,503- 0.8%
Other (as described)PAYROLL PROCESSING $1,254-$1,254- 0.7%
Total$178,292100%

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2013 · Form 990 · $291,879 spent · pay $93,240 · grants $5,085 · events $2,088
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
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Other (as described)WEBSITE $26,289$26,289-- 9.0%
Fees: other services $25,708$25,708-- 8.8%
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Depreciation and depletion $4,433-$4,433- 1.5%
Information technology $3,975$3,975-- 1.4%
All other expenses $2,330$207$2,123- 0.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $2,088$2,088-- 0.7%
Other (as described)PAYROLL PROCESSING $1,984-$1,984- 0.7%
Other (as described)INTERNET ACCESS $1,872-$1,872- 0.6%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $1,867-$1,867- 0.6%
Travel $1,659-$1,659- 0.6%
Office expenses $1,349-$1,349- 0.5%
Total$291,879100%

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2012 · Form 990 · $319,950 spent · pay $81,059 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Consultant $87,115$82,759$4,356- 27.2%
Other (as described)Marketing $77,834$77,834-- 24.3%
Other salaries and wages $74,531$63,351$11,180- 23.3%
Other (as described)Website $22,049$20,947$1,102- 6.9%
Occupancy $17,646$14,999$2,647- 5.5%
All other expenses $14,217$12,612$1,605- 4.4%
Other (as described)Supplies $9,237$8,313$924- 2.9%
Payroll taxes $6,528$5,549$979- 2.0%
Depreciation and depletion $5,684$5,400$284- 1.8%
Insurance $3,558$3,380$178- 1.1%
Travel $1,551$1,473$78- 0.5%
Total$319,950100%

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