Council of Science Editors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 356060021
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6095199689
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $447,102
- Expenses
- $459,893
- Assets
- $532,819
- Liabilities
- $52,782
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMILIE GUNN (PRESIDENT EL)
- GLENN LANDIS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHHAVI CHAUHAN (TREASURER EL)
- AMANDA FERGUSON (DIRECTOR)
- EMILIE GUNN (PRESIDENT EL)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the council of science editors is to improve the education and communication among authors, editors and pulishers in the life science.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purpose of the council of science editors is to improve the education and communication among authors, editors and publishers in the life sciences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.1%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 46
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.1% of revenue deployed · 45.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $211K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.