Heliophysics Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814248505
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052550614
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Astronomy

Reported finances

Revenue
$288
Expenses
$568
Assets
$32,423
Liabilities
$25

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brigitte Ragot (President/Exec Director, Board, Senior Research Scientist, Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Brigitte Ragot (President/Exec Director, Board, Senior Research Scientist, Secretary)
  • David Webb (Treasuser (Financial Control Officer), Board Member)
  • Keith Groves (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Scientific research

What it reported doing in 2024

Solar Wind Program: Data analysis of solar wind in situ measurements by NASA spacecraft, aimed at better understanding the transport of turbulent magnetic field lines and solar energetic particles in the solar wind (Principal Investigator: Dr. Ragot) Publications: - Ragot, B. R. 2022, The Astrophysical Journal, 927, 182 (24pp), "Solar Wind Magnetic Field Correlation Length: Correlation Functions versus Cross-Field Displacement Diffusivity Test" (Received: June 30, 2021; Accepted: September 16, 2021; Published: March 15, 2022) - Ragot, B. R. 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 947, 69 (24pp), "Solar Wind Magnetic Field Line Dispersal: Multispacecraft Analysis and Comparison with Theoretical Results" (Received: December 07, 2022; Accepted: January 04, 2023; Published: April 24, 2023) - Further analysis of Ulysses magnetic fields data; simulations and correlation analyses of synthetic data - Report to NASA: Ragot, B. R. 2024, "Magnetic Field Lines: Validation of Theory and Quantitative Evaluation Through In Situ Solar Wind Data Analysis" (27pp) (submitted August 2024)

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -97.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 57.08; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -42.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -70.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -43.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.