Ofm Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
571222227
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065501850
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Geology

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,000
Expenses
$8,548
Assets
$6,059
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark S Ghiorso (President)
  • Richard O Sack (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa S Hardy (Director)
  • Peter C Lichtner (Director)
  • Denton S Ebel (Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To conduct public interest scientific research and distribute research findings to the scientific community and the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Geological & Earth Sciences Research Programs: Conducted scientific research under grants ICER-20-26904 sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The outcomes resulted in scientific publication and the development of freely available software tools that may be downloaded and/or utilized at the corporate web site. Detailed information on research outcomes may be downloaded from the National Science Foundation award reporting website at www.nsf.gov/awardsearch by searching on the keyword GHIORSO and selecting the search result that corresponds to the appropriate award number listed above.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • 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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -71%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 12th 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 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.