Scientific Coordination Infrastructure and Operati
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994722455
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Casper, WY, USA
- Phone
- 9142306460
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Computer Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $75,500
- Expenses
- $26,579
- Assets
- $48,921
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Elianna DeSota (Co-director)
- Jon Starr (Co-director)
- Erik Van Winkle (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
The specific purposes of the Corporation are to educate and engage the public, academics, researchers, technologists & technicians, innovators, funders, policy makers, institutions, and corporations, with regards to open source and open science, providing them information and research into both ecosystems, inviting them into the building process directly, and facilitating their connections and collaborations with one another.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our core program area is hosting virtual and in-person workshops. In this period, we hosted a several workshops including: a 3-day workshop alongside a major conference and supported four attendees with travel + housing support, organized a hackathon with provided meals and materials, and two small 2 hour long workshops at PyData Vermont and RSE'24. We also hosted ongoing bi-weekly calls to maintain momentum with the CoARA ERIP research group. Through these events we engaged with over 250 participants, led to a technical working group that now meets biweekly with 30 active members, and contributed to the development of five research tools. Through these activities, SciOS advances the integration of culture and technology in science, ensuring sustainable collaboration among researchers, technologists, and institutions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.2%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 64.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 35.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.