EIN 52-1362650

Earthscope Consortium

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
57
Year formed
1984
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
Facilitating geophysical research and education, promoting free and open exchange of geophysical data and knowledge, fostering cooperation to advance geophysical research and conveying its benefits to all of humanity.
Also known as...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology; Iris
Total revenues
$30,393,380
2023
Total expenses
$31,690,429
2023
Total assets
$9,664,441
2023
Num. employees
57
2023

Program areas at Earthscope Consortium

Instrumentation services include both the maintenance of continuous networks and pools of instruments for use in individual projects.. The global seismographic network (gsn) is a 152 station, globally distributed, state-of-the-art digital seismic network that provides free, realtime, open access to data. . The Earthscope primary instrument center at new mexico tech supports cutting-edge research into earth's fundamental geological structure and processes. The facility provides instrumentation and support services for national science foundation, department of energy, and otherwise funded experiments around the world.. The network of the americas (nota) is an international geophysics sensor network spanning more than 20 countries and composed of more than 1,200 continuously operating instruments, including high-precision gps (and multi-constellation gnss) stations and borehole strain, seismic, and tilt instruments. . Earthscope polar services installs, maintains, and operates several instrumentation networks including the polar earth observing network (polenet) in antarctica (anet) and greenland (gnet), larsen ice shelf system, antarctica (larissa), and other networked stations in both the arctic and antarctic.
Education and community engagement: the Earthscope engagement program is committed to advancing awareness and understanding of seismology and geophysics while inspiring careers in the earth sciences. . The engagement group provides education, workforce development, and outreach through a variety of resources and activities and collaborates with scientific and educational partners to prepare the next generation of earth science students.. educational opportunities strengthen professional skills through short courses, online resources, networking opportunities, skill building workshops, and mentoring and internship programs.
Data services (ds) ingests, curates and distributes geophysical data to the global earth science community. This includes ground motion, atmospheric, infrasonic, magnetotelluric, strain, hydrological and hydroacoustic data. . Earthscope promotes research by providing access to data that the community of geodetic scientists uses for quantifying the motions of rock, ice and water that are monitored by a variety of sensor types at or near the earth's surface.. Earthscope maintains and provides access to high-performance computing resources and cyberinfrastructure for research and educational applications. . Earthscope develops, curates, and distributes software for research and educational purposes.

Grants made by Earthscope Consortium

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyOperations of the Iris/passcalinstrument Center$3,894,191
Regents of the University of California at San DiegoGlobal Seismographic Network Program$3,775,668
Carleton CollegeSerc$33,699
...and 6 more grants made

Who funds Earthscope Consortium

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
UnavcoSupport for the Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience$191,075

Personnel at Earthscope Consortium

NameTitleCompensation
Becks BendickChief Executive Officer
Candy ShinChief Financial Officer$187,537
Shin CandyChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$192,044
Maggie BurkeChief Administrative Officer
David MencinVice President of Data Services
...and 50 more key personnel

Financials for Earthscope Consortium

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$30,277,778
Program services$51,819
Investment income and dividends$59,682
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$4,101
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$30,393,380

Form 990s for Earthscope Consortium

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-14990View PDF
2022-062023-03-17990View PDF
2021-062022-04-26990View PDF
2020-062021-04-14990View PDF
2019-062021-01-21990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
August 20, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
August 9, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
July 24, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 30 new personnel
July 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
December 28, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $191,075 from Unavco
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Science and technologyHuman servicesPublic safetyPublic policy
Characteristics
Conducts researchLobbyingOperates internationallyReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1200 New York Ave NW 454
Washington, DC 20005
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
District of Columbia, DC
Website URL
earthscope.org/ 
Phone
(406) 370-8482
IRS details
EIN
52-1362650
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1984
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
U50: Biological, Life Science Research
NAICS code, primary
5417: Scientific Research and Development Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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