WORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
WORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION (EIN 43-2095418)
Tax period
2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
Filed
2020-08-13
IRS object ID
202002269349300730
Schema version
2018v3.1
Source
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,864,449CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,494,161CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,340,339CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,425,960CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,921,275CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$35,046,184TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$5,864,449CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,494,161CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,340,339CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,425,960CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,921,275CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$35,046,184TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$27,180,763SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$7,865,421PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,625CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,957CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,197CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,540CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,828CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16,147TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$91CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$18,675CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$11,138CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,016CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,215CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$34,135TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$35,096,466TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$2,076,276GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.22410PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.23070PublicSupportPY170Pct
Ten Pct Facts Crcmstncs Test CYYes (X)TenPctFactsCrcmstncsTestCYInd
Facts And Circumstances TestCurrent Year Facts and Circumstances: The Foundation qualifies as a public charity under the "facts and circumstances test, based on the facts set forth below:First, the Foundation's public support percentage is well in excess of the required 10%. For the past five years of operation (on a rolling 5-year basis), the Foundation's public support was 22.41%. The following factors also weigh in favor of public charity status under this analysis.Fundraising activities have resulted in broad public sources of support: since its founding, the Foundation has maintained a continuous and bona fide fundraising program to attract funds from the public. The Foundation employs a full-time development staff of three or four employees per year dedicated to soliciting supportfrom individuals, foundations, corporations and government grants. From time to time, the Foundation has also hired independent grant-writers. The Foundation also solicits in-kind product and service support from media companies, advertising services and marketing companies who can enhance promotion for the festival.Through all of these efforts, the Foundation has received financial, media and in-kind support from a diverse group of individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities. Since 2008, the Foundation has submitted multiple grant applications to over 45 foundations and government sources, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NYC Cultural Innovation Fund. While not all of these grant applications were accepted, the Foundation has received significant and regular support from foundations such as the Simons Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation, the Kavli Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation, as well as from the Norwegian Consulate and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Foundation has also received State and City Funding from the New York City Cultural Development Fund, the New York State Department of Education and the New York State Energy and ResearchDevelopment Authority.Since 2008, the Foundation has actively solicited corporate sponsors for its activities, reaching out to hundreds of corporations. As a result of this outreach, the Foundation has received financial support from corporations such as Google, Verizon, Con Edison, Credit Suisse, IBM, America's Navy, Knopf, Time Warner Cable, Cognizant, IFF, and Northrop Grumman. Although not counted towards public support, the Foundation has consistently been able to reduce its advertising expenditures through contributions of in-kind media support (valued at $195,103 in 2019) from 7 different news and media organizations and publications, including community-based news outlets WABC, WNYC as well as nationally distributed publications, such as Popular Science.The Foundation also actively seeks individual donors by hosting cultivation events and an annual Gala fundraiser. Since 2007, the Foundation has sent over 5,500 invitations to dozens of events that range in size from 20 to 200 guests. In addition, the Foundation has also hosted its annual gala benefit since 2009. Ticket prices to the gala include a portion allocable towards a charitable contribution. From 2009 through 2019, the Foundation has sent more than 23,700 invitations and funding requests in connection with the annual gala. In recent years, between 300 and 400 people attended the annual gala, and many others contributed but did not attend. The aggregate value of individual contributions from the gala has continued to grow.The Foundation has also sought smaller donations from members of the general public who are interested in attending the World Science Festival and/or visit the website. Composition of the Board:The Foundation's board of directors represents the worlds of education, the arts, media, non-profit management and philanthropy. Each director brings a range of expertise and perspectives to the organization, and all directors have been exceedingly generous with their time and expertise, in addition to providing financial support. Tracy Day, one of the co-founders, brings her experience as an executive producer in television journalism to all of the festival's programming. Brian Greene, also a co-founder, is a physicist, mathematician and professor at Columbia University. Because of the educational nature of the Foundation's mission and activities, the Foundation has recruited additional board members from a variety of institutions of higher learning. Gillian Small, University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of Fairleigh Dickinson University and an accomplished scientist and educator, joined the board in January 2012. Alan Alda, an acclaimed actor, writer and director, brings a wealth of expertise and connections from the arts to the festival and has appeared at numerous festival events as a moderator and actor. He has been a member of the board of directors since 2007. Judith Cox has a background in nonprofit management and international projects and has been on the board since 2006. Ann Ziff, a member of the board since 2010, also has significant expertise in non-profit management and fundraising from her service on several non-profit boards; while Ms. Ziff and her family provide significant financial support to the Foundation, they are not the Foundation's largest donors.Broad Public Participation in Programs:The Foundation's educational programming targets a worldwide audience of adults and children. Most programming is designed for non-scientists. Attendance at the World Science Festival in New York City (the Foundation's annual live event spanning five or six days) has grown from 120,000 in 2008 to a cumulative total of over 2.5 million visitors in twelve years. In an effort to reach a broader public, the Foundation began streaming some of its festival programs via the internet in 2011. Since then, the Foundations live-streaming viewers reached a total of 476,500 global viewers through the 2018 Festival.Over time, the Foundation has dedicated increased resources to presenting digital video content from the festival, as well as original educational material, on its website, www.worldsciencefestival.com, and on the World Science Festival YouTube channel. The Foundation sends newsletters to its community of 189,500 subscribers to keep them informed of World Science Foundations digital programming. In 2019, the website was visited by over 574,812 users, generating over 1,225,403 page views. The Festivals YouTube views in 2019 totaled 14,104,907 views, generating 265,221,114 minutes of watch time over the fiscal year, and bringing the festivals total cumulative views on YouTube to 65.7 million views and 1.1 billion minutes of total watch time, while millions more watched on Facebook. Our subscriber list grew 185% to reach 395,500. Broadcast, online and print impressions from major news outlets reached 2.65 billion. Through a vigorous program of social media outreach and regular communications to our followers, the festival has established over 356,000 fans on Facebook and built a strong presence on Instagram and other social media outlets.The Foundation also relies on large numbers of volunteers during the festival and throughout the year. For the 2019 festival, 270 volunteers donated their time to ensure a successful event. Other events hosted by the Foundation over the course of 2019 required the support of an additional 693 volunteers, thus bring the total volunteers to 963 in 2019.FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$756,813OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$349,402DepreciationAmt
Book Value$407,411BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$300,500OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$221,723DepreciationAmt
Book Value$78,777BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$439,372OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$359,372DepreciationAmt
Book Value$80,000BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$566,188TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$8,876,240TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$359,306DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$359,306RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$8,516,934RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$8,516,934TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,755,546TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$359,306DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$359,306ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$7,396,240ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$7,396,240TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Foundation does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending September 30, 2016 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities.ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEast Asia and the PacificRegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedCollaboration AgreementTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedEducational ProgrammingSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$32,527RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent$32,527SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$32,527TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$638,110GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$419,982CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$218,128GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$79,622RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$81,500FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$15,324EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$41,682OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$638,110GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$419,982CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$218,128GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$79,622RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$81,500FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$15,324EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$41,682OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$218,128DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonTracy DayPersonNm
TitleCEO/SecretaryTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$215,000BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$215,000TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonBrian GreenePersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionChairmanRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$90,000TransactionAmt
TransactionConsultingTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L, Part V Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationIn September 2016, the Foundation entered into an agreement with an entity (the "Company") that is owned by the Foundation's co-founders, who currently serve as the Foundation's CEO, Tracy Day, and Board Chair, Brian Greene. The agreement provides for compensation to the Company for Brian Greene's ongoing and substantial consulting, advisory and creative services to the Foundation. These services are outside the scope of his duties as Board Chair. The term of the agreement commenced as of the effective date of January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2019.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtTracy Day (CEO) and Brian Greene (Chairman) are married.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessManagement reviewed a draft of the form 990 and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe Foundation's outside General Counsel distributes the conflict of interest policy and conflict of interest questionnaire to each officer, director and key employee on an annual basis, and follows up with each individual to ensure that the questionnaire has been completed. Each officer, director and key employee is asked to certify annually that he/she has reviewed the Foundation's conflict of interest policy and has disclosed any potential or actual conflicts on the questionnaire. The outside General Counsel reviews the responses to the questionnaire to determine if there is anything disclosed that should be brought to the attention of the Board. The questionnaires are maintained with the books and records of the Foundation. In addition to filling out the questionnaire, pursuant to the Foundation's policy, each officer, director and key employee is required to alert the other members of the Board if a transaction or fact arises that could be covered by the Foundation's policy after the individual has completed his or hear annual questionnaire. If the outside General Counsel identifies any transaction that might present a conflict of interest, actual or perceived, she would confer with the President and Chair to discuss how it should be disclosed to the rest of the Board.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesA compensation review is done at the time an increase or new hire compensation package is proposed for officers or key employees. A review of comparable salaries based on a recognized study, information from 990s of other organizations and a review of the performance of the officer or key employee is performed to determine if the proposed salary falls within comparable salary ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a new proposed salary and benefit package is voted on. The minutes of the board of directors reflect the nature of this process.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableDocuments are available upon request.

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