SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (EIN 94-6078791)
Tax period
2019-02-01 to 2020-01-31
Filed
2020-07-10
IRS object ID
202021929349302777
Schema version
2019v5.0
Source
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FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$274,440CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$254,179CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$99,016CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$238,480CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$280,098CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,146,213TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,373,785CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,171,310CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,884,121CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,131,265CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,287,871CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$8,848,352TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,648,225CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,425,489CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,983,137CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,369,745CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,567,969CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,994,565TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$9,994,565PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$272,469CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$301,454CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$68,149CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$76,157CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$76,621CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$794,850TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$272,469CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$301,454CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$68,149CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$76,157CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$76,621CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$794,850TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,414CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,350CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,764TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,920,694CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,726,943CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,051,286CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,449,316CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,651,940CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,800,179TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.92540PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.89410PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.07360InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.10550InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,992,862FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,992,862FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$249,643FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$62,411FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$236,177CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$236,270CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$250,731CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$249,643CurrentYearAmt
Total$972,821TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,459,232LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$33,299CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$41,975CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$57,682CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$132,956TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$59,044CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$59,068CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$62,683CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$62,411CurrentYearAmt
Total$243,206TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$364,809GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$163,194OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$88,610DepreciationAmt
Book Value$74,584BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$4,330OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,330DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$74,584TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,744,029TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$92,089NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$92,089RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,651,940RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,651,940TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,388,770TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,388,770ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,388,770TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Organization is not classified as a private foundation and is exempt from federal and state income taxes under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701(d) of the California Code. The Organization is considered a publicly supported organization. The Financial Accounting Standards Board prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for financial statement recognition of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Management has evaluated its uncertain tax positions and related income tax contingencies and does not believe any material uncertain tax positions exist.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedfalseGrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The Trustees of Columbia UnivBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line161 Rout 9WAddressLine1Txt
CityPalisadesCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP10964ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN135598093RecipientEIN
Cash Grant$12,200CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of GrantSeismology Student WorkshopPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeTravel GrantsGrantTypeTxt
Recipient26RecipientCnt
Cash Grant$50,704CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$16,690NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method UsedCostValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash AssistanceTravel expenses, registration feesNonCashAssistanceDesc

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
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

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonNan BroadbentPersonNm
TitleExecutive Dir.TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$172,892BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$5,288BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$16,036DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$194,216TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or ShareholderThe Organization is composed of members who pay a membership fee.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing BodyThe Organization is composed of members who vote to elect Directors annually. This election and voting process is supervised by the membership manager and is run by an independent firm, Elections America.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or ShareholdersBylaw amendments
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe Society publishes the completed Form 990 in the Leadership section of our website and asks the board to review the form before it is filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsLeaders are asked to review the Conflict of Interest policy and sign an acknowledgement of receipt and understanding annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe Board has appointed a Management Committee that sets performance objectives for the CEO and assesses the performance annually. The committee makes salary recommendations to the Board. Every few years, this committee uses the services of a compensation consultant to ensure that the salary is comparable to other CEOs of similar organizations of similar size.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesBy Board policy, compensation for staff other than the CEO is set by the CEO, consistent with budget amounts approved by the Board. The CEO periodically uses a compensation consultant to ensure that salaries are comparable to those at similar organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableOur Bylaws are posted in the public area of our website. Our audited financial statements are published annually in our journal, Seismological Research Letters. Minutes of our annual Board of Directors meeting are published in SRL as well. Our Board policies, including the Conflict of Interest Policy, are posted in the leadership section of our website as are minutes of Board conference calls, key committees, etc. Our Form 990 is available by request.

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