2019-09-18T14:34:25-05:00 2018-12-31 540618213 HANTZMON WIEBEL LLP CPA'S 818 E JEFFERSON ST PO BOX 1408 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902 990 2018-01-01 461496217 CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE INC CENT 4349641865 210 MCINTIRE ROAD NO 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4349641865 2019-09-10 1 P FRANK BERRY P00322544 4342962156 64.88.174.3 2019-09-10 10:59:16 ED P C6923695A7E3605A6C1AB49B8A51EAB3BC668A4E B73E64763A11E28FF33D5DCE52B4B0369FEB2B9D 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z BRIAN NOSEK 210 MCINTIRE ROAD NO 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 5783888 0 X WWW.CENTERFOROPENSCIENCE.ORG X 2013 VA THE CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE (COS) IS DEDICATED TO INCREASE OPENNESS, INTEGRITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY IN SCHOLARLY RESEARCH. 8 8 58 8 0 35186 6821473 5566758 177636 216256 -4637 874 0 0 6994472 5783888 30000 133517 0 0 5156949 4255190 0 0 176847 1746258 1400496 6933207 5789203 61265 -5315 3425593 4108680 2385266 3089072 1040327 1019608 X SEE SCHEDULE O 0 0 2703924 216256 INFRASTRUCTURE: COS SUPPORTS AND MAINTAINS THE OSF (WWW.OSF.IO) TO HELP RESEARCHERS MANAGE, ARCHIVE, AND SHARE THEIR RESEARCH, PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY. IN 2018, COS CONTINUED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING THE OSF AS A FULL-FEATURED APPLICATION FRAMEWORK. THIS INCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF CORE FEATURES INCLUDING AUTHENTICATION, METADATA, MESSAGING, VERSION CONTROL, ACCESS CONTROL, DATA BASING, STORAGE SERVICES, AND A PUBLIC API. THE OSF IS NOW POSITIONED AS A FREE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CREATING, CONNECTING, AND INTEGRATING COUNTLESS SERVICES ACROSS THE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE. BECAUSE OF THE OSF'S OPEN, MODULAR DESIGN, WE AND OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE BACK-END SERVICES TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF FRONT-END USER INTERFACES FOR COLLECTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PARTICIPANT DATA, WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND VERY EASILY TO COLLECTION OF META-DATA FOR ANY RESEARCH APPLICATION OR DISCIPLINE (NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL SCIENCE). THE OSF PROVIDES A SOLUTION FOR RESEARCHERS WHO ARE COMPELLED TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH OPENLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. IT ALSO PROVIDES A MECHANISM FOR POLICY MAKERS TO ENABLE PRACTICES OF OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY. THE OSF PROVIDES MULTIPLE POINTS OF ENTRY INTO OPEN PRACTICES, AND ALLOWS FOR RESEARCHERS TO ADOPT ADDITIONAL OPEN BEHAVIORS. 944578 POLICY/COMMUNITY: AN ACTIVE OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR TESTING AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRACTICES. OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES WILL ACCELERATE DRAMATICALLY IF STAKEHOLDERS WITH LEVERS FOR CHANGE CREATE INCENTIVES OR REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCHERS. COS PROMOTES OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES WITH JOURNALS, FUNDERS, RESEARCHERS, AND SOCIETIES. OUR POLICY TEAM TRACKS OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES OF KEY COMMUNITY CHANGEMAKERS. WE OFFER SOLUTIONS TO CHANGE NORMS, INCENTIVES, AND POLICIES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH PUBLISHERS, FUNDERS, SOCIETIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND RESEARCHER COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE OPENNESS, RIGOR, AND REPRODUCIBILITY. THIS WORK IS GUIDED BY OUR TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS PROMOTION (TOP) GUIDELINES, A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT THAT PROVIDES A RUBRIC FOR ADOPTING OPENNESS STANDARDS. OVER 1,100 JOURNALS HAVE ADOPTED TOP GUIDELINES SINCE 2015. REREGISTRATION CHALLENGE: THE PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE KICKED OFF IN 2015. PREREGISTRATION INCREASES THE CREDIBILITY OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING BY CONFIRMING IN ADVANCE WHAT WILL BE ANALYZED AND REPORTED. FOR THE PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE, ONE THOUSAND RESEARCHERS WILL RECEIVE $1,000 EACH FOR PUBLISHING RESULTS OF PREREGISTERED RESEARCH. THIS CHALLENGE ENDED IN EARLY 2019. 586656 133517 METASCIENCE: COS SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES. THESE EFFORTS CAN INFORM BEST PRACTICES AND SERVE AS PLATFORMS TO DEMONSTRATE REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH METHODS. SOME ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: -CONTINUED PUBLIC DISCOURSE AROUND RESULTS OF THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: PSYCHOLOGY (RESULTS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL SCIENCE IN JUNE, 2015). -CONTINUAL RESULTS PUBLISHED BY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: CANCER BIOLOGY. THE PROJECT PUBLISHES THE INDIVIDUAL REPLICATIONS IN SMALL BATCHES AND THEN A SUMMARY REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED AT THE VERY END OF THE PROJECT. -THROUGH EXTERNAL GRANT AWARDS, COS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS. -CONTINUED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACT OF THE COS STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF BADGES UPON DATA SHARING. THIS STUDY FOUND THAT THE JOURNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN DATA SHARING FROM AROUND 3 PERCENT OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES TO NEARLY 40 PERCENT IN ONLY 1.5 YEARS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF BADGES. COMPARISON JOURNALS WITHOUT BADGES SHOWED NO CHANGE IN DATA SHARING OVER THE SAME PERIOD. WE USE THESE FINDINGS TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF BADGES AS SIMPLE INCENTIVES TOWARDS MORE OPEN EDITORIAL POLICIES. 4235158 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 65 0 58 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X X CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE 4349641865 210 RIDGE MCINTIRE ROAD SUITE 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 MARYROSE FRANKO CHAIR 0.10 X X 0 0 0 ALAN KRAUT MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 MARCIA MCNUTT MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 ALAN LESHNER MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 BETH NOVECK MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 JON HILL TREASURER 0.10 X X 0 0 0 ALISON MUDDITT MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 REBECCA SAXE MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 ARCHIE HOLMES JR ON BEHALF OF PROVOST, EX-OFICIO 0.10 X 0 0 0 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EX-OFICIO 40.00 X 167708 0 6708 LUCY OFIESH COO 40.00 X 120873 0 17880 DAVID LITHERLAND DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING 40.00 X 114967 0 21876 MICHAEL HASELTON INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICAL MANAGER 40.00 X 112656 0 9615 BARRETT HARBER DO-TEAM/TECH LEAD 40.00 X 110306 0 10537 MELANIE L BENJAMIN DONOR AND FUNDER RELATIONS LEAD 40.00 X 121230 0 13042 747740 0 79658 8 0 1 0 0 960470 4606288 5566758 ALL OTHER 900099 216256 216256 216256 874 874 5783888 216256 0 874 54500 54500 79017 79017 182804 134548 27888 20368 3376137 2302165 977586 96386 135849 93012 38380 4457 308370 211133 87121 10116 252030 172558 71204 8268 121989 97787 11038 13164 10605 273 10332 194021 186536 4140 3345 247450 169422 69910 8118 113113 105031 4820 3262 20017 13710 5651 656 136822 93678 38655 4489 13673 9361 3863 449 RESEARCH STUDY FEES 438236 437736 500 DUES AND FEES 53086 39701 11791 1594 CLEANING AND MAINTENANC 25923 17749 7324 850 TAXES AND LICENSES 13836 9473 3909 454 11725 7768 3086 871 5789203 4235158 1377198 176847 0 0 0 0 2572945 3332868 109187 189696 50553 42885 740290 516300 360812 223990 313778 298374 18318 20867 3425593 4108680 136140 54691 2202759 3005291 18000 0 28367 29090 2385266 3089072 X 1040327 1019608 1040327 1019608 3425593 4108680 -5315 -15404 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 2025953 4862880 5878293 6821473 5566758 25155357 2025953 4862880 5878293 6821473 5566758 25155357 20111315 5044042 6836 886 6736 903 874 16235 25171592 952783 0.20040 0.17180 X THE CENTER HAS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL UNITS. THE FUNDING STRUCTURE DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO MEETING THE PUBLIC SUPPORT REQUIREMENT AS IT IS COMPRISED OF A SEVERAL LARGE DONORS, NOT NUMEROUS SMALL DONORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENT THE BROAD INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC AND RESEARCHERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE ORGANIZATION IS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES PROVIDING OPERATIONAL FUNDING. 329986 300174 29812 410304 216126 194178 223990 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 29090 29090 X 5768484 -15404 -15404 5783888 0 5783888 5789203 0 5789203 0 5789203 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS REVIEWED AND EVALUATED THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL MERITS OF EACH OF ITS TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDANCE ESTABLISHED BY THE FASB AND DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 1 EUROPE 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION DIRECT RESEARCH AND PROJECT FUNDING SUPPORT 79017 0 0 0 0 0 0 79017 0 79017 0 0 DIRECT RESEARCH AND PROJECT FUNDING SUPPORT EUROPE 81 79017 WIRE TRANSFER 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE CASH AWARDS FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS AND ARE REQUIRED TO FULFILL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN THE AWARD AGREEMENT. 1 DIRECT RESEARCH AND PROJECT FUNDING SUPPORT 55 54500 PART I, LINE 2: INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE CASH AWARDS FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS AND ARE REQUIRED TO FULFILL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN THE AWARD AGREEMENT. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EX-OFICIO 167708 0 0 0 0 0 6708 0 0 0 174416 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 COMPENSATION PACKAGE MUST BE COMPETITIVE WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXECUTIVE TALENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVAL, OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART III- LINE 1: DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION'S MISSION STATEMENT COS IS A NON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AIMING TO PROMOTE OPENNESS, INTEGRITY, AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. COS ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY EMPLOYING FIVE INTERDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES: (1) METASCIENCE - ACQUIRING EVIDENCE TO ENCOURAGE CHANGE - COS PROVIDES EVIDENCE ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, EVALUATES COS SERVICES TO MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS, AND TRACKS CULTURE CHANGE IN OPENNESS; (2) INFRASTRUCTURE - BUILDING TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE CHANGE - COS ESTABLISHES VIABILITY OF OPEN SCHOLARSHIP ACROSS THE ENTIRE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE, AND SUPPORTS HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY INTERFACES FOR CONDUCTING AND SHARING SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY; (3) TRAINING - DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE TO ENACT CHANGE - COS OPTIMIZES TRAINING DELIVERY TO MAXIMIZE ITS REACH AND IMPACT PARTICULARLY FOR SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND FOSTERS SUSTAINABILITY WITH INTEGRATION INTO COURSE CURRICULA; (4) INCENTIVES - PROVIDING REASONS TO EMBRACE CHANGE - COS BRINGS ADOPTION OF ITS INCENTIVE SERVICES TO SCALE, MONITORS AND INCENTIVIZES ADOPTION BY STAKEHOLDERS, AND INCORPORATES CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS; (5) COMMUNITY - FOSTERING CONNECTION AND INCLUSION TO PROPAGATE CHANGE - COS GROWS AND EMPOWERS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH INTEGRATED SERVICES AND COLLABORATION ACROSS STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B COPIES OF THE CENTER'S FORM 990 ARE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING OF THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND MANAGEMENT ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE CENTER'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY AND PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF ANY POTENTIAL ARES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 COPIES OF THE CENTER'S FORM 1023 AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE CENTER'S OFFICE. THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE FORMS 1023 AND 990 UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE CENTER MAKES COPIES OF ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT FORM 990 ARE POSTED ON THE CENTER'S WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART XII, QUESTION 2C: NO CHANGES IN THE OVERSIGHT OR SELECTION PROCESSES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.