BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS INC (EIN 46-2695042)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-14
IRS object ID: 201733189349302798
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Note: A later return for the same period supersedes this one.
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-14T10:23:05-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	521392008	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 650N	AddressLine1Txt
City	BETHESDA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	208142930	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	462695042	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BUSA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3107803560	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1340	AddressLine1Txt
City	PRINCETON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08540	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHANING JANG	PersonNm
Person Title	ASSOCIATE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3107803560	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3019519090	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	75.103.231.202	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-11-14	IPDt
IP Tm	11:22:39	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	8ED488898585AAEEC76628CD5B5A6628BA20994B	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	EB015FDE23BA707EC9595270DEB4381EA9BFC834	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JAMES VANCEL	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1340	AddressLine1Txt
City	PRINCETON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08540	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,294,784	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BUSARACENTER.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2013	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEE PART III, LINE 1.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	3	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	3	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,919,695	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,169,073	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$3,375,079	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$97	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$10	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,003	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,178,979	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,294,784	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$3,253,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$940,302	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$76,332	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$898,298	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$686,313	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,838,600	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,015,645	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$340,379	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,279,139	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$595,255	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,252,249	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$34,162	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$132,799	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$561,093	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,119,450	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIOR ECONOMICS WAS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER RESEARCH AND GENERATE KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES BY PROVIDING RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE ACCESS TO A CONTROLLED LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT TO RUN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC STUDIES WITH RESIDENTS OF LOW-INCOME AREAS AS RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS. CURRENT STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED IN NAIROBI, KENYA AND TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,692,919	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$3,253,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$3,375,079	RevenueAmt
Desc	PREPARATION OF DATA FOR NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS IN THE FIELD OF DECISION SCIENCE. CLEANING AND ANALYZING OF EXISTING DATASETS FOR FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION AND DESIGN. IMPLEMENTATION OF 28 RESEARCH STUDIES IN THE LAB AND FIELD. 11,000 SUBJECTS INTERVIEWED IN DECISION-SCIENCE LAB ORIENTED GAMES. 2,000 SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN FIELD RESEARCH PROGRAMS. 8 TRAINING EVENTS HELD WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT, POLICY, AND NGO STAKEHOLDERS. 15 PROJECTS RUN IN APPLIED EXPERIMENTATION WITH NGO AND PUBLIC PARTNERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,692,919	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	12	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	3	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JAMES VANCEL	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3107803560	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1340	AddressLine1Txt
City	PRINCETON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	08540	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JAMES VANCEL
MANAGING DIRECTOR	20.00	20.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$60,000	$8,000
CHANING JANG
ASSOCIATE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR	4.00	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEREMY SHAPIRO
PRESIDENT	1.00	1.00	Yes (X)		$5,385	$0	$0
JOHANNES HAUSHOFER
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR	1.00	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$5,385	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$60,000	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$8,000	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	SANDALWOOD LANE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NAIROBI	CityNm
Country	KE	CountryCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	CONSULTING SERVICES	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$120,176	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$1,919,695	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,919,695	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PROJECT REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$3,375,079	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,375,079	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,375,079	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,294,784	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,375,079	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$10	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,253,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,253,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,385	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,385	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,994	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,994	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,675	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,675	ProgramServicesAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,278	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,278	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,015	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,015	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,159	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$463,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$235,872	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$227,540	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,226	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,834	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,392	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,486	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$348	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,086	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,164	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,951	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88,951	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$421	TotalAmt
Management And General	$421	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,156	TotalAmt
Management And General	$30,156	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,571	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,571	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
SURVEY COSTS	$11,145	$11,145
FURNITURE	$8,668		$8,668
RESPONDENT COSTS	$6,598	$6,598
REPAIR & MAINTENANCE	$2,924		$2,924

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,983	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,615	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,368	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,015,645	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,692,919	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$322,726	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$211,190	BOYAmt
EOY	$374,461	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,032	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,561,946	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$79,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,885	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,119	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,003	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$211,372	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$46,418	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$237,585	BOYAmt
EOY	$164,954	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,065	BOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$595,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,252,249	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,799	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,596	BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,794	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$132,799	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$561,093	BOYAmt
EOY	$948,853	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,170,597	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$561,093	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,119,450	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$595,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,252,249	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,279,139	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$289,919	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$10,701	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$829,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,919,695	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,751,329	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$383,934	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,339,939	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,375,079	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,098,952	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$386,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,169,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,294,774	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,850,281	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$829,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,919,695	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,748,829	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$975,193	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,294,259	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,269,452	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,804,327	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,213,954	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,018,281	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$1,832,000	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$10,003	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$10,003	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$386,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,179,081	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,294,784	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,860,299	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,160	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$25,160	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$101,204	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$9,503	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$91,701	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$85,008	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$36,915	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$48,093	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$164,954	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,294,784	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,294,784	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,294,784	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,015,645	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,015,645	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,015,645	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016, BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	PROGRAM SERVICES	TO FURTHER RESEARCH AND GENERATE KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES BY PROVIDING RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE ACCESS TO A CONTROLLED LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT TO RUN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC STUDIES WITH RESIDENTS OF LOW-INCOME AREAS AS RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS.	$439,919
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE		$322,726
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	GRANT TO RECIPIENT LOCATED IN REGION		$3,253,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$4,015,645	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$4,015,645	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	TO FURTHER RESEARCH AND GENERATE KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES BY PROVIDING RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE ACCESS TO A CONTROLLED LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT TO RUN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC STUDIES WITH RESIDENTS OF LOW-INCOME AREAS AS RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS.	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$3,253,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	BUSARA CENTER U.S. PROVIDED A GRANT TO BASURA CENTER KEYNA, A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THE U.S. ORGANIZATION WORKS CLOSELY WITH BASURA CENTER KENYA TO ENSURE FUNDS ARE SPENT ON EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS SIGNS A STATEMENT, AND IS ANNUALLY REMINDED OF THE STATEMENT, WHICH AFFIRMS THAT SUCH PERSON: A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS POLICY ON FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, B) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, C) AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND D) UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CORPORATION IS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION AND THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS TAX EXEMPTION THE CORPORATION MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES. IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS IS AN INTERESTED PERSON AND THAT A FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS: A) IF DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE TO BE APPROPRIATE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE APPOINTS A DISINTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT PROPOSED BY OR FOR THE CORPORATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	BUSARA CENTER RELIES ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION. BUSARA CENTER KENYA'S PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS: IN APPROVING ANY COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT, THE DIRECTORS WILL GATHER INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY IS REASONABLE. IN THE CASE OF COMPENSATION, RELEVANT INFORMATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATION LEVELS PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH TAXABLE AND TAX-EXEMPT, FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS, THE AVAILABILITY OF SIMILAR SERVICES IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE APPLICABLE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, CURRENT COMPENSATION SURVEYS COMPILED BY INDEPENDENT FIRMS, AND ACTUAL WRITTEN OFFERS FROM SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	LOSS ON FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE -10,701.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	DAYKIO PLAZA NGONG	AddressLine1Txt
City	NAIROBI	CityNm
Country	KE	CountryCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	RESEARCH STUDIES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile Foreign Country	KE	LegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Exempt Code Section	N/A	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	N/A	PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (3 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
B	$3,253,000	FMV
BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
O	$6,577	FMV
BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
P	$584,702	FMV