ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD (EIN 45-3588477)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-07-22
IRS object ID
201642049349300024
Schema version
2015v2.1
Source
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Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
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Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,140,020CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,202,227CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,451,665CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,453,136CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$20,247,048TotalAmt

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$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,140,020CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,202,227CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,451,665CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,453,136CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$20,247,048TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$0SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$20,247,048PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,686CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,305CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,991TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,791CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,030CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$5,821TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$20,255,860TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170Yes (X)First5Years170Ind

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

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition AmountsArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works ArtHeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt FundCYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt FundCYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
LandLandGrp
BuildingsBuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$127,974OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$97,192DepreciationAmt
Book Value$30,782BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$85,909OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$56,731DepreciationAmt
Book Value$29,178BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$50,844OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$34,461DepreciationAmt
Book Value$16,383BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$76,343TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability$0FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt
Total Liability$0TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,543,136TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$6,543,136RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$6,543,136TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$5,892,418TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,892,418ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,892,418TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceASC 740 footnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Company is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Company believes that it has taken no significant uncertain tax positions.ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEurope (Including Iceland and Greenland)RegionTxt
Offices1OfficesCnt
Employee28EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedProgram ServicesTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedOnline JournalSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$5,409,998RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices1SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees28SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee28TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$5,409,998SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$5,409,998TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
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

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Dr Randy Schekman
Editor in Chief$162,322$0$0$0$0$162,322$0
Dr Mark Patterson
Exec Dir, Secretary & Treas$182,038$0$0$18,204$0$200,242$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 2aThere are 30 employees in total, 29 of whom are located in the United Kingdom. The sole U.S. employee was reported on the Form W-3.
Part VI, Line 2ROBERT TJIAN, A DIRECTOR, AND DR. RANDY SCHEKMAN, AN OFFICER, HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
Part VI, Lines 6 and 7The members of eLife are Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Wellcome Trust. Each member has the power to appoint one member of the Board of Directors of eLife. Certain governance decisions require unanimous consent of the members and include, but are not limited to, the following: amendment to articles of incorporation or bylaws; election of additional members; change to number of directors; appointment or removal of a director; and filling the vacancy of a director position.
Part VI, Line 11bForm 990 was prepared by eLife's independent accounting firm and was reviewed by senior management and the Audit Committee. Prior to filing the Form 990 with the IRS, a copy of Form 990 was provided to each board member.
Part VI, Line 12ceLife has a conflict of interest policy that requires directors, officers and other employees to disclose interests that may give rise to a conflict. eLife monitors the policy by requiring individuals to complete an annual questionnaire that requires disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest.
Part VI, Line 15Compensation decisions are made by individuals that are independent with respect to the individual receiving the compensation. The Board obtains and relies on comparability data in establishing the compensation for its officers. Compensation is approved in advance of payment, and the decisions are documented in the board minutes.
Part VI, Line 19eLife does not make its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the general public unless there is a legal obligation to do so. Our audited financial statements are available from the UK companies registry.
Part Xi, Line 9Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment ($162,575)

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