2025-11-17T10:01:49-06:00 2024-12-31 946214841 ARMANINO ADVISORY LLC 2700 CAMINO RAMON STE 350 SAN RAMON CA 945835004 990 2024-01-01 680492065 PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE PUBL 4156241200 2112 CHESTNUT ST 310 ALHAMBRA CA 91803 KATHRYN MOTONAGA CFO 4156241200 2025-11-13 1 1 KATY BROWN P00650274 9257902600 2025-11-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X KATHRYN MOTONAGA 2112 CHESTNUT ST 310 ALHAMBRA CA 91803 41547134 0 X WWW.PLOS.ORG X 2001 CA PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. 13 12 236 13500 159134 0 14248 2516683 32532613 38061535 484569 757059 1331 126 33032761 41335403 0 0 0 0 21446020 23438680 0 0 0 13484138 13546742 34930158 36985422 -1897397 4349981 24736549 32799863 6516531 9775427 18220018 23024436 X PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. 0 0 31047002 37902401 THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE (PLOS) ADVANCES ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE BY DRIVING OPEN SCIENCE FORWARD WITH MEASURABLE, MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN RESEARCH PUBLISHING, POLICY, AND PRACTICE. WE PUBLISH A PORTFOLIO OF PEER-REVIEWED, OPEN ACCESS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, REMOVING FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING RESEARCH BY ENSURING THAT ALL ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED DATA ARE FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION FEES. DURING THE TAX YEAR, PLOS PUBLISHED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES FROM AUTHORS IN 163 COUNTRIES ACROSS 14 SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND PROVIDED $5.7 MILLION IN PARTIAL OR FULL ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE (APC) WAIVERS TO AUTHORS. 4A. LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE (BY EXPENSES):SCIENCE AND MEDICAL PUBLISHING ARE THE CORE OF OUR PROGRAM EXPENSE AT OVER $31MILLION. IN 2024 WE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 20,000 RESEARCH ARTICLES DOCUMENTING THE METHODS, OBSERVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES OF A DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THOUSANDS OF RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE DEDICATED THEIR TIME AS ACADEMIC EDITORS AND REVIEWERS TO BRINGING THIS WORK TO THE PUBLIC.THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN OUR PUBLISHING OPERATION INCLUDE:- EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION WORK - RECEIPT AND TRIAGE OF SUBMISSIONS; PERFORMING AND COORDINATING THEIR PEER REVIEW; AND PRODUCTION AND ONLINE PUBLICATION OF ACCEPTED ARTICLES. - MARKETING AND OUTREACH - PROMOTING ARTICLES AND INVITING SUBMISSIONS, INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF OPEN SCIENCE BENEFITS AND PRACTICES, PROMOTING INITIATIVES SUCH AS CALLS FOR PAPERS, AND CREATING RESOURCES FOR AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS.- PUBLISHING ETHICS - HANDLING ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONCERNS INVOLVING SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLISHED ARTICLES.- ENGAGEMENT WITH RESEARCH COMMUNITIES (E.G. BY ATTENDING AND/OR ORGANIZING CONFERENCES, EVENTS, AND WORKSHOPS) - TO ENSURE THE JOURNALS AND THEIR POLICIES REFLECT THE RESEARCH INTERESTS AND VALUES OF THESE FIELDS AND COMMUNITIES.- MEDIA - COLLABORATING WITH AUTHORS, INSTITUTIONS, SCIENCE MEDIA CENTERS AND JOURNALISTS TO COMMUNICATE RESEARCH TO BOTH SCIENTISTS AND SOCIETY. THE SCOPE OF PLOS JOURNALS PUBLISHING IN 2024 INCLUDES:- PLOS ONE IS A GLOBAL, INCLUSIVE JOURNAL PUBLISHING RESEARCH IN OVER TWO HUNDRED SUBJECT AREAS ACROSS SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, MEDICINE, AND THE RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. - PLOS BIOLOGY IS A LEADING LIFE SCIENCE JOURNAL THAT CHAMPIONS HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINESFROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS.- PLOS CLIMATE EMPOWERS GLOBAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION, AND ENABLES DECISION-MAKERS AT EVERY LEVEL OF SOCIETY TO TAKE URGENT, EVIDENCE-BASED ACTION ON THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.- PLOS COMPLEX SYSTEMS IS A SELECTIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOCUSED ON RESEARCH THAT AIDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD THROUGH A COMPLEXITY LENS, AND FOSTERS DISCUSSION WITHIN THE EMERGING COMPLEXITY COMMUNITY.- PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY IS HOME TO RESEARCH OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT SEEKS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LIVING WORLD THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS.- PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING EQUITABLE AND DIGITALLY-ENABLED HEALTHCARE, INCREASING TRUST IN NEW TOOLS, AND IMPROVING REPRODUCIBILITY IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL HEALTH RESEARCH. - PLOS GENETICS PUBLISHES RESEARCH RELATED TO GENETICS AND GENOMICS ACROSS THE FULL BREADTH OF THIS FIELD, FROM MICROBES TO HUMANS AND FROM BASIC SCIENCE TO TRANSLATIONAL APPROACHES.- PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH MAKES WORK OF THE HIGHEST METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL RIGOR OPENLY AVAILABLE TO THE RESEARCHERS, POLICY EXPERTS, AND CLINICIANS WHO DEPEND ON IT TO TACKLE URGENT HEALTH CRISES AND ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY.- PLOS MEDICINE IS OUR LEADING HEALTH SCIENCE JOURNAL PUBLISHING IMPACTFUL RESEARCH THAT TRANSFORMS GLOBAL HEALTHCARE AND ADVANCES CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING.- PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES FOCUSES ON RESEARCH ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF NEGLECTED, FORGOTTEN, AND UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS, WORKING WITH GLOBAL COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCHERS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL.- PLOS PATHOGENS PUBLISHES GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH ON PATHOGEN BIOLOGY AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS ACROSS ALL LIFE FORMS.- PLOS SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSFORMATION IS OUR LEADING SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE JOURNAL BRINGING TOGETHER ORIGINAL RESEARCH, ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF TRANSITIONING TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND JUST FUTURE.- PLOS WATER DRIVES CHANGE IN SAFE WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE, IMPROVING INSIGHTS INTO WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND IMPACTS ACROSS THE GLOBE.- PLOS MENTAL HEALTH IS DEDICATED TO CONNECTING SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, STRIVING TO ENABLE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, DISCUSSION, AND ACTION IN ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AROUND THE WORLD.IN ADDITION TO MANAGING THE ABOVE PORTFOLIO OF JOURNALS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CATALYZING CHANGE IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION BY FOCUSING ON THREE INTERCONNECTED PILLARS: (1) OPEN SCIENCE PUBLISHING (2) OPEN SCIENCE POLICY AND (3) OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICE. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK IN 2024:- OPEN SCIENCE PUBLISHINGWE ARE WORKING TO REDEFINE PUBLISHING AND GO BEYOND THE ARTICLE TO FOSTER RESEARCH COMMUNICATION THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND IMPACTFUL FOR ALL. THIS NEW INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION AND ROBERT WOODS JOHNSON FOUNDATION, BUILDS UPON OUR LEGACY OF ADVANCING OPEN SCIENCE OUTPUTS AND REIMAGINING ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PUBLICATION FEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, DESIGNED TO ENSURE RESEARCHERS WHO LACK FUNDS FOR OPEN ACCESS, CAN STILL MAKE THEIR WORK IMMEDIATELY AND FREELY AVAILABLE WHEN THEY PUBLISH IN OUR JOURNALS. IN 2024 PLOS PROVIDED $5.7 MILLION IN PARTIAL OR FULL ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE (APC) WAIVERS TO AUTHORS. - OPEN SCIENCE POLICYWE REGULARLY ENGAGE IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS AS AN ADVOCATE FOR OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICE, A CHAMPION FOR RESEARCHERS, AND A TRUSTED LEADER IN RESEARCH INTEGRITY. IN 2024 WE INTRODUCED SEVERAL NEW POLICIES ACROSS OUR JOURNALS TO STRENGTHEN OUR GUARD AGAINST LARGE-SCALE INTEGRITY THREATS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COALITIONS AND JISC TO ENGAGE A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP IN MOVING AWAY FROM ARTICLE-BASED CHARGES. AS PART OF THIS COLLABORATION WE RELEASED A NEW TOOL TO HELP ASSESS EQUITY IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION MODELS- OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICEIN ORDER TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE, WE WORK CONSISTENTLY WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES ACROSS DISCIPLINE, GEOGRAPHY, AND CAREER STAGE. OUR WORK TO ADVANCE OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICE MORE BROADLY IS SUPPORTED BY THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SCIENCE INDICATORS. 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THE EXEMPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE TAXING AUTHORITIES, AND MANAGEMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT PLOS CONTINUES TO SATISFY ALL FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR CONTINUED TAX EXEMPTION STATUS. PLOS MAY PERIODICALLY RECEIVE UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME (SUCH AS ADVERTISING INCOME, ETC.) REQUIRING PLOS TO FILE SEPARATE TAX RETURNS UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES. PLOS ALSO HAS CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS REQUIRING THE PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL EMPLOYER TAXES TO HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS IN THE U.K. UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS, PLOS CALCULATES AND ACCRUES THE APPLICABLE TAXES. PLOS IS NOT SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES, NOR WAS FOR ANY PRIOR YEARS. THE GERMAN SUBSIDIARY, PLOS GMBH, IS NOT AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION AND IS SUBJECT TO EMPLOYER TAXES, CORPORATE INCOME TAX FILINGS, AND PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO THE AUTHORITIES IN GERMANY. PLOS CONSULTS WITH AN AGENT, MAZARS GMBH AND CO. KG, IN GERMANY TO TIMELY PREPARE AND FILE THE RETURNS. PLOS ASSESSES TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN AGAINST MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTES FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION. BASED ON AN ANALYSIS PREPARED BY PLOS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PLOS BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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PART I, LINE 1 PLOS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ON A MISSION TO DRIVE OPEN SCIENCE FORWARD WITH MEASURABLE, MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN RESEARCH PUBLISHING, POLICY, AND PRACTICE. WE BELIEVE IN A BETTER FUTURE WHERE SCIENCE IS OPEN TO ALL, FOR ALL. BUILDING ON A STRONG LEGACY OF PIONEERING INNOVATION, PLOS CONTINUES TO BE A CATALYST IN OPEN SCIENCE, REIMAGINING MODELS TO MEET OPEN SCIENCE PRINCIPLES, REMOVING BARRIERS AND PROMOTING INCLUSION IN KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND SHARING, AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH OUTPUTS THAT ENABLE EVERYONE TO LEARN FROM, REUSE AND BUILD UPON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. OUR WORK IS SUPPORTED BY A HIGHLY SKILLED GLOBAL IN-HOUSE TEAM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE VALUED CONTRIBUTIONS OF A DIVERSE, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE ORGANIZATION. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE CFO AND MEMBERS FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AFTER REVIEW AND MODIFICATIONS WHERE NECESSARY, THE FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CFO SIGNS AND FILES ALL REQUIRED TAX FILINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY OVERSEES THE ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE PROCESS. A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT LEAST ANNUALLY. THE CEO AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE (IN WRITING) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. LOANS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. 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