GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC (EIN 13-1659623)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-02-01
IRS object ID: 201120329349300412
Schema version: 2009v1.7
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-02-01T11:32:14-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JDS PROFESSIONAL GROUP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5670 GREENWOOD PLAZA BLVD STE 200	AddressLine1
City	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80111	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	131659623	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GEOL	NameControl
Phone	3033571019	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9140	AddressLine1
City	BOULDER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80301	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN W HESS	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	3033571019	Phone
Date Signed	2011-01-27	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LORI B BAUER CPA	Name
Phone	3037710123	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-02-01	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOHN W HESS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9140	AddressLine1
City	BOULDER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80301	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	13163542	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.GEOSOCIETY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1888	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF GEOLOGY.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	55	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	200	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	235209	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	105128	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	748389	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	871587	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	3184934	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	4152798	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	338820	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	-422117	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	1970081	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1904365	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	6242224	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	6506633	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	1167465	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	1248171	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	3336001	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	3107989	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	7945	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	3182049	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	3006327	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	7685515	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	7362487	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-1443291	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-855854	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	21370151	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	22908481	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	3033348	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2592710	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	18336803	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	20315771	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF GEOLOGY.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1955948	Expense
Revenue	2388045	Revenue
Description	THE SOCIETY SPONSORS AN ANNUAL MEETING FOR MEMBERS IN THE FALL AND SMALLER MEETINGS IN THE SPRING. MEMBERS ATTEND DISCUSSIONS AND CONFERENCES CONCERNING TOPICS IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	724857	Expense
Revenue	566341	Revenue
Description	EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS - INVOLVEMENT IN HEIGHTENING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR GEOSCIENCES BY WORKING WITH SCIENTISTS, TEACHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLUS PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS RUN BY SECTIONS AND DIVISIONS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	673001	Expense
Revenue	604646	Revenue
Description	THE MEMBERSHIP SERVICES PROGRAM INCLUDES THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE SOCIETY'S MEMBERSHIP AND THE COST OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1623619	Expense
Grants	1248171	Grants
Revenue	593766	Revenue
Description	SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY OF GEOLOGY TO VARIOUS RECIPIENTS AWARDED BY INDEPENDENT SELECTION. MOST AWARDS ARE 2,000 OR LESS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	1623619	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	1248171	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	593766	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	4977425	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	true	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	339	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	55	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	true	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE ORGANIZATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3033571019	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9140	AddressLine1
City	BOULDER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80301	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
DR JOAQUIN RUIZ
PRESIDENT	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
DR JEAN M BAHR
PAST PRES	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
DR JOHN W GEISSMAN
VICE PRES	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
DR JONATHAN G PRICE
TREAS.	3.00	X	X	0	0	0
DR MARK CLOOS
INT'L SECY-N	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR JACQUELINE E HUNTOON
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
MONICA E GOWAN
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR G RANDY KELLER
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR BRIAN R PRATT
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR MURRAY W HITZMAN
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR CLAUDIA I MORA
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
MARGARET DAVINO
LEGAL CONS-N	2.00	X		0	0	0
ADRIENNE MCNAMARA
LEGAL COUS-N	2.00	X		0	0	0
DR LISA D WHITE
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR BRUCE R CLARK
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR VICTOR A RAMOS
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR BARBARA L DUTROW
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR J DOUGLAS WALKER
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
DR DANIEL LARSEN
COUNCILOR	3.00	X		0	0	0
JOHN HESS
EXEC. DIR.	40.00		X	189299	0	25068
CRAIG SCHIFFRIES
ADMINIS.	40.00			133197	0	11771	X
JON OLSEN
DEP. ED	40.00			112334	0	13491	X
TODD BERGGREN
DIR. IT	40.00			108288	0	16041	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	543118	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	66371	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	4	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	871587	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	871587	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
MEETINGS	2388045	2388045
MEMBERSHIP DUES	604646	604646
SECTIONS & DIVISIONS	593766	593766
EDUCATION & OUTREACH	566341	566341

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	4152798	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	501774	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$501,774	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	3555311	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	4479202	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-923891	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-923891	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$923,891	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	3878831	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	2177707	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1701124	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1465915	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	235209	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SPONSORSHIPS	114000	114000
MISC	89241	89241

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	203241	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6506633	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	5821954	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	235209	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	-$422,117	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1248171	Total
Program Services	1248171	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	218509	Total
Program Services	80848	ProgramServices
Management And General	137661	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2249783	Total
Program Services	693490	ProgramServices
Management And General	1556293	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	226995	Total
Management And General	226995	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	244017	Total
Program Services	163880	ProgramServices
Management And General	80137	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	168685	Total
Program Services	55669	ProgramServices
Management And General	113016	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23737	Total
Program Services	15489	ProgramServices
Management And General	8248	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	32124	Total
Management And General	32124	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	41435	Total
Management And General	41435	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	562854	Total
Program Services	336386	ProgramServices
Management And General	218523	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7945	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21378	Total
Program Services	14088	ProgramServices
Management And General	7290	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	745730	Total
Program Services	178127	ProgramServices
Management And General	567603	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22635	Total
Program Services	20972	ProgramServices
Management And General	1663	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	202832	Total
Program Services	34193	ProgramServices
Management And General	168639	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	490244	Total
Program Services	395143	ProgramServices
Management And General	95101	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	741186	Total
Program Services	708208	ProgramServices
Management And General	32978	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	179303	Total
Program Services	15489	ProgramServices
Management And General	163814	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	71006	Total
Program Services	13268	ProgramServices
Management And General	57738	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
FOUNDATION SUPPORT	401328	401328
COGS	313886	313886
CREDIT CARD FEES	210348	204900	5448
DIRECT ADVERTISING COSTS	129081		129081
AV SERVICES	116491		116491

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-1299271	Total
Program Services	752984	ProgramServices
Management And General	-2052255	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7362487	Total
Program Services	4977425	ProgramServices
Management And General	2377117	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7945	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	81347	BOY
EOY	237	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	40548	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25000	BOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	454090	BOY
EOY	352881	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	392072	BOY
EOY	301961	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	433997	BOY
EOY	275083	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	5496280	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	3004797	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2686713	BOY
EOY	2491483	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17010895	BOY
EOY	18915569	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	286037	BOY
EOY	530719	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	21370151	BOY
EOY	22908481	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	743731	BOY
EOY	631966	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1979375	BOY
EOY	1954347	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	310242	BOY
EOY	6397	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3033348	BOY
EOY	2592710	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1191160	BOY
EOY	2190497	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13261258	BOY
EOY	14240889	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3884385	BOY
EOY	3884385	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18336803	BOY
EOY	20315771	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	21370151	BOY
EOY	22908481	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1518057	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1459966	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1334328	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1343204	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	871587	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6527142	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7069221	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	7420485	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9852608	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	11607786	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	8031629	CurrentTaxYear
Total	43981729	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8880451	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11186936	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	12950990	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	8903216	CurrentTaxYear
Total	50508871	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	50508871	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1002137	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1269725	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	575392	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	648022	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	501774	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3997050	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1002137	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1269725	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	575392	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	648022	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	501774	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3997050	Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	217160	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	231466	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	109195	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	105128	CurrentTaxYear
Total	662949	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	42036	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	21460	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	162176	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	218064	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	203241	CurrentTaxYear
Total	646977	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	9848611	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	10171636	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12155970	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	13926271	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9713359	CurrentTaxYear
Total	55815847	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.90490	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.90870	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.07000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.08000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	12109543	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	540499	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Administrative Expenses	1924	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	12648118	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	17382740	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-3793197	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	1480000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	12109543	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.31000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.69000	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	428065	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	428065	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	3837862	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1930162	Depreciation
Book Value	1907700	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	89557	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	89557	Depreciation

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1140796	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	985078	Depreciation
Book Value	155718	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2491483	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
GIFT CERTIFICATES PAYABLE	$3,098
SELF FUNDED MED INSURANCE LIABILITY	$2,590
DUE TO/FROM SECTIONS & DIVISIONS	$704
MISC LIABILITY	$5
LINE OF CREDIT

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	6397	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	6506633	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	7362487	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-855854	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	2834822	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	2834822	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	1978968	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	11519162	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	2834822	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Other Revenues	2177707	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	5012529	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	6506633	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	6506633	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	9540194	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	2177707	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	2177707	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	7362487	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	7362487	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
COLLECTIONS AND RELATION TO EXEMPT PURPOSE	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4	THE PENROSE COLLECTION IS TO BE HELD IN PERPETUITY FOR EXHIBIT, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND AS A MEMORIAL TO R.A.F. PENROSE, JR.
INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORT THE EXEMPT ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 8	COST OF GOODS SOLD 2,177,707 COST OF GOODS SOLD -2,177,707
REVENUE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	COST OF GOODS SOLD 2,177,707
EXPENSE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XIII, LINE 2D	COST OF GOODS SOLD 2,177,707

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Grant	GRANTS - DETAILS ON FILE	TypeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	1248171	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 4, PART IV	ReturnReference
Explanation	GSA GIVES OUT GRANTS THAT IN TOTAL EXCEED 5,000, BUT THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUAL GRANTS THAT EXCEED 5,000.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JOHN HESS	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	189299	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Filing Org	15965	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	9103	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	214367	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (9 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ALL OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY OF GEOLOGY TO VARIOUS RECIPIENTS AWARDED BY INDEPENDENT SELECTION. MOST AWARDS ARE 2,000 OR LESS.
CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE MEMBERS.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	MEMBERS ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ORGANIZATION.
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED WITH BALLOTS TO APPROVE THE DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED PRIOR TO FILING BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	GSA COUNCILORS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE MAINTAINS THESE FILES. GSA STAFF ALL HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON FILE AND THEY UPDATE THEM WHEN NECESSARY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY A FORMAL PROCESS BASED ON THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	ALL OFFICER COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED USING A FORMAL PROCESS BASED UPON THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE GSA FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9140	AddressLine1
City	BOULDER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80301	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	742156871	EIN
Primary Activities	FOUNDATION	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501	ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status	9	PublicCharityStatus
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	true	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	true	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionType	Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved
GSA FOUNDATION INC
C	533328
GSA FOUNDATION INC
P	89639
GSA FOUNDATION INC
N	273001
GSA FOUNDATION INC
M	113688