NAUTILUSTHINK INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $712K · expenses $712K · assets -$15K

Also known as
Nautilus
EIN
46-3485787
Address
360 W 36TH ST APT 7S, NEW YORK, NY 10018-6496
Website
nautilusthink.org
NTEE code
A20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

TO PROMOTE SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE LITERARY ARTS TO EXPAND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND THEIR CONNECTION TO HUMAN CULTURE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
John Steele President/Treasurer2014-2024 $208,258$1,473,340 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Stuart Firestein Director2015-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Paul Miller Director2015-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Gayil Nalls (former) VICE PRESIDENT2014-2016 2 $0 reported 2
Thomas C Jackson (former) DIRECTOR2015-2016 2 $0 reported 1
Gerry Ohrstrom (former) DIRECTOR2015-2016 2 $0 reported 1
Michael Segal (former) SECRETARY2014-2015 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $208K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $208,258$0$0 $208,2582
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $213K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $213,258$0$0 $213,2582
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $208K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $207,802$0$0 $207,8022
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $176K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $175,529$0$0 $175,5292
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $158K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $158,268$0$0 $158,2682
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $221K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
John Steele President/Treasurer40 $220,585$0$0 $220,5852
Stuart Firestein Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Miller Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2016 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $290K · 29 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN W STEELE PRESIDENTTREASURER40 $289,640$0$0 $289,6402
GAYIL NALLS VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
STUART FIRESTEIN DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
THOMAS C JACKSON DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
GERRY OHRSTROM DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
PAUL MILLER Director2 $0$0$0 $01
2015 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN STEELE PRESIDENT/TREASURER10 $0$0$0 $02
GAYIL NALLS VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $02
MICHAEL SEGAL SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
STUART FIRESTEIN DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
THOMAS CAMPBELL JACKSON DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
PAUL MILLER DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
GERRY OHRSTROM DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN STEELE PRESIDENT/TREASURER10 $0-$0 $02
GAYIL NALLS VICE PRESIDENT2 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL SEGAL SECRETARY2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2015 · 1 contractor · $2.4M
NameLocationServicePaid
NAUTILUS VENTURES LLCNEW YORK, NYCONSULTING - MAGAZINE PUBLICATION$2,408,000
2014 · 2 contractors · $134K
NameLocationServicePaid
NAUTILUS VENTURES LLCNEW YORK, NYSCIHAMPTON CONSULTING$94,197
NAUTILUS VENTURES LLCNEW YORK, NYWEBSITE DEVELOPMENT$40,000

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$712,177$712,177 -$14,590-$219,590 $579,177$133,000 $208,25800
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$712,505$749,980 $9,000-$219,590 $603,432$109,073 $213,25800
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$486,769$496,073 $32,462-$226,921 $186,551$300,218 $207,80900
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$660,700$486,000 $42,383-$217,617 $115,000$515,000 $175,52900
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$550,550$547,018 $8,045-$272,505 $83,550$463,000 $158,26800
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,145,059$1,083,134 $35,275-$251,770 $17,959$294,570 $220,57500
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,019,501$2,820,156 $37,015-$1,418,862 $1,042,395$977,106 $464,74229-
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,402,786$2,570,930 $1,308,762$888,762 $3,275,000$127,574 $007
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$199,262$142,356 $56,906$56,906 $199,262- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $2,862,710 in all, tax years 2015 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “NautilusThink Inc” 2015-2017 8$2,666,660 2017$312,075
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SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “NAUTILUSTHINK INC” 2020, 2023 2$100,000 2023$50,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2018, 2021, 2024 3$36,050 2024$13,000
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2018, 2023 2$35,000 2023$10,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$25,000 2024$25,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $712,177 spent · pay $208,258 · grants $275,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $275,000$275,000-- 38.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $208,258$208,258$0$0 29.2%
Office expenses $160,000$160,000$0$0 22.5%
Travel $68,919$50,000$18,919$0 9.7%
Total$712,177100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $749,980 spent · pay $213,258 · grants $215,176 · events $120,046
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $215,176$215,176-- 28.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $213,258$213,258-- 28.4%
Office expenses $168,000$138,000$30,000- 22.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $120,046$120,046-- 16.0%
Travel $33,500$27,000$6,500- 4.5%
Total$749,980100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $496,073 spent · pay $207,809 · grants $103,253 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $207,809$207,809-- 41.9%
Grants to US organizations and governments $103,253$103,253-- 20.8%
Office expenses $100,790$100,790-- 20.3%
Travel $42,500$42,500-- 8.6%
Information technology $39,421$39,421-- 7.9%
Insurance $2,300$2,300-- 0.5%
Total$496,073100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $486,000 spent · pay $175,529 · grants $115,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Office expenses $187,271$159,771$27,500$0 38.5%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $175,529$175,529$0$0 36.1%
Grants to US organizations and governments $115,000$115,000-- 23.7%
Travel $6,700$5,700$1,000$0 1.4%
Insurance $1,500$0$1,500$0 0.3%
Total$486,000100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $547,018 spent · pay $158,268 · grants $53,550 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Office expenses $313,900$273,932$39,968- 57.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $158,268$158,268-- 28.9%
Grants to US organizations and governments $53,550$53,550-- 9.8%
Travel $7,800$4,800$3,000- 1.4%
Insurance $7,000-$7,000- 1.3%
Interest $6,500-$6,500- 1.2%
Total$547,018100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $1,083,134 spent · pay $699,852 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $415,852$277,549$138,303- 38.4%
Office expenses $228,625$200,109$28,516- 21.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $220,575-$220,575- 20.4%
Information technology $67,753$67,753-- 6.3%
Other employee benefits $61,946-$61,946- 5.7%
Royalties $51,026$51,026-- 4.7%
Travel $27,064$27,064-- 2.5%
Advertising and promotion $5,365$5,365-- 0.5%
Other (as described)Research $3,449$3,449$0$0 0.3%
Payroll taxes $1,479-$1,479- 0.1%
Total$1,083,134100%

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2016 · Form 990 · $2,820,156 spent · pay $1,493,125 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $806,104$134,518$671,586- 28.6%
Royalties $623,930$623,930-- 22.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $464,742-$464,742- 16.5%
Office expenses $382,421$313,762$68,659- 13.6%
Occupancy $164,430-$164,430- 5.8%
Other employee benefits $134,728-$134,728- 4.8%
Payroll taxes $87,551-$87,551- 3.1%
Information technology $47,834$47,834-- 1.7%
Travel $43,867$43,867-- 1.6%
Advertising and promotion $30,161$30,161-- 1.1%
Other (as described)Legal $24,899-$24,899- 0.9%
Insurance $8,368-$8,368- 0.3%
Interest $1,121-$1,121- 0.0%
Total$2,820,156100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $2,570,930 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $2,418,000$2,418,000-- 94.1%
Depreciation and depletion $120,000$120,000-- 4.7%
Fees: accounting $16,392-$16,392- 0.6%
Other (as described)PRINT EDITION $12,292$12,292-- 0.5%
Other (as described)OFFICE EXPENSES $1,911-$1,911- 0.1%
Fees: legal $1,500-$1,500- 0.1%
Insurance $835-$835- 0.0%
Total$2,570,930100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $142,356 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $94,197 66.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $48,159 33.8%
Total$142,356100%

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