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Nonprofit · EIN 52-0955532

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20009

Financials

$79M$56.8M2023$56.2M$58.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$56,165,227$58,051,447-$1,886,220$135,747,896$48,674,965$87,072,931
December 31, 2023990$79,018,802$56,849,229$22,169,573$143,447,519$53,214,668$90,232,851
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$5,613,419
Membership dues
$2,182,341
Program service revenue
$43,605,596
Investment income
$5,889,185
Royalties
$189,642
Net rental income
$867,385
Net gain from sales of assets
$4,465,221
Other revenue
$1,057,027

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,109,967
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$5,319,026
Other salaries and wages
$13,976,423
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$24,846,104
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$47,833
Accounting fees
$292,389
Occupancy
$1,502,369
Travel
$1,891,450
Depreciation
$1,779,798
Program services (functional)
$51,330,351
Management and general (functional)
$4,351,287
Fundraising (functional)
$2,369,809

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$143,447,519
Total assets, end of year
$135,747,896
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,674,965
Net assets, end of year
$87,072,931
Land, buildings and equipment
$48,056,195
Publicly traded securities
$32,848,204
Net assets without donor restrictions
$73,233,481
Net assets with donor restrictions
$13,839,450
Gross unrelated business income
$532,869
Gross receipts
$62,774,246
Employees
175
Volunteers
21,000
Year formed
1972
State of legal domicile
DC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JANICE R LACHANCEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
Officer
37.5$632,270$41,443
BILLY WILLIAMSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$466,446$57,670
MARY K MOHNEYEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$385,478$64,851
THAD LURIESENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$293,637$57,738
JOSHUA A WEINBERGVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$268,196$54,645
TRACY J LAMONDUEVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$258,930$40,514
ALEXANDRA M SHULTZVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$254,053$40,968
HEATHER M GOSSSENIOR DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$254,839$36,203
SHELLEY L STALLVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$244,392$42,665
MATTHEW M GIAMPOALAVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$252,319$28,168
MARY BENDERCHIEF OF STAFF
Key employee
37.5$243,872$34,221
AMBER LEVYVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$234,970$40,637
CHERYL ENDERLEINVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$239,359$33,604
NIKKI P COOPERVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$224,093$47,540
KRISTEN AVERYTEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$235,584$14,754
22 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LAUREN M PARRSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL 7/24)
Key employee
37.5$211,194$26,018
MARK SHIMAMOTOVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$195,990$27,637
CARLA C FLEMINGDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$190,979$18,929
ASHA PINKNEY GILLUSVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$178,444$30,683
JENNIFER LUNNDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$176,866$31,914
ROSA MAYMIDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$177,696$25,261
KARINE BLAUFUSSDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$186,123$16,645
LISA J GRAUMLICHPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
SUSAN LOZIERIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
BRANDON JONESPRESIDENT-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
DAVID SHAWGENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LIGIA PEREZ-CRUZINTERNATIONAL SECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
CAROL FINNBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
CATHERINE COLEMAN FLOWERSBOARD DIRECTOR (UNTIL 1/24)
Trustee or director
5$0$0
CATHERINE JOHNSONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
COREY GARZABOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
TANYA HARRISONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
LATOYA MYLESBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
BABATUNDE RABIUBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
PETER SCHLOSSERBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
EDITH NEWTON WILSONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
RENETTA GARRISON TULLBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 36 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JANICE R LACHANCEINTERIM CEO
Officer
37.5$548,612$47,146
BILLY WILLIAMSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$436,503$62,307
RANDY W FISERCEO (UNTIL 5/2023)
Officer
37.5$439,490$32,244
MARY K MOHNEYEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$374,397$75,159
LAUREN M PARRSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$314,170$50,287
JOSHUA A WEINBERGVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$279,078$63,827
ROYCE B HANSONEXEC. VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL 6/2023)
Key employee
37.5$293,651$30,922
RAJUL E PANDYAVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$279,727$33,253
THAD LURIESENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$263,454$43,635
ALEXANDRA M SHULTZVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$259,642$46,187
SHELLEY L STALLVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$241,566$47,974
TRACY J LAMONDUEVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$247,573$39,169
HEATHER M GOSSSENIOR DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$243,880$39,581
NIKKI P COOPERVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$225,922$54,485
MATTHEW M GIAMPOALAVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$247,189$30,171
CHERYL ENDERLEINVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$232,610$36,519
AMBER LEVYVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$235,923$30,428
MARY BENDERCHIEF OF STAFF
Key employee
37.5$224,662$33,935
ASHA P GILLUSVICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
37.5$189,635$35,717
JEFFREY M JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$187,535$37,780
VICTORIA J FORLINIDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$188,698$19,631
CARLA C FLEMINGDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$185,839$18,687
KARINE BLAUFUSSDIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
37.5$183,805$15,769
LISA J GRAUMLICHPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
8$0$0
SUSAN LOZIERIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
BRANDON JONESPRESIDENT-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
DAVID SHAWGENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
LIGIA PEREZ-CRUZINTERNATIONAL SECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
CATHERINE COLEMAN FLOWERSBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
CATHERINE JOHNSONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
COREY GARZABOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
TANYA HARRISONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
LATOYA MYLESBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
BABATUNDE RABIUBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
PETER SCHLOSSERBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
EDITH NEWTON WILSONBOARD DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009-1231
In care of
% KIM PROPHET
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JANICE R LACHANCE, 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 200091231
Signed the 990
JANICE R LACHANCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO
Phone
(202) 462-6900
Return prepared by
RSM US LLP

Mission

AGU'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND SUPPORT AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENTISTS AND PARTNERS DEDICATED TO DISCOVERY AND SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL CHALLENGES. AGU SEEKS TO CATALYZE DISCOVERY AND SOLUTIONS TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL CHALLENGES; PROMOTE AND EXEMPLIFY AN INCLUSIVE SCIENTIFIC CULTURE; AND PARTNER BROADLY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND SECTORS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL CHALLENGES.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • MEETINGS: AGU HAS A DIVERSE MEETING PORTFOLIO THAT OFFERS MEETINGS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND FORMATS. MOST MEETING PARTICIPANTS PRESENT A POSTER AND/OR A TALK ON THEIR LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS CONTRIBUTING TO ADVANCING EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE. INDIVIDUALS MUST PAY A REGISTRATION FEE TO PARTICIPATE. THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS COVERING THEIR PRESENTATIONS ARE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM FOR EACH MEETING AND ARE AVAILABLE VIA AGU'S WEBSITE.THE AGU ANNUAL MEETING IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LEADING MEETING IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON INTER- AND MULTIPLE DISCIPLINARY SCIENCES AND POLICY AND SOCIETAL ISSUES. IT IS THE LARGEST MEETING IN THIS FIELD ATTRACTING MORE THAN 31,000 PARTICIPANTS AT THE DECEMBER 2024 MEETING. THE AGU ANNUAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON DC SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS REGISTERED TO COVER THE CONVENING. MAJOR WORLDWIDE MEDIA OUTLETS WERE IN ATTENDANCE GENERATING HUNDREDS OF STORIES ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS ON EARTH AND SPACE ADVANCEMENTS. THE OCEAN SCIENCES MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS DREW A DIVERSE RANGE OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REPORTERS RESULTING IN A RECORD NUMBER OF PRESS CONFERENCES AND ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS. POSITIVE COVERAGE WAS ALSO CREATED WITH PRESS ACTIVITIES AT THE ABSCICON MEETING IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, AND THE WATERSCICON MEETING IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION, THE TRIENNIAL EARTH AND SPACE SUMMIT IN APRIL IN DALLAS, TEXAS CREATED A MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA MOMENT WITH SPECIAL LIVE COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM THE PATH OF TOTALITY WITH EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM ASTRONOMERS.THE CHAPMAN CONFERENCES AND AFFILIATED MEETINGS ARE SMALL TOPICAL CONFERENCES THAT FOCUS ON CURRENT AND EMERGING SCIENCE ISSUES. ONE CHAPMAN CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN 2024 WITH 200 ATTENDEES. THE TRIENNIAL EARTH SUN SUMMIT (TESS) WAS HELD IN APRIL 2024 IN DALLAS, TEXAS ATTRACTING OVER 400 ATTENDEES. TESS OCCURS EVERY THREE YEARS TO PROMOTE GREATER INTERACTION AND UNITY WITHIN THE HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNITY, AND ALSO ASTROPHYSICS AND PLANETARY PHYSICS. WATERSCICON WAS HELD IN JUNE 2024 IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA WITH OVER 650 ATTENDEES. WATERSCICON ADVANCES HYDROLOGY AND RELATED GLOBAL CONVERGENT SCIENCE ISSUES AND HELPS ADDRESS AND EXPOSE LOCAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES WORLDWIDE.THE OCEAN SCIENCES MEETING IS THE FLAGSHIP CONFERENCE FOR THE OCEAN SCIENCES AND LARGER OCEAN-CONNECTED COMMUNITY. OSM CONVENES MORE THAN 5,000 PARTICIPANTS EVERY TWO YEARS IN FEBRUARY. THE 2024 MEETING HAD OVER 5,800 ATTENDEES IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. THE MEETING GENERATES PRESS AND MEDIA STORIES ABOUT OCEAN SCIENCE IN PROMINENT SOURCES THROUGH DISTRIBUTION ON THE TELEVISION, NEWSPRINT AND THROUGH OTHER ELECTRONIC OUTLETS.
    Expenses $18,053,770 · grants $465,286 · revenue $24,735,288
  • PUBLICATIONS - AGU PUBLISHES 24 JOURNALS PRESENTING PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BOOKS. THESE PUBLICATIONS COVER THE EARTH SCIENCES, PLANETARY SCIENCES, SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE PHYSICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. COVERAGE OF THE PAPERS HELP MAKE THESE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AGU HAS 11 FULLY OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS WHERE CONTENT IS FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE IMMEDIATELY UPON PUBLICATION AND 13 HYBRID JOURNALS WHERE READERS WILL FIND SOME ARTICLES AVAILABLE VIA OPEN ACCESS AND OTHERS ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE. ALL AGU JOURNAL CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHILE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PRINT. AGU PUBLICATIONS REACH MANY SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS BEYOND THE AGU MEMBERSHIP, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THROUGH MORE THAN 5,800 LIBRARIES, AND CONTENT AFTER 1997 AND OLDER THAN 24 MONTHS IS FREELY AVAILABLE. PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES. AGU PUBLISHES MORE THAN 7,400 ARTICLES ANNUALLY.
    Expenses $13,449,990 · revenue $18,234,475
  • COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA, PROGRAMS SEEK TO: 1) BUILD AND MAINTAIN AGU'S REPUTATION AS A LEADER, COLLABORATOR AND SOUGHT AFTER PARTNER WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY; 2) PROMOTE AGU AND ITS PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND SERVICES TO CURRENT AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS TO THE BROADER EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY; AND 3) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AT ALL LEVELS AND ACROSS ALL SECTORS, ON THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIETAL WELL-BEING. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THESE AREAS DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE: EXPANDING EOS.ORG, A NEWS WEBSITE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING TRUSTWORTHY NEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES AND THEIR IMPACT. EOS BUZZ, OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER GREW SUBSCRIPTIONS AND IMPROVED OUR ENGAGEMENT RATE BY DOUBLE DIGITS. THE MEDIA LAUNCH PROMOTING OUR ETHICAL FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE INTERVENTION SAW WORLDWIDE COVERAGE IN ALL MAJOR CONSUMER AND SPECIALTY PUBLICATIONS. A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ACCOMPANIED THE ACTIVITIES WITH THE REPORT TRANSLATED INTO 11 LANGUAGES.
    Expenses $11,641,485 · grants $92,031
  • SCIENCE - THE AGU SCIENCE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AGU TALENT POOL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO AGU MEMBERS THROUGH ALL CAREER STAGES; AND FOR SERVING AS FOCAL POINT FOR SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM-RELATED ACTIVITIES WHICH CUT ACROSS AGU DISCIPLINESINCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS SCIENTIFIC ETHICS PROGRAMS, HONORS AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS FOR AGU MEMBERS, AND FOR AGU SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE THRIVING EARTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
    Expenses $6,054,142 · grants $552,650 · revenue $2,195,197
  • SOCIETY ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES.
    Expenses $2,130,964 · revenue $2,928,757

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
52-0955532
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1972
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$135,747,896
Income (IRS master file)
$62,774,246

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$56,165,227$58,051,447$135,747,896XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$79,018,802$56,849,229$143,447,519XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$51,755,915$54,297,471$164,355,853IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-0955532).

Questions about AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION

What is the EIN of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION is 52-0955532.
Is AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1972.
Are donations to AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JANICE R LACHANCE.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 37 people; 22 received compensation from the organization, the highest $632,270 (JANICE R LACHANCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO).
How much revenue does AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $56,165,227, expenses of $58,051,447 and total assets of $135,747,896 at year end.

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