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American Meteor Society Ltd.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2013 • EIN 16-1437389

Jan 01, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013 • Filed on Jun 09, 2014

Organization ProfileWWW.AMSMETEORS.ORG
1828 Cobblecreek Street91913-3917

(585) 243-3037

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Liabilities / Assets

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Source year 2013

Liabilities / Revenue

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Source year 2013

Net Margin

6th percentile

-70%

Higher net margin than 6% of similar nonprofits.

2013 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2013

Top Officer Pay

73rd percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 73% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2013 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2013

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Source year 2013

Revenue Growth

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Balance Sheet
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Assets

$83,652

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Net Assets

$83,652

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Liabilities

-

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Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet Margin6th percentile

Revenue

$979

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Expenses

$1,661

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Net Income

-$682

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Historical Trend

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The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$150K$100K$50K$0Assets 2013: $83,652Net Assets 2013: $83,6522013Assets 2014: $82,983Net Assets 2014: $82,9832014Assets 2015: $80,480Net Assets 2015: $80,4802015Assets 2016: $79,462Liabilities 2016: $02016Assets 2017: $80,901Liabilities 2017: $02017Assets 2018: $82,741Liabilities 2018: $02018Assets 2019: $85,894Liabilities 2019: $02019Assets 2020: $88,212Liabilities 2020: $02020Assets 2021: $85,516Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $85,5162021Assets 2022: $88,607Liabilities 2022: $0Net Assets 2022: $88,6072022Assets 2023: $93,799Liabilities 2023: $0Net Assets 2023: $93,7992023Assets 2024: $98,066Liabilities 2024: $0Net Assets 2024: $98,0662024Assets 2025: $103,815Liabilities 2025: $0Net Assets 2025: $103,8152025

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2013

Assets$83,652
Liabilities-
Net Assets$83,652
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Operations Trend

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Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$10K$5.0K$0-$5.0KRevenue 2013: $979Expenses 2013: $1,661Net Income 2013: -$6822013Revenue 2014: $1,143Expenses 2014: $1,812Net Income 2014: -$6692014Revenue 2015: $1,955Expenses 2015: $4,458Net Income 2015: -$2,5032015Revenue 2016: $2,701Expenses 2016: $3,719Net Income 2016: -$1,0182016Revenue 2017: $2,582Expenses 2017: $1,143Net Income 2017: $1,4392017Revenue 2018: $2,550Expenses 2018: $710Net Income 2018: $1,8402018Revenue 2019: $3,846Expenses 2019: $693Net Income 2019: $3,1532019Revenue 2020: $3,011Expenses 2020: $693Net Income 2020: $2,3182020Revenue 2021: $3,592Expenses 2021: $6,288Net Income 2021: -$2,6962021Revenue 2022: $3,825Expenses 2022: $734Net Income 2022: $3,0912022Revenue 2023: $6,452Expenses 2023: $1,260Net Income 2023: $5,1922023Revenue 2024: $7,215Expenses 2024: $2,948Net Income 2024: $4,2672024Revenue 2025: $6,133Expenses 2025: $384Net Income 2025: $5,7492025

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2013

Revenue$979
Expenses$1,661
Net Income-$682
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013
Signed
Jun 9, 2014
Return Version
2013v3.1
Gross Receipts
$979
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Encouraging and promoting meteoric astronomy by publishing newsletters and bulletins and by establishing a worldwide network of radio meteor stations to collect, plot and report information on meteors, meteoric fireballs, meteoric trains and related meteoric phenomena.

To inform, encourage and support the research activities of amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in the field of meteor astronomy. To observe, monitor, collect information, plot and report on meteors, meteoric fireballs, meteoric trains and related meteoric phenomena.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING METEORIC ASTRONOMY BY PUBLISHING NEWSLETTERS AND BULLETINS AND BY ESTABLISHING A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF RADIO METEOR STATIONS TO COLLECT, PLOT AND REPORT INFORMATION ON METEORS, METEORIC FIREBALLS, METEORIC TRAINS, AND RELATED METEORIC PHENOMENA.-$798
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay73rd percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
DR DAVID D MEISELExc Director-$0--
CARL HERGENROTHERSecretary-$0--
ROBERT LUNSFORDTreasurer-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

EIN
16-1437389
Phone
5852433037

Signing Officer

Name
David Meisel
Title
Executive Director
Phone
5852433037
Signed
2014-06-09
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Preparer
Dennis T Canary
Phone
5856582813
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16

“Expenses skype service fee 60 award 500 rental of storage space 363 new york state filing fee 50 total 973”

Form 990-ez, Part III

“To inform, encourage and support the research activities of amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in the field of meteor astronomy. To observe, monitor, collect information, plot and report on meteors, meteoric fireballs, meteoric trains and related meteoric phenomena.”

Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 28

“Encouraging and promoting meteoric astronomy by publishing newsletters and bulletins and by establishing a worldwide network of radio meteor stations to collect, plot and report information on meteors, meteoric fireballs, meteoric trains, and related meteoric phenomena.”

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Filings

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2013 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$83,652
Liabilities
-
Net assets
$83,652
Revenue
$979
Expenses
$1,661
Net income
-$682
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2025Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.04$0.00$1.04$0.06$0.00$0.06
2024XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.98$0.00$0.98$0.07$0.03$0.04
2023XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.94$0.00$0.94$0.06$0.01$0.05
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.89$0.00$0.89$0.04$0.01$0.03
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.86$0.00$0.86$0.04$0.06$0.03
2020Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.88$0.00$0.03$0.01$0.02
2019Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.86$0.00$0.04$0.01$0.03
2018Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.83$0.00$0.03$0.01$0.02
2017Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.81$0.00$0.03$0.01$0.01
2016Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.79$0.00$0.03$0.04$0.01
2015XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.80$0.80$0.02$0.04$0.03
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.83$0.83$0.01$0.02$0.01
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.84$0.84$0.01$0.02$0.01