Understanding Us

EIN 47-2890218 • 501(c)3 • Salt Lake City, UT

Profile

Is to secure funding for a study conducted by the university of connecticut. The comprehensive study to explore ideas about how gravity impacts human behavior

531 East 800 SSalt Lake City, UT 84117

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Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

-27%

Higher net margin than 20% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.

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

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

-86%

Faster asset growth than 13% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

-39%

Faster revenue growth than 23% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Balance Sheet

Liabilities / Assets60th percentile

Assets

Down

$272

Down $1,868 (-87%) from 2022

Liabilities

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Operations

Liabilities / Revenue62nd percentile Net Margin20th percentile

Revenue

Down

$19,836

Down $4,760 (-19%) from 2022

Expenses

Down

$21,704

Down $1,725 (-7.4%) from 2022

Net Income

Down

-$1,868

Down $3,035 (-260%) from 2022

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth13th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

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2023

Assets$272

Liabilities$0

Net Assets-

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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth23rd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

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2023

Revenue$19,836

Expenses$21,704

Net Income-$1,868

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Filings

Most recent year

2023 • Form 990EZSummary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.

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Assets: $272
Liabilities: $0
Net assets: -
Revenue: $19,836
Expenses: $21,704
Net income: -$1,868

	Balance Sheet			Operations
Year	Assets	Liabilities	Net Assets	Revenue	Expenses	Net Income
2023Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$0.27	$0.00		$19.8	$21.7	$1.87
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$2.14		$2.14	$24.6	$23.4	$1.17
2021Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$0.97	$0.00		$1.63	$25.8	$24.2
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$0.42		$0.42	$4.37	$6.17	$1.79
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$22.1	$0.70	$21.4	$43.0	$22.4	$20.6
2018XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$0.76		$0.76	$13.8	$17.4	$3.56
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$4.32		$4.32	$19.3	$17.4	$1.88
2016XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$2.44		$2.44	$2.03	$5.14	$3.12
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$5.56	$0.00		$7.08	$1.52	$5.56

Latest Detailed Filing

The latest 2023 filing currently has summary financial data only. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2020 below.

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Filing Snapshot

Filing Period: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
Signed: Nov 12, 2002
Return Version: 2020v4.0
Gross Receipts: $4,373

Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Is to secure funding for a study conducted by the university of connecticut. The comprehensive study to explore ideas about how gravity impacts human behavior

Program Services

Description	Grants	Expenses
IS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT. THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO EXPLORE IDEAS ABOUT HOW GRAVITY IMPACTS HUMAN BEHAVIOR	-	$4,706
IS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT. THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO EXPLORE IDEAS HOW GRAVITY IMPACTS HUMAN BEHAVIOR.	-	$1,436

Compensation and Service Providers

Top Officer Pay81st percentile

Employees

Name	Title	Full / Part Time	Base	Other	Total
BERNARD HART	President	-	$0	-	-
SAY EOW QUAK	Board Member	-	$0	-	-
ROBERT STEFFEY	Board Member	-	$0	-	-

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name: Understanding US
EIN: 47-2890218
Address: 531 EAST 800 S, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84117

Signing Officer

Name: Bernard Hart
Title: President
Signed: 2002-11-12
Discuss with paid preparer: Yes

Preparer

Firm: Fox & Company Pc
Address: 1200 BUSTLETON PIKE STE 3, FEASTERVILLE, PA 19053
Preparer: Ira Fox
Phone: 2153222065

Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16

“Expenses conferences/meetings 308 insurance 1,156 various 301 non-investment depreciation 25 total 1,790”

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24

“278 278 less accumulated depreciation 191 216 total 87 62”

Form 990-ez, Part III

“Is to secure funding for a study conducted by the university of connecticut. The comprehensive study to explore ideas about how gravity impacts human behavior”

Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 31

“Is to secure funding for a study conducted by the university of connecticut. The comprehensive study to explore ideas about how gravity impacts human behavior”

Raw XML Appendix130 raw XML fields

This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.

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