Civic Intelligence

The Pubpeer Foundation

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 47-4729597

Jan 01, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018 • Filed on Apr 24, 2019

Organization Profilepubpeer.org
2443 Fillmore St 380-4492San Francisco, CA 94115

(405) 396-6661

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.

Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.

Source year 2018

Net Margin

5th percentile

-102%

Higher net margin than 5% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

95th percentile

$32,500

Higher top officer pay than 95% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 41.1% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

6th percentile

-62%

Faster asset growth than 6% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

9th percentile

-51%

Faster revenue growth than 9% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

Down

$49,476

Down $81,081 (-62%) from 2017

Net Assets

Down

$49,476

Down $81,081 (-62%) from 2017

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet Margin5th percentile

Revenue

Down

$79,118

Down $81,628 (-51%) from 2017

Expenses

Up

$160,199

Up $7,838 (+5.1%) from 2017

Net Income

Down

-$81,081

Down $89,466 (-1067%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth6th percentile

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

$400K$300K$200K$100K$0Assets 2016: $122,172Liabilities 2016: $0Net Assets 2016: $122,1722016Assets 2017: $130,557Net Assets 2017: $130,5572017Assets 2018: $49,476Net Assets 2018: $49,4762018Assets 2019: $74,988Net Assets 2019: $74,9882019Assets 2020: $46,750Net Assets 2020: $46,7502020Assets 2021: $62,266Net Assets 2021: $62,2662021Assets 2022: $74,556Net Assets 2022: $74,5562022Assets 2023: $99,627Net Assets 2023: $99,6272023Assets 2024: $317,252Liabilities 2024: $0Net Assets 2024: $317,2522024

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$49,476
Liabilities-
Net Assets$49,476
Open 2018 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth9th percentile

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

$400K$300K$200K$100K$0-$100KRevenue 2016: $215,152Expenses 2016: $92,980Net Income 2016: $122,1722016Revenue 2017: $160,746Expenses 2017: $152,361Net Income 2017: $8,3852017Revenue 2018: $79,118Expenses 2018: $160,199Net Income 2018: -$81,0812018Revenue 2019: $128,396Expenses 2019: $102,884Net Income 2019: $25,5122019Revenue 2020: $95,033Expenses 2020: $123,271Net Income 2020: -$28,2382020Revenue 2021: $77,725Expenses 2021: $62,209Net Income 2021: $15,5162021Revenue 2022: $68,893Expenses 2022: $56,603Net Income 2022: $12,2902022Revenue 2023: $105,327Expenses 2023: $80,256Net Income 2023: $25,0712023Revenue 2024: $308,324Expenses 2024: $91,184Net Income 2024: $217,1402024

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$79,118
Expenses$160,199
Net Income-$81,081
Open 2018 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Signed
Apr 24, 2019
Return Version
2018v3.1
Gross Receipts
$79,118
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

To facilitate and promote open scientific discourse

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS TO PROVIDE A WEB SITE WHERE ALL INTERESTED PARTIES CAN DISCUSS SCIENTIFIC/ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS. COMMENTING AND BROWSING THE DISCUSSION IS OPEN TO ALL AND FREE OF CHARGE. IN 2018 THE PUBPEER FOUNDATION LAUNCHED A NEW DASHBOARD SERVICE THAT ALLOWS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND INSTITUTIONS TO PAY AN ANNUAL FEE TO SUBSCRIBE TO A REPORTING SERVICE.$133,022-
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay95th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
BRANDON STELLPresidentPT$32,500-$32,500
BORIS BARBOURTreasurer-$0--
GABOR BRASNJOSecretary-$0--
GEORGE SMITHDirector-$0--
RICHARD SMITHDirector-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
The Pubpeer Foundation
EIN
47-4729597
Phone
4053966661
Address
2443 FILLMORE ST 380-4492, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115

Signing Officer

Name
Brandon Stell
Title
President
Signed
2019-04-24
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Pamela a Mainini CPA
Address
1109 KENNEDY PLACE SUITE 5, DAVIS, CA 95616
Preparer
Pamela a Mainini CPA
Phone
5307583653
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Other Revenue.1

“Py travel reimbursements $4067”

Other Expenses.1003

“Information Technology $943”

Other Expenses.1005

“Travel $150”

Other Expenses.1012

“Insurance $1008”

Other Expenses.2

“Bank and paypal fees $150”

Activities Not Previously Reported to the IRS

“The pubpeer foundation implemented a subscription service to a dashboards project on their website which furthers their exempt purpose by bringing scientific publishers and editors into the scientific conversations occurring on the website. Some of the important features of the dashboards project are:1) a mechanism for journal editors to sign pubpeer comments in the name of their respective journals.2) tools to organize and search conversations on the website about articles published in their journals.3) tools to configure alerts to be sent to anyone in the journal's organization whenever one of their articles receives a pubpeer comment.4) displays statistics of commenting volume/tendencies across specific journals to allow editors to help stimulate conversations on their articles.5) tools to track discussions of articles in which the journal editors are participating.”

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Filings

Displayed year

2018 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$49,476
Liabilities
-
Net assets
$49,476
Revenue
$79,118
Expenses
$160,199
Net income
-$81,081
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$3.17$0.00$3.17$3.08$0.91$2.17
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.00$1.00$1.05$0.80$0.25
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.75$0.75$0.69$0.57$0.12
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.62$0.62$0.78$0.62$0.16
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.47$0.47$0.95$1.23$0.28
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.75$0.75$1.28$1.03$0.26
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.49$0.49$0.79$1.60$0.81
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.31$1.31$1.61$1.52$0.08
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.22$0.00$1.22$2.15$0.93$1.22