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Openaq Inc.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 47-5324172

Jan 01, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018 • Filed on Mar 05, 2019

Organization Profilewww.openaq.org

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1226 9th St NW Suite 200Washington, DC 20001

(507) 246-2097

Siviq Scores

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

Liabilities / Assets

57th percentile

0.00x

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

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

Liabilities / Revenue

56th percentile

0.00x

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

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

Net Margin

71st percentile

15%

Higher net margin than 71% of similar nonprofits.

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

Top Officer Pay

97th percentile

$80,000

Higher top officer pay than 97% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 56.7% of source-year revenue.

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

Asset Growth

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Source year 2018

Revenue Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

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Source year 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets57th percentile

Assets

$21,710

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Net Assets

$21,710

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Liabilities

$0

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Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue56th percentileNet Margin71st percentile

Revenue

$141,101

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Expenses

$119,391

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Net Income

$21,710

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Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

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

$800K$600K$400K$200K$0Assets 2018: $21,710Liabilities 2018: $0Net Assets 2018: $21,7102018Assets 2019: $276,924Liabilities 2019: $5,962Net Assets 2019: $270,9622019Assets 2020: $626,127Liabilities 2020: $245,019Net Assets 2020: $381,1082020Assets 2021: $568,080Liabilities 2021: $187,820Net Assets 2021: $380,2602021Assets 2022: $614,928Liabilities 2022: $200,073Net Assets 2022: $414,8552022Assets 2024: $678,235Liabilities 2024: $204,722Net Assets 2024: $473,5132024

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$21,710
Liabilities$0
Net Assets$21,710
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Operations Trend

Revenue GrowthScore unavailable

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

$800K$600K$400K$200K$0-$200KRevenue 2018: $141,101Expenses 2018: $119,391Net Income 2018: $21,7102018Revenue 2019: $442,782Expenses 2019: $193,531Net Income 2019: $249,2512019Revenue 2020: $559,493Expenses 2020: $454,479Net Income 2020: $105,0142020Revenue 2021: $559,682Expenses 2021: $560,530Net Income 2021: -$8482021Revenue 2022: $648,318Expenses 2022: $613,723Net Income 2022: $34,5952022Revenue 2024: $764,306Expenses 2024: $673,591Net Income 2024: $90,7152024

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2018

Revenue$141,101
Expenses$119,391
Net Income$21,710
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Signed
Mar 5, 2019
Return Version
2018v3.0
Gross Receipts
$141,101
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

By providing universal access to air quality data, OpenAQ empowers a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality.

To fight air inequality by opening up air quality data and connecting a diverse global, grassroots community of individuals and organizations.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
We scaled the OpenAQ data platform and community to address global air inequality. The platform received an estimated 5 million data requests per month and the website was accessed by individuals and organizations in an estimated 3,272 cities located in 145 countries. We also incorporated air quality data from China, which included approximately 1,300 stations in approximately 300 cities.$0$43,380
We funded two, two-day OpenAQ workshops held in Sub-Saharan Africa in May 2018. The first workshop was held in Accra, Ghana and the second one was held in Nairobi, Kenya. Each workshop contained approximately 20-30 local participants who came from fields including science, journalism, software development and government. Participants identified city and/or country-level objectives that their specific community needed to tackle to advance the fight against air inequality in their communities.$0$26,768
We created an open-source algorithm to do basic quality checks and flagging of open data on the OpenAQ platform. This code was used by other organizations to conduct air quality modelling using satellite-retrieved air quality data.$0$12,747
We developed a video and a whitepaper, and attended and coordinated conferences related to the organization's exempt purpose.$0$5,768
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay97th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Christa HasenkopfChief Executive OfficerFT$80,000-$80,000
Matthew HigginsTreasurerPT$0--
Olaf VeermanChairmanPT$0--
Yeonjoo Heidi YoonCommunity Engagement Officer, Acting SecretaryPT$0--
Sarah MenonSecretary (Resigned Oct 2018)PT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Openaq Inc
EIN
47-5324172
Phone
5072462097
Address
1226 9th St NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001

Signing Officer

Name
Matthew Higgins
Title
Treasurer
Phone
5072462097
Signed
2019-03-05
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
DRCR Solutions LLC
Address
12110 Sunset Hills Rd Suite 600, Reston, VA 20190
Preparer
John Coleman
Phone
5713060568
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16

“Description;Amount^Conferences and meetings;4596|Travel;9440|Licenses and fees;2836|Other;1406^Total;18278^”

Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31)

“OpenAQ receives donated services from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the form of cloud credits that help support the ability for OpenAQ to fetch, store, and serve out open air quality data. In this manner, these contributions support a primary function of OpenAQ serving harmonized open data to the public. During 2018 we were donated services from AWS with a value of approximately $107,708.”

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Filings

Displayed year

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

Open filing
Assets
$21,710
Liabilities
$0
Net assets
$21,710
Revenue
$141,101
Expenses
$119,391
Net income
$21,710
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$6.78$2.05$4.74$7.64$6.74$0.91
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$6.15$2.00$4.15$6.48$6.14$0.35
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$5.68$1.88$3.80$5.60$5.61$0.01
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$6.26$2.45$3.81$5.59$4.54$1.05
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$2.77$0.06$2.71$4.43$1.94$2.49
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.22$0.00$0.22$1.41$1.19$0.22
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