Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 95-4557367 • 501(c)3 • Los Angeles, CA
Profile
Research in sciences.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
46th percentile
Higher net margin than 46% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
55th percentile
Faster asset growth than 55% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
53rd percentile
Faster revenue growth than 53% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Flat$22,000
Flat from 2024
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2024
Net Assets
Flat$22,000
Flat from 2024
Revenue
Flat$99,000
Flat from 2024
Expenses
Flat$99,000
Flat from 2024
Net Income
Flat$0
Flat from 2024
Most recent year
2025 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
Research in sciences.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Supported education and research in sciences such as medical, biological, economical, mathematical, computer and engineering sciences, participated in some workshops, seminars, meetings, etc., investigated optimization techniques for various problems. | $0 | $2,500 |
| Worked on a variety of database systems such as main memory databases, OLTP and OLAP, investigated the implemetation, security, performance and other issues, wrote and tested database queries, procedures, functions, triggers, etc. | $0 | $2,500 |
| Continued the research on software technologies, methodologies, systems and tools for developing Windows and web applications, compared pros and cons among them, explored AI tools, wrote and tested programs for various applications. | $0 | $2,500 |
| Researched the economy and the market, investigated how to use the computer to quickly collect, analyze and process the data on the internet, with or without APIs, to achieve the best result. | $0 | $2,400 |
“Meeting, travel and purchase reimbursement, support for research and education.”
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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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2024 |
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