2025-09-23T09:01:32-07:00 2024-12-31 030288632 DOWNEY PIECIAK FITZGERALD & CO PC 10 PARK PLACE BRATTLEBORO VT 05301 990 2024-01-01 150616972 Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Inc CUSH 2026331328 Dept PB MRC-121 Smithsonian Inst WASHINGTON DC 20013 MARK LECKIE Treasurer 2025-09-23 true true Joseph S Pieciak Jr CPA P00746957 8022571307 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SCOTT ISHMAN Dept PB MRC-121 Smithsonian Inst WASHINGTON DC 20013 397740 false X HTTPS://WWW.CUSHMANFOUNDATION.ORG X 1950 DC PROMOTE RESEARCH ON FORAMINIFERA AND ALLIED ORGANISMS BY PUBLISHING A QUARTERLY JOURNAL AND OCCASSIONAL SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS AND BY PROVIDING RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS TO STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 19 19 0 19 0 21339 9913 13286 11631 170112 240813 32226 24282 236963 286639 103180 107102 0 0 0 0 135596 143068 238776 250170 -1813 36469 3964381 4596627 11977 11749 3952404 4584878 PROMOTE RESEARCH ON FORAMINIFERA AND ALLIED ORGANISMS BY PUBLISHING A QUARTERLY JOURNAL AND OCCASSIONAL SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS AND BY PROVIDING RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS TO STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. false false 236008 107102 35913 PUBLISHED THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS; AWARDED 29 GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS. 236008 true false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 19 19 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false X MARK LECKIE 4133647595 DEPT OF GEOSCIENCESUMASS627 N PLEAS AMHERST MA 01003 X PAMELA BUZAS STEPHENS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH MILLER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 LIZETTE LEON-RODRIGUEZ Past President 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK LECKIE Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CRYSTAL PLETKA Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JOAN BERNHARD Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 LAUREL COLLINS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD FLUEGEMAN President Elect 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NATALYA KONSTANCJA SZYMANSKA Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARIA ROSE PETRIZZO Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN HUBER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT ISHMAN President 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MIRIAM KATZ Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JERE LIPPS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 VANESSA LONDONO Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER MCLAUGHLIN Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARCI ROBINSON Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 LISA WHITE Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MEGAN FUNG Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 8643 1270 9913 SALES OF PUBLICATIONS 513120 11631 11631 11631 70966 70966 0 24282 24282 0 280948 111101 169847 169847 169847 0 0 0 0 286639 35913 240813 0 107102 107102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24635 24635 1176 1176 8326 8326 0 0 0 0 100 100 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3562 3562 POSTAGE AND PRINTING 58931 58931 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 43654 43654 MISCELANEOUS 2542 1444 1098 0 250170 236008 14162 0 20889 37182 0 0 0 0 0 0 92288 59974 0 0 0 3851204 4499471 0 0 0 3964381 4596627 11977 11749 11977 11749 X 1087293 933925 2865111 3650953 3952404 4584878 3964381 4596627 X 36469 622455 -26450 X true X false false false X 35697 31864 12702 21339 20274 121876 0 0 35697 31864 12702 21339 20274 121876 0 121876 88999 91709 91317 92988 70965 435978 0 0 557854 0.21850 0.24750 X Prior Year Facts and Circumstances: THE CUSHMAN FOUNDAITON IS A SMALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAVEL. DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, SOME OF OUR INVESTMENTS DID PARTICULARLY WELL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DISTRIBUTE EVEN MORE STUDENT FUNDING. OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM IS TO COLLECT INCOME FOR CERTAIN PUBLICATIONS AND WE DO NOT RECEIVE MANY DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. OUR ORGANIZATION STILL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC AND THEREFORE, STILL QUALIFIES AS A PUBLIC CHARITY.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) OF THE CUSHMAN FOUNDATION IS DIVERSE AND HAS THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND. THE CUSHMAN FOUNDATION FUNDRAISES VIA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, SOCIAL MEDIA/WEBSITE, AND AT IN-PERSON CONFERENCES (AT LEAST ONE CONFERENCE PER YEAR). TO BROADEN ACCESS TO MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS, THE BOD ELIMINATED SEVERAL TYPES OF FEES (AS SUMMARIZED BELOW); THESE CHANGES DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT. TOGETHER WITH HIGH INVESTMENT RETURNS, THESE CHANGES CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECREASE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE. PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT CHANGES INCLUDE: 1) STUDENT MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW FREE; 2) PAGE CHARGES FOR PUBLICSHING IN OUR QUARTERLY JOURNAL, THE JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH (JFR), WERE ELIMATED; AND 3) OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION WAS ADOPTED TO PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE JFR. THE GOAL OF THESE CHANGES IS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO CUSHMAN FOUNDATION RESOURCES, SUPPORT EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS WHO MIGHT HAVE LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RESEARCHERS AT ANY CAREER STAGE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO PUBLISH IN THE JFR. 81421 761 23167 105349 67480 180 14906 1145 81421 81421 1924 -13865 2000 67480 65811 4100 13410 1900 81421 2271873 210 8491 2214763 65811 0.49400 0.50600 false false false 4499471 true 0 0 RESEARCH GRANT 28 107102 CASH Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used EACH APPLICANT FOR A RESEARCH GRANT OR FELLOWSHIP STIPULATES A PROJECT OF ACTIVITY THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE RECIPIENT. EACH AWARDEE SUBMITS A FINAL REPORT DUE AT THE END OF THE FELLOWSHIP OR GRANT PROJECT. EACH INDIVIDUAL APPROVED FOR A TRAVEL GRANT MUST SUBSTANTIATE THEIR TRAVEL AND DOCUMENT THEIR COSTS TO BE REIMBURSED. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE DRAFT FORM 990 AND SCHEDULES ARE SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC ON WRITTEN REQUEST. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 TO FIX BEGINNING NET ASSETS = -$26450