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Nonprofit · EIN 30-0377683

INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES

Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122

Financials

$53K$25K2023$97K$40K2024$20K$29K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990-EZ$19,894$29,380-$9,486$326,005$72$325,933
December 31, 2024990-EZ$97,154$39,946$57,208$335,493$74$335,419
December 31, 2023990-EZ$52,661$25,374$27,287$278,211$0$278,211
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$19,814
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$80

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$10,316
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$10,000
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$0
Professional fees and payments to contractors
$10,000
Printing, publications and postage
$5,542
Other expenses
$3,522
Program services (functional)
$26,315

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$335,493
Total assets, end of year
$326,005
Total liabilities, end of year
$72
Net assets, end of year
$325,933
Cash, savings and investments
$323,767
Gross receipts
$19,894

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Gail KampmeierJournal Editor20$10,000
David BloomExecutive Committee Chair8$0
Chandra EarlTreasurer2$0
Visotheary UngExecutive Committee Secretary2$0
Stanley BlumSecretariat Administrator4$0
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 5 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Gail KampmeierJournal Editor10$10,000
David BloomExecutive Committee Chair8$0
Chandra EarlTreasurer2$0
Visotheary UngExecutive Committee Secretary2$0
Stanley BlumSecretariat Administrator4$0
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Gail KampmeierJournal Editor10$10,000
Elycia WallisExecutive Committee Chair8$0
David BloomExecutive Committee Deputy Chair4$0
Visotheary UngExecutive Committee Secretary1$0
Stanley BlumSecretariat Administrator4$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1342 34TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122-1309
In care of
% STANLEY BLUM
Mailing address (990-N for 2022)
1342 34th Ave, San Francisco CA 94122
Principal officer (990-N for 2022)
Stanley Blum, 1342 34th Ave, San Francisco CA 94122
Signed the 990-EZ
Chandra Earl, Treasurer

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 30-0377683 or by the name INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

Our organization develops ratifies and promotes data standards and guidelines for the recording and exchange biodiversity information. We also provide a forum for discussing all aspects of biodiversity information management through conferences online discussions and publications.

990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • We convened our annual conference jointly with GEOBON. org GBIF. org and OBIS. org as LivingData2025. com in Bogota Colombia. Highlights included: - 931 registered participants 711 in person 221 virtual; - 554 simple abstracts published in the conference program. The abstracts posters and links to videos are now openly accessible via the conference program. Also see the LivingData2025 YouTube channel -- https : www.youtube. com @LivingData2025. The Humboldt Institute in Bogota was the conference host and served as the financial manager. The conference broke even and no proceeds were distributed to partner organizations. We paid the airfare and lodging for the Chair of our Board to attend the conference.
    Expenses $866
  • TDWG made two awards grants to suppor the work of our task groups. One was to our environmental DNA task group which attached a working meeting to the conference of the Genomic Standards Consortium gensc. org which met in Cambridge UK. The TDWG grant helped three participants travel to the meeting. The second grant was to reimburse the travel expenses of the leader of our Technical Architecture Group who traveled to Scotland and Switzerland to work with collaborators to advance a technical specification for digital specimens and further develop a data standard for geological specimens in natural history museums.
    Expenses $10,077 · grants $10,077
  • More than 100 extended abstracts were published in our journal Biodiversity Information Science and Standards biss.pensoft. net. We paid our editor 10,000 and 5,372 to our journal publisher Pensoft. net.
    Expenses $15,372

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990-EZ on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990-EZ on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990-EZ on file

IRS record

EIN
30-0377683
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2018
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
Category (NTEE)
Medical research (H03)
Assets (IRS master file)
$326,005
Income (IRS master file)
$19,894

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990-EZDecember 2025$19,894$29,380$326,005IRS
990-EZDecember 2024$97,154$39,946$335,493IRS
990-EZDecember 2023$52,661$25,374$278,211XML
990-N for 2022
Officer: Stanley Blum
December 31, 2022≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard
990-EZDecember 2021–––IRS
990-N for 2020
Officer: Stanley Blum
December 31, 2020≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard
990-N for 2019
Officer: Stanley Blum
December 31, 2019≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard
990-EZDecember 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 30-0377683).

Questions about INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES

What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES?
The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES is 30-0377683.
Is INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2018.
Are donations to INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES file?
Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less.
When is the next return of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES?
The 990-N for 2022 names Stanley Blum.
Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES?
The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 5 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $10,000 (Gail Kampmeier, Journal Editor).
How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES have?
On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $19,894, expenses of $29,380 and total assets of $326,005 at year end.

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