Robyn Dawes Institute for the Improvement of Science
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Robyn Dawes Institute for the Improvement of Science mission is to serve the scientific and academic communities to strengthen the foundation of scientific knowledge by systematically evaluating research quality across disciplines. We harness artificial intelligence to identify both exceptional scholarship and methodological weaknesses, enabling researchers to build upon reliable evidence. We believe that scientific progress depends not only on detecting problematic research, but equally on elevating and amplifying exemplary work. By creating transparent, accessible tools for scientists to assess research quality, we empower the scientific community to accelerate discovery and foster theoretical development based on solid empirical foundations.
- Income
- $81,707
- Spending
- $37,255
- Reserves
- 14.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $37,256 spent. In its first year of operations, the Robyn Dawes Institute for the Improvement of Science developed and launched Evidence.Guide, an AI-powered API that extracts structured data from scientific researchpapers. The tool converts PDFs into machine-readable JSON containing study hypotheses, sample sizes,test statistics, and p-values which is data essential for meta-analysis and research quality assessment. We validated the system against a benchmark of 297 peer-reviewed psychology papers containing 827statistical tests. The validation study demonstrated 92.4% functional accuracy in extracting statistical hypotheses and p-values, with 100% accuracy in identifying focal hypotheses - performance that meetsbor exceeds typical human inter-rater reliability. The Institute assembled an advisory board of leading reproducibility researchers including Uri Simonsohn (ESADE), Leif Nelson (UC Berkeley), Simine Vazire (Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science), and Stuart Buck (Good Science Project). We also filed a provisional patent for AI-enabled meta-analytic assessment and established a visiting scholar appointment at UC Berkeley to enable large-scale journal access in 2026.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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