Unjournal Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Unjournal commissions and publishes open expert evaluations of quantitative social science research with substantial implications for global priorities providing structured public feedback and ratings to help make research more rigorous and impactful support a more efficient alternative to traditional peer review and help impact-focused funders and policymakers make better-evidenced decisions.
- Income
- $50,142
- Spending
- $209,523
- Reserves
- 3.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
- Highest pay
- $96,806, founder and director
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 (3)
- $74,336 spent. The Unjournal evaluates quantitative social science research with substantial implications for global priorities including economics global health animal welfare and AI governance helping make research more rigorous providing an efficient alternative to traditional peer review and supporting evidence-driven philanthropy and policy. Field specialists and a management committee prioritize candidate papers and projects; an evaluation manager recruits two or more expertevaluators drawing on our vetted pool of 200-plus researchers most with PhDs approximately half economists while actively seeking specialists whose expertise closely matches the research under evaluation. Evaluators provide detailed peer-review-style assessments with quantitative ratings published openly at unjournal. org and PubPub. By end of 2025 we completed 53 evaluation packages comprising over 100 expert reviews. This process also builds publicly shared guidelines and curated prioritized research resources
- $40,000 spent. In 2025 we made substantial progress on three Pivotal Questions initiatives working directly with organizations including Animal Charity Evaluators GiveWell and Founders Pledge to identify research questions whose answers would most change their grantmaking decisions then commissioning targeted evaluations of the most relevant work. We organized workshops and outreach activities and share resources evaluation guidelines a public ratings dashboard and curated research collections in support of open research and evidence-driven philanthropy and policy.
- $15,887 spent. We are developing qualitative benchmarks comparing AI-generated research assessments against our expert evaluations to understand how closely current AI systems align with human expert judgment on high-stakes research and prioritization questions.
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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