RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1162762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RDA FOUNDATION

The objects of the Foundation are to advance education and promote research for the public benefit in particular but without limitation by accelerating, promoting and facilitating research data sharing and exchange and (saving for purposes incidental and ancillary to those objects) no other purposes.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY ACCELERATING, PROMOTING AND FACILITATING RESEARCH DATA SHARING AND EXCHANGE AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS) NO OTHER PURPOSES.3.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE CHARITY'S PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £132,703 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £187,792. The trustees note that these funds are currently below their stated reserves policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to operate for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Australian Government Department of Education and Training — “Funder Australian Government Department of Education and Training” (source page)
• European Commission — “Funder European Commission” (source page)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology — “Funder National Institute of Standards and Technology” (source page)
• National Science Foundation — “Funder National Science Foundation” (source page)
• The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research — “Funder The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research” (source page)
• Japan Science and Technology Agency — “Funder Japan Science and Technology Agency” (source page)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation — “Other financial supporter Alfred P. Sloan Foundation” (source page)
• JISC — “Other financial supporter JISC” (source page)
• McArthur Foundation — “Other financial supporter McArthur Foundation” (source page)
• Wellcome Trust — “Other financial supporter Wellcome Trust” (source page)
• Universität Bern — “Pledger Universität Bern” (source page)
• Universität Luzern — “Pledger Universität Luzern” (source page)
• Université de Neuchâtel — “Pledger Université de Neuchâtel” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Laura Nurnberger
• Federico Cetrangolo
• Hilary Jane Hanahoe
• Juan Bicarregui
• Lee Thomas Wilson
• Marta Teperek
• Mikiko Tanifuji
• Phylis Joy Owango
• Rosemary Julia Michael Hicks
• Sara Garavelli
• Wolfram Horstmann

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Afghanistan · Akrotiri · Albania · Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAROS FOUNDATION.

• FAROS FOUNDATION income £34k
• THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £19.2m
• Fischer Family Foundation income £1.7m
• RPD FOUNDATION income £110k
• THE GREATER SHARE FOUNDATION income £2.3m
• THE RUMI FOUNDATION income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

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