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National Academy of Sciences

The NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES was formed under a charter passed as an act of incorporation by the united states congress and signed into law on march 3, 1863. Nas operates as a private membership organizationof distinguished scholars engaged in scientific, engineering, or medical research. Nas is dedicated to the furtherance of…

$67M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
98
Itemized grants FY2024
89
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$32M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$135,599
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,151,595
Organizations funded a year
66 to 102
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
27
Total assets, FY2024
$1.6B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations National Academy of Sciences funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthEnvironmentScience & TechAnimalsArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving96$32M29%
FY202389$32M33%
FY2022102$31M37%
FY202166$17M24%
FY202069$19M29%
FY201977$28M42%
FY201875$15M55%
FY201775$18Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$142MEducation$12MEnvironment$11MHealth$8.4MSocial Science$5.9MInternational$4.5MPhilanthropy$4.0MHuman Services$1.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Louisiana State University$22,804,9128n/a
Texas A&M University$8,767,8107n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$6,002,17071%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$5,601,90350%
The Urban Institute$5,244,53051%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$5,028,2817n/a
Florida State University$4,838,4605n/a
University of South Florida$4,807,1777n/a
Smithsonian Institution$4,266,31030%
University of Florida$3,923,9967n/a
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All grantees of National Academy of Sciences by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Louisiana State University$22,804,9128n/a
Texas A&M University$8,767,8107n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$6,002,17071%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$5,601,90350%
The Urban Institute$5,244,53051%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$5,028,2817n/a
Florida State University$4,838,4605n/a
University of South Florida$4,807,1777n/a
Smithsonian Institution$4,266,31030%
University of Florida$3,923,9967n/a
Mississippi State University$3,869,1197n/a
University of Houston$3,788,5347n/a
University of Central Florida$3,699,5065n/a
Nc State University$3,674,1787n/a
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$3,293,60251%
American Bureau of Shipping$3,273,45650%
University of Rhode Island$3,080,0444n/a
University of Oklahoma$2,951,9764n/a
Population Services International$2,940,00350%
Regents of the University of Michigan$2,666,2246n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,396,56870%
Utmd Anderson$2,341,3744n/a
Texas A&M University$2,178,0794n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$2,123,7885n/a
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$1,982,07446%
Texas A&M Research Foundation$1,894,10131%
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi$1,786,2913n/a
Auburn University$1,771,4567n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst$1,617,7841n/a
University of Massachusetts$1,598,2863n/a
Jackson State University$1,458,6874n/a
Carnegie Mellon University$1,373,46720%
Xavier University of Louisiana$1,355,87631%
Duke University$1,346,60240%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$1,248,57911%
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc$1,207,36545%
The Group for Organizational$1,130,5913n/a
Sigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc$1,026,15974%
University of California San Francisco$1,024,0336n/a
New York University$1,017,01060%
Family Health International Inc$1,012,61830%
Trustees of Purdue University$1,003,0925n/a
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$992,41533%
William Marsh Rice University$982,40340%
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association$914,3233100%
University of California Davis$909,7448n/a
Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans$881,6171n/a
Texas Southern University$880,3602n/a
Florida Maxima Corporation$788,3013n/a
University of Wisconsin$770,6674n/a
University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin$755,8514n/a
Deep South Center for Environmental$750,00033%
Louisiana Environmental Action Network$734,472343%
Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy Inc$696,170222%
University of Mississippi$687,4873n/a
Oregon State University$684,0543n/a
University of South Alabama$680,8183n/a
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term$677,7514n/a
Houston Advanced Research Center$672,53139%
Sim USA Incorporated$669,5193n/a
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$631,6316n/a
Gulf of Mexico Alliance$609,02232%
The Artist Boat Inc$606,77217%
Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project$598,441354%
The Water Institute of the Gulf$592,18034%
Steps Coalition$577,500341%
Texas Tech University System$569,6722n/a
The Trustees of the Smith College$551,94450%
Franklins Promise Coalition Inc$540,91327%
Northeastern University$539,01440%
Regents of the University of Colorado$530,6283n/a
The Bhutan Foundation$525,50034%
Regents Univ of California$515,7684n/a
University of Alabama at Birmingham$511,3395n/a
University of Maryland College Park$508,7026n/a
University of Montevallo$503,4142n/a
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc$478,592313%
Flour Bluff Independent School District$471,9212n/a
Unity in the Family Ministry Inc$461,621354%
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Inc$452,617413%
Research Triangle Institute$438,14030%
People's Justice Council$436,145217%
Ms Coalition for Vietnamese-American Fisher Folks & Families$432,5901n/a
The Ohio State University$432,4145n/a
Family Counseling Center of Mobile Inc$414,1501n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$413,1703n/a
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$400,72940%
National Wildlife Federation$399,02010%
Texas A&M Health Science Center$392,3312n/a
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources$385,9985n/a
North Dakota State University$375,6653n/a
Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Mgmt Inc$373,692118%
Washington University$362,82750%
University of Texas$360,0103n/a
Florida Atlantic University$352,3543n/a
University of Miami$349,87420%
University of Utah$349,1137n/a
Pennsylvania State University$343,0775n/a
University of Louisville$341,6116n/a
Western Michigan University$322,3937n/a
Appalachian State University$314,2601n/a
Healthy Gulf$300,00019%
Coalition of Community Organizations$300,000170%
Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc$300,000116%
Peoples Housing Inc$300,000147%
Chugach Regional Resources Commission$299,68816%
Louisiana Tech University$298,5681n/a
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research$293,50630%
Kansas Athletics Inc$281,9421n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$269,7865n/a
Alaska Ocean Observing System$262,9251n/a
Louisiana Childrens Museum$261,77016%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$261,20110%
University of North Florida$257,3881n/a
University of Washington$257,3034n/a
Louisiana Department of Education$256,5331n/a
Birmingham-Southern College$252,01011%
Emory University$247,58050%
Houston Area Urban League Inc$246,19914%
Citizens for a Sustainable Future$245,899146%
Rutgers University - Newark$243,6803n/a
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)$240,6323n/a
Island Institute$240,48012%
Nyaya Health$240,04033%
American STEM Alliance$238,0711100%
Rutgers the State University$236,8083n/a
University of Alaska$236,4772n/a
Rowan University$234,1091n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$228,5774n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$226,6631n/a
Northeastern University$225,7041n/a
Associated Universities Inc$224,48910%
Electrical Training Alliance$219,08311%
University of New Orleans$213,8332n/a
EcoRise Youth Innovations$210,125110%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$208,6753n/a
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies$203,841123%
Interfaith Sponsoring Committee (BISCO) Inc$202,174162%
Usda Ars$201,5922n/a
Lowlander Center$200,120144%
Vanderbilt University$195,89610%
Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center$195,100230%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$188,8322n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$187,86340%
Arizona State University$186,1512n/a
Wright State University$184,1453n/a
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$182,34412%
Nunez Community College$179,6401n/a
University of Denver$175,00020%
Defense Finance and Accounting Svc Dfas$171,4072n/a
Board of the University of Alabama$165,7371n/a
University of Delaware$161,03110%
Charity Productions$152,1371n/a
Djerassi Resident Artists Program$150,00017%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$150,00010%
University of Connecticut Health Center$149,6862n/a
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$149,60321%
Inwater Research Group Inc$144,500210%
Tennessee State University$138,7522n/a
Vcuvcu Health Campus$138,6632n/a
University of Cincinnati$136,7962n/a
Geneshifters LLC$136,5543n/a
Sigma XI$135,9161n/a
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana$134,57117%
Education Foundation of Sarasota County$128,73323%
US Treasury Usamriid$128,3321n/a
Clemson University$120,6662n/a
University of Connecticut$120,5892n/a
Louisiana Rs and Gis Institute$119,035150%
West Virginia University Research Corporation$115,15620%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$108,95030%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$108,4141n/a
University of West Florida$107,0001n/a
Smith College Advancement$106,9501n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$105,47110%
Baylor College of Medicine$105,00030%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$105,0001n/a
University of California Los Angeles$104,4571n/a
Children's Enviromental Literacy Fdn$103,55526%
South Dakota State University$102,3922n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$101,27520%
University of California Santa Barbara$100,0001n/a
Georgia State University$100,0001n/a
University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation$100,00015%
Regents of the University of California$100,0001n/a
State University of New York at Binghamton$100,0001n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$100,0001n/a
Drexel University$100,00010%
Art and Science Laboratory$100,0001n/a
Prakriti Dance$100,0001n/a
University of Oregon$99,9991n/a
Eckerd College$92,00120%
Pontchartrain Conservancy$90,60021%
Missouri Botanical Garden$87,5301n/a
Air Force Research Laboratory$81,9622n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$80,88810%
The University of Al in Huntsville$80,4341n/a
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College$80,0001n/a
Lebanese American University$80,00010%
Lebanese American University$80,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$79,42930%
Forristall Ocean Engineering Inc$78,0002n/a
The University Corporation$76,00010%
Syracuse University$75,57020%
Sankofa Community Development Corporation$75,00013%
Art Center College of Design$75,00010%
Florida Gulf Coast University$72,4661n/a
Nihnia$72,3001n/a
The Pensacola Mess Hall Inc$71,491114%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$70,0002n/a
University of Puerto Rico$63,3401n/a
Old Dominion University Research Foundation$60,31510%
Yale University$60,0001n/a
American Osteopathic Foundation$50,00021%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute$50,00010%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$50,00020%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$49,99510%
George Mason University$49,9861n/a
Alabama State University$49,8961n/a
Sam Houston State University$49,2681n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$49,0411n/a
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research$47,50013%
Center for Law and Social Policy$47,00010%
Bethune-Cookman University$46,50010%
Trustees of Tufts College$45,74810%
Orangewave Innovative Science LLC$42,7001n/a
Wake Forest University$42,39910%
Virginia Institute of Marine Science$40,0001n/a
The University of the Virgin Islands$38,05310%
American University$37,50010%
Michelles Earth Foundation$36,4321n/a
Dallas Va Research Corporation$35,00012%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$35,00010%
Massachusetts Medical Society$35,0001n/a
Center for Veterans Research and Education$35,00010%
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc$35,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$35,00010%
Boston Children's Hospital$35,0001n/a
Oregon Health & Science University$35,0001n/a
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc$35,00010%
Pagny Health and Research Foundation Inc$35,00014%
The Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc$35,0001n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$35,0001n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$35,00010%
Thomas Jefferson University$35,00010%
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research$35,00010%
Gulf Shellfish Institute Inc$33,1061n/a
Cornell University$30,00010%
Case Western Reserve University$30,00010%
The General Electric Company$30,0001n/a
Covidien LP$30,0001n/a
California Institute of Technology$30,00010%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$29,8001n/a
Purple Health Foundation Inc$25,00014%
American Board of Family Medicine Inc$25,00010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$25,0001n/a
Massachusetts General Hospital$25,0001n/a
Ballengee Studio LLC$25,0001n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$25,00010%
Hip Hop Health Inc$25,0001n/a
Tift Regional Health System Inc$25,00010%
Michigan State University$25,0001n/a
Montclair State University$18,3621n/a
Louisiana State University School of Med in New Orleans Faculty Group Practice$16,23610%
University of Texas at San Antonio$14,8011n/a
Inst for Patient & Family Centered Care$11,8901n/a
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$10,27620%
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I$9,71610%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$8,86310%
Engine Co 3$7,7541n/a

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($567k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

National Academy of Sciences supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 129 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $6,002,170 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $5,601,903 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $5,244,530 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $4,266,310 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $3,293,602 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Bureau of Shipping: $3,273,456 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPopulation Services International: $2,940,003 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $2,396,568 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFlorida State University Research Foundation Inc: $1,982,074 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetTexas A&M Research Foundation: $1,894,101 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,373,467 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetXavier University of Louisiana: $1,355,876 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDuke University: $1,346,602 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $1,248,579 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGeorgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc: $1,207,365 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetSigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc: $1,026,159 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,017,010 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $1,012,618 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $992,415 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $982,403 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association: $914,323 over 3y, 100% of budgetDeep South Center for Environmental: $750,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLouisiana Environmental Action Network: $734,472 over 3y, 43% of budgetHealthy Community Resources and Advocacy Inc: $696,170 over 2y, 22% of budgetHouston Advanced Research Center: $672,531 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetGulf of Mexico Alliance: $609,022 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Artist Boat Inc: $606,772 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetRipple Effect Water Literacy Project: $598,441 over 3y, 54% of budgetThe Water Institute of the Gulf: $592,180 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSteps Coalition: $577,500 over 3y, 41% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $551,944 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFranklins Promise Coalition Inc: $540,913 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetNortheastern University: $539,014 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $525,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetWalter Anderson Museum of Art Inc: $478,592 over 3y, 13% of budgetUnity in the Family Ministry Inc: $461,621 over 3y, 54% of budgetPublic Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Inc: $452,617 over 4y, 13% of budgetResearch Triangle Institute: $438,140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeople's Justice Council: $436,145 over 2y, 17% of budgetGeorgia Tech Research Corporation: $400,729 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $399,020 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInstitute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Mgmt Inc: $373,692 over 1y, 18% of budgetWashington University: $362,827 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $349,874 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Gulf: $300,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetCoalition of Community Organizations: $300,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetNonprofit Knowledge Works Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetPeoples Housing Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 47% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 129.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Chemical SocietyDC55.4× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Folds of Honor Foundation · Cornell University · Johns Hopkins University · Trustees of Boston University · Yale University · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · University of Miami · University of Pittsburgh · Northeastern University

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare National Academy of Sciences with peer funders

About National Academy of Sciences

How much does National Academy of Sciences give?
National Academy of Sciences reported 98 itemized grants totaling $32,105,536, out of $67,034,941 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 102 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does National Academy of Sciences fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (73%), Education (6%), Environment (6%).
Who are National Academy of Sciences's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Louisiana State University ($23M), Texas A&M University ($8.8M), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($6.0M).
Does National Academy of Sciences fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Academy of Sciences?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Where is National Academy of Sciences based?
National Academy of Sciences is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 290 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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