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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
- 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.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 96 | $32M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 89 | $32M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 102 | $31M | 37% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $17M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 69 | $19M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 77 | $28M | 42% |
| FY2018 | 75 | $15M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 75 | $18M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University | $22,804,912 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $8,767,810 | 7 | n/a |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $6,002,170 | 7 | 1% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $5,601,903 | 5 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $5,244,530 | 5 | 1% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $5,028,281 | 7 | n/a |
| Florida State University | $4,838,460 | 5 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $4,807,177 | 7 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $4,266,310 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $3,923,996 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University | $22,804,912 | 8 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $8,767,810 | 7 | n/a |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $6,002,170 | 7 | 1% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $5,601,903 | 5 | 0% |
| The Urban Institute | $5,244,530 | 5 | 1% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $5,028,281 | 7 | n/a |
| Florida State University | $4,838,460 | 5 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $4,807,177 | 7 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $4,266,310 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $3,923,996 | 7 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $3,869,119 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $3,788,534 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $3,699,506 | 5 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $3,674,178 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $3,293,602 | 5 | 1% |
| American Bureau of Shipping | $3,273,456 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Rhode Island | $3,080,044 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $2,951,976 | 4 | n/a |
| Population Services International | $2,940,003 | 5 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,666,224 | 6 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $2,396,568 | 7 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $2,341,374 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $2,178,079 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $2,123,788 | 5 | n/a |
| Florida State University Research Foundation Inc | $1,982,074 | 4 | 6% |
| Texas A&M Research Foundation | $1,894,101 | 3 | 1% |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | $1,786,291 | 3 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $1,771,456 | 7 | n/a |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst | $1,617,784 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $1,598,286 | 3 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $1,458,687 | 4 | n/a |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $1,373,467 | 2 | 0% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $1,355,876 | 3 | 1% |
| Duke University | $1,346,602 | 4 | 0% |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | $1,248,579 | 1 | 1% |
| Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc | $1,207,365 | 4 | 5% |
| The Group for Organizational | $1,130,591 | 3 | n/a |
| Sigma XI the Scientific Research Honor Society Inc | $1,026,159 | 7 | 4% |
| University of California San Francisco | $1,024,033 | 6 | n/a |
| New York University | $1,017,010 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Health International Inc | $1,012,618 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,003,092 | 5 | n/a |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | $992,415 | 3 | 3% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $982,403 | 4 | 0% |
| Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association | $914,323 | 3 | 100% |
| University of California Davis | $909,744 | 8 | n/a |
| Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans | $881,617 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University | $880,360 | 2 | n/a |
| Florida Maxima Corporation | $788,301 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $770,667 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin | $755,851 | 4 | n/a |
| Deep South Center for Environmental | $750,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Louisiana Environmental Action Network | $734,472 | 3 | 43% |
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy Inc | $696,170 | 2 | 22% |
| University of Mississippi | $687,487 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $684,054 | 3 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $680,818 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $677,751 | 4 | n/a |
| Houston Advanced Research Center | $672,531 | 3 | 9% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $669,519 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $631,631 | 6 | n/a |
| Gulf of Mexico Alliance | $609,022 | 3 | 2% |
| The Artist Boat Inc | $606,772 | 1 | 7% |
| Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project | $598,441 | 3 | 54% |
| The Water Institute of the Gulf | $592,180 | 3 | 4% |
| Steps Coalition | $577,500 | 3 | 41% |
| Texas Tech University System | $569,672 | 2 | n/a |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $551,944 | 5 | 0% |
| Franklins Promise Coalition Inc | $540,913 | 2 | 7% |
| Northeastern University | $539,014 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $530,628 | 3 | n/a |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $525,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Regents Univ of California | $515,768 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $511,339 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $508,702 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Montevallo | $503,414 | 2 | n/a |
| Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc | $478,592 | 3 | 13% |
| Flour Bluff Independent School District | $471,921 | 2 | n/a |
| Unity in the Family Ministry Inc | $461,621 | 3 | 54% |
| Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Inc | $452,617 | 4 | 13% |
| Research Triangle Institute | $438,140 | 3 | 0% |
| People's Justice Council | $436,145 | 2 | 17% |
| Ms Coalition for Vietnamese-American Fisher Folks & Families | $432,590 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $432,414 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Counseling Center of Mobile Inc | $414,150 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $413,170 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $400,729 | 4 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $399,020 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Health Science Center | $392,331 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi Department of Marine Resources | $385,998 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $375,665 | 3 | n/a |
| Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Mgmt Inc | $373,692 | 1 | 18% |
| Washington University | $362,827 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $360,010 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Atlantic University | $352,354 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $349,874 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $349,113 | 7 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $343,077 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Louisville | $341,611 | 6 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $322,393 | 7 | n/a |
| Appalachian State University | $314,260 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Gulf | $300,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Coalition of Community Organizations | $300,000 | 1 | 70% |
| Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Peoples Housing Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 47% |
| Chugach Regional Resources Commission | $299,688 | 1 | 6% |
| Louisiana Tech University | $298,568 | 1 | n/a |
| University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | $293,506 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $281,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $269,786 | 5 | n/a |
| Alaska Ocean Observing System | $262,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana Childrens Museum | $261,770 | 1 | 6% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $261,201 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Florida | $257,388 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $257,303 | 4 | n/a |
| Louisiana Department of Education | $256,533 | 1 | n/a |
| Birmingham-Southern College | $252,010 | 1 | 1% |
| Emory University | $247,580 | 5 | 0% |
| Houston Area Urban League Inc | $246,199 | 1 | 4% |
| Citizens for a Sustainable Future | $245,899 | 1 | 46% |
| Rutgers University - Newark | $243,680 | 3 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $240,632 | 3 | n/a |
| Island Institute | $240,480 | 1 | 2% |
| Nyaya Health | $240,040 | 3 | 3% |
| American STEM Alliance | $238,071 | 1 | 100% |
| Rutgers the State University | $236,808 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Alaska | $236,477 | 2 | n/a |
| Rowan University | $234,109 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $228,577 | 4 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $226,663 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $225,704 | 1 | n/a |
| Associated Universities Inc | $224,489 | 1 | 0% |
| Electrical Training Alliance | $219,083 | 1 | 1% |
| University of New Orleans | $213,833 | 2 | n/a |
| EcoRise Youth Innovations | $210,125 | 1 | 10% |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | $208,675 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies | $203,841 | 1 | 23% |
| Interfaith Sponsoring Committee (BISCO) Inc | $202,174 | 1 | 62% |
| Usda Ars | $201,592 | 2 | n/a |
| Lowlander Center | $200,120 | 1 | 44% |
| Vanderbilt University | $195,896 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center | $195,100 | 2 | 30% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $188,832 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $187,863 | 4 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $186,151 | 2 | n/a |
| Wright State University | $184,145 | 3 | n/a |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $182,344 | 1 | 2% |
| Nunez Community College | $179,640 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Defense Finance and Accounting Svc Dfas | $171,407 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $165,737 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Delaware | $161,031 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Productions | $152,137 | 1 | n/a |
| Djerassi Resident Artists Program | $150,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $149,686 | 2 | n/a |
| Montclair State University Foundation Inc | $149,603 | 2 | 1% |
| Inwater Research Group Inc | $144,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Tennessee State University | $138,752 | 2 | n/a |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $138,663 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $136,796 | 2 | n/a |
| Geneshifters LLC | $136,554 | 3 | n/a |
| Sigma XI | $135,916 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana | $134,571 | 1 | 7% |
| Education Foundation of Sarasota County | $128,733 | 2 | 3% |
| US Treasury Usamriid | $128,332 | 1 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $120,666 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $120,589 | 2 | n/a |
| Louisiana Rs and Gis Institute | $119,035 | 1 | 50% |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | $115,156 | 2 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $108,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $108,414 | 1 | n/a |
| University of West Florida | $107,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith College Advancement | $106,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $105,471 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Los Angeles | $104,457 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Enviromental Literacy Fdn | $103,555 | 2 | 6% |
| South Dakota State University | $102,392 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $101,275 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art and Science Laboratory | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prakriti Dance | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Oregon | $99,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Eckerd College | $92,001 | 2 | 0% |
| Pontchartrain Conservancy | $90,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | $87,530 | 1 | n/a |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $81,962 | 2 | n/a |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $80,888 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Al in Huntsville | $80,434 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lebanese American University | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lebanese American University | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $79,429 | 3 | 0% |
| Forristall Ocean Engineering Inc | $78,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University Corporation | $76,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $75,570 | 2 | 0% |
| Sankofa Community Development Corporation | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Art Center College of Design | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | $72,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Nihnia | $72,300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pensacola Mess Hall Inc | $71,491 | 1 | 14% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Puerto Rico | $63,340 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | $60,315 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Osteopathic Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $49,995 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $49,986 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama State University | $49,896 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $49,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $49,041 | 1 | n/a |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | $47,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | $47,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethune-Cookman University | $46,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $45,748 | 1 | 0% |
| Orangewave Innovative Science LLC | $42,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University | $42,399 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Institute of Marine Science | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of the Virgin Islands | $38,053 | 1 | 0% |
| American University | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michelles Earth Foundation | $36,432 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Va Research Corporation | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Medical Society | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Veterans Research and Education | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medstar Health Research Institute Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Children's Hospital | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pagny Health and Research Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gulf Shellfish Institute Inc | $33,106 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The General Electric Company | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Covidien LP | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Institute of Technology | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $29,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Purple Health Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American Board of Family Medicine Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballengee Studio LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhode Island Hospital | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hip Hop Health Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tift Regional Health System Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montclair State University | $18,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University School of Med in New Orleans Faculty Group Practice | $16,236 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $14,801 | 1 | n/a |
| Inst for Patient & Family Centered Care | $11,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $10,276 | 2 | 0% |
| Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I | $9,716 | 1 | 0% |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $8,863 | 1 | 0% |
| Engine Co 3 | $7,754 | 1 | n/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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
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
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.
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