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National Science Teaching Association
Nsta's mission is to transform science education to benefit all through professional learning, partnerships and advocacy. Our guiding principles encompass: build community - we believe that the community of science educators extends beyond the classroom, and that together science educators influence and advance change; include all - we…
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,094
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $532,575
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 38
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations National Science Teaching Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $1.1M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $1.2M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc | $3,059,186 | 6 | 3% |
| Hawaii Academy of Science | $154,650 | 6 | 11% |
| University of Florida | $151,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Georgia | $149,252 | 6 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $142,681 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $139,687 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $136,856 | 6 | n/a |
| Montana Technological University | $133,089 | 5 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $129,752 | 6 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $129,497 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc | $3,059,186 | 6 | 3% |
| Hawaii Academy of Science | $154,650 | 6 | 11% |
| University of Florida | $151,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Georgia | $149,252 | 6 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $142,681 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $139,687 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $136,856 | 6 | n/a |
| Montana Technological University | $133,089 | 5 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $129,752 | 6 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $129,497 | 6 | n/a |
| Intellexi Foundation Inc | $119,880 | 6 | n/a |
| Juniata College | $117,641 | 6 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $110,336 | 6 | 0% |
| University System of New Hampshire | $102,807 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $101,295 | 6 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $99,915 | 6 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $96,394 | 6 | n/a |
| The Patuxent Partnership Inc | $94,780 | 5 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $94,245 | 6 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $88,788 | 4 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $86,091 | 6 | n/a |
| Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN | $83,738 | 5 | 3% |
| Washington State Science & Engineering Fair | $79,759 | 3 | 71% |
| Research Foundation of the City | $79,550 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $78,837 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $78,034 | 6 | 0% |
| Longwood University | $76,509 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $74,619 | 5 | n/a |
| Minnesota Academy of Science | $67,950 | 4 | 8% |
| San Francisco State University | $64,759 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Alaska | $63,189 | 4 | n/a |
| Alabama Academy of Science Inc | $61,499 | 5 | 24% |
| Oklahoma State University | $51,260 | 4 | n/a |
| University of New Mexico | $50,573 | 5 | n/a |
| Arkansas Tech University | $45,525 | 4 | n/a |
| Capital University | $44,090 | 3 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation City University Ny | $41,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $38,653 | 2 | n/a |
| Bowling Green State University | $33,540 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $32,992 | 4 | n/a |
| Ocean County College - Barnegat Bay Partnership | $31,634 | 3 | n/a |
| Kubasaski High School Student Activity Fund | $30,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $27,245 | 1 | n/a |
| The Catholic University of America | $26,810 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $26,090 | 1 | n/a |
| California State University Long Beach Research Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vicenza High School Student Activity Fund | $24,579 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $21,751 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Oregon | $19,655 | 3 | n/a |
| Hanover College | $17,657 | 2 | 0% |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | $16,478 | 2 | 0% |
| The School Board of Broward County | $15,472 | 1 | n/a |
| Augustana University Association | $14,976 | 1 | 0% |
| Carthage College | $14,031 | 1 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Indianapolis | $11,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $11,647 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia City Fund Inc | $10,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University in Shreveport | $10,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Csu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration | $9,972 | 1 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $8,195 | 1 | 0% |
| Roger Williams University | $8,180 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $8,130 | 1 | n/a |
| Lsu Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport | $7,741 | 1 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
National Science Teaching Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: National Collegiate Athletic Association · American Chemical Society · Broadcom Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Institute of International Education Inc · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Science Teaching Association
- How much does National Science Teaching Association give?
- National Science Teaching Association reported 45 itemized grants totaling $1,486,048, out of $4,253,897 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does National Science Teaching Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (56%), Education (23%), Health (18%).
- Who are National Science Teaching Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc ($3.1M), Hawaii Academy of Science ($155k), University of Florida ($151k).
- Does National Science Teaching Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Science Teaching Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, American Chemical Society, Broadcom Foundation.
- Where is National Science Teaching Association based?
- National Science Teaching Association is based in VA.
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