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New York · Public charity

Scholars at Risk Inc

Scholars at risk (sar) is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars, promote academic freedom, and defend everyone's freedom to think, question and share ideas.

$670k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Itemized grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$260k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$31,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$48,000
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$7.9M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$368k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
PA
RI
CA
CO
KS
DC
LA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Florida International University$48,0001n/a
New York University$41,50010%
Northwestern University$40,00010%
Regents of the University of California$35,4171n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$35,00010%
Regents of the University of Colorado$33,3331n/a
University of Pittsburgh$23,33310%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$20,00010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$20,0001n/a
Roger Williams University$20,00010%
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All grantees of Scholars at Risk Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Florida International University$48,0001n/a
New York University$41,50010%
Northwestern University$40,00010%
Regents of the University of California$35,4171n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$35,00010%
Regents of the University of Colorado$33,3331n/a
University of Pittsburgh$23,33310%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$20,00010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$20,0001n/a
Roger Williams University$20,00010%
University of Minnesota$20,0001n/a
Kansas Athletics Inc$11,3331n/a
The George Washington University$10,00010%
Bard College$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Scholars at Risk Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%grantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York University: $41,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $23,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoger Williams University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 8.

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About Scholars at Risk Inc

How much does Scholars at Risk Inc give?
Scholars at Risk Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $259,583, out of $669,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Scholars at Risk Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Scholars at Risk Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Florida International University ($48k), New York University ($42k), Northwestern University ($40k).
Where is Scholars at Risk Inc based?
Scholars at Risk Inc is based in NY.

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 14 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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