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Social Science Research Council
The SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL is an independent, international nonprofit organization. It fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, and deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $127k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $126,504
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $126,504
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Social Science Research Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 1 | $127k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.2M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $668k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $76k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $386k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $204,699 | 3 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $202,850 | 3 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $199,472 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $181,399 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $171,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $135,651 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $126,504 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Fisher University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Modern Language Association of America | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $204,699 | 3 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $202,850 | 3 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $199,472 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $181,399 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $171,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $135,651 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $126,504 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Fisher University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Modern Language Association of America | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Dayton | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $99,965 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $99,946 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $99,815 | 2 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $99,763 | 2 | 0% |
| Reinhardt University | $99,651 | 2 | 0% |
| New Jersey City University | $99,114 | 2 | n/a |
| Carleton College | $99,040 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Tulsa | $98,058 | 1 | 0% |
| Grambling State University | $94,817 | 2 | n/a |
| San Jose State University Research Foundation | $92,152 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $76,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Urban Debate League | $70,650 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $63,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Documentary Educational Resources Inc | $60,500 | 1 | 4% |
| The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $7,394 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $7,268 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Social Science Research Council supplied at peak.
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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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Social Science Research Council
- How much does Social Science Research Council give?
- Social Science Research Council reported 1 itemized grants totaling $126,504, out of $1,753,343 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Social Science Research Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (60%), Education (29%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Social Science Research Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornell University ($205k), Cape Cod Community College ($203k), Northwestern University ($199k).
- Does Social Science Research Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Social Science Research Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Social Science Research Council based?
- Social Science Research Council is based in NY.
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