Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC
ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $212k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Academics for the Future of Science Inc does
Mission
To engage in basic and/or applied research on professional development,science policy and administration, economics related to science, and any other topic that relates to understanding how to create effective and sustainable science; and, (b) to create a community of scientists and science supporters to engage in discussion of these subjects and to participate in surveys and other research-related activities; and, (c) to engage in any education, literary, or other charitable activities that relate to our purpose as may be described in section 4 of chapter 180 of the general laws... provided, however,that no such power shall include any activity inconsistent with chapter 180 of the Massachusetts general laws or section 501(c)(3) or the internal revenue code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To engage in basic and/or applied research on professional development,science policy and administration, economics related to science, and any other topic that relates to understanding how to create effective and sustainable science; and, (b) to create a community of scientists and science supporters to engage in discussion of these subjects and to participate in surveys and other research-related activities; and, (c) to engage in any education, literary, or other charitable activities that relate to our purpose as may be described in section 4 of chapter 180 of the general laws... provided, however,that no such power shall include any activity inconsistent with chapter 180 of the Massachusetts general laws or section 501(c)(3) or the internal revenue code.
$4,689 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,689.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $62k to $40k (−37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
76% of ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
2% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC?
- ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,000 in grants to ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC?
- AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing