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ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC

ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,876 to it, the largest being ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($323,232). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$113k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$401k
Net assets
$400k
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 100%
01What it does

What Alabama Academy of Science Inc does

Mission

Promote scientific matters in al

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Gorgas scholarship- includes ar, science competition for high school students. Scholarships awarded. Gorgas account was previously funded

    $16,095 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Science fair

    $29,298 spent
    65% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,393.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($330k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($386k)2021 Revenue 10 ($34k) Expenses 133 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($387k)2022 Revenue 4 ($13k) Expenses 155 ($46k) Net assets 87 ($335k)2023 Revenue 22 ($74k) Expenses 249 ($74k) Net assets 90 ($346k)2024 Revenue 32 ($105k) Expenses 269 ($80k) Net assets 97 ($374k)2025 Revenue 34 ($113k) Expenses 292 ($87k) Net assets 104 ($400k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (34)Expenses (292)Net assets (104)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $387k to $335k (−13%).

$386k
$387k
$335k
$346k
$374k
$400k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

76% of ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 882 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$300k
’20
−$5k
’21
−$33k
’22
$34
’23
$25k
’24
$26k
’25
156
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Ronald Hunsinger

President executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $18k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
2
1
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of ALABAMA ACADEMY 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

ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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

81%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 62% · 2022 100% · 2023 66% — diversifying over time.

“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

81% of ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

VA
DE
AL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Alabama out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−19% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AL

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC?
ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,876 to it, the largest being ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($323,232). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $400,876 in grants to ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC?
ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $323,232 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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