Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 144 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,895,672 to it, the largest being QUADRIVIUM ($11,733,692). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $129M
- Funders on record
- 144
- Grants received
- $75M
- Net assets
- $127M
What American Association for the Advancement of Science does
Mission
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. The world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals, aaas has individual members in more than 91 countries around the globe. Membership is open to anyone who shares our goals and belief thatscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics can help solve many of the challenges the world faces today. Aaas works to create a boldly inclusive, mobilized, and global scientific community that ignites, enables, and celebrates scientific excellence and science-informed decisions and actions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advancing scientific excellence and achievement: aaas advances scientific excellence and achievement by recognizing, inspiring, and enabling a robust research ecosystem that drives discovery and innovation and prepares future scientists and engineers. We leverage award-winning journalism, publish and highlight the most promising advances, lean into our multidisciplinary strength, and serve as a representative voice on behalf of the scientific enterprise.the science family of journals science is one of the world's leading outlets for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research, with the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general-science journal. Through its print and online incarnations, science reaches an estimated worldwide readership of more than one million. In content, the journal is truly international in scope and its articles consistently rank among the world's most cited research. The science family of journals includes science signaling, the leading journal of cell signaling and regulatory biology; science translational medicine, integrating medicine, engineering and science to promote human health; science advances, an innovative and high-quality…
$55,203,959 spentof which $637,202 as grants$58,834,496 earned by the program50% of program spendingCatalyzing progress where science meets policy:aaas provides actionable evidence for public policy that serves society and engenders quality science. Aaas will leverage its seat at the table to ensure the voice of science is heard and deliver evidence that is solutions-oriented, relevant, and actionable.providing timely expertise on aias the global impact of artificial intelligence grew in 2024 with new applications across every sector and with increased interest from policymakers on capitol hill, aaas kicked off a second cohort of science & technology policy fellow in 2024. The ai cohort, representing a wide range of scientists and engineers with ai-relevant experience, are serving across u.s. Senate offices and committees on both sides of the aisle as they craft legislation and address critical topics at the intersection of ai and policy.advising regional and local policy with evidencethrough years of network and partnership building, the aaas center for scientific evidence in public issues (epi center) has become a go-to source of reliable, unbiased information to help decision-makers design and implement effective and equitable policy solutions. Since 2020, the epi center has…
$19,232,991 spentof which $10,732,913 as grants$5,151,398 earned by the program17% of program spendingFostering inclusivity for scientific excellence: aaas believes that a scientific enterprise that is reflective of the society it serves is essential to powering progress, innovation and widespread prosperity. Aaas supports career pathways by galvanizing a cross-sector movement to tap our rich talent pool and by demonstrating the capacity-building benefits of broadening access to stemm education and career development. Supporting and expanding the stemm workforcelaunched in 2022, the stemm (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, & medicine) opportunity alliance (soa) has embarked on a decades-long initiative to propel the u.s. Stemm community to reach its greatest potential, which will accelerate economic development, innovation and prosperity for all americans. In 2024, soa unveiled a community-developed national strategy that will help build the capacity of organizations and institutions to add 20 million new stemm workers from every background to the u.s. Economy by 2050. Another way aaas supports critical stemm pathways is through its sea change initiative. The program supports continuous improvement in stemm at u.s. Higher education institutions by ensuring a wide…
$13,593,313 spentof which $1,702,205 as grants$753,140 earned by the program12% of program spendingBuilding trust among scientists and communities: aaas mobilizes our members and the broader scientific enterprise to foster relationships of mutual trust with key groups such as journalists, policymakers, judges, and faith communities as a productive path to address misinformation.supporting evidence-informed news reportingsciline, an editorially independent, nonpartisan free service that works with u.s. Journalists to incorporate scientific evidence and expertise into news stories, continues to deliver on our commitment to share accurate and trustworthy science with the public. To encourage reporters to incorporate accurate information in their stories, ahead of the 2024 election in the u.s., sciline hosted a special series of media briefings that addressed the science behind hot-button election topics including the economy, climate and energy, immigration, reproductive health, crime and safety, and voting integrity to over 160 reporters representing outlets in 44 states. The team also provided free media training for more than 1,300 scientists in 2024 as well as several other educational opportunities. Shifting dialogue with religious communitiesthe aaas dialogue on science,…
$23,233,587 spentof which $421,803 as grants$3,343,591 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $111,263,850.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $157M to $173M (+10%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 14% · 2018 14% · 2019 12% · 2020 9% · 2021 7% · 2022 9% · 2023 12% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (40% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Sudip S Parikh
Secretary and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 45 funders to 60 funders, grant income rose $6.1M → $11M.
35 of 144 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $72k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest American Association for the Advancement of Science). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 144 funders by total. 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
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 26% · 2019 33% · 2020 21% · 2021 30% · 2022 27% · 2023 23% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
51% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE's funding base is broadening — from 45 funders to 60 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 42 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $160.9M on record.
- National Science Foundation$113.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$7.4M
- Department of State$7.0M
- Environmental Protection Agency$6.6M
- Department of Commerce$4.5M
- Department of Agriculture$4.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Aaas Science International Inc · corp_trust
- Aaas Science China Inc · corp_trust
- Aaas Fellowship Programs Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: 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 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 144 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,895,672 to it, the largest being QUADRIVIUM ($11,733,692). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 144 organizations giving $74,895,672 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE?
- QUADRIVIUM is the largest funder on record, with $11,733,692 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 144 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing