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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$247Mrevenue
FY2025 · +8% in 3 yrs1,337staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−12.9%
Months of reserve3.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−2.8%
Middle half of peersMedianAmerican Museum of Natural History
Where the money goes FY2025 · $279M spent
Programs$232M83%Management and general$35M13%Fundraising$12M4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$21M in FY2024 and −$32M in FY2025. Cash covers 3.3 months, above the peer median of 2.5.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
45 of 47 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 19% of revenue in FY2025. $72M is traced federal awards from National Science Foundation.
990 Part VIII · USAspending658funders
$24Ma year, last 3 years
14%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund IncOn and off$3.0M$3.0M$75kAnna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$5k$47k$1.1M$1.1M$1.1M$1.1M$1.2MNew York Life FoundationSince FY2018$1.0M$1.0M$1.8M$1.0M$500k$500kThe Macaulay Family FoundationStopped after FY2022$875k$1.7M$800k$800k$800k$800k–The Gottesman FundOn and off$100k$5.2MThe Helen Gurley Brown FoundationStopped after FY2019$1.1M$3.0M$1.1M–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$20M$11M$10M$3.5M$10M$2.1M$3.8M560 other fundersUp to $3.6M a year each$9.2M$6.0M$11M$16M$16M$12M$13M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped