New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,407 to it, the largest being PETERSEN M D SPECIAL TRUST ($46,907). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What American Society for Psychical Research Inc does
Mission
PART III LINE 1 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, INC (ASPR)FOUNDED IN 1885, IS THE OLDEST PSYCHICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, SERVING PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCES FOR MORE THAN 130 YEARS. ITS MISSION IS TO (A) USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO EXPLORE EXTRAORDINARY OR AS YET UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA THAT ARE TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS BEING PSYCHIC OR PARANORMAL, AND (B) SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR ACCURATE AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH MATTERS TO RESEARCHERS,SCIENTIST, STUDENTS, AND SCHOLARS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE ASPR STUDIES HOW THE MIND RELATES TO MATTER, ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME AND THE UNEXPLAINED WAYS CONSCIOUS BEINGS INTERCONNECT WITH THE UNIVERSE AND EACH OTHER. Part III Line 1 The ASPR was founded by a group of visionary scholars, philosophers and scientist from Harvard and Columbia Universities, including the highly noted psychologist and phiulosopher William James. These founding members, who were devoted to exploring the uncharted realms of human consciousness, were inovators in psychology, psychiatry, psysics and astronomy, and shared a common interest in studying phenomena not yet explicable by accepted scientific theories. Freud and…
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Library and archives see schedule o
$2,933,636 spent50% of program spendingResearch, education and public servicessee schedule o
$2,640,182 spent45% of program spendingPublications-archival and library research and reference materials see schedule o
$293,354 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,867,172.
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 2022 to 2023, from $676k to $3.6M (+430%).
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.
97% of AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Patrice Keane
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $9k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 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
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 84% · 2021 73% · 2022 73% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states 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
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 160 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 160 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 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 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC?
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,407 to it, the largest being PETERSEN M D SPECIAL TRUST ($46,907). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $71,407 in grants to AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC?
- PETERSEN M D SPECIAL TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $46,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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