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Can you give?
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
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$3.4Mrevenue
FY2025 · +79% in 3 yrs12staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−22.5%
Months of reserve1.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+7.2%
Middle half of peersMedianAspen Center for Physics
Where the money goes FY2025 · $4.1M spent
Programs$3.7M91%Management and general$362k9%Fundraising$5k0%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$35k in FY2023 and −$754k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.8 months, under the peer median of 4.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Funders stay
5 of the 6 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 16% of revenue in FY2025. $4.3M is traced federal awards from National Science Foundation.
990 Part VIII · USAspending16funders
$375ka year, last 3 years
44%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Simons Foundation IncOn and off$100k$272k$200k$200k$100kNick DeWolf FoundationSince FY2018$67k$68k$58k$151k$145k$99kGordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationOn and off$15k$20k$10k$30k$35k$13kThe Heising-Simons FoundationOn and off$25k$50kAlfred P Sloan FoundationOn and off$50kSmart Family Foundation of New YorkOn and off$20kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$15k$6k$26k$19k2 other fundersUp to $1k a year each$100$1k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund