Maryland · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,120 to it, the largest being US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW ($124,183). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $372k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $280k
What Center for Independent Social Research Inc does
Mission
Conducting scientific research to solve social problems
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
"Promoting Academic Freedom", supported by the National ENDOWMENT for Democracy (NED) The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of violations of academic freedom and To attract public attention to those issues through conducting sociological research, and dissemination of information and organization of public discussions.
$71,186 spentof which $75,846 as grants$4,660 earned by the program50% of program spending"Anti-War Civic Activism in Russia supported by the UCSD. The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of how the war in Ukraine mobilized anti-war civic activism in Russia and other countries
$16,250 spentof which $16,250 as grants11% of program spendingPrivate contributions from individual donors used for the research projects corresponding to the CISRus purposes and mission
$50,027 spentof which $75,000 as grants$68,069 earned by the program35% of program spendingConference on Academic Freedom with the support of EAA
$4,125 spentof which $4,125 as grants3% of program spendingThe Illiberalism Program, supported by the Open Society Foundations (OSF), focused on analyzing the phenomenon of illiberalism as an imitation or surrogate of liberal democratic principles.
$0 spentof which $200,000 as grants$200,000 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe ANTIWAR Program is aimed at studying the rise of antiwar civic activism worldwide, beginning with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022.
$500 spent$-500 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $142,088.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $51k to $284k (+456%).
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.
100% of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Irina Olimpieva
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $63k → $94k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL 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
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 68% · 2022 59% · 2023 100% — 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
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC?
- CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,120 to it, the largest being US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW ($124,183). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $266,120 in grants to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC?
- US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW is the largest funder on record, with $124,183 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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