New York · Nonprofit
CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC
CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,586 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($71,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $326k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $230k
What Citizen Science Association Inc does
Mission
To advance citizen science by helping to facilitate and to foster communications, coordination and innovations between and among organizations, institutions and individuals in order to increase and to enhance public understanding of, and public participation in, scientific research, education and evidence-based decision making; and to promote the sharing of insight among persons involved in different areas of interest in citizen science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The charity is organizing a conference every other year to advance citizen science by helping to facilitate and to foster communication between and among organizations.
$125,403 spent$191,893 earned by the program48% of program spendingCitizen science: theory and practice journal published by ubiquity press on behalf of the citizen science association.
$80,386 spent$86,512 earned by the program31% of program spendingMembership services and programs include webinars, networking events, within-network communications (job board, event calendar), special-topic working groups, and resource sharing. Membership facilitates and supports network growth through outreach (webinars, meet and greets, newletters).
$55,527 spent$23,843 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $261,316.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $400k to $211k (−47%).
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: 2019 5% · 2020 14% · 2021 47% · 2022 34% · 2023 36% · 2024 11% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Jay Benforado
Chair/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $71k → $32.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 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
CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 169 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 169 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $403k on record — $403k federal, $225 state.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$378k
- Environmental Protection Agency$25k
- SUPPLIES - GENERAL $145
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $80
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 CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 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 CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC?
- CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,586 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($71,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $144,586 in grants to CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INC?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $71,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 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