New York · Nonprofit
CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $23k
What Conference for the Study of Political Thought Association does
Mission
To preserve and promote a broad, humanistic style of thinking about politics; to encourage the study of the history of political thought from diverse perspectives; to bring discussions of political thought and its history to bear more directly on global issues of pressing concern; to organize conferences and events on contemporary themes from a theoretically and historically sensitive perspective.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2021 hosted an online conference on the theme of "democratic representation" in may 2021. We conducted the annual prize competitions for best book in political theory. We began fundraising for a prize for best dissertation in the history of political thought. We starting work on the 2022 annual conference on the theme of "anatomies of power."
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
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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 $15k to $23k (+56%).
How it's funded, over time
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100% of CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Against its field
CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION has grown faster than half of the 164 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 164 social science nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In New York
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION?
- CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ASSOCIATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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