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COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall
COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,037 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($875,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $144k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $875k
- Net assets
- $143k
What COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall does
Mission
Founded in 1970, the Council for European Studies (CES) is the leading international organization for the study of Europe. CES aims to produce and recognize outstanding, multi-disciplinary research in European Studies through a wide range of programs. These include: 1) CESs annual International Conference of Europeanists; 2) various publications and special reports (most notably, the monthly online publication EuropeNow, which replaced online publication Perspectives on Europe); 3) interdisciplinary, thematic research networks that strengthen connections between and among European Studies scholars; 4) fellowship and grants programs that provide essential travel and research funds for both new and established scholars; 5) special awards that honor and identify the work of emerging and eminent scholars; 6) a website with links to a range of international research tools and media resources; and 7) a monthly newsletter highlighting CES-related news as well as external opportunities in Euro
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The mission of the Council for European Studies (CES) is to produce, support, and recognize outstanding, multi-disciplinary research on Europe through a wide range of programs and initiatives. These include fellowships, grants, publications, awards, conferences and meetings, public lectures and symposia, as well as direct research and artistic collaboration. CES is particularly committed to supporting research that can play a critical role in understanding and applying the lessons of European history and integration to contemporary problems, including those in the areas of global security, sustainability, environmental stewardship, and democracy.Every year, CES awards dozens of fellowships, grants, and prizes; publishes fascinating research guides and journal issues; hosts its renowned international conference; sponsors cutting-edge research; and enters into important partnerships.
$369,919 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $369,919.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $857k (−41%).
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: 2020 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $875k → $16.
1 of 2 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 COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall’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
COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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: 2017 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
COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37 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
COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall's revenue fell 88% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
96%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall?
- COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,037 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($875,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $875,037 in grants to COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES co Temple University 1238 Mazur Hall find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2025), 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