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Critica Inc

Critica Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $249,886 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($249,886). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$20k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$250k
Net assets
$52k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 95%
01What it does

What Critica Inc does

Mission

Critica Inc is dedicated to form a community concerned about making rational decisions in a culture dominated by unchecked misinformation. It seeks to integrate science into the public policy decision-making process.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In furtherance of its mission Critica will run infodermiology interventions and hire and consult with consultants in motivational interviews and reproductive health to assist in creating technology platforms that permit the identification of misinformation about reproductive health.

    $83,632 spent$20,048 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $83,632.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($236k) Expenses 100 ($12k) Net assets 100 ($227k)2020 Revenue 5 ($12k) Expenses 953 ($114k) Net assets 55 ($124k)2021 Revenue 62 ($146k) Expenses 1959 ($235k) Net assets 16 ($35k)2022 Revenue 69 ($163k) Expenses 1588 ($190k) Net assets 3 ($8k)2023 Revenue 86 ($203k) Expenses 1627 ($195k) Net assets 7 ($15k)2024 Revenue 91 ($216k) Expenses 1646 ($197k) Net assets 15 ($33k)2025 Revenue 8 ($20k) Expenses 999 ($120k) Net assets 23 ($52k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (8)Expenses (999)Net assets (23)Peer revenue range

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 $227k to $124k (−45%).

$227k
$124k
$35k
$8k
$15k
$33k
$52k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Critica Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 218 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$224k
’19
−$102k
’20
−$89k
’21
−$28k
’22
$8k
’23
$19k
’24
−$100k
’25
5.2
months of
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.

20192020202320242025
Listed44448
Joined·+0·+0+4
No longer listed·0·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $225k → $25k.

Funder
'19
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Critica 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.

Where its funders are

Critica Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Critica Inc's revenue fell 92% between 2019 and 2025.

Operating margin−498% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−34% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 107 social science nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Critica Inc?
Critica Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $249,886 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($249,886). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Critica Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $249,886 in grants to Critica Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Critica Inc?
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $249,886 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Critica 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 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