Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,149 to it, the largest being UNAVCO INC ($218,275). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $243k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Earthscope Consortium does
Mission
Facilitating geophysical research and education, promoting free and open exchange of geophysical data and knowledge, fostering cooperation to advance geophysical reseach and conveying its benefits to all of humanity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instrumentation services include both the maintenance of continuous networks and pools of instruments for use in individual experiments. The global seismographic network (gsn) is a 152 station, globally distributed, state-of-the-art digital seismic network that provides free, realtime, open access to data. The earthscope primary instrument center supports cutting-edge research into earth's fundamental geological structure and processes. The facility provides instrumentation and support services for scientific experiments around the world. The network of the americas (nota) is an international geophysics sensor network spanning more than 20 countries and composed of more than 1,200 continuously operating instruments, including high-precision and multi-constellation gnss stations and borehole strain, seismic, and tilt instruments. Earthscope polar services installs, maintains, and operates several instrumentation networks and experiments in antarctica, greenland, and the arctic.
$25,643,170 spentof which $1,315,496 as grants$1,253,394 earned by the program66% of program spendingData services ingests, curates and distributes geophysical data to the global earth science community. This includes ground motion, atmospheric, infrasonic, magnetotelluric, strain, hydrological and hydroacoustic data. Earthscope promotes research by providing access to data that the community of geodetic scientists uses for quantifying the motions of rock, ice and water that are monitored by a variety of sensor types at or near the earth's surface. Earthscope maintains and provides access to high-performance computing resources and cyberinfrastructure for research and educational applications. Earthscope develops, curates, and distributes software for research and educational purposes.
$10,369,008 spentof which $466,522 as grants27% of program spendingThe earthscope engagement program is committed to advancing awareness and understanding of seismology and geophysics while inspiring careers in the earth sciences. The engagement group provides education, workforce development, and outreach through a variety of resources and activities and collaborates with scientific and educational partners to prepare the next generation of earth science students. Educational opportunities strengthen professional skills through short courses, online resources, networking opportunities, skill building workshops, and mentoring and internship programs.
$2,810,805 spentof which $39,392 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,822,983.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.3M to $9.7M (+126%).
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: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 94% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Bendick Rebecca
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Gareth Funning
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $191k.
From the IRS filings of EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM’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
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
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 EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 31 public safety & disaster nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $331.7M on record.
- National Science Foundation$330.5M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$918k
- Department of State$180k
- Department of the Interior$154k
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 EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM: 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 EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM?
- EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,149 to it, the largest being UNAVCO INC ($218,275). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $243,149 in grants to EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM?
- UNAVCO INC is the largest funder on record, with $218,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 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