New Jersey · Nonprofit
FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY
FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,200 to it, the largest being WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Focus Fusion Society does
Mission
Empowering a sustainable future through fusion energy innovation at focus fusion, our mission is to accelerate the development, adoption, and implementation of fusion energy as a safe, sustainable, and limitless source of power for the world. We are dedicated to advancing research, fostering collaboration, and driving innovation in fusion technology to address global energy challenges and combat climate change. Through education, advocacy, and partnerships with scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders, we aim to catalyze the transition to a carbon-free energy future that benefits all people and the planet. We believe that fusion energy, as a virtually inexhaustible and environmentally responsible resource, has the potential to transform global energy systems, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and create a cleaner, more equitable future. Our work is focused on ensuring that fusion energy becomes a reality, delivering clean, affordable energy to communities worldwide.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To bring people together to pursue the dream of clean, accessible & abundant energy from fusion.
$541 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $541.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $338k to $54k (−84%).
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.
0% of FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (89% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $70 → $55k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY’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
FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY 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
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 FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
100% of FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 660 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 660 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY
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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY: 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 FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY?
- FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,200 to it, the largest being WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $145,200 in grants to FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY?
- WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOCUS FUSION SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2018–2024), 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