Maryland · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC
FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,168,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $49M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $68M
What Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences Inc does
Mission
Foundation for advanced education in the sciences, inc (faes), located at the national institutes of health (hereafter "nih"), conducts advanced educational programs and supporting activities to promote the productivity and attractiveness of professional life on the nih campuses. Faes programs complement the work of nih in accomplishing its mission of research and training in the biomedical sciences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Faes assisted the nih in securing professional liability insurance coverage for nih fellows.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Health and professional liability insurance:administrative services/plan sponsorship for a group health insurance plan which is available to nih trainees who work at or for nih, but are ineligible for federal health insurance. Nih trainees, also referred to as fellows, are the primary market that faes serves. This program provided health, vision, and dental insurance for over 6,000 individuals during the year, including excellent benefits, affordable annual maximums, and low out-of pocket expenses. Faes provides professional liability insurance coverage to nih fellows.
$36,922,888 spent$40,297,483 earned by the program91% of program spendingAcademic programs:faes supports educational, cultural, and professional initiatives of the nih and actively seeks out ways to facilitate a collegial environment. Faes offers over 80 graduate-level courses to fill the gap between traditional academic programs and working in a world-class biomedical research environment at nih. Faes had 1,408 course enrollments during the year. Faes also has partnerships from which credits can be transferred into several university of maryland master's degree programs. Faes offers over 30 training workshops taught by nih scientists and other leading biomedical field experts. Training workshops include 1-5 day sessions. Faes hosted 44 training workshops with a total of 492 attendees during the year.
$1,778,120 spentof which $6,725 as grants$1,226,826 earned by the program4% of program spendingProgram support to nih:faes provides funding, food, and administrative support for a variety of programs, activities, and events in support of nih such as community building and symposia, classical and jazz music performances, wednesday afternoon lectures (wals), administration of memorials, and more. Faes also provided low cost housing to 99 nih fellows during the year and assisted the nih in securing professional liability insurance coverage for approximately 4,900 nih fellows.
$1,091,516 spentof which $166,186 as grants$1,637,101 earned by the program3% of program spendingRetail:the faes bookstore@nih has been providing medical and science textbook services to nih for over 60 years. Steps away from masur auditorium and the faes classrooms, the bookstore@nih is ideally located to support the specialized book needs of faes academic programs and the nih scientific community. Faes giftstore@nih, located in the building 10 atrium, expands the selection of quality nih imprinted clothing and gifts for nih employees, patients, and visitors.
$698,635 spent$374,782 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,491,159.
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 2020 to 2021, from $44M to $57M (+31%).
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.
1% of FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Christina Farias
CEO/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $3.0M.
8 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 56% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
0% of FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 27% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
74% of FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC'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. Of the $1.4M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.5M
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 FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,168,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $5,168,500 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 11 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