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GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC

GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,650 to it, the largest being KARSAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$39k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$5
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Global Bioethics Initiative Inc does

Mission

Global bioethics initiative (gbi) is dedicated to fostering public awareness and understanding of bioethical issues, and to exploring solutions to bioethical challenges.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150 → $3k.

Funder
'18
'19
'21
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE 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

GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 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

GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.

NY
PA

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

’18
’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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−14% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 304 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2017

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04Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC?
GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,650 to it, the largest being KARSAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,650 in grants to GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE INC?
KARSAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLOBAL BIOETHICS INITIATIVE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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