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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,984 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($368,115). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $465k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc does
Mission
IGES' mission is to be a trusted leader in Earth and space science education, communication and outreach, and to foster national and international cooperation in global Earth observations. IGES hopes its efforts will improve the understanding of, and response to, natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's systems by seeking multidisciplinary approaches to complex and critical social, environmental and economic challenges.IGES seeks to develop and implement activities and programs for students, teachers, and the broader Earth and space science education community, as well as to work with leaders and decision-makers from government, the private sector, and academia around the world in order to further Earth observations research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NASA CAN: This is a cooperative agreement from NASA's Science Mission Directorate supporting the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC). IGES is the lead and is partnered with three NASA Centers: Goddard, Langley, and JPL. Awarded in February 2016 for up to 10 years, $8.6M is earmarked for IGES. A few of the many contributions IGES will be making to this effort are: 1) Overall project management and coordination; 2) Developing educationally relevant Earth STEM themes; 3) Act as a key liason to other CAN project teams; 4) Support training and online instruction for GLOBE initiatives; and 5) Lead the planning and implementation of the annual International Science and Engineering competition and awards.
$382,992 spent46% of program spendingNASA - CUNY Globe Implementation: This is a federal grant that will lead theGlobal Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Implementation Office Training, Education, and Public Engagement TEPE and Science Teams. The goal is to elevate GLOBE's visibility and scientific relevance in the realms of STEM education, Earth system research, and science diplomacy, while supporting GLOBE participants as agents of changecontributing to a sustainable planet.
$225,609 spent27% of program spendingNSF: This is a federal grant transferred from TERC, Inc. This grant supports collaborative research around scaffolding middle and high school students' scientific evaluations of sources and alternative claims in Earth and environmental sciences.
$52,124 spent6% of program spendingOther federal and non-federal grants related to the Organization's mission.
$175,500 spent21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $836,225.
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 2019 to 2020, from $288k to $439k (+53%).
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 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 89% · 2023 99% · 2024 96% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Kelly J McGrath
Acting Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $82k → $29.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 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
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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% 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 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 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
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $465k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.1M on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$9.7M
- National Science Foundation$424k
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 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% 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 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc: 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 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc?
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,984 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($368,115). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $464,984 in grants to Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc?
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York is the largest funder on record, with $368,115 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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