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International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc

International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,735 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$35k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$21k
Net assets
$341k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc does

Mission

The organization promotes, encourages and advances the study, research and dissemination of knowledge related to the broad field of "human consciousness", including the examination of consciousness as an ingredient in any comprehensive model of physical reality.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. ICRL Meetups - We host sessions in which a speaker is identified to share on a consciousness-relevant topic.

    $445 spent
    1% of program spending
  2. Book Sales - We publish books on consciousness-related topics.

    $13,828 spent$4,417 earned by the program
    29% of program spending
  3. We support other people's work when it promotes an understanding of the nature of consciousness, and its use for making the world a better, healthier place.

    $4,796 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $29,161 spent
    60% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,230.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($275k) Expenses 100 ($25k) Net assets 100 ($308k)2018 Revenue 8 ($23k) Expenses 213 ($53k) Net assets 90 ($278k)2019 Revenue 48 ($131k) Expenses 232 ($58k) Net assets 120 ($371k)2020 Revenue 20 ($54k) Expenses 197 ($49k) Net assets 122 ($376k)2021 Revenue 13 ($36k) Expenses 349 ($87k) Net assets 138 ($426k)2022 Revenue 7 ($19k) Expenses 155 ($39k) Net assets 107 ($330k)2023 Revenue 20 ($56k) Expenses 212 ($53k) Net assets 107 ($331k)2024 Revenue 13 ($35k) Expenses 234 ($58k) Net assets 111 ($341k)
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Revenue (13)Expenses (234)Net assets (111)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $426k to $330k (−22%).

$308k
$278k
$371k
$376k
$426k
$330k
$331k
$344k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

62% of International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,273 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$249k
’17
−$30k
’18
$73k
’19
$5k
’20
−$51k
’21
−$20k
’22
$2k
’23
−$24k
’24
1.7
months of
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

Jeffrey A Dunne

Chairman & Treasurer

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201720232024
Listed666
Joined··+0
No longer listed··0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $84.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 International Consciousness Research Laboratories 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

International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

98% 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 International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc.

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 86% · 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

98% of International Consciousness Research Laboratories 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 $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc's revenue fell 87% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−68% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−26% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

60%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Consciousness Research Laboratories 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 International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc?
International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,735 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,735 in grants to International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of International Consciousness Research Laboratories Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like International Consciousness Research Laboratories 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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