Ohio · Nonprofit
International Field Studies Inc
International Field Studies Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,221 to it, the largest being LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
International Field Studies Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,211 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Massey Family Foundationshared funders
- National Geographic Societyportfolio match
- Swantz Family Foundationportfolio match
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.
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.
2% of International Field Studies Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Field Studies 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 Field Studies Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 93% · 2021 54% · 2022 72% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“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
International Field Studies Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Massey Family Foundationshared fundersVA · backs 12 organizations that share your funders
- National Geographic Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Swantz Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- North American Association for Environmental Educaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs & Intl Understanding Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McPike Zima Charitable Foundation USportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Biggs Family Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- New England Biolabs Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The G Unger Vetlesen Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Philip Stephenson Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michele E Dufault Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Global Greengrants Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding International Field Studies Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $550 on record.
- Purch.Food,Lodging Agcy Direct$550
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 International Field Studies Inc
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 International Field Studies 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds International Field Studies Inc?
- International Field Studies Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,221 to it, the largest being LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Field Studies Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $18,221 in grants to International Field Studies Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Field Studies Inc?
- LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Field Studies Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing