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INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,000 to it, the largest being FREDERICK GARDNER COTTRELL FOUNDATION ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $15k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $600k
- Net assets
- $0
What International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics does
Mission
The foundation promotes human betterment through experimental economics to improve the understanding of exchange systems.* ifree funds primary research in market and personal exchange systems* ifree sponsors participatory, hands-on, educational workshops, interdisciplinary academic discussions, and outreach programs for those outside the economics profession.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Experimental economics education the foundation made restricted grants to support educational programs in experimental economics. Some supported activities were cancelled or postponed, or held virtually, due to the worldwide pandemic. In january, the foundation supported a graduate student workshop in experimental economics at chapman university via zoom, attended by 21 graduate students. Also in january, the foundation supported virtual versions of the bogota (colombia) experimental economics workshop & conference, with the keynote lecture at the conference, broadcast on youtube, attracting more than 130 participants, and the workshop attracting 87 participants. A grant supported the participation of undergraduate students for five weeks in a virtual summer scholars and mentoring program held at chapman university. From june through july, the foundation supported a virtual undergraduate workshop on computational experimental economics at george mason university for undergraduate interns. The foundation supported 4 lectures held at chapman university as part of a lecture series.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
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 $636k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS’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 FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
“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
83% of INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
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.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
22%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS?
- INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,000 to it, the largest being FREDERICK GARDNER COTTRELL FOUNDATION ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $600,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS?
- FREDERICK GARDNER COTTRELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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