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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,186 to it, the largest being THE GRASS FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $574k
What International Society for Neuroethology does
Mission
The purpose of the society is to advance the understanding of the neural bases of behavior in all animals, vertebrate and invertebrate. To this end, the society promotes neuroethology by publishing newsletters; maintaining a membership list to foster communication; sponsoring educational opportunities for students from developing nations; providing research and travel support in the form of grants and awards to members, especially young trainees; and holding the biennial International Congress of Neuroethology to allow the exchange of scientific information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The sum of $3294 was used for research grants/awards for 2 recipients who are non-US citizens. This includes $500 for one Diversity Award and a grant for a meeting held in Berlin to honor a founding leader of the International Society for Neuroethology ($2794).
$3,294 spentof which $3,294 as grants14% of program spendingThe sum of $2000 was used for research grants/awards for one recipient representing US citizens (Gordon Research Seminar in Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution, Neurobiology).
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants9% of program spendingThe International Society for Neuroethology worked with a professional consultant to update and modernize its mission statement. The update was based in part on a survey of the membership administered by Attentional Leadership LLC. Small awards were made to survey respondents in the form of gift cards.
$6,071 spent26% of program spendingWe are currently planning for the 2026 International Congress of Neuroethology in Vancouver, BC to be held at the University of British Columbia, Canada, 26 to 31 July, 2026, and have provided seed money to the local organizing committee to reserve meeting rooms and accommodations ($30,000). The 2024 International Congress of Neuroethology held in Berlin, Germany, 28 July to 2 August 2024 finalized their accounts and returned $45,604 to the International Society for Neuroethology to provide support for future congresses.
$12,033 spent$45,604 earned by the program51% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,398.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $591k to $623k (+5%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 34% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $84 → $36.
1 of 2 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 SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY’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 SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186 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.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY
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
36% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY: 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 SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY?
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,186 to it, the largest being THE GRASS FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,186 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY?
- THE GRASS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY 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 2020–2025), 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