Michigan · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,000 to it, the largest being The Wallace Foundation ($225,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $486k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $240k
- Net assets
- $490k
What International Society of Learning Sciences Inc does
Mission
The international society of the learning sciences is a professional society dedicated to the interdisciplinary empirical investigation of learning as it exists in real-world settings and how learning may be facilitated both with and without technology.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference - we hold an annual conference, where our society meets to discuss our research and make presentations to each other related to the development of our field. In 2024, the conference welcomed over 950 participants.
$335,415 spentof which $21,283 as grants$365,949 earned by the program70% of program spendingJournals - the journal of the learning sciences is a highly-respected academic journal. In 2024 the journal published 22 articles across 5 issues.
$93,667 spentof which $56,000 as grants$90,827 earned by the program20% of program spendingCommunity development - we engage in community development and educational activities for our academic field of the learning sciences. This includes distributing small grants to emerging scholars in the field.
$49,611 spentof which $49,570 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $478,693.
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 2020 to 2021, from $156k to $403k (+158%).
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: 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Stephanie Teasley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $75k → $150k.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES 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 SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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 OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 OF LEARNING SCIENCES 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 SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC?
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,000 to it, the largest being The Wallace Foundation ($225,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $240,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC?
- The Wallace Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEARNING SCIENCES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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