New York · Nonprofit
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $756,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($376,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $756k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $756k
- Net assets
- $662k
What Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc does
Mission
Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Legal advocates for safe science and technology, inc. (lasst) established a court advocacy program that includes (1) litigation surveillance to identify ongoing cases relevant to bio risks and advanced artificial intelligence risks, (2) the preparation of amicus (friend-of-the-court) briefs in strategic cases, and (3) identification and development of strategic interventions addressing emerging risks. The program identified cases establishing precedent relevant to pathogens with enhanced pandemic potential, and lasst filed its first motion to appear as amicus in one of those cases, partnering with leading virology and epidemiology academics and securing pro bono representation from a top law firm. Lasst also developed an amicus brief addressing artificial intelligence risks and worked with partners to file it. The court advocacy program also equipped lasst with timely information to engage with media and other advocacy organizations about relevant cases, helping to shape public discourse on mission-relevant issues.
$45,946 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $45,946.
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
Tyler Whitmer
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 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
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
“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
87% of LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 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 $100k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $656k 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.
Against its field
LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC?
- LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $756,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($376,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $756,000 in grants to LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $376,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR SAFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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