Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Pupin Initiative
Pupin Initiative (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,701 to it, the largest being THE ERIC AND WENDY SCHMIDT FUND FOR STRATEGIC INNOVATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $47k
- Net assets
- $80k
What Pupin Initiative does
Mission
To conduct research policy analysis and educational programming aimed at strengthening bilateral relations economic cooperation and cultural ties between the United States and Serbia
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Policy Research and Publications: Conducted comprehensive objective academic research and policy analysis on US-Serbian bilateral relations. Produced and publicly disseminated major research briefs including the Annual Report on Serbia-United States relations educating public officials media outlets and the general public on mutual strategic and economic opportunities.
$42,500 spent49% of program spendingPupin Forums DC & Belgrade: Organized and hosted the annual Pupin Forums alternating between Washington D.C. and Belgrade Serbia. These high-level forums brought together a wide array of policymakers foreign policy experts diplomats and business leaders to foster direct transatlantic dialogue energy security collaboration and economic partnership between the United States and Serbia.
$40,000 spent46% of program spendingPupin Student Fellowship Program: Operated a competitive six-month educational fellowship program for selected American Serbian and international university students. Provided intensive weekly expert lectures site visits to major US-Serbian employers and professional mentorship to develop the next generations policy research writing and leadership skills.
$5,000 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $87,500.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $40k to $80k (+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.
100% of Pupin Initiative’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Vladimir Milosevic
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Pupin Initiative’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
Pupin Initiative leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
Pupin Initiative draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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.
Against its field
Pupin Initiative runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 169 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 169 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Pupin Initiative
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pupin Initiative: 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 Pupin Initiative?
- Pupin Initiative (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,701 to it, the largest being THE ERIC AND WENDY SCHMIDT FUND FOR STRATEGIC INNOVATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pupin Initiative have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $46,701 in grants to Pupin Initiative, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pupin Initiative?
- THE ERIC AND WENDY SCHMIDT FUND FOR STRATEGIC INNOVATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pupin Initiative find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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