New York · Nonprofit
REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC
REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,059 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($230,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $252k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Realitycheck Research Inc does
Mission
Realitycheck is dedicated to deepening public understanding and debate through original robust investigative studies that reach the hearts and illuminate the minds of the next generation. Our aim is to first and foremost educate the public, reduce tensions and eliminate prejudice and discrimination through conducting and publicizing research and insights on topics of interest to public discussion: such as topics related to racial discrimination, antisemitism, civil rights, science and education, prevention of hate crimes, public health and safety and other related topics.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Realitycheck conducts original, professional research on pressing social issues and disseminates its findings to educate the public, reduce prejudice, and improve community safety. Its studies such as the impact of holocaust education on reducing hate crimes demonstrate broad benefits across minority communities, including jewish, black, muslim, lgbtq+, hispanic, and other vulnerable groups. By publicizing results through lectures, media, and academic forums, the organization fosters meaningful public dialogue, reduces polarization, and helps prevent discrimination and hate crimes.
$62,684 spentof which $50,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $62,684.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Daniel Pomerantz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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
REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
100% 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 REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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
100% of REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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 $217 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $252k 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
REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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 REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC?
- REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,059 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($230,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $252,059 in grants to REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REALITYCHECK RESEARCH INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $230,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REALITYCHECK RESEARCH 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