Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC
RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($105,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Research for a Stronger America Inc does
Mission
Grassroots lobbying campaign mobilizing stakeholders to take action to support federal policies that protect and support the ability of research universities to carry out their missions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Advocacy program engaging with the public to promote awareness of the critical role research unviersities play in driving innovation, advancing knowledge, fostering economic growth and making scientific and technological advancements that benefit americans and strengthen the nation; and mobilizing stakeholders to take action to support federal policies that protect and support the ability of research universities to carry out their mission through a grassroots lobbying campaign. (https://researchfor.us/#impact)
$3,899,250 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,899,250.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA 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
RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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 RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA 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
RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC 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. 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
RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA 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 RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC?
- RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($105,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $210,000 in grants to RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC?
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RESEARCH FOR A STRONGER AMERICA INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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