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RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,677 to it, the largest being US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW ($449,099). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$232k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$470k
Net assets
$46k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 68%
01What it does

What Russian-American Science Association Corp does

Mission

Maintain strengthen and develop common intellectual and cultural space of the russianspeaking scientific community

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Rasa annual conference and george gamow award. Rasa conferences are yearly gatherings of russian-speaking scientists and academics from various disciplines. Each conference offers plenary lectures and panel presentations on diverse topics and celebrates the anniversaries of notable scientists. At the conference, the george gamow award is presented to recognize the outstanding achievements of the russian- speaking scientific diaspora. The award is established in honor of the eminent russian-american physicist george gamow (1904-1968).

    $17,472 spent$31,434 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  2. T-invariant https://www.t-invariant.org/en/ is a multi-media platform for russian-speaking scientists in the united states and other countries. It provides uncensored and diverse information and analysis on global issues related to science, state policy, and academic community. It also exposes and counters the processes that undermine and persecute academic institutions and professionals, and promotes objectivity, peace, progress, and human rights.

    $193,484 spentof which $193,484 as grants$187,500 earned by the program
    92% of program spending
  3. Rasa networking and mentoring mechanism for scholars in need is a project that aims to support scholars. The project offers the science community website https://russaccom.org that enables advisees to connect with russian-speaking scholars from different fields and regions who can provide them with valuable professional advice free of charge.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,956.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($139k) Net assets 100 ($60k)2024 Revenue 124 ($119k) Expenses 104 ($145k) Net assets 58 ($35k)2025 Revenue 241 ($232k) Expenses 159 ($221k) Net assets 76 ($46k)
202320242025
Revenue (241)Expenses (159)Net assets (76)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $60k to $35k (−42%).

$60k
$35k
$46k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$43k
’23
−$25k
’24
$11k
’25
2.5
months of
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.

202320242025
Listed9109
Joined·+4+0
No longer listed·31
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $65k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP’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

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP.

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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In North Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP?
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,677 to it, the largest being US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW ($449,099). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $469,677 in grants to RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP?
US RUSSIA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW is the largest funder on record, with $449,099 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CORP find more funders?
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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 2023–2025), 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