Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,196,000 to it, the largest being APHORISM FOUNDATION ($9,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $660k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Science for America Inc does
Mission
Science for america is a "solutions incubator" rooted in bold scientific and technological possibilities working to develop vision, strategy, and execution plans, and to ensure the launch and success of those solutions science for america brings together scientists and technologists and works with partners across sectors to:-identify potential game-changing solutions to urgent challenges, in the us and around the world, that are not currently happening, -develop clear vision, strategy and execution plans, and-ensure the launch and success of those solutions, by incubating them to an appropriate stage.possible solutions may include the creation of projects, initiatives, shared facilities, coalitions, new companies, prizes, and advocacy efforts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Climate and energy - we have dedicated effort to synthesizing our analyses on carbon capture, storage, and utilization. While we need to rapidly stop adding large amounts of carbon dioxide (co2) and other greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, even the most aggressive plans for decarbonization require removing 10-20 billion tons of co2 each year to reach net-zero. The challenge is, carbon dioxide removal and storage today is very expensive and not ready to scale to gigaton-levels.
$938,974 spent38% of program spendingHealth - we propose a nationwide system for rapid drug evaluation to intercept cancer recurrence at its earliest molecular stage. The system unites a critical mass of cancer centers, engaged patients, and trial sponsors via a platform for surveillance, trial screening, and evidence generation that will deliver efficiency, effectiveness, and impact in how we treat cancer patients and conduct clinical research. We have published an article in nature review cancer ("a standing platform for cancer drug development using ctdna-based evidence of recurrence") which can also be found on our website.
$915,395 spent37% of program spendingStem equity and education - we wanted to better understand which groups are underrepresented in stem, how much are they underrepresented by, and are some universities doing better than others at diversifying their stem student population. We started by looking at relative representation: the representation of a group relative to their representation in a baseline population. Calculating a given population's representation in stem at a college compared to that population's baseline representation in the same college's overall population may allow us to evaluate current demographics to see if there are patterns of over or under representation for certain groups in stem, relative to their representation across that university as a whole.
$614,564 spentof which $18,495 as grants25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,468,933.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $110k to $15M (+13471%).
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.
0% of SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Eric S Lander
Chair & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $648k → $8.8M.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 SCIENCE FOR 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
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“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
51% of SCIENCE FOR AMERICA 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 $11M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SCIENCE FOR 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Reversing Early Recurrence LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SCIENCE FOR 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 SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC?
- SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,196,000 to it, the largest being APHORISM FOUNDATION ($9,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $22,196,000 in grants to SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC?
- APHORISM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 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