New York · Nonprofit
SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC
SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,910,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Science Philanthropy Alliance Inc does
Mission
The mission of the science philanthropy alliance is to advance scientific discovery through visionary philanthropy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advising - the science philanthropy alliance provides tailored research and strategic advising to both new and established funders committed to advancing discovery science. Our team of philanthropic advisors and extensive network of external experts work closely with our advisees to create and implement strategic philanthropic roadmaps that reflect each funder's unique vision and empower high-impact science.
$1,255,751 spent$82,921 earned by the program38% of program spendingPhilanthropic partners - the science philanthropy alliance brings together over 45 philanthropic organizations united in their commitment to advancing discovery science and strengthening the effectiveness and impact of science philanthropy. Alliance members are part of a dynamic network, benefiting from access to exclusive convenings and opportunities for shared learning and collaboration.
$770,224 spent23% of program spendingField building - the science philanthropy alliance works to elevate the role of science philanthropy within the research enterprise and philanthropic sector. Through strategic initiatives, multi-sector partnerships, public speaking engagements, research, analysis, and publications on funding trends, and convenings with leaders across philanthropy, academia, and policy, the alliance promotes discovery science philanthropy and encourages philanthropic investment in scientific research. The alliance also develops collaborative projects and events that support shared learning, strengthen connections across sectors, and advance more impactful and effective science philanthropy.
$721,874 spent22% of program spendingCommunications - the alliance provides regular communications to its partners about funding opportunities, relevant news, and events of interest. The alliance also periodically communicates organizational updates to a broad set of interested stakeholders.
$568,918 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,316,767.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $3.6M to $11M (+211%).
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.
98% of SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% 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.
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.
Board chair
Harvey Fineberg
Director, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 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 PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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
SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 6 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 85 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 85 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 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.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 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 PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC?
- SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,910,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,910,000 in grants to SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 11 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing