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Society for the Study of Human Development

Society for the Study of Human Development (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,600 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($7,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$34k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$30k
0/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Society for the Study of Human Development does

Mission

(1) To Promote the understanding of human development across the life course through multidisciplinary research and dissemination and (2) to provide a forum for faculty, scientists, professionals and student researchers in all fields who are interested in development across

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Same as Primary Exempt Purpose Stated Above

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($67k) Expenses 100 ($41k) Net assets 100 ($26k)2018 Revenue 3 ($2k) Expenses 33 ($13k) Net assets 54 ($14k)2019 Revenue 102 ($68k) Expenses 99 ($41k) Net assets 160 ($41k)2020 Revenue 11 ($7k) Expenses 26 ($11k) Net assets 147 ($38k)2021 Revenue 22 ($15k) Expenses 8 ($3k) Net assets 193 ($50k)2022 Revenue 9 ($6k) Expenses 47 ($19k) Net assets 141 ($36k)2023 Revenue 104 ($70k) Expenses 102 ($42k) Net assets 249 ($64k)2024 Revenue 3 ($2k) Expenses 11 ($4k) Net assets 241 ($62k)2025 Revenue 51 ($34k) Expenses 161 ($66k) Net assets 116 ($30k)
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Revenue (51)Expenses (161)Net assets (116)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $62k to $30k (−52%).

$26k
$14k
$41k
$38k
$50k
$36k
$64k
$62k
$30k
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Total assets

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Society for the Study of Human Development’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (89% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 835 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$26k
’17
−$12k
’18
$27k
’19
−$3k
’20
$12k
’21
−$14k
’22
$28k
’23
−$2k
’24
−$32k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Society for the Study of Human Development’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Society for the Study of Human Development's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

Against its field

Society for the Study of Human Development's revenue fell 49% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−94% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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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.

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05Profile & governance

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

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 Society for the Study of Human Development?
Society for the Study of Human Development (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,600 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($7,600). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Society for the Study of Human Development have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,600 in grants to Society for the Study of Human Development.
Who is the largest funder of Society for the Study of Human Development?
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Society for the Study of Human Development find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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