Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC
THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,146,084 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($3,500,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What The Computing Research Association Inc does
Mission
The specific purposes of the corporation include the following:a.) to consider and act on general problems regarding computer science and computer engineering research and graduate education;b.) to foster interaction between the university and non-university computer science engineering research communities;c.) to interact with and inform public and private groups about computing research and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cifellows:the cifellows project is an opportunity for recent ph.d. Graduates in computer science and closely related fields to obtain one-to two-year postdoctoral positions at universities, industrial research laboratories, and other organizations that advance the field of computing and its positive impact on society. The goals of the cifellows project are to retain new ph.d.s in research and to teach and to support intellectual renewal and diversity in the computing fields at u.s. Organizations. Total number of graduates enrolled: 18
$7,947,737 spentof which $1,270,922 as grants$970,001 earned by the program53% of program spendingNsf csgrad4us:the objective of the computer and information science and engineering (cise) graduate fellowships (nsf csgrad4us) is to increase the number of diverse, domestic graduate students pursuing research and innovation careers in the cise fields: computer science, computer engineering, or information science. The nsf csgrad4us mentoring program provides not only general graduate application advice and guidance, but also provides a missing larger context and network to students returning from the workforce. These goals are achieved through group mentoring sessions followed by individual coaching during the application and decision-making process and the first year in graduate school.total number of participants: 112
$5,163,129 spentof which $4,291,667 as grants34% of program spendingComputing community consortium (ccc):under a four-year, $5.2 million agreement with the nsf, cra created the computing community consortium (ccc) to identify major research opportunities and establish grand challenges for the field. The ccc creates venues for community participation for developing visions and creating new research activities.total number of communities served: 17
$1,875,115 spentof which $2,484,171 as grants13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,985,981.
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.
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 $10M to $14M (+39%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 63% · 2018 66% · 2019 59% · 2020 62% · 2021 72% · 2022 86% · 2023 85% · 2024 81% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Tracy Camp
Executive director
Board chair
Nancy Amato
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $182k → $1.6M.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $396k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Association for Computing Machinery Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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
THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 85% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
0% of THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $121.3M on record.
- National Science Foundation$120.2M
- Department of Energy$1.0M
- Department of Defense$12k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,146,084 to it, the largest being PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION ($3,500,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $7,146,084 in grants to THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC?
- PIVOTAL PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing