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THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE
THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,748,078 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($1,276,161). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $554k
What The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience does
Mission
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) harnesses the transformative power of collective memory to dismantle violence and injustice, paving the way for more equitable and peaceful communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Global initiative for justice, truth and reconciliation (gijtr) - lead a consortium of nine international partners as well as sites of conscience members in developing and implementing rapid response and high-impact programs in countries in conflict or transition following gross human rights abuses; create and disseminate program models, case studies and toolkits emerging from transitional justice programs around the world; contribute to the global knowledge base of practice and theory on transitional justice.
$3,618,055 spentof which $1,969,051 as grants80% of program spendingMethodology & practice - supports member sites as well as non-member museums, historic sites, memory initiatives and memorials and other public spaces in becoming dynamic centers for community engagement through consultation and personalized training; as well as gathers and disseminates program methodologies from member sites to train participants in dialogic interpretation implementation, impact evaluation, and strategic planning.
$551,684 spentof which $146,710 as grants$193,370 earned by the program12% of program spendingGlobal networks - the global networks department aims to connect and support more than 350 members in 65 countries around the world through learning exchanges among sites during yearly regional meetings, sharing of different approaches and methodologies of memorialization, reinforcing the capacity of sites to build strong public programs, and working collaboratively with our sites on specific projects.
$356,697 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,526,436.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $802k to $2.6M (+221%).
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: 2018 91% · 2019 91% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% · 2024 96% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Elizabeth Silkes
Executive director
Board chair
Alissandra Cummins
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $526k → $111k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE’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 INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 67% · 2019 77% · 2020 87% · 2021 94% · 2022 88% · 2023 71% — 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
67% of THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE'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 INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE's revenue grew 34% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45.4M on record.
- Department of State$44.2M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.0M
- Department of the Interior$88k
- National Endowment for the Arts$50k
- Smithsonian Institution$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 INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE: 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 THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE?
- THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,748,078 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($1,276,161). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,748,078 in grants to THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE?
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY is the largest funder on record, with $1,276,161 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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