Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $949,407 to it, the largest being The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation ($300,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $295k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $949k
- Net assets
- $50k
What The National Council for Science and the Environment does
Mission
To support the use of evidence-based science in public and private decision-making about health and the environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Environmentors is an environment-based mentoring program aimed at preparing high school students for college programs and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem). This program is a collaborative effort of volunteer science and environmental professionals, aspiring underserved high school students, science teachers, school administrators, government agencies, community organizations, foundations and businesses who generously support our work.gcse facilitated innovation labs are transdisciplinary research hubs that support collaboration, innovation and capacity building of cross sectoral groups. These labs amplify education, research, solutions, and analysis for solutions oriented work.gcse senior fellows program is a leadership cohort for collaboration and capacity building. Gcse's applied solutions network is a professional member platform for scientists, decision makers, public and private partners to advance solutions to global environmental challenges.
$245,701 spentof which $4,485 as grants$91,745 earned by the program100% of program spendingGcse actively participates in international conferences, engaging with scientists, policymakers, business leaders, and civil society to contribute to recommendations and collaborative efforts that advance the role of science in environmental decision-making.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $245,701.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $205k to $477k (+133%).
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: 2019 1% · 2020 10% · 2021 13% · 2022 46% · 2023 18% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Maria Boccalandro
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $130k → $160k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT’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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 82% · 2019 50% · 2020 60% · 2021 79% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
11% of THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT draws 91% 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. $108k 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
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$477k
- National Science Foundation$335k
- Department of Energy$265k
- Department of Agriculture$90k
- Department of Commerce$70k
- Department of the Interior$36k
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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
- THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $949,407 to it, the largest being The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation ($300,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $949,407 in grants to THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
- The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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