Virginia · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,801 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS ($10,801). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $81k
What University Consortium for Geographic Info Science does
Mission
Our mission is to advance research in the field of geographical information science education, advocate policies for the promotion of the ethical use and access to geographic information and technologies, and build
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Our mission is to advance research in the field of geographical information science, expand and strengthen geographical information science education, advocate policies for the promotion of the ethical use and access to geographical information and technologies, and build university consortium for geographic information science organizes and presents the annual symposium, and educational conference at which leaders in the field geographic information science congregate to present workshops, papers, and panel discussions on thelatest issues in the field. University consortium for geographic information science organizes and presents the annual symposium, and educational conference at which leaders in the field geographic information science congregate to present workshops, papers, and panel discussions on the latest issues in the field.
$153,249 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $153,249.
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 2023 to 2024, from $128k to $166k (+29%).
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: 2022 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% 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
Amy Rock
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE’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
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE.
“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
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19k on record.
- Department of the Interior$19k
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 UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% 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 UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE: 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 UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE?
- UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,801 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS ($10,801). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,801 in grants to UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE?
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS is the largest funder on record, with $10,801 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFO SCIENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2 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