California · Nonprofit
World Academy of Art and Science CA
World Academy of Art and Science CA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,751 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($11,751). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $250k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $226k
What World Academy of Art and Science CA does
Mission
The Academy serves as a forum for scientists, artists, and scholars dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges confronting humanity today, in a forum where these problems can be discussed objectively, scientifically, and globally to arrive at solutions that affirm universal human rights and serve the common good of all humanity
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Human Security Project addresses all the critical issues confronting the world today, including peace, human rights, inequality, health, food, education, jobs, safe communities and personal safety, energy, pollution, biodiversity and, climate change. It supports all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals which 193 countries have already approved and rallied around. Human Security is a broad conceptual approach applicable to all areas of development policy. Such an integrated approach can accelerate positive saction to address threat such as pandemics and climate change, to coordinate and accelerate the implementation of the SDGs, and to enhance multilateral cooperation.
$110,233 spent73% of program spendingBSUN Congress 2024- Summit of the Future for the Black Sea Region Summit on 22-23 September 2024, with the UN discussions regarding the emerging themes and trends in higher education systems globally
$16,199 spent11% of program spendingPublications WAAS Newsletter Website, FB and Directory
$9,167 spent6% of program spendingWebinairs and US Conferences Project AI Conferences IDSSD Science
$15,435 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,034.
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 2021 to 2022, from $165k to $346k (+110%).
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.
100% of World Academy of Art and Science CA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Garry Jacobs
President & CEO
Board chair
Alberto Zucconi
Chair of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of World Academy of Art and Science CA’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
World Academy of Art and Science CA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
World Academy of Art and Science CA draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
World Academy of Art and Science CA is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like World Academy of Art and Science CA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% 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 World Academy of Art and Science CA: 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 World Academy of Art and Science CA?
- World Academy of Art and Science CA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,751 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($11,751). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does World Academy of Art and Science CA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,751 in grants to World Academy of Art and Science CA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of World Academy of Art and Science CA?
- JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,751 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like World Academy of Art and Science CA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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