Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$29,395,631

Total expenses

$27,219,867

Contributions and grants received

$28,635,513

Grants paid

$177,737

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$748,716

Other revenue

$11,402

Total assets, end of year

$32,515,997

Total liabilities, end of year

$864,130

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$31,651,867

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$23,692,039

Management and general expenses

$3,134,381

Fundraising expenses

$393,447

Program service expenses (Part III)

$23,692,039

Program services were 87.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• TALENT HUB - IN FY24, FAS EXPANDED THE TALENT HUB'S REACH BY BRINGING IN A NEW PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MANAGING FEDERAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. THIS EXPERTISE LED TO THE LARGEST FEDERAL GRANT IN FAS HISTORY. THIS AWARD IS FROM THE USDA FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR FOOD SYSTEMS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. WITHIN USDA AND ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE TEAM HAS PLACED 35 FELLOWS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES. THESE FELLOWS ARE SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR AGENCIES SEEKING EXPERTISE TO WORK ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.

  Expenses $11,721,401

• SPECIAL PROJECTS - FAS BELIEVES THAT GREAT IDEAS CAN ORIGINATE FROM ANYONE. OFTEN BRINGING THESE IDEAS TO LIFE REQUIRES A SET BUSINESS STRUCTURE THAT BAR MANY INNOVATORS AND SCIENTISTS FROM ENTRY. FAS SEEKS TO FREE UP THESE POLICY-FOCUSED ENTREPRENEURS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND GUIDANCE THROUGH OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OFFERING.

  Expenses $3,181,658

• SCIENCE POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DAY ONE PROJECT - THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT CATALYZE NEW WAYS OF WORKING OR THINKING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN FY24, THE TEAM WORKED TO DELIVER BOLD POLICY SOLUTIONS, FROM DIVERSE SOURCES ACROSS THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE, ACROSS BROAD ISSUE SPACES, FROM CLIMATE RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRE TO EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING TO BIOECONOMY. FAS ALSO LAUNCHED ITS DAY ONE 2025 CAMPAIGN TO SOURCE ACTIONABLE AND INNOVATIVE POLICY IDEAS ACROSS PRIORITY TOPIC AREAS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION.

  Expenses $2,486,015 · Grants $37,083

• EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE - THIS TEAM FOCUSES ON IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ADVANCING OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGH INCREASED R&D FUNDING AND LEVERAGING EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES. IN FY23 AND FY24 THE TEAM BUILT A NATIONAL COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT THE EDUCATION R&D INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGENDA IS COMMUNITY- AND LEARNER-CENTERED, WITH AN EXPLICIT FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF ALL-LEARNERS, EDUCATORS, DISTRICT, STATE AND FEDERAL POLICYMAKERS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $2,034,810 · Grants $81,904

• ENERGY - FORMERLY FAS' "INNOVATION" WORK, IN FY24 WE NOTICED A NEED TO FOCUS ON ENERGY. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, FAS HAS BEEN WORKING WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES THAT GOVERN DOE TO DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE HIRING PATHWAYS, INNOVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES, AND FASTER DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES - ALL IN SERVICE OF MORE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICY.

  Expenses $1,727,869 · Grants $58,750

• INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES - FAS LEVERAGES ITS UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES TO ADVANCE KEY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. THESE EFFORTS RANGE FROM MANAGING AND SUPPORTING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS TO MAKING STRATEGIC HIRES WHO ARE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO LEAD OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PROGRAMS. BY DOING SO, FAS ENSURES THAT IT REMAINS AGILE AND RESPONSIVE TO EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES ALIGNED WITH ITS MISSION.

  Expenses $1,536,396

• GLOBAL RISK - IN FY24, FAS EXPANDED THE NUCLEAR INFORMATION PROJECT (NIP) TO A PORTFOLIO FOCUSED ON GLOBAL RISK. DURING THIS TIME, THE TEAM HAS HIRED A NEW PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR WHO BRINGS 30+ YEARS OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH LEADERSHIP IN THE NUCLEAR POLICY SPACE. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH THE MOST RELIABLE AND AGREED UPON PUBLIC DATA OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THE TEAM ADDED A FOCUS ON ENHANCING POLICYMAKERS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE BROAD IMPLICATIONS OF AI AND NUCLEAR WEAPON-RELATED ISSUES, AND DEVELOPING A SUITE OF POLICY, REGULATORY, AND GLOBAL POLICY INITIATIVES; AND ADVANCING AND EXPANDING THE WORK OF THE NUCLEAR INFORMATION PROJECT TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOP AND PROMOTE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CATALYZE GLOBAL ACTION TO RESPONSIBLY REDUCE THE NUMBERS AND ROLE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WORLDWIDE.

  Expenses $708,687

• EMERGING TECHNOLOGY - AS OUR WORK IN "TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION" GREW, WE CREATED TWO SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY. IN FY24, THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO WORKED TO SET THE U.S. AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF CRITICAL AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, WITH AN R&D ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS AND ACTIVATES INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO INNOVATE FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS, WHILE ACTIVELY MITIGATING THEIR ETHICAL AND SECURITY RISKS.

  Expenses $295,203

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER-SUBAGREEMENT EPIC

  $58,750

  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE CAPACITY INITIATIVE

• COMPASS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

  $16,667

  IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLAND FIRE POLICY ACCELERATOR

• CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  $16,667

  IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLAND FIRE POLICY ACCELERATOR

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501349349313450

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