Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$35,602,788

Total expenses

$36,430,648

Contributions and grants received

$34,963,077

Grants paid

$229,585

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$639,711

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$36,146,420

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,103,055

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$31,043,365

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$32,215,480

Management and general expenses

$3,649,131

Fundraising expenses

$566,037

Program service expenses (Part III)

$32,215,480

Program services were 88.4% 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 · 2024

• FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SPECIAL PROJECTS): A HOME FOR INITIATIVES THAT BRING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO BEAR ON CRITICAL POLICY CHALLENGES. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A CONTINUING LONG-TERM CHALLENGE: ENSURING THAT HIGH IMPACT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD HAVE THE OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT THEY NEED TO LAUNCH QUICKLY, OPERATE RESPONSIBLY, AND DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE PUBLIC BENEFIT. IN FY2025, FAS ACCEPTED TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF SPONSORED NINE PROJECTS AND PROVIDED FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, COMPLIANCE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING INNOVATION (ALI) AS IT DEVELOPED AN INDEPENDENT OPERATING MODEL, SUPPORTED BY SIX PHILANTHROPIES.

  Expenses $13,188,771

• TALENT INITIATIVES: FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS THAT CULTIVATE POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS AMONG SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (S&T) TALENT AND DEPLOY EXPERTS INTO PUBLIC SERVICE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT S&T CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. IN FY2025, FAS CONTINUED TO MANAGE FELLOWSHIPS ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING AT THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHERE FELLOWS BRIDGED THE GAPS BETWEEN POLICY DESIGN AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION, PARTICULARLY FOR RURAL AND TRIBAL FARMING COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, FAS EXPANDED THE TALENT INITIATIVES PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FELLOWSHIPS INTO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING 10 FELLOWS WORKING ON ENERGY AFFORDABILITY, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MORE.

  Expenses $11,226,168

• SCIENCE POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DAY ONE PROJECT: A PLATFORM FOR SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY THAT DEMOCRATIZES THE POLICY PROCESS BY SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM WITH PROMISING IDEAS AND TURNING THEM INTO ACTIONABLE POLICY. IN FY2025, FAS HOSTED THE DAY ONE 2025 SUMMIT, A CULMINATION OF A YEAR-LONG POLICY SPRINT THAT CREATED MORE THAN 200 NONPARTISAN, IMPLEMENTATION READY POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW ADMINISTRATION SPANNING A BROAD RANGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOMAINS. THIS SUMMIT SHOWCASED THE PROPOSALS, CONVENING MORE THAN 130 PARTICIPANTS, AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE NEWLY-LAUNCHED THE CENTER FOR REGULATORY INGENUITY (CRI), A NEW HUB DEDICATED TO APPLYING THE INSIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT CAPACITY MOVEMENT TO SPECIFIC, THORNY PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE A FUNDAMENTAL REIMAGINING OF REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE.

  Expenses $2,365,161 · Grants $11,250

• RESEARCH, POLICY, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF POLICY DOMAINS WITH A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIMENSION, FAS A) PRODUCES RIGOROUS, NONPARTISAN RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORM BOTH POLICYMAKERS AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE, B) GENERATES POLICY PROPOSALS TO INFORM GOVERNMENT AGENDA-SETTING, AND C) PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO POLICYMAKERS SEEKING TO ACT ON OUR INSIGHTS AND IDEAS.ADDITIONALLY IN FY2025, FAS EXPANDED BEYOND FEDERAL RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS BY ACQUIRING METROLAB NETWORK, AN ORGANIZATION WITH SIGNIFICANT REACH AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, GIVING FAS THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

  Expenses $5,435,380 · Grants $218,335

As filed on the 2024 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

  $66,250

  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE CAPACITY INITIATIVE

• ASPEN TECH POLICY HUB AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

  $60,000

  CRAFTING A POLICY ADVANCEMENT GUIDE THAT WILL BE USED AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DAY ONE COMMUNITY

• INTERACADEMY PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH (IAPR)

  $11,201

  BWC INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BODY FOR BIOSECURITY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620939349300837

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