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RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND

EIN 04-3404575 AMHERST, MA

Revenue 2024
$171,417
Expenses 2024
$156,717

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99Z
Classification
2000
Street
418 N PLEASANT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PERI) AT THE UNIVERSTITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST AND ITS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON MATTERS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PERI) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST AND ITS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON MATTERS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY.

  • SUPPORT THE POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S (PERI) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS ON ISSUES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

    Expenses $138,141 · Grants $40,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Robert Pollin

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $230,911
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $193,135
    Other
    $37,776
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $193,135 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,776 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $230,911 related
  • Gerald Epstein

    BOARD TREASURER & CLERK

    Total calculated
    $224,311
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $186,535
    Other
    $37,776
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,535 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,776 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $224,311 related
  • David Faytell

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $80,001
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $80,001
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 34.75 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $171,417
    Expenses
    $156,717
    Contributions
    $171,417
    Grants paid
    $40,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $288,088
    Expenses
    $284,006
    Contributions
    $281,500
    Grants paid
    $180,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,270,727
    Expenses
    $5,873,716
    Contributions
    $530,705
    Grants paid
    $5,788,690

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $548,500
    Expenses
    $335,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,271,977
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $86,472
    Expenses
    $107,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,494,651
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $239,858
    Expenses
    $126,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,947,626
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $361,872
    Expenses
    $216,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,222,243
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,651,636
    Expenses
    $19,416,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,407,953
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,615,960
    Expenses
    $1,043,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,583,684
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $681,289
    Expenses
    $1,005,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,066,908

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

    115 · ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION · MA

  • PERI SUPPORT FUND INC

    501(C)(3) · ECONOMIC RESEARCH · MA

  • UMASS AMHERST

    115 · PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES · MA

  • UMASS FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS · MA

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • PEAR LLC

    RETROFIT BUILDINGS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY · MA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.