FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q41

Classification

1000

Street

1150 18TH ST NW STE 1000

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).

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.

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.

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

  $35,602,788

  Expenses

  $36,430,648

  Contributions

  $34,963,077

  Grants paid

  $229,585

• 2023

  Revenue

  $29,395,631

  Expenses

  $27,219,867

  Contributions

  $28,635,513

  Grants paid

  $177,737

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,455,084

  Expenses

  $18,307,032

  Contributions

  $11,271,212

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $28,862,818

  Expenses

  $8,407,200

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,241,179

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,626,877

  Expenses

  $4,910,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,204,575

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,626,877

  Expenses

  $4,910,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,204,575

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,756,159

  Expenses

  $2,874,949

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,565,658

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,190,213

  Expenses

  $1,638,629

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,083,790

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,740,062

  Expenses

  $1,355,747

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,986,652

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,128,883

  Expenses

  $1,268,527

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,753,145

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

• ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER-SUBAGREEMENT EPIC

  $66,250

  2024 · IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE CAPACITY INITIATIVE

• ASPEN TECH POLICY HUB AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

  $60,000

  2024 · CRAFTING A POLICY ADVANCEMENT GUIDE THAT WILL BE USED AS A RESOURCE FOR THE DAY ONE COMMUNITY

• ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER-SUBAGREEMENT EPIC

  $58,750

  2023 · IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE CAPACITY INITIATIVE

• COMPASS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

  $16,667

  2023 · IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLAND FIRE POLICY ACCELERATOR

• CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  $16,667

  2023 · IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLAND FIRE POLICY ACCELERATOR

• INTERACADEMY PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH (IAPR)

  $11,201

  2024 · BWC INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BODY FOR BIOSECURITY

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $1,488,513

  2022 · EXPANSION OF PROJECT FELLOWSHIPS

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $1,369,479

  2023 · POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

• RECODING AMERICA FUND INC

  $1,000,000

  2025 · General support

• FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE

  $750,000

  2024 · TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON GLOBAL RISK.

• COEFFICIENT GIVING ACTION FUND

  $611,000

  2023 · IMMIGRATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $568,500

  2023 · GENERAL

• HORIZON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

  $543,982

  2023 · FELLOWSHIP GRANT

• METROLAB NETWORK INC

  $445,092

  2025 · TO SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• COEFFICIENT GIVING ACTION FUND

  $400,000

  2023 · POLICY CHANGE ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN AI

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $347,000

  2022 · TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS ON THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN TRANSPORTATION. TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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