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Science & technology charities: where the money goes

The 192 largest of 192 covered science & technology charities by contributions and grants, from their latest IRS Form 990.

Medians across the 192 covered science & technology charities (latest filings): programs 83.2%, management 15.5%, fundraising 0.0%, highest reported compensation $513,729.

CharityContributionsRevenueProgramsFundraisingTop pay
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, OH · FY2025
$11.9B$13.5B66.3%0.0%$6.0M
The Mitre Corporation
McLean, VA · 2024
$2.47B$2.48B89.3%0.0%$6.0M
Alliance for Energy Innovation Llc
Golden, CO · FY2025
$1.05B$1.06B97.6%0.0%$1.2M
Noblis
Reston, VA · FY2025
$610M$614M93.8%0.7%$2.1M
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel, · FY2025
$495M$891M60.6%1.4%$360K
Climateworks Foundation
San Francisco, CA · 2024
$335M$351M93.9%1.1%$704K
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA · 2024
$332M$344M87.0%1.5%$1.3M
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC · 2024
$277M$362M79.4%1.2%$1.2M
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO · FY2025
$261M$289M87.0%0.2%$868K
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Washington, DC · FY2025
$247M$469M91.0%0.0%$667K
Defensewerx
Niceville, FL · FY2025
$196M$196M99.6%0.0%$428K
The Hawaii Pacific Foundation
Honolulu, HI · 2023
$174M$174M3.0%0.0%$6.4M
Fermi Research Alliance Llc
Batavia, IL · FY2025
$169M$169M98.5%0.0%$2.1M
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
LA Jolla, CA · FY2025
$156M$181M84.0%3.2%$970K
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
$144M$233M82.2%1.1%$1.1M
Associated Universities
Vienna, VA · FY2025
$137M$145M88.9%0.0%$609K
National Advanced Mobility Consortium
Ann Arbor, MI · FY2025
$136M$136M97.4%0.0%$432K
New York Center for Research Economic Advancement Technology Engineeringand
Albany, NY · FY2025
$132M$145M100.0%0.0%$480K
National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining
Johnstown, PA · FY2025
$119M$119M96.7%0.0%$1.2M
Renaissance Philanthropy Fund
New York, NY · 2025
$111M$115M90.4%3.6%$784K
Convergent Research
Cambridge, MA · 2025
$107M$113M88.9%1.3%$521K
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Johnstown, PA · FY2025
$93M$101M87.4%1.5%$739K
MRIGlobal
Kansas City, MO · FY2025
$88M$116M78.4%0.0%$1.0M
Society for Science & the Public
Washington, DC · 2024
$82M$91M83.8%7.8%$787K
US Civilian Research & Development Foundation
Arlington, VA · 2024
$70M$74M98.2%0.0%$741K
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation
Princeton, NJ · FY2025
$66M$89M62.4%2.7%$1.0M
Sri International
Menlo Park, CA · 2024
$66M$438M74.1%0.0%$1.4M
UNMC Science Research Fund
Omaha, NE · FY2025
$52M$64M99.6%0.0%$508K
Institute of Gas Technology
Des Plaines, IL · 2024
$50M$124M53.2%0.0%$1.2M
Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger
Baltimore, MD · FY2025
$50M$57M90.5%0.0%$1.1M
Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, NM · 2024
$47M$52M62.7%3.0%$472K
Universities Space Research Association
Washington, DC · FY2025
$47M$51M76.7%0.0%$806K
Gmto Corporation
Pasadena, CA · FY2025
$46M$47M78.0%4.9%$609K
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
Manchester, NH · FY2025
$44M$85M82.7%3.2%$540K
Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology
Huntsville, AL · 2024
$43M$52M72.9%2.0%$684K
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington, DC · 2024
$40M$129M84.2%2.0%$1.1M
American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Detroit, MI · 2024
$40M$42M73.7%7.8%$668K
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA · FY2025
$40M$55M84.6%2.7%$2.1M
Altarum Institute
Novi, MI · 2024
$39M$43M57.2%2.3%$1.1M
Institute for Systems Biology
Renton, WA · 2024
$38M$42M71.1%0.9%$3.2M
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Saint Louis, MO · 2024
$36M$64M81.6%4.2%$881K
Icipe
Kenya, · 2025
$34M$39M0.0%0.0%$313K
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute
Pittsburgh, PA · FY2025
$32M$32M84.1%0.0%$444K
Ninetwelve Institute
Zionsville, IN · 2024
$32M$33M98.8%0.0%—
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
Dauphin Island, AL · FY2025
$30M$34M89.6%0.0%$252K
Energetics Technology Center
Indian Head, MD · FY2025
$28M$28M93.6%0.0%$292K
Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust
San Juan, PR · FY2025
$27M$30M79.4%0.0%$354K
Seti Institute
Mountain View, CA · FY2025
$27M$27M69.6%3.0%$494K
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
East Boothbay, ME · FY2025
$26M$30M88.3%9.4%$407K
Griffiss Institute
Rome, NY · 2025
$26M$27M87.8%0.2%$328K
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Pensacola, FL · FY2025
$25M$33M75.7%1.2%$553K
National Strategic Research Institute
Lincoln, NE · FY2025
$24M$24M82.9%0.0%$958K
Far Ai
San Diego, CA · 2024
$23M$24M87.4%0.0%$238K
Climate Central
Princeton, NJ · 2025
$22M$22M78.4%11.9%$392K
The Hack Foundation
West Hollywood, CA · 2024
$21M$22M93.8%2.0%$219K
Future of Life Institute
Narberth, PA · 2024
$21M$21M91.1%0.0%$514K
Scratch Foundation
New York, NY · 2024
$20M$20M80.2%4.0%$465K
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Falmouth, MA · FY2025
$19M$24M76.3%6.1%$510K
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Salisbury Cove, ME · 2024
$19M$20M73.3%6.1%$407K
Sage Bionetworks
Seattle, WA · 2024
$19M$25M91.6%0.5%$424K
New York Structural Biology Center
New York, NY · 2024
$19M$20M83.6%0.0%$686K
Open Research Lab
San Francisco, CA · 2024
$18M$18M86.4%0.0%$192K
Tall Timbers Research
Tallahassee, FL · 2025
$18M$23M95.8%0.6%$273K
American Society of Civil Engineers
Reston, VA · FY2025
$18M$59M90.3%0.8%$627K
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc
Statesboro, GA · FY2025
$18M$18M90.3%0.0%$564K
Center For the Advancement of Science In Space
Merritt Island, FL · FY2025
$17M$17M81.7%0.0%$403K
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Durham, NC · FY2025
$17M$21M84.1%0.0%$447K
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Herndon, VA · FY2025
$17M$34M78.3%0.0%$381K
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles
San Pedro, CA · 2024
$17M$18M71.9%14.6%$371K
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation
Arlington, VA · FY2025
$16M$20M89.1%0.0%$887K
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Beltsville, MD · 2025
$16M$17M66.8%0.0%$473K
New Jersey Innovation Institute
Newark, NJ · FY2025
$16M$21M83.1%0.0%$913K
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, DC · FY2025
$16M$107M76.0%2.5%$1.0M
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute
Berkeley, CA · FY2025
$16M$19M80.1%5.9%$409K
Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
Tucson, AZ · 2025
$15M$15M89.8%0.0%$30,000
Southern Research Institute
Birmingham, AL · 2024
$14M$50M70.0%0.0%$901K
Model Evaluation and Threat Research
Covina, CA · FY2024 (8 mo.)
$14M$14M84.1%2.0%$274K
Watttime Corporation
Oakland, CA · FY2025
$13M$16M89.6%0.5%$293K
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment
Taylorsville, CA · 2024
$13M$13M102.5%0.0%$162K
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Ithaca, NY · 2024
$13M$16M78.2%1.7%$395K
Engineering Ministries International USA
Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
$13M$15M78.1%4.9%$172K
J Craig Venter Institute
LA Jolla, CA · 2024
$13M$14M45.5%2.2%$1.2M
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, AZ · 2025
$13M$20M82.3%7.5%$241K
Tmt International Observatory Llc
Pasadena, CA · 2024
$12M$13M76.7%0.0%$894K
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA · FY2025
$12M$26M69.9%4.4%$1.9M
Center for Transportation & the Environment
Atlanta, GA · 2025
$12M$15M69.4%0.0%$407K
Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp
West Henrietta, NY · 2024
$12M$14M91.1%0.0%$173K
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bios
Bermuda, · 2024
$12M$17M88.1%1.0%$1.2M
Project Liberty Institute
New York, NY · 2025
$11M$11M85.9%0.0%$416K
University of Rhode Island Research Foundation
Kingston, RI · FY2025
$11M$12M88.9%0.0%$257K
Catalyst Connection
Pittsburgh, PA · FY2025
$11M$13M91.4%0.7%$410K
Constellation Research Center
Berkeley, CA · 2024
$11M$13M80.9%0.4%$283K
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Fort Worth, TX · 2025
$11M$20M86.1%4.3%$461K
Terc
Cambridge, MA · 2024
$11M$14M75.9%0.1%$312K
International FIRST Committee Associatio co Toohey Law Group
Manchester, NH · 2024
$10M$11M99.2%0.5%$127K
National Society of Black Engineers
Alexandria, VA · FY2025
$10M$23M70.4%5.3%$514K
The Sia Foundation
Randolph, MA · 2024
$10M$12M79.5%0.0%$341K
Experimental Aircraft Association
Oshkosh, WI · FY2025
$10.0M$54M87.6%1.1%$851K
Center for Open Science
Washington, DC · 2024
$9.7M$10M84.6%3.6%$263K
Gordon Research Conferences
East Greenwich, RI · FY2025
$9.7M$62M89.9%0.0%$886K
Center for AI Safety
San Francisco, CA · 2024
$9.6M$10M87.8%2.0%$321K
American Physical Society
College Park, MD · 2024
$9.5M$106M87.2%1.1%$737K
Association for Computing Machinery
New York, NY · FY2025
$9.1M$96M85.2%0.0%$773K
Stroud Water Research Center
Avondale, PA · 2024
$8.9M$12M72.8%3.7%$239K
Institute for Creation Research
Dallas, TX · FY2025
$8.6M$10M86.0%4.9%$196K
South Carolina Research Authority
Columbia, SC · FY2023
$8.6M$16M82.4%0.0%$353K
National Academy of Engineering Fund
Washington, DC · 2024
$8.4M$10M60.4%12.9%$1.2M
Southeastern Universities Research Association
Washington, DC · FY2025
$8.2M$252M71.2%0.0%$1.2M
McNc
Research Triangle Park, NC · FY2025
$8.2M$74M84.5%0.0%$501K
Lab Central
Cambridge, MA · 2024
$8.1M$27M77.5%0.0%$388K
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Disputanta, VA · FY2025
$7.8M$23M50.1%0.0%$409K
Fajr Scientific
Houston, TX · 2024
$7.5M$18M88.4%0.4%$230K
Sae International
Warrendale, PA · 2024
$7.3M$95M87.3%0.3%$969K
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Los Angeles, CA · FY2025
$7.0M$195M73.7%0.0%$921K
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC · FY2025
$7.0M$1.25B91.1%0.0%$1.8M
American Mathematical Society
Providence, RI · 2024
$7.0M$40M85.9%2.1%$391K
American Society for Microbiology
Washington, DC · 2024
$6.9M$51M72.3%0.0%$940K
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Richardson, TX · FY2025
$6.6M$41M68.7%0.1%$497K
Code for Science & Society
Portland, OR · FY2025
$6.6M$10M88.5%0.5%$226K
Education Analytics
Madison, WI · 2024
$6.5M$29M70.7%0.0%$620K
Mozilla Foundation
San Francisco, CA · 2024
$6.5M$37M66.4%7.4%$6.1M
Waterford Institute
Taylorsville, UT · FY2025
$6.2M$48M88.0%0.8%$441K
American Chemical Society
Washington, DC · 2024
$6.1M$819M87.8%0.2%$1.4M
Portland VA Research Foundation
Portland, OR · 2025
$5.8M$8.5M83.4%0.0%$167K
American Geophysical Union
Washington, DC · 2024
$5.6M$56M88.4%4.1%$674K
University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA · 2025
$5.6M$23M55.2%3.8%$612K
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology
Cleveland, OH · FY2025
$5.5M$9.5M80.5%10.1%$236K
Center for Environmental Health Monitoring and Management
Carlsbad, NM · FY2025
$5.3M$13M75.2%0.0%$197K
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Alexandria, VA · 2024
$3.8M$12M80.5%0.5%$448K
American Nuclear Society
Westmont, IL · 2025
$3.6M$15M88.3%3.0%$628K
American Institute of Physics
College Park, MD · 2024
$3.2M$92M78.1%2.5%$713K
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
$3.1M$82M92.2%0.0%$816K
Geological Society of America
Boulder, CO · FY2025
$3.0M$15M77.3%0.0%$388K
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation
Vero Beach, FL · FY2025
$2.9M$10M90.3%0.1%$140K
Public Library of Science
Alhambra, CA · 2024
$2.5M$41M83.9%0.0%$543K
American Astronomical Society
Washington, DC · 2024
$2.3M$22M80.2%0.0%$628K
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Silverthorne, CO · FY2025
$2.2M$11M66.3%6.1%$381K
American Meteorological Society
Boston, MA · 2024
$2.2M$18M81.8%0.9%$349K
California Association for Research in Astronomy
Kamuela, HI · FY2025
$2.1M$30M84.4%1.9%$435K
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Philadelphia, PA · 2024
$2.0M$18M68.3%3.0%$446K
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Camden, NJ · FY2025
$1.7M$25M81.7%0.0%$793K
International Society of Automation
Durham, NC · 2024
$1.5M$17M67.5%0.0%$484K
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New York, NY · FY2025
$1.3M$137M70.5%0.0%$2.1M
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Cambridge, MA · FY2025
$1.2M$949M86.1%0.0%$2.1M
Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry
Peachtree Corners, GA · FY2025
$1.0M$16M67.7%0.0%$545K
American Society for Testing and Materials
West Conshohocken, PA · 2024
$958K$135M84.5%0.0%$943K
Asm International
Materials Park, OH · 2024
$825K$11M67.3%3.2%$246K
Anita Borg Institute for Technology
Sacramento, CA · 2024
$724K$28M75.4%2.8%$565K
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Rockville, MD · 2024
$630K$14M75.3%0.0%$436K
Mind Education
Irvine, CA · FY2025
$592K$31M92.5%0.0%$476K
Ut-Battelle Development Corporation
Oak Ridge, TN · FY2025
$437K$16M98.2%0.0%$416K
American Concrete Institute
Farmington Hills, MI · 2025
$383K$24M75.7%0.0%$531K
National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance
Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
$339K$11M79.9%0.0%$375K
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Reston, VA · FY2025
$283K$10M69.2%1.2%$350K
Society for Mining Metallurgy & Exploration (Sme)
Englewood, CO · FY2025
$283K$19M90.0%1.7%$664K
Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, TX · FY2025
$183K$979M84.6%0.0%$1.8M
Noblereach Foundation
McLean, VA · 2025
$159K$28M68.9%0.0%$1.1M
Ohio Aerospace Institute
Brookpark, OH · FY2025
$151K$24M93.3%0.0%—
Annual Reviews
San Mateo, CA · 2024
$103K$17M79.1%0.1%$540K
Future of Life Foundation
Campbell, CA · 2023
$100K$711K49.5%0.0%$494K
The Alfred E Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
Santa Clarita, CA · FY2026
$46,500$258M91.1%0.0%$1.8M
Jcpds-International Centre for Diffraction Data
Newtown Square, PA · FY2025
$40,943$12M64.3%0.0%$473K
The Aerospace Corporation
Chantilly, VA · FY2025
$23,582$1.62B95.1%0.0%$2.3M
Public Interest Registry
Reston, VA · 2024
$22,592$106M80.0%0.0%$1.0M
Geneva Foundation
Tacoma, WA · 2024
$14,081$61M82.3%0.0%$339K
Institute for Defense Analyses
Alexandria, VA · FY2025
$10,000$345M90.6%0.0%$957K
Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium
Summerville, SC · 2024
$500$234M99.2%0.0%$188K
Blueforge Alliance
Bryan, TX · FY2025
$81$731M96.2%0.0%$560K
Advanced Technology International
Summerville, SC · FY2025
$0$4.87B99.3%0.0%$740K
University of Kansas Center for Research
Lawrence, KS · FY2025
$0$221M90.2%0.0%$1.1M
American Type Culture Collection
Manassas, VA · 2024
$0$198M62.0%0.0%$2.4M
Prepass Safety Alliance
Phoenix, AZ · FY2025
$0$197M97.0%0.0%$1.7M
Analytic Services
Arlington, VA · FY2025
$0$142M78.9%0.0%$633K
Parallax Advanced Research Corporation
Beavercreek, OH · FY2025
$0$83M68.2%0.0%$361K
Cubrc
Buffalo, NY · 2024
$0$57M91.2%0.0%$1.5M
National Council of Examiners For Engineering and Surveying
Greenville, SC · FY2025
$0$46M76.7%0.0%$485K
The Math Learning Center
Salem, OR · 2024
$0$45M84.8%0.0%$368K
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
Frederick, MD · 2025
$0$29M79.6%0.0%$828K
Ball State Innovation Corporation
Muncie, IN · FY2025
$0$25M74.2%0.0%$365K
Navigation Charitable Fund
Berkeley, CA · 2024
$0$19M96.3%0.0%$398K
Iit Research Institute
Chicago, IL · FY2025
$0$18M75.0%0.0%$582K
Isothermal Planning and Development Commission
Rutherfordton, NC · FY2025
$0$14M94.1%0.0%$147K
Virginia Health Information
Richmond, VA · FY2025
$0$14M92.6%0.0%$322K
ONE Nation Innovation
Columbia, SC · 2024
$0$13M98.0%0.0%$250K
Bioone
Washington, DC · 2025
$0$13M80.7%0.0%$413K
American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Columbus, OH · FY2025
$0$11M55.0%0.6%$287K
Wiscnet
Madison, WI · FY2025
$0$11M74.6%4.9%$263K
Public Technical Identifiers
Los Angeles, CA · FY2025
$0$10M70.6%0.0%$756K
Robertson Research Fund
Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
$0$10M90.4%0.0%$1.1M
Geoscienceworld
McLean, VA · FY2025
$0$10M94.8%0.0%$423K
Empire Ai Consortium
New York, NY · FY2025
$0$10M51.6%0.0%—
National Institute of Aerospace Associates
Hampton, VA · FY2025
$0$7.6M75.6%0.0%$500K