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National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences is a engineering or technology research center based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1863. As of 2019 they had $298 million in revenue and $1.3 billion in assets.

The national academy of sciences (nas) was formed under a charter passed as an act of incorporation by the united states congress and signed into law on march 3, 1863. The nas operates as a private membership organization of distinguished scholars eng...

EIN:

53-0196932

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Website:

nationalacademies.org

Twitter:

@thenasciences

Founded:

1863

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

U40: Engineer and technology research centers

Revenue:

$298,227,583

Assets:

$1,313,044,278

Employees:

1,190

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at National Academy of Sciences

Performance in connection with contracts and grants with the u.s. government in accordance with the national academy of sciences' congressional charter.

Endowment and trust activities representing scientific prizes, awards, and support of research.

Studies, projects and other services in connection with private grants and other arrangements exclusive of work funded by the u.s. government.

Form 990s for National Academy of Sciences

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Feb 7, 2020	990	View PDF
2017-12	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Dec 28, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-12	Mar 29, 2017	990	View PDF
2014-12	Jan 29, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for National Academy of Sciences

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$2,028,780	$1,629,053	24.5%
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$7,699,285	$8,312,921	-7.4%
Government grants (contributions)	$207,544,623	$211,958,320	-2.1%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$51,170,809	$53,305,207	-4.0%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$188,898	$930,932	-79.7%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$268,443,497	$275,205,501	-2.5%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$268,443,497	$275,205,501	-2.5%
Program services	$7,814,012	$6,785,056	15.2%
Investment income and dividends	$21,231,746	$14,830,868	43.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$632,995	$386,138	63.9%
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-3,523,024	$14,862,044	-123.7%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$1,721,849	$527,887	226.2%
Miscellaneous revenues	$1,906,508	$1,854,990	2.8%
Total revenues	$298,227,583	$314,452,484	-5.2%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$15,464,071	$18,877,010	-18.1%
Grants to individuals in USA	$38,001,086	$35,376,106	7.4%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$8,304,675	$9,865,006	-15.8%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$5,458,940	$5,329,472	2.4%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$91,690,301	$91,773,568	-0.1%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$11,947,013	$12,271,215	-2.6%
Other employee benefits	$9,445,191	$17,805,457	-47.0%
Payroll taxes	$7,004,595	$6,978,682	0.4%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$364,851	$596,773	-38.9%
Accounting fees	$520,175	$492,756	5.6%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$225,999	$289,646	-22.0%
Investment mgmt fees	$768,227	$811,251	-5.3%
Other fee-for-service	$11,886,180	$12,076,191	-1.6%
Advertising and promotion	$448,433	$248,700	80.3%
Office expenses	$2,431,837	$2,410,089	0.9%
Information tech. expenses	$2,305,167	$13,954,879	-83.5%
Royalty expenses	$98	$0	999%
Occupancy	$5,642,464	$17,741,065	-68.2%
Travel	$17,955,906	$20,113,460	-10.7%
Public official travel and entertainment	$73,996	$81,625	-9.3%
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$8,425,394	$8,415,829	0.1%
Interest	$5,059,288	$5,148,746	-1.7%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$6,746,028	$10,182,299	-33.7%
Insurance	$795,730	$787,475	1.0%
All other expenses	$62,131,041	$27,397,756	126.8%
Total expenses	$313,096,686	$319,025,056	-1.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$18,130,772	$1,726,925	949.9%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$1,446,239	$1,476,530	-2.1%
Pledges and grants receivable	$23,211,660	$141,802,980	-83.6%
Accounts receivable	$61,334,960	$69,976,400	-12.3%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$893,814	$828,140	7.9%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$10,813,045	$10,299,655	5.0%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$151,221,924	$156,515,847	-3.4%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$793,446,205	$776,438,494	2.2%
Investments, other securities	$243,441,454	$211,842,702	14.9%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$7,604,205	$5,772,185	31.7%
Total assets	$1,313,044,278	$1,378,179,858	-4.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$29,717,682	$33,896,597	-12.3%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$41,840,401	$37,608,362	11.3%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$157,692,490	$161,306,648	-2.2%
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$21,874,426	$29,073,836	-24.8%
Total liabilities	$251,124,999	$261,885,443	-4.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$111,095,576	$113,107,237	-1.8%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$771,714,959	$831,842,092	-7.2%
Permanently restricted net assets	$179,108,744	$171,345,086	4.5%

Vendors for National Academy of Sciences

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Grant Thornton LLP	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2020-02-07
██████	Fundraising software		2019-08-28
█████████	Marketing software		2019-08-28
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2019-08-28
████████ ████████ ████████	Facilities Management	$1,731,827	2018-12-01
█████████ ███████ ████████	Printing Fulfillment	$3,331,749	2018-12-01
█████ ███ █████	Fundraising Counsel	$225,999	2018-12-01
█████ ██ ██████████████ █████████	Transportation Study	$2,276,868	2018-12-01
...and 20 more vendors

Personnel at National Academy of Sciences

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Alton D. Romig JR.	Chief Operating Officer	-	April 27, 2020
Mary Salmon	Chief Financial Officer	$299,630	Feb. 7, 2020
█ ███████ ███	Chief Information Officer	$308,144	Dec. 31, 2017
███████ ██████	Chief Development Officer	$322,522	Dec. 31, 2018
████ █████	Rerf Assoc Chief of Research	$352,755	Dec. 31, 2018
██████ ███████	Rerf Chief of Research	$461,486	Dec. 31, 2018
█████ █ ████████	Dep Exec Ofcr and Chief Op Ofcr	$486,195	Dec. 31, 2018
█████ ██ ██████	Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division	$316,693	April 27, 2020
█████████ ████	Acting Executive Director, Division	-	April 27, 2020
███████ ██ ██████	Executive Director	$325,642	April 27, 2020
...and 19 more key personnel

Peer engineer and technology research centers

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	501(c)(3)	$370 million	Washington, DC
2	Aerospace Corporation	501(c)(3)	$1.0 billion	Los Angeles, CA
3	Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)	501(c)(3)	$260 million	Alexandria, VA
4	Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY)	501(c)(3)	$1.1 billion	Albany, NY
5	Urban Institute	501(c)(3)	$86 million	Washington, DC
6	MRIGlobal	501(c)(3)	$109 million	Kansas City, MO
7	Cna Corporation	501(c)(3)	$123 million	Arlington, VA
8	Noblis	501(c)(3)	$322 million	Reston, VA
9	Internet2	501(c)(3)	$79 million	Ann Arbor, MI
10	In-Q-Tel	501(c)(3)	$116 million	Arlington, VA
11	SRC	501(c)(3)	$240 million	North Syracuse, NY
12	University Enterprises Incorporated	501(c)(3)	$97 million	Sacramento, CA
13	American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)	501(c)(3)	$96 million	Manassas, VA
14	Associated Universities	501(c)(3)	$110 million	Washington, DC
15	Truth Initiative	501(c)(3)	$98 million	Washington, DC
16	Riverside Research	501(c)(3)	$97 million	New York, NY
17	SRI International	501(c)(3)	$405 million	Menlo Park, CA
18	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	501(c)(3)	$220 million	Boulder, CO
19	Southwest Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$591 million	San Antonio, TX
20	California Academy of Sciences	501(c)(3)	$85 million	San Francisco, CA
21	Field Museum of Natural History	501(c)(3)	$123 million	Chicago, IL
22	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	501(c)(3)	$105 million	Washington, DC
23	Weizmann Institute of Science	501(c)(3)	$613 million	Israel,
24	West Virginia University Research	501(c)(3)	$133 million	Morgantown, WV
25	Centro International de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)	501(c)(3)	$85 million	Medley, FL

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