NonprofitsInstitute For Advanced Study

Science & Technology

Institute For Advanced Study

PRINCETON, NJ

Total revenue

$69.5M

Total expenses

$78.3M

Net assets

$1.2B

Grants received

$103.3M

231 grants

EIN

210634988

Tax year

2023

Mission

Leading center for theoretical research and discovery. See schedule o.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$54.3M
Program service revenue$5.6M
Investment income$9.5M
Other revenue
Total revenue$69.5M

Expenses

Grants paid$14.0M
Salaries & benefits$31.6M
Fundraising$1.8M
Other expenses$32.8M
Total expenses$78.3M
Total assets$1.4B
Net assets$1.2B

People

35 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DAVID NIRENBERG

DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE

Board

$867K

40 hrs/wk

ALEXANDRA DAY

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Board

$549K

40 hrs/wk

JANINE PURCARO

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE

Board

$472K

40 hrs/wk

VICTORIA B BJORKLUND

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

SANDRA PETERSON

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARIO DRAGHI

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JONATHAN NELSON

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARK HEISING

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

JEANETTE LERMAN-NEUBAUER

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

DAVID M RUBENSTEIN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DARVD F MARQUARDT

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

PETER SVENNILSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JORN RAUSING

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANN-KRISTIN ACHLEITNER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

FRED HU

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MIKE SPEISER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

PAULINE YU

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GIGLIOLA STAFFILANI

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

EVA MARDER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

WENDELL P WEEKS

TRUSTEE (THRU 02/2024)

Board

1 hrs/wk

NARAYANA MURTHY

TRUSTEE (THRU 05/2024)

Board

1 hrs/wk

CARL P FEINBERG

TRUSTEE (THRU 05/2024)

Board

1 hrs/wk

BERNARD HARCOURT

TRUSTEE (THRU 06/2024)

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHIRLEY TILGHMAN

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CHRISTOPHER COLE

TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

CHARLES SIMONYI

CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE

Board

2 hrs/wk

NANCY S MACMILLAN

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

NEIL A CHRISS

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

NANCY B PERETSMAN

VICE CHAIRMAN

Board

10 hrs/wk

JOHN OVERDECK

CHAIRMAN

Board

10 hrs/wk

JEFFREY GATTO

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Staff

$691K

40 hrs/wk

NATHAN SEIBERG

NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY

Staff

$476K

40 hrs/wk

ADAM SOLAN

INVESTMENT OFFICER

Staff

$458K

40 hrs/wk

MATIAS ZALDARRIAGA

NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY

Staff

$453K

40 hrs/wk

NIMA ARKANI-HAMED

NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY

Staff

$448K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

REDAPTIVE SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES LLC

GEO-THERMAL CONSULTANT

$1.8M

VJ SCOZZARI & SONS INC

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

$1.7M

ALBOURNE AMERICA LLC

INVESTMENT CONSULTANT

$523K

KIMMEL BOGRETTE

ARCHITECT/ENGINEER

$451K

GRANT THORNTON

ACCOUNTING SERVICES

$210K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 231

FromAmountPurposeYear
$3.5M
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP THE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD.
2024
$1.1M
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$300K
for general operations
2024
$147K
ULTRA-QUANTUM MATTER
2024
$130K
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON PERFECTION IN ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TOPOLOGY
2024
$110K
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON CELESTIAL HOLOGRAPHY
2024
$100K
CIVIC SCIENCE FELLOW
2024
$100K
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPTHE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. WORK AT THE INSTITUTE TAKES PLACE IN FOUR SCHOOLS: HISTORICAL STUDIES, MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. IT PROVIDES FOR THE MENTORING OF YOUNGER SCHOLARS BY A PERMANENT FACULTY, AND IT OFFERS ALL WHO WORK THERE THE FREEDOM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY OF THE BROAD RANGE OF FIELDS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES STUDIED AT THE INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE, FOUNDED IN 1930, IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION LOCATED IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.
2024
$100K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$83K
Operating support Fund
2024
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
THE FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
PROMOTE EDUCATION
2024
$5K
DONATION
2024
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
Exclusively charitable, religious, educational, literary and scientific purposes
2024
$11.1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$4M
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1.1M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$453K
SIMONS BRIDGE FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT IAS
2023
$350K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$325K
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
2023
$300K
for general operations
2023
$250K
FOR THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL VALUES LAB
2023
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
2023
$199K
IAS/PARK CITY MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE
2023
$150K
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP THE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD.
2023
$147K
SUPPORT FOR VISITING SCHOLARS AT THE SIMONS CENTER FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AT IAS
2023
$100K
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPTHE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. WORK AT THE INSTITUTE TAKES PLACE IN FOUR SCHOOLS: HISTORICAL STUDIES, MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. IT PROVIDES FOR THE MENTORING OF YOUNGER SCHOLARS BY A PERMANENT FACULTY, AND IT OFFERS ALL WHO WORK THERE THE FREEDOM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY OF THE BROAD RANGE OF FIELDS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES STUDIED AT THE INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE, FOUNDED IN 1930, IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION LOCATED IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.
2023
$100K
CIVIC SCIENCE FELLOW
2023
$76K
WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE JOURNALISM
2023
$75K
CIVIC SCIENCE FELLOW - 2023
2023
$74K
ULTRA-QUANTUM MATTER
2023
$63K
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON PERFECTION IN ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TOPOLOGY
2023
$55K
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON CELESTIAL HOLOGRAPHY
2023
$51K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
2023
$15K
IAS SCIENCE JOURNALISM WORKSHOP
2023
$13K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$11K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$10K
PROMOTE EDUCATION
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
THE FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE
2023
$7K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$7K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
DONATION
2023
$5K
Operating Expenses
2023
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$11.1M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$3M
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IAS) UNRESTRICTED GIFT
2022
$2.0M
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$901K
SIMONS BRIDGE FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT IAS
2022
$516K
SUPPORT FOR VISITING SCHOLARS AT THE SIMONS CENTER FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AT IAS
2022
$400K
GIFT TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
2022
$350K
$300,000 TO BE APPLIED TO THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS; $50,000 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$347K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
2022
$325K
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
2022
$300K
for Convening at the Intersections of Knowledge, Science, and Society
2022
$265K
A GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2022
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
2022
$100K
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPTHE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. WORK AT THE INSTITUTE TAKES PLACE IN FOUR SCHOOLS: HISTORICAL STUDIES, MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. IT PROVIDES FOR THE MENTORING OF YOUNGER SCHOLARS BY A PERMANENT FACULTY, AND IT OFFERS ALL WHO WORK THERE THE FREEDOM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY OF THE BROAD RANGE OF FIELDS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES STUDIED AT THE INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE, FOUNDED IN 1930, IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION LOCATED IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.
2022
$100K
ULTRA-QUANTUM MATTER
2022
$52K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$19K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$10K
CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF VARTAN GREGORIAN INNOVATION FUND
2022
$10K
DONATION
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
2022
$10K
IAS FUND AND ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
2022
$8K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$5K
PROMOTE EDUCATION
2022
$5K
Operating Expenses
2022
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$2.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$2.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$250K
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
2021
$241K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
2021
$45K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$25K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
PROMOTE EDUCATION
2021
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE CONTRIBUTION
2021
$2K
FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZAITON
2021
$2K
To carry out charitable purpose of organization
2021
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2021
$15M
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANTMAKING
2020
$3.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$3M
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IAS) UNRESTRICTED GIFT
2020
$2.6M
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$1.4M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$604K
Annual Suuport
2020
$535K
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IAS)/ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY JOINT INITIATIVE IN QUALITATIVE BIOLOGY - CORE
2020
$500K
IAS/PARK CITY MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE
2020
$500K
ANNUAL SUPPORT
2020
$350K
$300,000 FOR THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS AND $50,000 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$318K
To further the mission of the donee
2020
$265K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
2020
$250K
TO SUPPORT VISITING PROFESSORSHIP
2020
$250K
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
2020
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE FIELD OF NEAR EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
2020
$152K
IT FROM QUBIT: QUANTUM FIELDS, GRAVITY, AND INFORMATION
2020
$150K
THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP THE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD.
2020
$146K
Program Services
2020
$130K
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON ALGORITHMS AND GEOMETRY - PI
2020
$100K
IAS ANNUAL GIFT
2020
$100K
ULTRA-QUANTUM MATTER
2020
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE STUDY OF THE ROLE THAT GOVERNMENT PLAYS IN THE PROGRESS OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2020
$50K
RESEARCH IN MODERN INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY
2020
$50K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$49K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$25K
GREATEST NEED/ UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT
2020
$21K
General support
2020
$20K
IN SUPPORT OF RF DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2020
$20K
STIPENDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2020
$20K
CONTRIBUTION TO PARK CITY MATH INSTITUTE AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM IN MEMORY OF ELAINE AND JAMES WOLFENSON
2020
$15K
A GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2020
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
PROMOTE EDUCATION
2020
$10K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$10K
IAS FUND AND ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
2020
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
EDUCATIONAL
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2020
$5K
DONATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
2020
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$750
Matching Grant
2020
$500
FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZAITON
2020
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$96
To carry out charitable purpose of organization
2020
TO REVERSE THE 2019 UNCASHED CHECK
2020
$3.1M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$335K
Program Services
2019
$199K
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
2019
$121K
2019
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2019
$100K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2019
$100K
DONATION
2019
$80K
Stipends/Fellowships
2019
$28K
EDUCATION/RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS
2019
$27K
SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING
2019
$21K
General support
2019
$18K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$8K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$3K
To carry out charitable purpose of organization
2019

Funded by

$103.3M from 89 funders · 231 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$25.7M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Gates Foundation

$15M · 1 grant · 2020

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$11.2M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

The Simons Foundation Inc

$10.5M · 22 grants · 2020–2024

American Endowment Foundation

$6.2M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

$6.0M · 5 grants · 2019–2024

Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation

$3.9M · 3 grants · 2020–2024

The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc

$3.8M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN210634988
NTEE codeU050
Subsection03
Ruling date1931-05
Formed1930
Employees568
Volunteers65
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo