NonprofitsScholars At Risk Inc

International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Scholars At Risk Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$2.5M

Total expenses

$3.7M

Net assets

$7.7M

Grants received

$8.1M

36 grants

EIN

822385660

Tax year

2023

Mission

Scholars at risk (sar) is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars, promote academic freedom, and defend everyone's freedom to think, question and share ideas. By arranging temporary academic positions at member universities and colleges, scholars at risk offers safety to scholars facing grave threats, so scholars' ideas are not lost and they can keep working until conditions improve and they are able to return to their home countries.scholars at risk also provides advisory services for scholars and hosts, campaigns for scholars who are imprisoned or silenced in their home countries, monitoring of attacks on higher education communities worldwide, and leadership in deploying new tools and strategies for promoting academic freedom and improving respect for university values everywhere.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.5M
Program service revenue
Investment income$42K
Other revenue$6K
Total revenue$2.5M

Expenses

Grants paid$670K
Salaries & benefits
Fundraising$203K
Other expenses$3.0M
Total expenses$3.7M
Total assets$7.9M
Net assets$7.7M

People

25 listed

NameRoleCompensation

LISA ANDERSON

CHAIR

Board

5 hrs/wk

LANCE LIEBMAN

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

MATTHEW NIMETZ

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

ALFRED BABO

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JONATHAN COLE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOY CONNOLLY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

IRVING EPSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JONATHAN FANTON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ADAM FALK

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TIMOTHY GLADDEN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHARLES HARKLESS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

THOMAS KEENAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAN KRUKOWSKI

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL KUNICHIKA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JONATHAN LEVITSKY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GILBERT MERKX

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL NAUJOKS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATHERINE PRECHT

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ISABEL ROCHE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JORGE SANCHEZ CORDERO

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CATHARINE STIMPSON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DIANA WAGNER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROSALIE WOLF

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NAILA AL ATRASH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROBERT QUINN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

60 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

SECONDED EMPLOYEES, FACILITIES, AND FINA

$2.2M

ETTAIN GROUP

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES

$143K

Grants received

Showing 36 of 36

FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF THE US CHAPTERS OF THE SCHOLARS AT RISK NETWORK
2024
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1M
TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC FREEDOM HUBS IN DIFFERENT WORLD REGIONS, LINKED TOGETHER INTO A GLOBAL CONFEDERATION
2023
$585K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
2023
$200K
Afghanistan Emergency Response
2023
$25K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC FREEDOM HUBS IN DIFFERENT WORLD REGIONS, LINKED TOGETHER INTO A GLOBAL CONFEDERATION
2022
$800K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY, INCLUDING FOR FREE TO THINK, AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS ATTACKS ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
2022
$700K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$578K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
2022
$350K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$64K
TO SUPPORT A WORKING GROUP ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
2022
$36K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$10K
A GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2022
$6K
Scholars at Risk
2022
$500
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$466K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
2021
$43K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$43K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$25K
General operating support
2021
$463K
to provide general support
2020
$400K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY, INCLUDING FOR "FREE TO THINK," A REPORT ON DOCUMENTING ATTACKS ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
2020
$294K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, CULTURE, & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION / PLURALISM
2020
$25K
General operating support
2020
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$3K
matching gift program
2020
$75K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2019
$37K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$244K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
2018
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$236K
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, & CULTURE
2017

Funded by

$8.1M from 14 funders · 36 grants · 2017–2024

The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

$3.4M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

National Endowment For Democracy

$2.4M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Open Society Institute

$1.1M · 4 grants · 2020–2022

Foundation To Promote Open Society

$463K · 1 grant · 2020

The Henry Luce Foundation Inc

$206K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$196K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Charina Endowment Fund Inc

$150K · 1 grant · 2024

The Winston Foundation Inc

$75K · 1 grant · 2019

Details

EIN822385660
NTEE codeQ70
Subsection03
Ruling date2018-01
Formed2017
Employees0
Volunteers1000
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