Science & Technology
Science Friday Initiative Inc
NEW YORK, NY
Total revenue
$4.6M
Total expenses
$3.5M
Net assets
$7.1M
Grants received
$5.4M
91 grants
EIN
134252173
Tax year
2023
Mission
The organization creates new and exciting ways to bring science and technology to the public through its website, radio program, video, and educational outreach.
Programs
2 programs
Science friday digital content and websitescience friday's digital platforms publish original reporting, newsletters, dispatches, book excerpts, as well as multimedia additions to radio segments. Our website, sciencefriday.com, is the public's one stop-shop for everything that science friday creates, including original longform reporting that gives readers a flavor of the challenges faced by scientists working to solve big problems. Our website receives 240,000 page views/month and we have a social following of over a million combined followers on facebook, instagram, twitter, and tiktok.
Science friday education, experiences, and researchour education and outreach work creates educational programming, content, and experiences to invite communities, parents, educators, and the public to participate in science through doing and learning. Our original lesson plans and activities have been included in dozens of national curriculum and out of school time activity repositories serving tens of millions of educators, including share my lesson, pbs learning media, american association of chemistry teachers, newsela, and code.org. Science friday's events and experiences includes the hosting of monthly live and virtual learning events with experts, a national book club, citizen science initiatives, field trips, and live discussions around the country. Science friday's research initiatives include projects evaluating the influence of media on learning and engagement, equity and representation in media, and stem informal learning.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
20 listed
DANIELLE DANA JOHNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$158K
40 hrs/wk
MARY SMART
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
BRENNA BERMAN
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
RAY CHAO
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
WILLIAM COX III
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
BENNET EPSTEIN
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
JAMES GENTILE
DIRECTOR, THRU 04/14/24
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1 hrs/wk
SEEMA KUMAR
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
IRA FLATOW
PRESIDENT
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3 hrs/wk
MEERA RAJA
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
JENNIFER ROLLINS
DIRECTOR, THRU 04/26/24
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1 hrs/wk
CAMILLA SMITH
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
THEA TRUE WELLS
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
DAVE VERNIER
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
RENEE WONG
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
JULIE LANASA
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
CHRIS LEE
TREASURER EFF 11/2023
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1 hrs/wk
JORGE LEIS TREASURER THRU
10/2023, DIRECTOR THRU 04/2024
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1 hrs/wk
ARIEL ZYCH
DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE
$123K
40 hrs/wk
JOHN DANKOSKY
DIRECTOR OF NEWS & AUDIO
$108K
40 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
HEY IRA INC
CONSULTING SERVICES
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