NonprofitsScience Friday Initiative Inc

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.

Expenses: $648K

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.

Expenses: $265K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$3.3M
Program service revenue$1.1M
Investment income$139K
Other revenue$6K
Total revenue$4.6M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.3M
Fundraising$747K
Other expenses$1.3M
Total expenses$3.5M
Total assets$8.8M
Net assets$7.1M

People

20 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DANIELLE DANA JOHNSON

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$158K

40 hrs/wk

MARY SMART

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRENNA BERMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RAY CHAO

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM COX III

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BENNET EPSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAMES GENTILE

DIRECTOR, THRU 04/14/24

Board

1 hrs/wk

SEEMA KUMAR

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

IRA FLATOW

PRESIDENT

Board

3 hrs/wk

MEERA RAJA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER ROLLINS

DIRECTOR, THRU 04/26/24

Board

1 hrs/wk

CAMILLA SMITH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

THEA TRUE WELLS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVE VERNIER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RENEE WONG

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JULIE LANASA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRIS LEE

TREASURER EFF 11/2023

Board

1 hrs/wk

JORGE LEIS TREASURER THRU

10/2023, DIRECTOR THRU 04/2024

Board

1 hrs/wk

ARIEL ZYCH

DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

JOHN DANKOSKY

DIRECTOR OF NEWS & AUDIO

Staff

$108K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

HEY IRA INC

CONSULTING SERVICES

$297K

Grants received

Showing 91 of 91

FromAmountPurposeYear
$158K
SCIFRI NEXT 30: MODERNIZING SCIENCE FRIDAY
2024
$125K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
INCREASING ACCESS TO SCIENCE POLICY REPORTING
2024
$31K
INN SUPPORT - LABS & COLUMBIA INIT
2024
$15K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2024
$10K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2024
$7K
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.
2024
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
General operating support
2024
$120
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$350K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$338K
IN SUPPORT OF AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO INFORM NEW BROADCAST STRATEGIES.
2023
$295K
SCIFRI NEXT 30: MODERNIZING SCIENCE FRIDAY
2023
$250K
TO SUPPORT SCIENCE FRIDAY, FOCUSING ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, INCLUDING RADIO BROADCASTS, DIGITAL SCIENCE VIDEOS, BLOG POSTS, LIVE EVENTS, AND ASSOCIATED MEDIA
2023
$160K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$125K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSING TO COVERING THE OUTER REACHES OF SPACE TO THE TINIEST MICROBES IN OUR BODIES, SCIENCE FRIDAY IS THE SOURCE FOR ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL STORIES ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER COOL STUFF.
2023
$50K
INCREASING ACCESS TO SCIENCE POLICY REPORTING
2023
$30K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$29K
THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A MONTH-LONG ONLINE PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO APPLY ISS RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS TO INCREASE THEIR INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS.
2023
$24K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$20K
QUALITY EDUCATION
2023
$17K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$12K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT.
2023
$244
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2023
$120
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$300K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$251K
TO SUPPORT SCIENCE FRIDAY, FOCUSING ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, INCLUDING RADIO BROADCASTS, DIGITAL SCIENCE VIDEOS, BLOG POSTS, LIVE EVENTS, AND ASSOCIATED MEDIA
2022
$126K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$125K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$45K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSING TO COVERING THE OUTER REACHES OF SPACE TO THE TINIEST MICROBES IN OUR BODIES, SCIENCE FRIDAY IS THE SOURCE FOR ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL STORIES ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER COOL STUFF.
2022
$20K
EXEMPT PURPOSE RELATED JOURNALISM GRANT
2022
$19K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$15K
SUPPORT PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
2022
$11K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$500
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$500
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$106
EMPLOYEE MATCHING
2022
$114K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$39K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$29K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$29K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$25K
SUPPORT PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
2021
$25K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2021
$21K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$15K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$5K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2021
$393K
In support of embedding citizen science projects in rich multimedia and educational formats.
2020
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$230K
TO SUPPORT SCIENCE FRIDAY, FOCUSING ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, INCLUDING RADIO BROADCASTS, DIGITAL SCIENCE VIDEOS, BLOG POSTS, LIVE EVENTS, AND ASSOCIATED MEDIA
2020
$225K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$42K
RAPID PROTOTYPING THE CONVERSION OF IN-PERSON LIVE SCIENCE EVENTS TO LIVESTREAM EVENTS AND POP-UP COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE DURING THE SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 CRISIS
2020
$25K
SUPPORT PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
2020
$24K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$18K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$11K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$6K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$5K
TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATEST DISCOVERIES, INNOVATIONS AND CONTROVERSIES IN SCIENCE
2020
$365
MATCHING GIFTS
2020
$50
EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2020
$50
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2020
$113K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$30K
SUPPORT PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
2019
$17K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$10K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$230
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2019
$107K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2018
$25K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$30
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$25K
HUMAN SERVICES
2017
$8K
PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT
2017
$8K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2017

Funded by

$5.4M from 35 funders · 91 grants · 2017–2024

The Heising-Simons Foundation

$905K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

$731K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Gordon E And Betty I Moore Foundation

$730K · 2 grants · 2020–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$633K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

William K Bowes Jr Foundation

$625K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Simons Foundation Inc

$495K · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Smart Family Foundation Of New York

$300K · 7 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$161K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Details

EIN134252173
NTEE codeU30
Subsection03
Ruling date2003-12
Formed2003
Employees23
Volunteers17
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