NonprofitsSkeptic Society

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Skeptic Society

SANTA BARBARA, CA

Total revenue

$765K

Total expenses

$626K

Net assets

$1.4M

Grants received

$714K

22 grants

EIN

954550781

Tax year

2024

Mission

The skeptics society is a science education organization that makes available to its members a subscription to skeptic magazine, a quarterly publication that examines a wide variety of scientific and pseudoscientific controversies. The skeptic society also sponsors a monthly science lecture series at the california institute of technology in pasadena, ca, as well as hosts annual science conferences open to the public, and science education field trips, such as geology tours of southern california and the western united states. The society is dedicated to educating the public about controversial claims. We maintain a telephone referral service and a website so that schools, the press, and the general public can access our information. We tirelessly lend our scientific viewpoint to media coverage of a wide range of issues. In our print catalogue in skeptic magazine along with our online shop, we offer an extensive catalogue of scientific and skeptical books and audio and video recordings

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$254K
Program service revenue$157K
Investment income$354K
Other revenue
Total revenue$765K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits
Fundraising
Other expenses$626K
Total expenses$626K
Total assets$1.5M
Net assets$1.4M

People

2 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DIANE KNUDTSON

CFO

Board

MICHAEL SHERMER

PRESIDENT

Board

Grants received

Showing 22 of 22

FromAmountPurposeYear
$193K
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SOCIETIES: INVESTIGATING THE SOCIETIES OF ANIMALS TO UNDERSTAND OUR OWN
2024
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
for general operations
2024
$193K
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SOCIETIES: INVESTIGATING THE SOCIETIES OF ANIMALS TO UNDERSTAND OUR OWN
2023
$6K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$145K
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SOCIETIES: INVESTIGATING THE SOCIETIES OF ANIMALS TO UNDERSTAND OUR OWN
2022
$48K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$35K
General Support
2021
$9K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$6K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$100
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2021
$26K
General Support
2020
$10K
for general operations
2020
$4K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2017
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2017

Funded by

$714K from 8 funders · 22 grants · 2017–2024

John Templeton Foundation

$531K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

$134K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$17K · 3 grants · 2021–2023

Donors Trust Inc

$16K · 2 grants · 2020–2024

Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan

$13K · 2 grants · 2017–2021

Lee And Louis Kuhn Foundation Inc

$3K · 2 grants · 2017–2022

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

$300 · 4 grants · 2020–2021

Texas Instruments Foundation

$100 · 1 grant · 2021

Details

EIN954550781
NTEE codeA33
Subsection03
Ruling date1996-02
Formed1996
Employees1
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