Public Charity

SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC

SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.2M revenue, $3.7M expenses, $10.6M total assets. 53 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 134252173 NEW YORK, NY Physical & Earth Sciences NTEE: U30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.2M
Total Expenses$3.7M
Total Assets$10.6M
Grant Records53
Funding Total$1.6M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATEST DISCOVERIES, INNOVATIONS, AND CONTROVERSIES IN SCIENCE. LEVERAGING THE SCIENCE FRIDAY RADIO PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO MAKE SCIENCE MORE ACCESSIBLE, FUN, AND INTERACTIVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE USING NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND LIVE EVENTS.

Where $100 goes at Science Friday Initiative Inc

How Science Friday Initiative Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$14 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$61
Science friday weekly radio broadcast and podcastfor over 30 years, the science friday audio program has been at the core of science friday programs
83% of program spending
$12
Science friday education and experiencesour education and outreach work creates educational programming, content, and experiences to invite communities, parents, educators, and the public to participate in science through…
16% of program spending
$1
Science friday digital content and websitescience friday's digital platforms publish original reporting, newsletters, book excerpts, as well as multimedia additions to audio segments
1% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Bennet Epstein
DIRECTOR Brenna Berman
DIRECTOR Camilla Smith
TREASURER Chris Lee
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Danielle Dana Johnson
DIRECTOR Dave Vernier

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,401,121 42 grants
Education
$153,570 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$25,250 1 grant
Economic Development
$15,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$7,675 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.2M $3.7M $10.6M
2024 $4.6M $3.5M $8.8M
2023 $2.6M $3.0M $7.6M
2022 $2.0M $1.4M $8.3M
2020 $3.8M $3.3M $6.0M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.8M to $6.2M (+62%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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