Public Charity

CENTER FOR INQUIRY INC

CENTER FOR INQUIRY INC, of AMHERST, NY, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $7.0M in revenue, $6.5M in expenses, $6.7M in total assets. 64 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $11.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 222306795 AMHERST, NY Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$7.0M
Total Expenses$6.5M
Total Assets$6.7M
Grant Records64
Funding Total$11.1M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

TO SPONSOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ADVANCE HUMANISM AND SKEPTICISM. TO ADVOCATE AND DEFEND A NONRELIGIOUS LIFE STANCE ROOTED IN SCIENCE, NATURALISTIC PHILOSOPHY, HUMANIST ETHICS, AND TO SERVE AND SUPPORT ADHERENTS OF THAT LIFE STANCE. TO PUBLISH SCHOLARLY MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS AND TO HOLD EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES TO INCREASE PUBLIC APPRECIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS REGARDING AND PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM PSEUDOSCIENCE. HELD A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS IN OCTOBER 2024. HELD VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 2024.

Officers & Directors

BOARDMEMBER Andy Thomson
DIRECTOR OF GOVT AFFAIRS Azharuddin Majeed
CFO & TREASURER Barry Karr
BOARDMEMBER Barry Kosmin
BOARDMEMBER Brian Engler
BOARDMEMBER David Cowan

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$4,278,080 9 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$2,136,375 10 grants
CULTURE & ARTS
$1,237,500 2 grants
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
$1,081,225 1 grant
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$737,000 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $7.0M $6.5M $6.7M
2023 $5.4M $6.1M $5.6M
2022 $5.6M $5.9M $7.9M
2021 $8.5M $5.0M $8.5M
2020 $6.0M $4.4M $8.1M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $6.0M to $7.0M (+17%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.7M.

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