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 2025 filing shows $5.6M in revenue, $6.7M in expenses, $7.3M in total assets. 68 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $11.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 222306795 AMHERST, NY Humanities NTEE: A70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.6M
Total Expenses$6.7M
Total Assets$7.3M
Grant Records68
Funding Total$11.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

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. COSPONSERED THE SCOPES TRIAL CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE JULY 18-20, 2025.

Where $100 goes at Center for Inquiry Inc

How Center for Inquiry Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $75 for programs

$48
Additional program expenses are for media/investigation productions programs, library program, educational program including conference events, the robert green ingersoll birthplace museum program
64% of program spending
$18
Publicationsfree inquiry magazinefree inquiry publishes articles explaining the principles of secular humanism and supporting those living out its ideals
24% of program spending
$6
Outreach program regional officesprofessionally-staffed offices (centers for inquiry) in selected cities carry out aspects of our national agenda germane to certain locations, such as outreach to the entertainment…
8% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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

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

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,576,768 43 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,689,057 11 grants
Education
$1,046,246 12 grants
Unspecified
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.6M $6.7M $7.3M
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

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $8.5M to $5.6M (-35%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.3M.

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