Mission
TO ADVANCE RESEARCH OF THE HERCULANEUM PAPYRI AND ONGOING EFFORTS TO DECIPHER THEM.
Public Charity
CURIOUS CASES INC
CURIOUS CASES INC, of SAN FRANCISCO, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $2.5M in revenue, $1.6M in expenses, $1.4M in total assets. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $575K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 921989282
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Interdisciplinary Research
NTEE: V30
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.5M
Total Expenses$1.6M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records8
Funding Total$575K
Filing Years2023–2024
Where $100 goes at Curious Cases Inc
How Curious Cases Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 2 years.
$96
Programs
the work itself
$4
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $96 for programs
$96
In 2024, vesuvius challenge successfully resulted in the noninvasive recovery of multiple passages of text from an intact herculaneum scroll
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$100,000
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$125,000
GENERAL PURPOSE
$100,122
Research and Education Grants
$100,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$90,000
Showing up to 5 of 8 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
CO-PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
Daniel Gross
SECRETARY & DIRECTOR
Emily Amburgey
PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
Nathaniel Friedman
TREASURER & DIRECTOR
Sean Swinford
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
Between 2023 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $2.5M (+46%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.