New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences is a New York, New York-based public charity founded in 1817. It advances science for the benefit of society through scientific research, education, and policy, and describes its work as bringing together people from different disciplines and sectors to address societal challenges.
New York Academy of Sciences at a glance
In short: New York Academy of Sciences reported $946K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $945,840 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -3.6% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $23,222,066
- -4.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $21,170,438
- +0.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $33,886
- +4189.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $21,905,260
- -3.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to New York Academy of Sciences
- Contact
Mailing address: 115 Broadway 8Th Floor, New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 298-8605
Website: https://nyas.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who New York Academy of Sciences funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Academy describes its community and reach as global. Its stated activities include STEM programs for K–12 students, work to foster the global scientific community, and award programs in the UK and Israel. The 2024 filing also describes a global public-private humanitarian partnership focused on science-based solutions to quality-of-life issues in the developing world.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $38K (2021) to $1.3M (2019). In 2025 it reported $946K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| World Vision International Federal Way, WA | General | $37,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23,222,066 | $21,170,438 | $21,905,260 | $945,840 | Total only | $33,886 |
| 2024 | $24,178,673 | $21,034,309 | $22,647,474 | $981,444 | Total only | $790 |
| 2023 | $26,576,480 | $23,922,135 | $22,636,524 | $1,068,739 | Total only | $2,725 |
| 2022 | $27,780,802 | $22,813,762 | $20,857,773 | $1,190,410 | Total only | $6,032 |
| 2021 | $16,349,796 | $18,722,535 | $19,756,564 | $37,500 | 1 | $1,649 |
| 2020 | $15,749,347 | $19,104,998 | $22,967,685 | $46,076 | 2 | $415,906 |
| 2019 | $19,309,637 | $23,618,059 | $27,774,092 | $1,288,905 | Total only | $161,268 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Academy’s stated mission is to drive innovative solutions to society’s challenges by advancing scientific research, education, and policy. Its programs include interdisciplinary conferences and symposia, career development and training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, public events, science education and mentoring, and advisory work on innovation and economic development for governments.
The Academy also recognizes early-career researchers through awards and offers fellowships. Its website describes these fellowships as opportunities for international, interdisciplinary scholars, combining scientific training, mentorship, internships, and science communication. It says awards provide financial support to researchers, while its 2024 filing describes support for individual award recipients.
Grantmaking
The IRS filing data lists zero grants for each of the three reported years, 2023 through 2025. The available information does not identify grants made to outside organizations or provide an application process for grant applicants.
The Academy’s website describes awards that provide financial support to researchers. Its 2024 filing reports that, in fiscal year 2025, nine recipients of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK received a total of $632,253. The filing also reports that three Blavatnik Awards recipients in Israel received a total of $300,000 in fiscal year 2024. These are payments to individual award recipients, not reported grants to outside organizations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Nicholas B. Dirks as President and CEO; Peter Salovey as Chair; Thomas Pompidou as Vice-Chair; Amber Miller as Treasurer; Tino Van den Heuvel as Secretary; and Jerry MacArthur Hultin as Immediate Past Chair. It also lists Serg Bell and Maryellen Elia as governors.
New York Academy of Sciences is led by Nicholas B. Dirks, President & CEO since 2021 (on filings since 2020); 8 of 42 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Nicholas B. Dirks
President & CEO
President → President & CEO, 2021
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$379K (2021) → $537K (2025)
Mila Rosenthal
Executive Director & Isr
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$209K (2024) → $210K (2025)
Peter Salovey
Chair
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brooke Urquhart Grindlinger
Cso, Life Sciences Conf & Awards
Chief Scientific Officer → Cso & Life Sciences, 2021
Cso & Life Sciences → Cso, Life Sciences Conf & Awards, 2023
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$214K (2019) → $259K (2025)
Giancarlo Bonagura
Executive Vice President & COO
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$238K (2020) → $329K (2025)
Douglas Braaten
Cso & Publications
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$205K (2022) → $223K (2025)
Robin B. Stephenson
Senior Vice President & Advancement
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$275K (2022) → $244K (2025)
Meghan Groome
Senior Vice President & Education
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$191K (2023) → $197K (2025)
Clare Peeters
Chief Business & Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$161K (2025)
David Ka Mordecai
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Grace Wang
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacqueline Corbelli
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maryellen Elia
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael W. Young
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Thoren
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Seema Kumar
Governor
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Pompidou
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Macarthur Hultin
Immediate Past Chair
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Konstantin Shakhnovich
Governor
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Sachar
Governor
Treasurer → Governor, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lowell Robinson
Governor
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
R. May Lee
Governor
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aida Habtezion
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dario Gil
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Wertheimer
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martin Nesbitt
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ravi Kumar S.
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Reid Hoffman
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sanford I. Weill
Governor
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tino Van Den Heuvel
Secretary
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amber Miller
Treasurer
Governor → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Faye Wattleton
Governor
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Subra Suresh
Governor
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Yancopoulous
Governor
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Forest
Governor
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Tjian
Governor
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Serg Bell
Governor
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas C. Franco
Governor
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chandrika Tandon
Governor
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Reddoch
Governor
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Reed
Governor
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacie Grossman Bloom
Governor
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (33)
- Former: Nadav Zafrir (2019–2025) — Governor · Filing note: Thru 112023
- Former: Ainsley A. Goulborne (2024–2025) — Chief Administrative Officer · Filing note: Thru 125
- Former: Pablo Legorreta (2019–2024) — Governor
- Former: Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2021–2024) — Governor
- Former: Armen Avanessians (2023–2024) — Governor
- Former: Ellen De Brabander (2019–2023) — Governor
- Former: Gregory Petsko (2019–2023) — Governor
- Former: Paul Horn (2019–2023) — Governor
- Former: Erica Cullmann (2021–2023) — Senior Vice President & Meeting Operations
- Former: Jaclyn Safier (2021–2023) — Governor · Filing note: Thru 12023
- Former: Kirsten Davies (2021–2023) — Governor · Filing note: Thru 12023
- Former: Paul Mikov (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & Global Partnerships
- Former: Elaine Fuchs (2019–2021) — Governor
- Former: Ellis Rubinstein (2019–2021) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Gilles Bergeron (2019–2021) — Executive Director Nutr Sci
- Former: Larry Smith (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Wendy Schneider (2019–2021) — Senior Vice President & CAO
- Former: Manuela Veloso (2020–2021) — Governor
- Former: Sylvia Acevedo (2020–2021) — Governor
- Former: Michael Dolsten (2021) — Governor
- Former: Pavle Mikov (2021) — Senior Vice President & Global Partnerships
- Former: Beth Jacobs (2019–2020) — Governor
- Former: John Kelly III (2019–2020) — Governor
- Former: Michael Zigman (2019–2020) — Governor
- Former: Mikael Dolsten (2019–2020) — Governor
- Former: Robbianne Mackin (2020) — Senior Vice President & Prin. Gifts
- Former: Donna Milrod (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Kathe A. Sackler (2019) — Governor
- Former: Margaret Ceres (2019) — Senior Vice President, Communications & Network
- Former: Mortimer Da Sackler (2019) — Governor
- Former: Nancy Zimpher (2019) — Chair Emeritus
- Former: Reuben Advani (2019) — CEO & Glbl Stem
- Former: Theresa Westcott (2019) — Executive Vice President & COO
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $537K, to Nicholas B Dirks (President & CEO). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about New York Academy of Sciences
How much does New York Academy of Sciences give each year?
New York Academy of Sciences reported $946K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $981K in grants paid.
How large is New York Academy of Sciences?
New York Academy of Sciences reported $23.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $21.2M.
What does New York Academy of Sciences fund?
The Academy’s stated mission is to drive innovative solutions to society’s challenges by advancing scientific research, education, and policy. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from New York Academy of Sciences?
New York Academy of Sciences has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check nyas.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
Where does New York Academy of Sciences make grants?
The Academy describes its community and reach as global. Its stated activities include STEM programs for K–12 students, work to foster the global scientific community, and award programs in the UK and Israel. The 2024 filing also describes a global public-private humanitarian partnership focused on science-based solutions to quality-of-life issues in the developing world.
What is New York Academy of Sciences's EIN?
New York Academy of Sciences's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1773640. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 22, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 10, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 23, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 1, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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