Nonprofit · EIN 11-2656357
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC
Tax-exempt · OAKLAND, CA 94610
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,470,847 | $1,492,717 | $978,130 | $4,042,193 | $135,214 | $3,906,979 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,339,637 | $1,594,107 | -$254,470 | $2,939,160 | $150,409 | $2,788,751 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,400,615 | $1,567,836 | -$167,221 | $3,155,467 | $237,222 | $2,918,245 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,345,062
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $122,651
- Other revenue
- $3,134
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $236,260
- Other salaries and wages
- $710,644
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,063,686
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $20,665
- Occupancy
- $68,395
- Travel
- $68,325
- Program services (functional)
- $909,753
- Management and general (functional)
- $297,579
- Fundraising (functional)
- $285,385
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,939,160
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,042,193
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $135,214
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,906,979
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,659,730
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,313,347
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $593,632
- Gross receipts
- $2,470,847
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 10
- Year formed
- 1983
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Townley | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $175,983 | $8,542 |
| Glenn Branch | Deputy Director | 40 | $129,103 | $21,211 |
| Paul Oh | Communications Dir | 40 | $113,611 | $10,565 |
| Astrid Broertjes | CFO Officer | 40 | $74,068 | $21,070 |
| Kenneth Miller Director | President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Haas Director | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah George Director | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Prosanta Chakrabarty | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Fouad Abd-el-Khalick | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Graves | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Maya Garcia | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Leonardo Banchik | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Prosanta Chakrabarty | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Shepherd | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Sims | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Mattzie | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Eric Rothschild | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Townley | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $172,633 | $698 |
| Glenn Branch | Deputy Director | 40 | $119,617 | $20,808 |
| Deborah Janes | Development Dir | 40 | $108,618 | $15,840 |
| Paul Oh | Communications Dir | 40 | $109,994 | $10,366 |
| Astrid Broertjes | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $38,320 | $5,290 |
| Ann Reid | Former Executive Director | 0 | $9,637 | $0 |
| Kenneth Miller Director | President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Haas Director | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah George Director | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Lubic | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Mann | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Graves | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Maya Garcia | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jo Handelsman | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Prosanta Chakrabarty | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Shepherd | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Sims | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Reid | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $160,184 | $16,800 |
| Glenn Branch | Deputy Director | 40 | $111,597 | $15,178 |
| Astrid Broertjes Oper | Director Officer | 40 | $81,078 | $4,200 |
| Amanda Townley | Executive Dir. Officer | 30 | $14,373 | $0 |
| Kenneth Miller Director | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Haas Director | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ben Santer | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Lubic | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah George | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Mann | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph Graves | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Maya Garcia | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jo Handelsman | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 230 GRAND AVE STE 101, OAKLAND, CA 94610-4587
- In care of
- % ANN REID
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Amanda Townley, 230 Grand Ave 101, Oakland, CA 94610
- Signed the 990
- Amanda Townley, Executive Director
- Phone
- (510) 601-7203
- Website
- http://www.ncse.ngo/
- Return prepared by
- Cook & Company A Prof Actcy Corporation
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 11-2656357 or by the name THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
The National Center for Science Education NCSE is a not-for-profit organization that helps ensure students across the country receive an accurate and effective evolution and climate science education. We do this by supporting teachers with resources and best teaching practices by monitoring and mobilizing against efforts to undermine science education, whether at the statehouse or in the classroom and by engaging in research to understand, maintain, and improve science education. NCSE's supporters are scientists, teachers, and citizens with diverse political affiliations.
Program accomplishments
- Science Education Outreach: Science Education Outreach: Our Science Education Outreach program worked to provide professional development opportunities to teachers around the country focused on its curriculum, Story Shorts, which are modular, flexible standards-aligned units of practice, and on its DataWISE science and media literacy tool and associated NCSE-developed activities. (Continued at Schedule O.)Expenses $440,277
- Communications: NCSE is the go-to source for the public generally, and the news media in particular, for up-to-date information on threats to the integrity of the science classroom and proactive solutions to helping students better understand climate science and evolution. In 2025, we launched a podcast that focused on educating the public to dispel common misconceptions about climate change and evolution. Over two seasons and 17 episodes, the podcast was downloaded 18,000 times. (Continued at Schedule O.)Expenses $292,734
- Catalyzing Action: Our longest-tenured program, Catalyzing Action monitors state and local actions affecting science education and is the go-to source for the public generally, and the news media in particular, for up-to-date information on threats to the integrity of the science classroom. (Continued at Schedule O.)Expenses $112,110
- Investigating Science Education: In 2025, the Investigating Science Education program started to unpack the results of its 2024 survey of public school science educators addressing not only evolution and climate change but also the nature of science, published a book chapter offering a synoptic discussion of challenges to evolution and climate change education in the United States, and published two articles on evolution acceptance in collaboration with a team of outside researchers.Expenses $64,632
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 11-2656357
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1983
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Science and technology (U50Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,042,193
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,470,847
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,470,847 | $1,492,717 | $4,042,193 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,339,637 | $1,594,107 | $2,939,160 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,400,615 | $1,567,836 | $3,155,467 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,488,859 | $1,596,538 | $3,212,299 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-2656357).
Questions about THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC
- What is the EIN of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC is 11-2656357.
- Is THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
- Are donations to THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Amanda Townley.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $175,983 (Amanda Townley, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,470,847, expenses of $1,492,717 and total assets of $4,042,193 at year end.
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