National Geographic Society
EIN 53-0193519 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 142 grants · $14.5m
Who it funds most
103 of its 401 grantees were funded in more than one year.
National Geographic Society's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202512739349301916
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $2.0bn | — | $220.5m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $1.9bn | — | $212.7m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202622039349300962 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202512739349301916 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202431319349302053 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202331359349311078 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202241329349304159 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202141359349301214 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201901339349303105 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
National Geographic Society made 608 grants across 2018–2025, totalling $52.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 608
- Total, as filed
- $52.6m
- Years
- 2018–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wildpath LLC | 2 | $3.2m |
| Regents Of The University Of California | 6 | $1.7m |
| Power of Preservation Foundation | 1 | $1.6m |
| Blue Grass Community Foundation | 4 | $1.4m |
| Resources Legacy Fund | 2 | $1.3m |
| Global Wildlife Conservation | 2 | $1.2m |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | 4 | $1.1m |
| Appalachian State University | 4 | $1.0m |
| Great Plains Conservation Foundation | 3 | $1.0m |
| Zambian Carnivore Programme | 3 | $900.0k |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | 5 | $874.3k |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | 5 | $873.2k |
| University of Mississippi | 6 | $863.4k |
| The Wilderness Project Foundation | 1 | $800.0k |
| Oregon State University | 4 | $789.3k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 161 | $9.3m |
| 2020 | 100 | $4.6m |
| 2021 | 84 | $5.2m |
| 2022 | 63 | $5.3m |
| 2023 | 64 | $8.2m |
| 2024 | 74 | $8.9m |
| 2025 | 62 | $11.2m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-530193519. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified