Nonprofit · EIN 56-1746337
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20033
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,070,710 | $1,086,727 | -$16,017 | $5,398,195 | $2,224,312 | $3,173,883 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,178,778 | $1,214,782 | -$36,004 | $5,606,430 | $2,416,530 | $3,189,900 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,240,487 | $1,525,975 | -$285,488 | $5,821,387 | $2,595,483 | $3,225,904 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $163,612
- Membership dues
- $157,410
- Program service revenue
- $780,175
- Investment income
- $5,033
- Net rental income
- $117,723
- Other revenue
- $121,890
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $89,036
- Other salaries and wages
- $378,624
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $589,824
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $63,674
- Occupancy
- $47,287
- Travel
- $1,157
- Depreciation
- $44,402
- Program services (functional)
- $731,170
- Management and general (functional)
- $355,557
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,606,430
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,398,195
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,224,312
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,173,883
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,343,927
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,876,046
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,297,837
- Gross unrelated business income
- $117,723
- Gross receipts
- $1,460,141
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 35
- Year formed
- 1990
- State of legal domicile
- NC
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID S MATTESON | DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $193,225 | $0 |
| LU CHEN | RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $137,781 | $15,998 |
| LUCA SARTORE | SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $139,305 | $14,319 |
| THOMAS R FRERET | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $83,108 | $13,258 |
| JAMES ROSENBERGER | FORMER DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $24,705 | $2,010 |
| TIM HESTERBERG | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY MCMILLAN | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN BANDEEN-ROCHE | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN KAFADAR | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ABOWD | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XIAO-LI MENG | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMILY CASTLETON | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HUIXIA JUDY WANG | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA C LUPINACCI | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BIN YU | ELECTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
10 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONALD L WASSERSTEIN | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAN HANNIG | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER VOLFOVSKY | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARCUS BERZOFSKY | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANA-MARIA STAICU | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIA L SHARP | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN NETTLETON | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| XUMING HE | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| QI LONG | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUJIT KUMAR GHOSH | APPOINTED MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 26 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID S MATTESON | DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $193,900 | $0 |
| LUCA SARTORE | SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $120,600 | $21,708 |
| LU CHEN | RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,293 | $22,859 |
| JAMES ROSENBERGER | FORMER DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $84,560 | $18,603 |
| RANDY FRERET | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $69,915 | $13,983 |
| ALYSON WILSON | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM HESTERBERG | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RON WASSERSTEIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES BOOTH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANTI GOMATAM | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTOR LO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ABOWD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN BANDEEN-ROCHE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN KAFADAR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY MCMILLAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMILY CASTLETON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XIAO-LI MENG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY REITER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT KRAFTY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUJIT KUMAR GHOSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAN HANNIG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE COHEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN NETTLETON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIA SHARP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XUMING HE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WNAR TERM | TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NELL SEDRANSK | DC DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $170,872 | $28,731 |
| JAMES ROSENBERGER | DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $141,771 | $31,337 |
| LUCA SARTORE | SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $112,816 | $19,086 |
| RANDY FRERET | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $67,759 | $13,729 |
| JAMES BOOTH | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AARTI SHAH | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RON WASSERSTEIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN BANDEEN ROCHE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL BRUNDAGE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE COHEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANTI GOMATAM | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAN HANNIG | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| XUMING HE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL JESKE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS JEWELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIMI KIM | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT LEVITAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTOR LO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH NUSSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY POTOK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY REITER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MAHLET TADESSE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC TCHETGEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALYSON WILSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 33762, WASHINGTON, DC 20033-0762
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID S MATTESON, P O Box 14006, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 27709
- Signed the 990
- DAVID S MATTESON, DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (202) 800-3880
- Website
- WWW.NISS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Fiore Fedeli Snyder Carothers LLP
Mission
TO STRENGTHEN AND SERVE THE NATIONAL STATISTICS COMMUNITY BY CONDUCTING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON TOPICS AND ISSUES OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE.
Program accomplishments
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - CONDUCTS CROSS-DISCIPLINARY STATISTICAL RESEARCH ON TOPICS AND ISSUES OF NATIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPORTANCE, SUCH AS EDUCATION, HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, GOVERNMENT CENSUS AND SURVEYS, DATA CONFIDENTIALITY, ELECTRICAL POWER GRIDS, FORENSIC SCIENCES, AND ECONOMICS.Expenses $686,081 · revenue $784,342
- THE AFFILIATES CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 50 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND UNIVERSITIES. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS ACTIVITIES FOR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE AREAS OF RESEARCH, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND NETWORKING.Expenses $45,089
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 56-1746337
- 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
- 1992
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Social science (V99E)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,398,195
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,460,141
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,070,710 | $1,086,727 | $5,398,195 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,178,778 | $1,214,782 | $5,606,430 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,240,487 | $1,525,975 | $5,821,387 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,756,293 | $1,820,538 | $6,364,353 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | 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 56-1746337).
Questions about NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES
- What is the EIN of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES is 56-1746337.
- Is NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1992.
- Are donations to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES 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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DAVID S MATTESON.
- Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 25 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $193,225 (DAVID S MATTESON, DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,070,710, expenses of $1,086,727 and total assets of $5,398,195 at year end.
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