The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit educational organization. Its primary mission is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $6,706,828 $6,992,396 $6,474,802 View 2023 $5,588,342 $5,443,648 $6,126,775 View 2022 $7,919,368 $5,567,888 $5,920,273 View 2021 $8,546,778 $8,542,760 $5,032,105 View 2020 $8,104,198 $5,991,557 $4,410,368 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Robyn Blumner CEO & PRESIDENT $196,373 Debra Allen Skomer SECRETARY $123,994 Richard Conn JR LEGAL DIRECTOR $103,450 Barry Karr CFO & TREASURER $103,188 Azharuddin Majeed DIRECTOR OF GOVT AFFAIRS $100,207
Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $9,393,460 Number of Grants: 253 Number of Funders: 77 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $1,000,000 2020 Stiefel Freethought Foundation General & Unrestricted $576,855 2022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $364,000 2024 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $350,131 2021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $250,000 2021 Stiefel Freethought Foundation General & Unrestricted $218,291 2023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $215,000 2022 National Philanthropic Trust CULTURE & ARTS $195,000 2021 Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT $160,000 2024 Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT $160,000 2023 Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT $160,000 2022 Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT $114,281 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation $107,965 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation $107,797 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES $100,000 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation $100,000 2023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation $85,000 2020 Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT $70,903 2024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES $69,110 2022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES $51,635 2021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES $40,000 2021 Quitiplas Foundation General & Unrestricted $36,000 2024 Dew Foundation CFI WEST – FEED YOUR BRAIN SPEAKER SERIES FOR 2025 $31,710 2020 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. Arts, culture & humanities $29,900 2023 Vanguard Charitable FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE $27,000 2023 Noteman-Jones Family Charitable Foundation To foster a secular society based on reason
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $462,702 Number of Grants: 9 Number of Recipients: 6 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $130,000 2020 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Recipients AID & SUPPORT $73,500 2021 Multiple North America Recipients AID & SUPPORT $62,500 2022 Multiple North America Recipients AID & SUPPORT $40,435 2022 Multiple South Asia Recipients AID & SUPPORT $11,974 2021 Multiple SUB-SAHARA AFRICA Recipients AID & SUPPORT $8,502 2022 Multiple SUB-SAHARA AFRICA Recipients AID & SUPPORT $6,500 2020 Multiple SUB-SAHARA AFRICA Recipients AID & SUPPORT
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