Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS (FAS), A POLICY RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, SEEKS TO PROMOTE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY BY ADVANCING SOLUTIONS TO IMPORTANT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROBLEMS. FAS PRODUCES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY, AND ADVOCATES IMPROVEMENTS TO NUCLEAR SECURITY.
SEE FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1.
ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION: PROJECT ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA SEEKS TO IDENTIFY INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE CONTENTIOUS. CURRENT TOPICS OF FOCUS INCLUDE NORTH KOREA AND IRAN. THE FAS VERIFICATION PROJECT CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF TASK FORCES ON NONPROLIFERATION, VERIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON NUCLEAR PROGRAMS IN IRAN, AND OTHER TOPICS.
SCIENCE POLICY: THE FAS SCIENCE POLICY PROGRAM IS AIMED AT INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS ON RELEVANT ASPECTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS WORK IS DONE THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS, AND NEWSLETTERS.
NUCLEAR SECURITY: THE NUCLEAR INFORMATION PROJECT COVERS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ARMS CONTROL AND THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE. THE PROJECT PROVIDES THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND POLICY-MAKERS WITH INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS ON THE STATUS, NUMBER, AND OPERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THE POLICIES THAT GUIDE THEIR POTENTIAL USE AND NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL. THE PROJECT IS, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, "ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY SOURCED AGENCIES FOR NUCLEAR WARHEAD COUNTS." NUCLEAR WEAPONS DATA ARE BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, TESTIMONIES AND PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE IMAGES. THE PROJECT PROVIDED UNCLASSIFIED DATA TO INFORM PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PUBLICATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Andrew Choi | SENIOR FELLOW | 40 | $214,869 |
| Ali Nouri | PRESIDENT | 40 | $148,750 |
| Steven Aftergood | DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SECRECY | 40 | $120,955 |
| Hans Kristensen | DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR INFORMATION | 40 | $104,199 |
| Daniel Gerstein | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Don Lebell | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Catherine Lotrionte | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jan Lodal | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nishal Mohan | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Rosina Bierbaum | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Gilman Louie | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202121329349302667_public.xml