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American Chemistry Council

The purpose of the council shall be the promotion of the interests of the business of chemistry in the united states of america, its territories and possessions and globally.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$13MEnvironment$1.2MCommunity Improvement$733kInternational$615kHealth$300kEducation$270kMembership Benefit$160kRecreation & Sports$86kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $560k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.9M
$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$167M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVE$2,879,907
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$200,000
APPLIED BUILDING TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC$125,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS$80,081
NORTH AMERICAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION$54,724
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR ASSOCIATION$25,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$20,000
PLEASANT HOPE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$10,000
SHERIDAN FIRE DEPARTMENT$10,000
GREENWOOD CEMETERY PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION$10,000
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY$10,000
TOWN OF SUPERIOR$10,000
ETOWAH RESCUE SQAUD INC$10,000
GLEN GARDNER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY A NJ NON PROFIT$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA FOR CHILDREN OF DC: $8k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $19k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 22 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
29

Total granted

$15M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthScience & TechPhilanthropyEducationInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12M · revenue +47% · 100% of their budget
  • EW
    ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +27%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $275k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • SL
    SCIPINION LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $260k
  • CL
    CLOSED LOOP PARTNERS LLC
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • TR
    THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +15%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
American National Standards Institute

To enhance both the global competitiveness of u.s. business and the u.s. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.

Public Benefit
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
6
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
7
American Council of Engineering Companies

The business association and voice of america's engineering industry, representing thousands of independent u.s. engineering companies engaged in the development of transportation, water, and other public and commercial facilities.

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8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
10
American Chemistry Council

The purpose of the council shall be the promotion of the interests of the business of chemistry in the united states of america, its territories and possessions and globally.

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11
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
12
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The mission of the american society of mechanical engineers ("asme") is to advance engineering for the benefit of humanity.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Etowah Rescue Squad. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
29/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES: $12,043,844 · Social ScienceFOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVESAPPLIED BUILDING TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC: $690,000 · OtherAPPLIED BUILDING…SCIPINION LLC: $260,000 · OtherSCIPINION LLCAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: $213,081 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITU…GREENWOOD CEMETERY PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $160,000 · OtherGREENWOOD CEMETE…CLOSED LOOP PARTNERS LLC: $150,000 · OtherCLOSED LOOP PART…NORTH AMERICAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION: $123,224 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Other+34 more: $639,488 · Other+34 moreENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $600,000 · International+2 more: $23,099 · InternationalINSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION: $275,000 · EnvironmentTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentKEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC: $140,000 · EnvironmentKeep California Beautiful Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentROZALIA PROJECT: $25,000 · EnvironmentCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $100,000 · EducationUniversity of Dayton: $41,084 · EducationChemical Marketing & Economics Inc: $30,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $60,000 · HealthPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $30,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $20,000 · HealthAIHA GUIDELINE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $48,500 · Science & TechSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of North America: $20,000 · Science & TechHEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Science & TechAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS: $10,000 · Science & Tech
Social Science$12,043,844Other$2,335,793International$623,099Environment$615,000Education$191,084Health$130,000Science & Tech$98,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES: $12,043,844 over 8y, 100% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $600,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION: $275,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: $213,081 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREENWOOD CEMETERY PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $160,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC: $140,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION: $123,224 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMeridian Institute: $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORPS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $48,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $42,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $41,084 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChemical Marketing & Economics Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetKeep California Beautiful Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetGLOBAL WOMENS INNOVATION NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAfrican American Mayors Assocation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROZALIA PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry of North America: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE 2 0 CORP: $20,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetAIHA GUIDELINE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetHEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $19,974 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $19,186 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,214 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $13,164 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $10,904 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN GARDNER FIRE COMPANY NO 1 A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetETOWAH RESCUE SQUAD: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHoops For Youth Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS FOR HEALING: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA for Children of the District of Columbia: $7,885 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,885 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES ASSOCIATION FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY-AMERICAN SECTION: $7,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $6,764 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AARPCharities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
AARPDC11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AARP · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Chemistry Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Chemistry Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home