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Organic Syntheses Inc

TO SUPPORT INTEGRITY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$668k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
61
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
55%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$37,500
Organizations funded a year
4 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Organic Syntheses Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationScience & TechOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving58$640k50%
FY202331$289k55%
FY202232$372k88%
FY202119$229k79%
FY202013$105k100%
FY20196$60k83%
FY20184$32k100%
FY20176$61kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MScience & Tech$243kRecreation & Sports$5kHealth$3k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harvey Mudd College$40,00030%
Occidental College$40,00040%
Lake Forest College$34,00010%
Indiana University School of Medicine$29,0003n/a
American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division$28,75023%
University of Richmond$26,00020%
Franklin & Marshall College$25,00020%
University of San Diego$24,00020%
Macalester College$24,00020%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv$24,0002n/a
Show all 76 grantees
All grantees of Organic Syntheses Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harvey Mudd College$40,00030%
Occidental College$40,00040%
Lake Forest College$34,00010%
Indiana University School of Medicine$29,0003n/a
American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division$28,75023%
University of Richmond$26,00020%
Franklin & Marshall College$25,00020%
University of San Diego$24,00020%
Macalester College$24,00020%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv$24,0002n/a
Hope College$24,00030%
Samford University$24,00020%
California Institute of Technology$21,00030%
Baylor University$20,00040%
Wayne State University Alumni Association$20,000111%
American Chemical Society$18,75010%
The Trustees of the Smith College$18,00010%
All Souls Church Unitarian$16,6251n/a
Chapman University$16,00020%
High Point University$16,00010%
Thomas Jefferson University$16,00010%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$16,00010%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$16,00010%
Adelphi University$16,00020%
Butler University$16,00010%
Western Kentucky University$16,0001n/a
Depaul University$16,00010%
Presbyterian College$16,00010%
University of St Thomas$16,00010%
Wilkes University$16,00020%
Ursinus College$16,00010%
Whitworth University$16,00010%
The Colorado College$16,00010%
Utah Valley University$16,0001n/a
St Marys University of Minnesota$16,00020%
Lafayette College$16,00020%
Northern Michigan University$16,0001n/a
New York University$16,00020%
Sam Houston State University$16,0002n/a
Augsburg University$16,00020%
University of Saint Joseph$16,00010%
Southwestern University$16,00010%
Washington and Lee University$16,00010%
Suny Cortland$16,0002n/a
Williams College$16,00010%
Central Washington University Foundation$16,00010%
Central College$16,00010%
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc$16,00020%
Gordon Research Conferences Inc$15,00020%
Loyola Marymount University$9,00010%
The University Corporation$9,00010%
University of Colorado School of Medicine$8,0001n/a
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$8,00010%
Connecticut College$8,00010%
College of Charleston$8,0001n/a
Fordham University$8,00010%
Claremont McKenna College$8,00010%
Western Washington University$8,0001n/a
Calvin University$8,00010%
Furman University$8,00010%
Stonehill College Inc$8,00010%
Bucknell University$8,00010%
University of Maryland College Park$8,0001n/a
St Olaf College$8,00010%
Southern Utah University 01-65$8,0001n/a
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$8,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$5,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$5,0001n/a
Regents Univ of California$5,0001n/a
University of Chicago$5,00010%
University of Wisconsin Madison$5,0001n/a
University System of New Hampshire$5,0001n/a
University of Michigan$2,50011%
Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club$2,5001n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$2,5001n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($657k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Organic Syntheses Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarvey Mudd College: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOccidental College: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College: $34,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division: $28,750 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMacalester College: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope College: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor University: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWayne State University Alumni Association: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAmerican Chemical Society: $18,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChapman University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Point University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdelphi University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDepaul University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilkes University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrsinus College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitworth University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colorado College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Marys University of Minnesota: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette College: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAugsburg University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Saint Joseph: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwestern University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Washington University Foundation: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCentral College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount Saint Mary's University Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGordon Research Conferences Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLoyola Marymount University: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University Corporation: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut College: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalvin University: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · American Chemical Society · Tulsa Community Foundation · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · United Way Worldwide · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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How do I get to Organic Syntheses Inc?

Find your warmest path to Organic Syntheses Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Organic Syntheses Inc

How much does Organic Syntheses Inc give?
Organic Syntheses Inc reported 61 grants totaling $668,125 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Organic Syntheses Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (87%), Science & Tech (13%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
Who are Organic Syntheses Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Harvey Mudd College ($40k), Occidental College ($40k), Lake Forest College ($34k).
Does Organic Syntheses Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Organic Syntheses Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Organic Syntheses Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, American Chemical Society.
Where is Organic Syntheses Inc based?
Organic Syntheses Inc is based in TX.

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 121 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-PF 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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