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United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

$524k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$1.8MScience & Tech$161kInternational$140kEducation$79kHuman Services$66kFood & Nutrition$45kRecreation & Sports$43kPublic Benefit$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $256,437, the rows itemized in this filing. The $523,834 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $267,397 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $227k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$789M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES$32,700
AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION$27,737
PROJECT HOPE$25,000
BIOHEALTH INNOVATION INC$25,000
NEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT$20,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON$19,500
REAGAN UDALL FOUNDATION FOR THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION INC$15,000
WORLDWIDE BUSINESS RESEARCH USA LLC$12,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTISTS$10,000
CONSUMER HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH$10,000
MARYLAND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC$10,000
NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE$10,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GENE AND CELL THERAPY$8,600
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC$8,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CONNECTED DMV: $66k → 7%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $147k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $6k to organizations and $140k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$140k · 96% · 1 person

Stated purpose: USP GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Middle East and North Africa$6k · 4% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: DRUG INFORMATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2024

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$677k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$1.8M
$617k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+3%

Still filing today

90%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationInternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AP
    AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $798k · revenue +110%
  • NM
    NEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT
    6× · 2017–2023 · $78k · revenue +26%
  • BI
    BioHealth Innovation
    2× · 2022–2025 · $70k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF PHARMACYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +121%
  • CC
    Corporate Council on Africa
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • CD
    CONNECTED DMV
    one grant, 2021 · $66k · revenue -49%
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 of Physicists in Medicine

Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. the mission is carried out through driving scientific and clinical innovation in medical physics to improve human health,…

Science & Tech
2
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
3
American College of Rheumatology Inc

The american college of rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in…

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4
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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5
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
6
Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding

To protect, promote and advance the art and science of pharmacy compounding.

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7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
9
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
10
American College of Physicians

To enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine

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11
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
12
United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association for Accessible Medicines; the most unlike its peers is BioHealth Innovation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 44 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
26/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $798,037 · HealthAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATIONAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF PHARMACY: $200,000 · HealthAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF PHARMACYBioHealth Innovation: $70,000 · HealthBioHealth InnovationAMERICAN ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $55,002 · Health+9 more: $164,647 · Health+9 moreNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $78,000 · OtherNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENTReagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Inc: $62,000 · OtherReagan-Udall Foundation fo…DEVELOPMENTEXCOM INC: $60,000 · OtherDEVELOPMENTEXCOM INCNational Health Council Inc: $58,500 · OtherNational Health Council In…COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION: $45,000 · OtherCOUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NU…ALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $40,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARC…CONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION: $37,500 · OtherCONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUC…PANIC NMR ASSOCIATION INC: $28,160 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY: $27,000 · OtherNATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC: $36,500 · OtherNATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE …National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc: $25,000 · Other+8 more: $89,600 · Other+8 moreASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES: $212,700 · Community ImprovementASSOCIATIO…CHPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCorporate Council on Africa: $100,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalGlobal Health Council: $15,000 · InternationalAmerican Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education: $63,750 · EducationWomen Deliver Inc: $25,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCONNECTED DMV: $66,000 · Human ServicesROCKVILLE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $26,854 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $19,500 · Arts & Culture
Health$1,287,686Other$587,260Community Improvement$222,700International$165,000Education$118,750Human Services$66,000Arts & Culture$46,354

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 budgetAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $798,037 over 5y, 14% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES: $212,700 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCorporate Council on Africa: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $78,000 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetBioHealth Innovation: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCONNECTED DMV: $66,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education: $63,750 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetReagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNational Health Council Inc: $58,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTISTS: $40,549 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION: $37,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC: $36,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Botanical Council: $35,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWomen Deliver Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAOAC INTERNATIONAL: $24,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $22,998 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $19,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $18,600 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGlobal Health Council: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $12,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MD TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRUG INFORMATION ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF PHARMACY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASSS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Pharmaceutical Resear…The Rockefeller Found…Consumer Healthcare P…Association for Acces…Gates FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · The Rockefeller Foundation · Consumer Healthcare Products Association · Association for Accessible Medicines · Gates Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 United States Pharmacopeial Convention funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Pharmacopeial Convention. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to United States Pharmacopeial Convention 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.

    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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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