Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,000 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION OF FOOD PROCESSING SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $80k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc does
Mission
Enhance food and hygienic process safety through the development and use of 3-A Sanitary Standards and accepted practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Standards Development - Development and maintenance of 80 industry standards for food processing equipment and accepted practices for food processing systems.
$451,345 spent$1,073,096 earned by the program41% of program spendingSymbol Authorization - Administration of license program for use of registration mark on equipment built in conformance to 3-A sanitary standards.
$412,657 spent38% of program spendingCertified Conformance Evaluators - Administration of accreditation program for independent inspection professionals to conduct conformity assessments for 3-A symbol license authorization.
$232,121 spent$6,575 earned by the program21% of program spendingEducation Programming - Provide education on hygienic design principles through annual conference and electronic training opporunties.
$199,984 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,096,123.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.5M to $3.0M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John Kuhnz
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $20k.
From the IRS filings of 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc?
- 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,000 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION OF FOOD PROCESSING SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $80,000 in grants to 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc?
- FOUNDATION OF FOOD PROCESSING SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing