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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,732 to it, the largest being ORGANIC SYNTHESES INC ($28,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$839k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$41k
Net assets
$3.6M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($667k) Expenses 100 ($641k) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2018 Revenue 67 ($450k) Expenses 48 ($308k) Net assets 99 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 91 ($610k) Expenses 71 ($458k) Net assets 120 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 80 ($530k) Expenses 49 ($316k) Net assets 140 ($3.0M)2021 Revenue 104 ($696k) Expenses 37 ($237k) Net assets 168 ($3.6M)2022 Revenue 117 ($778k) Expenses 136 ($875k) Net assets 137 ($3.0M)2023 Revenue 121 ($810k) Expenses 106 ($683k) Net assets 156 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 126 ($839k) Expenses 102 ($657k) Net assets 169 ($3.6M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (126)Expenses (102)Net assets (169)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

66% of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 877 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
$142k
’18
$152k
’19
$215k
’20
$458k
’21
−$97k
’22
$127k
’23
$182k
’24
6.5
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $22k → $19k.

Funder
'17
'19
total
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2019 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states in all.

VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 792 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · above the median
Months of reserve6.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 792 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

29
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

54%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • American Chemical Society · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION?
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,732 to it, the largest being ORGANIC SYNTHESES INC ($28,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $40,732 in grants to AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION?
ORGANIC SYNTHESES INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing