Rhode Island · Nonprofit
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,897,741 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($2,683,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $262M
What American Mathematical Society does
Mission
Please see schedule o.the American Mathematical Society ("ams or "the society") founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematical research scholarship, and education, serves the national and international mathematical community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs, which: (a) promote mathematical research and its uses; (b) encourage and promote the transmission of mathematical understandings and skills to ensure the continued vitality of the profession; (c) support mathematical education at all levels; (d) advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals, and, (e) foster an awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Publication and dissemination of mathematical literature, including upper-level undergraduate course material, proceedings of meetings in current topical areas and high-level research monographs. Ams publications include the mathematical reviews database, mathscinet, the premier mathematical research tool, containing citations and reviews of mathematical literature dating back to 1940, and bibliographic items dating back to 1812. In 2024, the ams published 25,272 pages of new material in 61 new books. Ams journals and other publications included 35,350 pages of published material.
$23,631,201 spent$19,203,436 earned by the program72% of program spendingMembership and outreach activities, as well as professional services and programs for the mathematical community, such as employment services, grant or endowment supported conference, surveys of the profession, endowment supported prizes, awards, scholarships and fellowships for achievements in mathematics, high school outreach, public awareness, and other programs. The society has approximately 26,200 individual and institutional members, with no criteria for membership, who are served through the membership program. To support its mission, the society awarded fellowships, prizes, and other awards to approximately 212 individuals and organizations, totaling more than $781,000. The society also received funding from individuals, foundations, and federal grants to fund expenses for approximately 670 mathematicians to engage in mathematical research and collaboration.
$6,225,345 spentof which $916,599 as grants$4,687,430 earned by the program19% of program spendingMeetings of the society include the annual joint mathematical meeting held in january each year. Additionally, eight to nine sectional meetings are held in four regions of the u.s. Each year. In 2024, the joint mathematics meeting was held in january and 5,214 participants attended.
$2,801,440 spent$1,907,353 earned by the program9% of program spendingGovernment relations is a division of the society which maintains contact with other professional scientific organizations and government agencies whose purpose is to support science, mathematical research and education. The office provides information to the government about issues related to science and mathematical research and education, and to the mathematical community about the government's efforts and initiatives in these areas.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,657,986.
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 2021 to 2022, from $261M to $223M (−15%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 3% · 2023 8% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
John E Meier
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jennifer Taback
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $174k → $780k.
9 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY’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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 81% · 2019 24% · 2020 50% · 2021 89% · 2022 80% · 2023 85% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
54% of AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $266k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 149 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.9M on record — $4.9M federal, $8k state.
- National Science Foundation$4.6M
- Department of Defense$182k
- Department of Commerce$126k
- OK$7k
- MA$677
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 32 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Mathematical Reviews Inc · exempt
- International Congress of Mathematicians Co Ams · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY: 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 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY?
- AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,897,741 to it, the largest being THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC ($2,683,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $3,897,741 in grants to AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY?
- THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,683,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing