Minnesota · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $415,516 to it, the largest being SHETH GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC ($229,145). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $416k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Association for Consumer Research Inc does
Mission
To advance consumer research and facilitate the exchange of scholarly information among members of academia, industry, and government worldwide. One of the key functions of acr is to facilitate the growth and advancement of the field of consumer research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Acr hosts an annual acr conference for its members and co-sponsors an international conference that rotates between europe, asia-pacific, and latin america regions. Acr also publishes advances in consumer research, which highlights the cutting-edge research presented at these conferences. Starting in 2008, acr established a small grant program that supports research efforts consistent with the goals of the organization. Acr administers the dissertation awards that are funded by the sheth foundation. The acr publishes the journal of the association for consumer research, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal providing thematic explorations of consumer behavior topics.
$1,186,095 spentof which $50,330 as grants$1,255,741 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,186,095.
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 $1.3M to $1.6M (+24%).
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: 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $57k → $42k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH 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.
How concentrated its funding is
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 52% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH 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 ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC?
- ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $415,516 to it, the largest being SHETH GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC ($229,145). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $415,516 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC?
- SHETH GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $229,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 3 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