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ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $103,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($103,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$103k
Net assets
$145k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 64%
01What it does

What Association for the Study of Food and Society does

Mission

To promote the interdisciplinary study of food and society

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Co-sponsor annual conference

    $11,296 spent
    31% of program spending
  2. Publish quarterly food, culture & society journal and maintain website

    $11,000 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Academic grants and awards

    $14,626 spent
    40% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $36,922.

02The 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 ($35k) Expenses 100 ($38k) Net assets 100 ($84k)2018 Revenue 186 ($65k) Expenses 141 ($53k) Net assets 114 ($96k)2019 Revenue 164 ($57k) Expenses 106 ($40k) Net assets 135 ($114k)2020 Revenue 109 ($38k) Expenses 105 ($39k) Net assets 133 ($112k)2021 Revenue 139 ($48k) Expenses 92 ($35k) Net assets 150 ($126k)2022 Revenue 337 ($117k) Expenses 237 ($89k) Net assets 183 ($154k)2023 Revenue 461 ($161k) Expenses 158 ($59k) Net assets 303 ($256k)2024 Revenue 164 ($57k) Expenses 328 ($123k) Net assets 224 ($189k)2025 Revenue 6 ($2k) Expenses 98 ($37k) Net assets 172 ($145k)
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Revenue (6)Expenses (98)Net assets (172)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $154k to $256k (+66%).

$84k
$96k
$114k
$112k
$126k
$154k
$256k
$189k
$145k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’17
$12k
’18
$17k
’19
−$1k
’20
$14k
’21
$28k
’22
$101k
’23
−$66k
’24
−$35k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND 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.

Where its funders are

100% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY's revenue fell 94% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−1575% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−29% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY?
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $103,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($103,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $103,000 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY?
THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $103,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FOOD AND SOCIETY find more funders?
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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