Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,900,236 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($792,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Biomedical Science Careers Program Inc does
Mission
Biomedical science careers program, inc. ("bscp") was incorporated in july 1994, and was organized to assist students of every race, ethnic background, gender, and financial status to enter careers in the fields of medicine and biomedical research by providing them with opportunities to meet with established professionals in their chosen career fields, creating mentoring relationships, and providing career educational advice. Bscp accomplishes this by sponsoring conferences and seminars for students, in addition to providing scholarships to students who meet certain established criteria.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
2024 conferences and seminars: the evening of hope was held monday, october 22, 2024. Bscp also held the virtual career development series, career fair and abstract review session, as well as in person new england science symposium, skills workshops for college and high school students throughout the year.
$568,388 spent88% of program spendingLaunch of bscp scholarship to support student transitions. 2 scholarships awarded in 2024.scholarships awarded to 5 students in 2024. 4 hope scholarship and 2 vetex biomedical science careers scholarships. The total paid out in scholarships during 2024 was $50,162. The covid relief fund was created and launched january 2021 and transitioned to the educational relief fund in 2022. Educational relief fund is given to certain bscp members up to $1,000 each. The total paid out in 2024 was $24,451, which was allocated to 38 students.
$74,613 spentof which $74,613 as grants12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $643,001.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $4.2M (+34%).
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.
96% of BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Hollie Desilva
Executive director
Board chair
Joan Y Reede Md Mph Ms Mba
President and chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $81k → $303k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 40% · 2019 100% · 2020 36% · 2021 37% · 2022 39% · 2023 38% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
70% of BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $562k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC?
- BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,900,236 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($792,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,900,236 in grants to BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $792,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 32 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