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DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $36,150 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ($36,150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$157k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$36k
Net assets
$1.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Detroit Section of the American Chemical Society does

Mission

To encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry in all its branches

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Professional training enhancement awards (pteg) and project seed ipg

    $18,948 spent
    67% of program spending
  2. Kids & chemistry

    $3,164 spent
    11% of program spending
  3. U.s. National chemistry olympiad (usnco)

    $2,440 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Midgley and meetings

    $1,503 spent
    5% of program spending
  5. Scouts

    $1,264 spent
    4% of program spending
  6. Women chemists committee

    $823 spent
    3% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,142.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($668k)2018 Revenue 122 ($90k) Expenses 98 ($45k) Net assets 90 ($599k)2019 Revenue 138 ($101k) Expenses 124 ($57k) Net assets 110 ($738k)2020 Revenue 75 ($56k) Expenses 33 ($15k) Net assets 128 ($853k)2021 Revenue 153 ($113k) Expenses 29 ($13k) Net assets 158 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 304 ($224k) Expenses 52 ($24k) Net assets 141 ($942k)2023 Revenue 111 ($82k) Expenses 109 ($51k) Net assets 166 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 213 ($157k) Expenses 143 ($66k) Net assets 195 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (213)Expenses (143)Net assets (195)

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 $853k to $1.1M (+24%).

$668k
$599k
$738k
$853k
$1.1M
$942k
$1.1M
$1.3M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’17
$45k
’18
$44k
’19
$41k
’20
$100k
’21
$200k
’22
$31k
’23
$91k
’24
17
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed2528272728886
Joined·+7+7+1+5+0+3+0
No longer listed·48142032
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $10k.

Funder
'17
'18
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL 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

DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

’17
’18
’23
Michigan out of state home

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

Organizations like DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL 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 Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

42% of spending goes to programs.

Program 42%Management 58%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

34%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY?
DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $36,150 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ($36,150). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $36,150 in grants to DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY?
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $36,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DETROIT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing