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GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC

GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,000 to it, the largest being THE MORNINGSTAR PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MORNINGSTAR FOUNDATION ($54,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$7.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$54k
Net assets
$3.0M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Global Cold Chain Alliance Inc does

Mission

Promote excellence in the global temperature-controlled warehouse and logistics industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Committee meetings - various planning and executive industry-related projects.

  2. Directory publication - directory of all member's locations and other pertinent information.

  3. Annual convention - enables members to see latest innovations in the refrigeration industry.the gcca-gccf convention was held in september 2024. The event took place in bonita springs, florida from september 18-21 and attracted over 600 attendees as well as 49 exhibitors. The four-day networking and education event was attended by senior-level executives from the temperature-controlled logistics industry. Gcca also hosted a face-to-face policy forum in july 2024 that focused on global cold chain advocacy issues and attracted over 100 participants. In addition, the following events were also held face in 2024 the european cold chain conference (brussels/belgium, march 192 attendees), latin american cold chain congress (panama city, panama/november/98 attendees), brazilian cold chain congress (brazil/june/132 attendees). Furthermore, the gcca board convened for their annual strategic board meeting in may 2024, providing an opportunity for important discussions and decisions to be made.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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 ($4.6M) Expenses 100 ($4.6M) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2018 Revenue 104 ($4.8M) Expenses 105 ($4.8M) Net assets 91 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 111 ($5.2M) Expenses 114 ($5.2M) Net assets 104 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 104 ($4.8M) Expenses 110 ($5.0M) Net assets 91 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 131 ($6.1M) Expenses 124 ($5.7M) Net assets 125 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 131 ($6.1M) Expenses 131 ($6.0M) Net assets 112 ($2.5M)2023 Revenue 146 ($6.8M) Expenses 147 ($6.7M) Net assets 125 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue 167 ($7.7M) Expenses 173 ($7.9M) Net assets 135 ($3.0M)
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Revenue (167)Expenses (173)Net assets (135)

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 $4.7M to $5.6M (+19%).

$5.1M
$4.9M
$5.4M
$4.7M
$5.6M
$6.2M
$6.7M
$7.2M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$51k
’17
−$6k
’18
−$37k
’19
−$189k
’20
$409k
’21
$83k
’22
$54k
’23
−$197k
’24
2.3
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.

Board chair

Tim Ludwig

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2331272624253028
Joined·+11+3+4+1+4+12+3
No longer listed·3753375
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

From the IRS filings of GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE 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.

Where its funders are

GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

MD

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

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In Virginia

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC?
GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,000 to it, the largest being THE MORNINGSTAR PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MORNINGSTAR FOUNDATION ($54,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $54,000 in grants to GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC.
Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC?
THE MORNINGSTAR PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MORNINGSTAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $54,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLOBAL COLD CHAIN ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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