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Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania
Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,031 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($116,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $144k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $237k
What Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania does
Mission
Industry Studies Association seeks to advance Industry Studies scholarship by facilitating the exchange of ideas among its members and between its members and the public. These activities bring together scholars from many academic disciplines who are committed to making the kind of personal investment of time that is necessary to learn about the markets, firms, and institutions in the industries they study. The annual conference provides a forum where research findings and methodologies can be shared across disciplines. Communications to members and the public is enhanced through its website and annual conference. Through awards for outstanding published research and doctoral dissertations, Industry Studies Association recognizes excellence and promotes awareness of findings and innovations in research methods.Many of our members are world experts on particular industries or engage in research that is critically important to a number of different industries. As such, the ISA is a resou
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The 2025 Industry Studies Association annual conference was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Samberg Conference Center and Sloan School of Management. Drawing over 225 attendees and featuring more than 230 papers, the three-day event showcased how industries are adapting to digital transformation, capital market pressures, workforce shifts,and geopolitical change. The theme, "Industry Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Resilient Supply Networks," united scholars from management, engineering, economics, and policy to explore emerging industrial dynamics. Highlights included plenaries on digital ecosystems, industrial policy, and workforce development, with speakers from MIT, Cambridge and Wharton leading discussions on competitiveness, patient capital, and inclusive industrial renewal. A special tribute honored Richard Lester for his pioneering leadership in establishing the field of industry studies. Factory tours offered hands-on insights at VulcanForms, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, and MassRobotics, connecting attendees to innovation in advanced manufacturing, fusion energy, and robotics. Featuring participants from over 100 institutions…
$80,028 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $80,028.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $125k to $178k (+42%).
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 Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Hiram Samel
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania’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
Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 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
Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania: 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 Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania?
- Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,031 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($116,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $116,031 in grants to Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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