California · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,063 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($728,932). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.7M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $875k
- Net assets
- $17M
What International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine does
Mission
To promote communication, research, development, and applications in the field of magnetic resonance in medicine and biology and other related topics and to develop and provide channels and facilities for continuing education in the field.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting - the ismrm annual meeting was held as a hybrid meeting may 10th - 15th in honolulu hawaii. The meeting provided educational courses for students and professionals delegates, as well as an opportunity for the mr community to share their research through oral presentations and scientific poster sessions. The meeting was attended by 5,427 professional delegates, including 538 exhibition personnel.
$4,049,826 spentof which $41,164 as grants$3,313,746 earned by the program58% of program spendingWorkshops and regionals 8 face-to-face ismrm workshops and 53 ismrm and ismrt virtual meetings were held during the year ended september 30, 2025, covering a variety of subjects related to magnetic resonance. These workshops were attended by hundreds of professionals in the field internationally.
$1,043,729 spentof which $900 as grants$2,127,814 earned by the program15% of program spendingMembership services as of september 30, 2025, the society had 7,202 ismrm members plus 1,594 ismrt members worldwide for a total of 8,796 members who received membership benefits, including various newsletters and journals.
$714,773 spentof which $328 as grants$1,444,538 earned by the program10% of program spendingStrategic and other programs the society provided research and education fund during the fiscal year ending 2025.
$1,217,651 spentof which $528,467 as grants$218,268 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,025,979.
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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $14M (+20%).
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.
7% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Anne Marie Kahrovic
Executive director
Board chair
Katy Keenan Phd
Program chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $60k → $396k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE’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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE: 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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE?
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,063 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($728,932). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $875,063 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $728,932 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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