Illinois · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,702 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $277k
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What International Society for STEM Cell Rese does
Mission
The International Society for STEM Cell Research is an independent, nonprofit organization. The mission is to promote excellence in stem cell research and applications to human health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Communications and education: the isscr provides resources and programs for the general public, educators, physicians, policy makers, and regulators. Aboutstemcells.org and isscr's patient handbook provide scientifically-vetted resources for patients and their families seeking unbiased and trusted information. The isscr publishes on their website to communicate with members and nonmembers and the website has an average of 35,000 visits per month. Additionally, the isscr has a website developed for public education with more than 8,000 visits per month.
$1,703,701 spent$588,329 earned by the program34% of program spendingAnnual meeting: the annual meeting is the largest convener in the world of stem cell researchers, designed to facilitate the global exchange of information and to encourage the next generation of scientists.
$2,285,397 spentof which $93,844 as grants$3,123,031 earned by the program46% of program spendingInternational symposia: the isscr gathers scientists and students around timely and progressive topics in notable regions of the world, two to three times per year. The goals of all symposia are to encourage knowledge exchange and collaboration, highlight centers of excellence, and create career learning opportunities for early career scientists. The isscr held three international symposia in 2025 in kyoto, los angeles, and san diego.
$1,002,853 spent$856,914 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,991,951.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.5M to $8.6M (+15%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 10% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE’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. 3 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
Keith Alm
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20 → $75k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 STEM CELL RESE’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 STEM CELL RESE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
29% 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 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 90% · 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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 STEM CELL RESE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE: 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 STEM CELL RESE?
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,702 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $276,702 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE?
- DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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