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SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC

SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation Inc ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$778k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$316k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Society for Clinical Trials Inc does

Mission

To develop and drive adoption of practices that will increase the quality and efficiency of clinical trials.the society comprises more than 80 organizations from across the clinical trial enterprise. Members include representatives of government agencies, industry representatives, patient advocacy groups, professional societies, investigator groups, academic institutions, and other interested parties.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The society for clinical trials holds an annual scientific meeting, providing multi-disciplinary programing; plenary sessions, simultaneous workshops, and contributed presentations; workshop courses by leaders in the field; and discussion of timely issues and research experiences among colleagues in the field of clinical trials.

    $522,023 spentof which $11,034 as grants$537,520 earned by the program
    93% of program spending
  2. Clinical trials is an international peer reviewed scholarly journal that addresses topics of interest to individuals involved in the design and conduct of clinical trials. The primary aim is advancing knowledge on the design and conduct of clinical trials related research methodologies. Covering the design, conduct, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of key methodologies, the journal remains on the cusp of the latest topics, including ethics, regulation and policy impact.

    $42,005 spent$191,455 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $564,028.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($500k) Expenses 100 ($505k) Net assets 100 ($425k)2019 Revenue 113 ($564k) Expenses 116 ($585k) Net assets 95 ($404k)2020 Revenue 32 ($161k) Expenses 53 ($268k) Net assets 70 ($297k)2021 Revenue 70 ($351k) Expenses 74 ($375k) Net assets 64 ($273k)2022 Revenue 103 ($514k) Expenses 122 ($617k) Net assets 40 ($169k)2023 Revenue 136 ($680k) Expenses 117 ($593k) Net assets 60 ($257k)2024 Revenue 156 ($778k) Expenses 142 ($719k) Net assets 74 ($316k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (156)Expenses (142)Net assets (74)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $350k to $452k (+29%).

$469k
$422k
$385k
$350k
$249k
$350k
$452k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

5% of SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’18
−$21k
’19
−$107k
’20
−$24k
’21
−$104k
’22
$87k
’23
$59k
’24
4.8
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.

Chief executive

Kevin Bragaw

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed15151415151515
Joined·+0+7+5+4+4+1
No longer listed·084441
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 SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS 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

SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

NY

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

Against its field

SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC?
SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation Inc ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC?
Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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