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SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY

SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,808 to it, the largest being AYZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$618k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$95k
Net assets
$523k
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Society for in Vitro Biology does

Mission

Fosters the scientific and technical growth of its members, conducts biotechnology research to understand biology at the cellular and developmental level, and promotes, expands and supports the scientific knowledge base for the benefit of society.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The society services its approximately 1,500 members by publishing periodicals concerning advancements and techniques in tissue culture sciences.

    $356,926 spent$147,553 earned by the program
    63% of program spending
  2. The society fosters the exchange of knowledge of in vitro biology of cells, tissues and organs from both animals and plants by holding conferences amd educating members.

    $205,453 spent$148,881 earned by the program
    37% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $562,379.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($359k) Expenses 100 ($376k) Net assets 100 ($595k)2018 Revenue 112 ($403k) Expenses 104 ($390k) Net assets 100 ($596k)2020 Revenue 98 ($351k) Expenses 74 ($278k) Net assets 136 ($811k)2021 Revenue 83 ($299k) Expenses 96 ($362k) Net assets 126 ($748k)2022 Revenue 117 ($421k) Expenses 140 ($525k) Net assets 100 ($598k)2023 Revenue 127 ($457k) Expenses 137 ($517k) Net assets 98 ($584k)2024 Revenue 165 ($592k) Expenses 177 ($664k) Net assets 87 ($519k)2025 Revenue 172 ($618k) Expenses 168 ($630k) Net assets 88 ($523k)
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Revenue (172)Expenses (168)Net assets (88)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 2021 to 2022, from $803k to $646k (−19%).

$617k
$625k
$865k
$803k
$646k
$628k
$578k
$588k
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 5% · 2024 11% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

43% of SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 312 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$17k
’17
$12k
’18
$73k
’20
−$63k
’21
−$104k
’22
−$59k
’23
−$71k
’24
−$12k
’25
0.7
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.

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Listed1313131412121313
Joined·+4·+1+2+0+4+1
No longer listed·4·04031
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $55.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY’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

SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

38% 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 SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY.

53%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

17% of SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.

WA
IL
NV
PA
CA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY has grown faster than half of the 169 social science nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 169 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $231k on record.

Federal$231k
grants $231kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Science Foundation$119k
  • Department of Agriculture$67k
  • Department of Energy$45k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY

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 Maryland

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

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 IN VITRO BIOLOGY?
SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,808 to it, the largest being AYZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $94,808 in grants to SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY?
AYZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR IN VITRO BIOLOGY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 8 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