New Jersey · Nonprofit
SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,173 to it, the largest being CATALYST FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Society for Scholarly Publishing does
Mission
See mission statement on 990 page 1, part 1 and continuing on schedule o
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs -- annual meeting, seminars, webinars and workshops designed to disseminate information regarding scholarly publishing.
$1,050,146 spent$1,293,650 earned by the program98% of program spendingGenerations fund endowment -- this endowment has been established to provide sustainable funding for the society's initiatives and programs that support the development of publishing professionals. This can include the society's fellowship program, mentorship program, and the initiatives of the diversity, equity and inclusion committee but may also include other activities that the board of directors determines fulfills the mandate of supporting the development of a strong publishing profession for future generations.
$19,546 spent2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,069,692.
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 $1.7M to $2.1M (+23%).
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.
10% of SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Melanie Dolechek
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $50.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING’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 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 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
SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173 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
SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING's revenue grew 42% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: 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 SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING?
- SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,173 to it, the largest being CATALYST FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,173 in grants to SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING?
- CATALYST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 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