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STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA

STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being TEGET FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$258k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$624k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Student Osteopathic Medical Associa does

Mission

Soma's primary exempt purpose is to educate and prepare osteopathic leaders and advocates by maintaining open communication and collaborative relationships.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Soma provides three national education conference annually for osteopathic students. These events are focused on issues impacting the osteopathic profession, advocacy, skills labs, and interactive professional development. Soma holds two research symposia annually and monthly research sessions. Soma communicates with its members via weekly digital news, regional updates, online communities, soma magazine 'the future do- and social media to recruit volunteers, request feedback on critical issues, and promote relevant programs. Soma also has a pre-medical student section which delivers education about the osteopathic profession and preparing for medical school to undergraduate students.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($219k) Expenses 100 ($220k) Net assets 100 ($460k)2020 Revenue 108 ($237k) Expenses 67 ($147k) Net assets 131 ($603k)2021 Revenue 84 ($184k) Expenses 72 ($159k) Net assets 137 ($629k)2022 Revenue 82 ($179k) Expenses 55 ($120k) Net assets 146 ($670k)2023 Revenue 107 ($233k) Expenses 134 ($295k) Net assets 130 ($599k)2024 Revenue 122 ($267k) Expenses 122 ($267k) Net assets 138 ($633k)2025 Revenue 118 ($258k) Expenses 131 ($287k) Net assets 136 ($624k)
2017202020212022202320242025
Revenue (118)Expenses (131)Net assets (136)

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 $673k to $618k (−8%).

$469k
$603k
$634k
$673k
$618k
$638k
$636k
2017202020212022202320242025
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$927
’17
$90k
’20
$26k
’21
$59k
’22
−$61k
’23
$67
’24
−$29k
’25
9.9
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.

Board chair

Raelynn Dorscheid

Nbd chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017202020212022202320242025
Listed12131313131314
Joined··+10+10+10+10+11
No longer listed··1010101010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.

Funder
'17
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA’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

STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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

77%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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.

Where its funders are

STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.

IA
OH
KS

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

’17
’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

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

Organizations like STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA

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

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Student Osteopathic Med Assoc Found · exempt
  • American Osteopathic Association · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA?
STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being TEGET FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,000 in grants to STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA?
TEGET 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 STUDENT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIA 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 3 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