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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY (Maryland) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,212,914 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($1,466,576). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The American Society for Cell Biology does
Mission
To lead a diverse, global and multidisciplinary scientific community focused on the cell, the basic unit of all life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Diversity, equity, and inclusion: ascb has current government-funded grants and one foundation-funded grant with support for diversity, equity, and inclusion as stated aims. These are: two national institutes for health (nih) funded programs, two national science foundation (nsf) funded programs, and one program funded by a private foundation. Nih programs: innovative programs to enhance research training (ipert) - this program seeks to support creative and innovative research educational activities to enhance the diversity of the biomedical workforce and support career development and transition (continued on schedule o). The program is for scientists underrepresented in biomedical science. This program provides skills development training and provides mentorship to help participants overcome challenges to successful career transition. The program focuses on the successful transition from postdoctoral to faculty and faculty to full-tenured faculty. The program also provides activities for the entire society to bring awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sciences. Maximizing opportunities for scientific and academic independent careers (mosaic) - this program seeks…
$2,136,473 spentof which $143,699 as grants40% of program spendingAnnual meeting: the annual scientific meeting is held for five days in december and is attended by about 6,000 people. It includes scientific symposia summarizing recent advances in cell biology, and presentation of approximately 3,000 scientific research papers. The abstracts of scientific papers from the annual meeting are published annually by the society. The meeting also features commercial exhibits of products and services for scientists working in the field of biology that include scientific instruments, laboratory equipment, chemicals, and publications. The annual meeting features extensive education, career development, and public policy sessions of special interest to early career, transitional career, and underrepresented cell biologists.
$1,635,520 spentof which $57,183 as grants$2,263,648 earned by the program31% of program spendingJournal and other publications: the ascb owns and publishes the scientific journal molecular biology of the cell, the quarterly journal cbe - life sciences education, and the ascb newsletter, also published 4 times a year.
$561,453 spent$932,319 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe san francisco declaration on research assessment: the ascb is the administrative entity of the san francisco declaration on research assessment (dora). Dora is an initiative to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines. To do this, dora raises awareness and facilitates implementation of responsible research assessment practices to improve equity and catalyze widespread change in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions.
$538,524 spent$279,451 earned by the program10% of program spendingCoalition for the life sciences: the ascb is a member of the coalition for the life sciences, (cls). The cls is an alliance of professional organizations working together to foster public policies that advance basic biological research and its applications in medicine and other fields. The issues addressed by the cls include science education, professional training, and the funding, management, and oversight of scientific work, especially by the federal government.
$275,448 spentof which $5,000 as grants$243,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingPublic policy
$121,030 spent2% of program spendingScience, outreach and professional development: The American Society for Cell Biology department of professional development develops and manages multiple science, outreach, and professional development programs. The goal of the department is to ensure that members at all stages have access to initiatives that will successfully progress their careers.
$25,877 spent0% of program spendingThe committees: the society organizes committees to bring individuals together to discuss possible means to solve problems; implements programs to benefit the cell biology community and the public.the society's active committees are as follows: education, finance & audit, international affairs, minority affairs, program, public information, council, executive, public policy, women in cell biology, nominating committee and committee for post-doctoral professions and students.
$683,049 earned by the program
The 8 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,294,325.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $14M (+22%).
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: 2017 10% · 2018 7% · 2019 14% · 2020 10% · 2021 18% · 2022 21% · 2023 16% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Rebecca Alvania
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $506k → $727k.
5 of 15 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 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL 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
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 48% · 2019 83% · 2020 46% · 2021 69% · 2022 55% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“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
58% of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $732k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.3M
- National Science Foundation$2.7M
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 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 10 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY: 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 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY?
- THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY (Maryland) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,212,914 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($1,466,576). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $4,212,914 in grants to THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,466,576 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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