Maryland · Nonprofit
THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,000 to it, the largest being THE AGOURON INSTITUTE ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Biophysical Society does
Mission
To lead an innovative global community working at the interface of the physical and life sciences, across all levels of complexity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Meetings - bps' meetings facilitate the sharing of information and research in the biophysical sciences.
$1,923,205 spentof which $135,330 as grants$2,057,482 earned by the program73% of program spendingPublications - the biophysical journal is a semimonthly publication of bps. It includes original articles and reviews on molecular, cellular, and systems biophysics, including experimental studies with a theoretical or mechanistic focus, or research describing significant methodological or technological advances. Areas covered include: cell biophysics, channels/transporters/receptors, genome biophysics and nucleic acids, membranes, molecular machines/motors/nanoscale biophysics, and proteins. The biophysicist aims to highlight and nurture education, and its scholarship and development. The open access journal serves a worldwide audience to make fundamental concepts and techniques in biophysics (and related disciplines), as well as evidence-based pedagogical practice accessible to individuals at all levels: undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students/trainees, active researchers, and scholars of biophysics teaching and learning. Biophysical reports is a high-quality, forward-looking gold open access (oa) publishing option for the research community. We help you advance biophysics by making it easier for specialists and generalists to share new insights into experimental data…
$516,680 spentof which $1,750 as grants$1,490,406 earned by the program20% of program spendingPublic affairs - The Biophysical Society invests in public policy efforts on behalf of its members and the science of biophysics. Through its public affairs committee, it keeps society members current on relevant legislation and science policy issues. The society has taken the initiative in advocating for increased funding at the interface between the life sciences and physical sciences.
$184,395 spentof which $52,188 as grants$63,613 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther programs
$627,420 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,624,280.
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 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $19M (−11%).
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: 2018 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY’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 BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 40% · 2022 83% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Government funding THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $98k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$98k
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 BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY: 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 BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY?
- THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,000 to it, the largest being THE AGOURON INSTITUTE ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $36,000 in grants to THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY?
- THE AGOURON INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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