Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE
THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,500 to it, the largest being CONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What The Food & Drug Law Institute does
Mission
Fdli provides education, training and publications on topical food and drug law, acts as a liaison to promote networking as a means to develop professional relationships and idea generation; and ensure an open, balanced marketplace of ideas to inform innovative public policy, law and regulation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs - fdli holds more than 40 training, webinars and conferences each year on topics related to food and drug law. These offerings provide comprehensive discussion of major policy, legislative, regulatory and enforcement actions and judicial decisions and provides education and training in the practice of food and drug law and regulation.
$2,013,526 spent$2,473,486 earned by the program64% of program spendingMembership - diverse membership of more than 7,500 members in the areas of food, drugs, animal drugs, biologics, cosmetics, diagnostics, dietary supplements, medical devices and tobacco. Members interact regularly by participating in conferences, writing for publications and engaging in committees. Member benefits include an informational resource center, discounts on educational publications and conferences and opportunities to participate and contribute to dialogue on policy and legislation.
$899,530 spent$1,046,119 earned by the program29% of program spendingPublications - fdli produces approximately 10 publications each year addressing issues in the food and drug law field including the award winning, peer reviewed food and drug law journal (published quarterly), the quarterly update magazine and other resource books for food and drug law professionals.
$238,175 spentof which $1,500 as grants$74,760 earned by the program8% of program spendingEducation - annually the institue sponsors a writing award competition with emphasis on food, medical devices and drugs.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,151,231.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.8M to $4.0M (−16%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 9% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
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
Christine Simmon
Pres/CEO
Board chair
Freddy Jimenez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE’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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE.
“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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
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.
Against its field
THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $154k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$154k
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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE: 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 FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE?
- THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,500 to it, the largest being CONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $20,500 in grants to THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE?
- CONSUMER HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOOD & DRUG LAW INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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