Virginia · Nonprofit
THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL
THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,045 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $96k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council does
Mission
Mssc provides an industry-led, training, assessment and certification system focused on the core skills and knowledge needed by the nation's front-line production and material handling workers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Course training: mssc delivers courses designed to help individuals enhance their core knowledge and skills for work at mid-technical production level. Mssc has delivered over 30,000 courses to training organizations and provides training programs in 33 states.
$934,068 spent$1,257,359 earned by the program27% of program spendingInstructor certification training: to provide training to certify teachers and instructors on ways to teach mssc courses in different learning environments. Mssc has trained over 500 instructors for cpt and/or clt.
$325,617 spent$112,338 earned by the program10% of program spendingAssessment/testing: mssc provides on-line testing for individuals and training and certification for facilities to become assessment centers. Mssc has authorized 246 assessment centers. Mssc has issued 37,832 assessments to over 22,000 individuals resulting in 29,857 certificates awarded.
$2,146,994 spent$2,112,275 earned by the program63% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,406,679.
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 $1.1M to $1.7M (+52%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2020 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (16% 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.
Board chair
Neil Reddy
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL’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 MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 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.
Against its field
THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $96k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $613k on record — $606k federal, $7k state.
- Department of Defense$501k
- Department of Justice$105k
- INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES$7k
- OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE$315
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 MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL: 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 MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL?
- THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,045 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $96,045 in grants to THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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