Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC
THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,500 to it, the largest being RITA ALLEN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $181k
- Net assets
- $190k
What The Rosalind Franklin Society Inc does
Mission
The rosalind franklin society is an honorific society which recognizes, fosters, and advances the important contributions of women in the life sciences and affiliated disciplines through supporting women in the sciences. In so doing, the society honors the under-recognized achievements of the late rosalind franklin (1920-1958), a british x-ray crystallographer whose work was instrumental in the development of the first x-ray images of dna.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization is planning to make a grant in the year 2025 to an organization (501(c)(3)) supporting women in science. The organization will be curtailing its awards program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Rfs awards in science 2024 - recognizing outstanding contributions from women and minorities in science. Honoraria / grants are made to those selected women and minority scientists for exceptional academic papers. Also publication of online news briefings (rfs briefings).
$110,911 spentof which $76,600 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $110,911.
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 $352k to $158k (−55%).
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.
89% of THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC’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 ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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% · 2018 100% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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 ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, 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.
Against its field
THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC: 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 ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC?
- THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,500 to it, the largest being RITA ALLEN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $180,500 in grants to THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC?
- RITA ALLEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 5 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