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ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY

ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$212k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5
Net assets
$253k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Zebrafish Disease Models Society does

Mission

Zebrafish Disease Models Society aims to act as a meeting point for academic, clinical and industrial scientists using zebrafish disease models and to support and foster knowledge generation, discussion, training and education about zebrafish disease models by promoting the study, research and use of zebrafish disease models throughout the world, diversity among the zebrafish community, public awareness of the importance of the field, and offer informed opinions on zebrafish disease models.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2025, the Zebrafish Disease Models Society organized their annual conference (zdm18) in boston, massachusetts. The zdm18 conference brought in a total of 265 confirmed attendees. The society held 13 virtual meetings from march through september of 2025. Over 800 people registered to attend the virtual events to promote the study, research and use of zebrafish disease models throughout the world. Approximately 540 people attended these virtual events. The society has maintained their eleven research interest groups and is growing their early career investigator community.

    $160,543 spentof which $4,903 as grants$194,953 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $160,543.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($218k) Expenses 100 ($241k) Net assets 100 ($152k)2018 Revenue 128 ($279k) Expenses 90 ($216k) Net assets 142 ($215k)2019 Revenue 130 ($283k) Expenses 83 ($200k) Net assets 196 ($297k)2020 Revenue 14 ($30k) Expenses 31 ($74k) Net assets 167 ($252k)2021 Revenue 56 ($123k) Expenses 45 ($107k) Net assets 177 ($268k)2022 Revenue 98 ($214k) Expenses 103 ($248k) Net assets 154 ($234k)2023 Revenue 89 ($194k) Expenses 99 ($239k) Net assets 125 ($189k)2024 Revenue 117 ($255k) Expenses 86 ($207k) Net assets 157 ($237k)2025 Revenue 97 ($212k) Expenses 82 ($197k) Net assets 167 ($253k)
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Revenue (97)Expenses (82)Net assets (167)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $159k to $240k (+51%).

$159k
$240k
$310k
$263k
$286k
$245k
$205k
$254k
$276k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

8% of ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$22k
’17
$63k
’18
$83k
’19
−$45k
’20
$16k
’21
−$34k
’22
−$44k
’23
$48k
’24
$16k
’25
16
months of
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.

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Listed2321262529191917
Joined·+0+7+0·+4+2+0
No longer listed·221·1422
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS 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.

Where its funders are

100% of ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve16.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

41%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY?
ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5 in grants to ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY.
Who is the largest funder of ZEBRAFISH DISEASE MODELS SOCIETY?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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