American Chemical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952270255
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,646
Expenses
$85,723
Assets
$228,245

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Richard Kidd (Chair)
  • Barbara Belmont (Secretary and Treasurer)
  • Veronica Jaramillo (Chair-Elect)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote chemistry profession and chemistry education

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach: Organized local high school chemistry contest serving approximately local 600 high school students; organized mentored and hosted 12 local high school student candidates for the National ACS Chemistry Olympiad semi-finals which included a lab practicum and knowledge testing; Recognized an outstanding high school chemistry teacher; Organized a series of general interest virtual chemistry symposia and sponsored student watch parties in collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District and Long Beach Unified School District reaching approximate 100 students at each of 4 events; Participated in City of STEM an annual STEM outreach event serving the greater Los Angeles area with 15000+ attendees; Selected and awarded prizes to four outstanding students in the special chemistry award category for the International Science&Engineering Fair.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.7%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 53.4%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.66; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.7% of revenue deployed · 53.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.