American Chemical Society History of Chemistry Div U of Il
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 526055746
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Urbana, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2173286158
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,823
- Expenses
- $33,601
- Assets
- $277,978
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- VERA V MAINZ (SECRETARY/TREASURER/MEMBER)
- SR MARY VIRGINIA ORNA (ALTERNATE COUNCILOR)
- ROGER A EGOLF (COUNCILOR)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary exempt purpose is to advance knowledge and appreciation of the history of the chemical sciences among chemists, students, historians of science, and the broader public by encouraging reserach and scholarship in history of the chemical sciences; providing a welcoming environment for the discussion of history of chemistry in a variety of venues, particularly in symposia at national acs meetings; serving as a resource for chemical scientists in general, and members of the acs in particular, who seek to understand the roots of their discipline, sub-discipline, or interdisciplinary subject; recognizing major achievements from the past in the chemical sciences and the individuals who made those achievements; publishing a scholarly journal in history of chemistry; interacting with other organizations interested in the history of science; and adding value to the acs by helping it achieve its vision and missions.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purpose of the "history of chemistry award in the history of chemistry" is to recognize an outstanding career of contributions to the history of chemistry. The award is international in scope and is generally presented annually at the fall national acs meeting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.27; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.