American Society of Pharmacognosy Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Varro tyler prize for research on botanicals: an award to recognize an individual who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the board field of dietary supplements, with special emphasis on botanicals. 1. Paula brown, brithish columbia institute of tech, 5000 arthur e. Schwarting award: an award given for the best paper published in the journal of natual products. 1. Nadja cech, univ of North Carolina, 1000 jack l. Beal award: an award given for the best paper published in the journal of natual products by a young investigator. 1. Yudai matsuda, city univ of hong kong, 1000 matt suffness award: an award given to a new scientist for research in the natural products field. 1. Not awarded in 2024 john failkner award: an award given on a competitive basis to assist in the applicant's attendance at the annual meeting for presenting a lecture on the area of natural products. 1. Melissa henckel, Colorado univ, 1200 2. Chin-soon phan, latvian institute of organic synthesis, 1200 travel grants for active members: awarded on a competitive basis to active members in the first 5 years after earning their doctoral degree who require assistance to attend th society's annual meeting for presentation of research results. 1. Not awarded in 2024 lynn brady travel awards: an award given to graduate students to help defray the cost of travel to the annual asp meeting. 1. Swarnali chatterjee, univ of Alabama, 1200 2. Yukyung choi, sookmyung womans univ. 1200 3. Diana lomowska-keehner, univ of Florida, 1200 4. Emmanuel makinde, griffith univ, 1200 5. Belkes stambouli, city univ of New York, 1200 david carew student travel award: an award given on a competitive basis to assist in the applicant's attendence at the annual meeting for presenting a paper. 1. Ella vardeman, city univ of New York, 1200 wagar bhatti student travel award: an award given on a competitive basis to assist in the applicant's attendence at the annual meeting for presenting a paper. 1. Sahar amin, univ of Michigan, 1200 the jerry mclaughlin travel award: an award given on a competitive basis to assist in the applicant's attendence at the annual meeting for presenting a paper. 1. Timothy bushman, univ of Alabama, 1200 asp student research award: awarded on a competitive basis to a student to recognize that individual's outstanding research in the general area of natural products through a blinded review of the applicants research papers, by the society's awards and funds committee. 1. Not awarded in 2024 the kilmer prize: an award given on a competitive basis to assist in the applicant's attendence at the annual meeting for presenting a paper. 1. Not awarded in 2024 presidents travel award: awarded on a competitive basis to a graduate student to assist in the appliacant's attendance at the annual meeting for presentation of research results. 1. Not awarded in 2024 audrey s bingel fellowship for female scientists: the audrey s. Bingel fellowship is intended to provide funds, up to 25,000, to assist a female scientist in transitioning from a current career track to another, or to bolster the likelihood of success in her current, preferred career path. 1. Lidsay caesar, james madison univ. 3750 - 2023 award 2. Barbara adaikpoh, univ of chicago, 5000 david j slatkin symposium poster award: awarded on a competitive basis to students and postdocs. 1. Not awarded in 2024 minority undergraduate research fellowship: a 2.5 month summer research fellowship to support students in lab-based research under the supervision of an asp faculty mentor. Asp summer research will participate not only in lab research, but also in a series of weekly training and professional development workshops led by a team of asp faculty leaders. 1. Sabrina hernandez, univ of Florida, 5000 2. Gabriella mullet, case western reserve, 5000 3. Vivian rivera, western Kentucky univ, 5000 4. Christina rowe, univ of North Carolina, 5000 5. Paul speowl, morehouse college, 5000 asp student travel award: an award give

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 64.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.46; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings