Soft Matter Association of the Americas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922677102
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Phone
9193456344
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$351,350
Expenses
$349,290
Assets
$4,060
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR MICHAEL RUBINSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR JAN GENZER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DR MICHAEL RUBINSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR JAN GENZER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DR RONIT FREEMAN (SECRETARY)

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

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

Overview

Mission

- the activity of smaa is to create an umbrella structure to coordinate and connect activities such as workshops, summer schools, and conferences across different professional societies, local grassroot organizations, and industry.- smaa conducts its activities by a board of directors, supported by an advisory board and ad-hoc committees.- smaa will conduct its activities in the united states of america. - smaa will commit 100 percent of its time to its mission and activities. - smaa will fund its activities through fundraising, grants and conference contributions.- smaa's activities further its exempt purposes of advancing knowledge and education in the area of soft matter science.

What it reported doing in 2024

International soft matter conference and young investigator workshop july 27, 2024 - august 2, 2024, raleigh, North Carolina 571 participants, no publications issued.the ismc 2024 conference and the associated young investigator workshop were organized jointly by the soft matter association of the americas and by triangle universities duke university (duke), North Carolina state university (ncsu), and the university of North Carolina at chapel hill (unc). It was supported by the international union of pure and applied physics (iupap), the national science foundation, and many other organizations. This was the first ismc on the american continent, and as such, it concludes the first cycle of the soft matter around the world in three years series of ismcs.the conference brought together researchers from physics, chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, and materials science interested in various soft matter systems. The conference promoted and intensified interdisciplinary collaborations and advanced connections between academia and industry around soft matter technologies.the conference featured seven plenary talks, fifty-four invited keynote lectures, eighty-four contributed oral presentations, and over two hundred and seventy posters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • 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: Limited
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $347K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.