Public Charity

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Based in WASHINGTON, DC, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $819.1M in revenue, $756.6M in expenses, $2.2B in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 66 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.7M.

EIN: 530196572 WASHINGTON, DC Chemistry & Chemical Engineering NTEE: U33 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$819.1M
Total Expenses$756.6M
Total Assets$2.2B
Grant Records66
Funding Total$2.7M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY IS A FEDERALLY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE BROADER CHEMISTRY ENTERPRISE AND ITS PRACTITIONERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE.

Where $100 goes at American Chemical Society

How American Chemical Society divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $89 for programs

$77
Information services the American Chemical Society (acs) achieves its goal to be an indispensable professional and information resource for members and other chemistry-related practitioners through two publishing divisions…
87% of program spending
$9
Education and membership in 2024, acs provided formal and informal educational resources, instruction, and mentorship for elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students and educators
10% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 7,300 members; 10 visits; 95 students
$3
Acs petroleum research fund the acs petroleum research fund is a permanently restricted endowment established to provide resources for advanced scientific education and fundamental research in the petroleum…
3% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 204 grants; 89 grants; 66 grants
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
Sponsorship of the ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry.
$8,500
2024
PUBLIC AND SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$180,000
2024
CHARITABLE DONATION
$63,950

Showing up to 5 of 66 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Albert Horvath
CTO VP INFO TECH, CAS Bollampalli Rao
DIRECTOR, DISTRICT III Bonnie Lawlor
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Carolyn Ribes
SVP SALES & MARKETING, CAS Craig Stephens
PRESIDENT-ELECT Dorothy J Phillips

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,019,420 37 grants
Education
$207,500 2 grants
International Aid & Development
$75,000 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$63,650 7 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$59,500 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $819.1M $756.6M $2.2B
2023 $739.5M $731.3M $1.9B
2022 $711.0M $688.3M $1.7B
2020 $750.2M $571.1M $1.8B
2019 $671.1M $595.4M $1.5B

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $671.1M to $819.1M (+22%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.2B.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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