The Materials Research Society (mrs) is an organization of Materials researchers worldwide that promotes communication for the advancement of interdisciplinary Materials Research and technology to improve the quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $485K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Fine: 65% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $9.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $17K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.4M
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$5.5M
Spent
$7.8M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$11.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.5M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$10.5M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$10.7M
Expenses
$7.8M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.8M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$11.1M
FY2023$10.2M
FY2024$10.5M
Net assets
$11.0M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.0M
FY2021$11.0M
FY2022$9.0M
FY2023$9.8M
FY2024$10.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1991.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $5.1M Management & general 35% · $2.7M Fundraising 0% · $24K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

30 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$311,109Pt VII · Sec A
Director Finance and Admin
$166,746Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Meetings
$161,687Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications
$141,700Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Government Aff
$130,497Pt VII · Sec A
Principal Development Editor
$112,300Pt VII · Sec A
Advertising and Exhibits Manager
$112,100Pt VII · Sec A
Editor, Mrs Bulletin
$109,520Pt VII · Sec A

Todd M Osman’s $376K as Executive Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Todd M Osman$375,695$353,971$339,071$329,209$311,109
J Ardie Dillen——$193,477$174,417$166,746
Eileen Kiley$184,785$176,896$170,085$152,232$141,700
Patricia a Hastings———$157,868$161,687
Damon Dozier——$120,524$138,956$130,497
Gopal Rao$134,813$123,963$118,351$117,157$109,520
Mallory Starr$125,007$112,610———
Beth Powell$112,749$108,313$103,449——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Materials Research Society executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advances materials research and technology through global researcher communication.

Questions for Materials Research Society

Tap to ask. Materials Research Society sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Materials Research Society answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $4.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Symposia and Meetings

MRS meetings serve as an international stage for the examination and dissemination of current and emerging materials research. At the heart of the meetings portfolio are the MRS spring and fall meetings.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Publications and News

The MRS publications portfolio, comprised of five peer-reviewed journals, a books program, and materials research news, reflects MRS'S strengths in technical quality, interdisciplinary focus, and content delivery innovation.

$1.6Mprogram expense
03

Membership

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, materials scientists and researchers from around the world are working on projects that have the potential to change the way we live. You and your colleagues work in a wide variety of settings and are interested in the total spectrum of materials-related issues and applications.

$315Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$17K
Grants paid · 63 grants · $240K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,400
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$750
Unitemized GrantFY2024$200
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,000
See all 63 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Money outPt IX
$7.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$2.7M
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$13.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$188K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$5.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$363K
SavingsLn 2$835K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$13.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$11.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 548
VolunteersI 61,200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.4M$9.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$15.5M$13.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$12.6M$11.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$18K$18K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$50K$50K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$8K$8K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.0M$692K$332K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.2M$1.7M$1.5M$19K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$92K$57K$35K$606
Other employee benefitsLn 9$556K$330K$222K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$308K$174K$132K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$19K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$3K$3K
Investment management feesLn 11f$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$542K$427K$114K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$182K$74K$108K
Information technologyLn 14$251K$158K$93K
OccupancyLn 16$100K$63K$37K
TravelLn 17$27K$22K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$230K$145K$85K
InsuranceLn 23$42K$18K$24K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$1.1M$436
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$7K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.8M$5.1M$2.7M$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $10.7M$10.5M$252K$10.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.5M$10.2M$277K$9.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $10.5M$11.1M−$584K$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.1M$7.2M−$107K$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $5.5M$7.8M−$2.3M$11.0M 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,532,198 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,148,794$1,573,796
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,184,581$2,177,913
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $475,650$188,450
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,320,970$1,592,039
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,129,995$5,532,198
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $76,850$75,832
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,848,623$5,175,495
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,852,306$2,544,478
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,777,779$7,795,805
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $352,216−$2,263,607
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,532,198 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,221,411
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$352,385
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,573,796
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,080,823 · Excluded from tax $97,090$2,177,913
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $180,366$180,366
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $1,297,907$1,297,907
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $8,084$8,084
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $191,668 · Excluded from tax $102,464$294,132
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,080,823 · Unrelated business $191,668 · Excluded from tax $1,685,911$5,532,198
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,795,805 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $17,832$17,832
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $49,500$49,500
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $8,500$8,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $692,014 · Management $332,266$1,024,280
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,714,945 · Management $1,461,677 · Fundraising $18,904$3,195,526
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $56,522 · Management $35,136 · Fundraising $606$92,264
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $330,496 · Management $222,135 · Fundraising $3,150$555,781
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $174,203 · Management $132,029 · Fundraising $1,412$307,644
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $14,864$14,864
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,935$18,935
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $3,311$3,311
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $10,020$10,020
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $427,416 · Management $114,341$541,757
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,174$5,174
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73,568 · Management $108,130$181,698
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $158,266 · Management $92,949$251,215
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,958 · Management $36,975$99,933
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,865 · Management $4,865$26,730
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $144,863 · Management $85,079$229,942
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,555 · Management $24,339$41,894
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,103,360 · Management $436$1,103,796
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,254 · Management $7,955$15,209
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,069,602 · Management $2,702,131 · Fundraising $24,072$7,795,805
Part X · Balance sheet $13,442,230 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $504,728$363,270
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,818,655$835,461
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $991,353$723,244
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $393,191$489,095
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,350,412$1,169,359
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,430,428$9,861,801
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,488,767$13,442,230
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,712,064$1,431,059
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,218,641$969,243
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,930,705$2,400,302
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,644,206$10,038,100
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $913,856$1,003,828
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,558,062$11,041,928
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,488,767$13,442,230
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,041,928 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,532,198
XI-2 Total expenses$7,795,805
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,263,607
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,558,062
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$747,473
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,041,928

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.