American Cheese Society
Your public record reads like the gathering place of a craft, a community that holds the standards, the language, and the celebration of American cheese.
Financial profile
American Cheese Society · EIN 04-2900272 · 501(c)(6)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,565,546 | $340,205 | $1,211,476 | $1,367,665 | $989,927 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $1,608,338 | $282,593 | $1,321,596 | $1,497,504 | $792,046 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $747,562 | $367,664 | $373,329 | $745,231 | $681,212 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $564,356 | $302,345 | $243,737 | $1,163,413 | $638,482 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $1,926,774 | $351,453 | $1,464,271 | $1,833,051 | $1,210,977 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $1,821,976 | $349,970 | $1,375,137 | $1,901,999 | $1,075,306 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies American Cheese Society is read alongside.
SFA
Specialty Food Association
The trade association for the specialty food industry, connecting makers, importers, and retailers through…
16 companies named
IDFA
International Dairy Foods Association
The trade association for the dairy foods industry, representing processors and manufacturers of milk…
34 companies named
ADGA
American Dairy Goat Association
The trusted registry of American dairy goats since 1904, keeping the pedigrees, breed standards and…
23 companies named
ADSA
American Dairy Science Association
The international society where dairy scientists, educators and industry meet over the science of milk
41 companies named
ACSA
American Craft Spirits Association
The sworn voice of the small distiller, the only trade body that exists solely to speak for craft spirits…
23 companies named
Who backs ACS
Every company American Cheese Society names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Amcor | Meeting sponsor | ABA ICC IDFA KCC NAMI +1 |
| UNFI | Meeting sponsor | CGA IRMA NASDA NGA SFA |
| Nelson-Jameson, Inc. | Meeting sponsor | IAFP IDFA |
| Dairy Connection Inc | Meeting sponsor | ADGA |
| FOSS | Meeting sponsor | TEI |
| Lactalis USA | Meeting sponsor | IFDA |
| Rheolution Inc. | Meeting sponsor | ISSCR |
| Alexian Pate | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| ALPMA USA | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Atalanta Corporation | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Beecher's Handmade Cheese | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Beehive Cheese Company, BLLC | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| BelGioioso Cheese Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Bellwether Farms | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| BFR SYSTEMS | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Boska | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| BRODART PACKAGING | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| C.E. Zuercher & Co., Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Calanna Specialty Foods | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Caputo Cheese | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Champignon North America | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Codex-ing Biotech Ingredients | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Coro Foods LLC | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Culture Magazine | Media Partner | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Cypress Grove Cheese | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Dare Foods | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Deli Business | Media Partner | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Effie's Homemade | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Emmi Roth | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Fiscalini Cheese Company | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| FoodLuma | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| FOODMatch | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Forever Cheese | Scholarship Sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Formaticum | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Fortune Favors | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Fromagex | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Gourmet Foods International | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Gourmino AG | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Hart Design & Manufacturing | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| INES ROSALES USA LLC | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Isigny Sainte Mère | Scholarship Sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Janet's Finest Compotes | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Keese's Cheeses | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| La Panzanella | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| LaClare Creamery | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Lallemand Specialty Cultures | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| LAURA CHENEL & MARIN FRENCH CHEESE | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Murray's Cheese | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Nether Industries Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Olympia Provisions | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Page & Pedersen, Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Peterson | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Pine River Pre Pack, Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Principe Foods | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Qualtech | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| River Whey Creamery | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Rogue Creamery | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Rustic Bakery | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Savencia Cheese USA | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Smoking Goose | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Talmera USA Inc. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Tempesta Artisan Salumi | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| The Fine Cheese Co. | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| The Peterson Company | Scholarship Sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Three Little Pigs | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Vermont Creamery | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| VerTerra LTD | Meeting sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
| Zuercher & Co. | Scholarship Sponsor | Only American Cheese Society, so far |
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026
2026 ACS Annual Conference sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Conference sponsors, read from the eventPower sponsor widget the page loads. Companies listed under more than one sponsorship appear once per sponsorship. Dairy boards, guilds, checkoff groups and other nonprofits left out.
2026 conference scholarship sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Company-named scholarships only; individual, association and ACEF-funded scholarships left out.
Who backs American Cheese Society's peers, but not American Cheese Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of American Cheese Society's five peer societies, and not found in American Cheese Society's reviewed public records.
The outside view
Your public record reads like the gathering place of a craft, a community that holds the standards, the language, and the celebration of American cheese.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Village and The League.
Strengths
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