IFSCC’s Benefactor Programme is extremely important to our financial sustainability and the IFSCC is greatly appreciative our Benefactors’ support. Funds contributed by Benefactors support our high-quality cosmetic science education efforts around the world, and enable us to recognise scientists who make a noteworthy contribution to cosmetic science. Many Benefactors told us they wanted to contribute more substantially to our efforts, so in 2016 we launched a new 3-tier Benefactor Programme, which was expanded to 4-tiers in 2023.