American College Health Association

Analysis

American College Health Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American College Health Association reported income of $5.2m and spending of $4.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $5.2m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American College Health Association sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Legion Ambulance Service Inc ($5.2m), International Society for Neurochemistry Inc ($5.2m) and Foundations to Freedom Inc ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $304k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $5.4m. It reported 26 employees.