Association of Fundraising Professionals

Analysis

Association of Fundraising Professionals is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1987, 39 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Association of Fundraising Professionals reported income of $119k and spending of $138k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $145k to $119k (-18%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Association of Fundraising Professionals sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 41st percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA Texas Congress ($119k), Ars Minerva Inc ($119k) and Amador Valley Scholarships Inc ($119k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $44k against liabilities of $650, net assets of $44k.