Association of Fundraising Professionals

Analysis

Association of Fundraising Professionals is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 $2.5m and spending of $2.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $421k to $2.5m (+485%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 348%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Association of Fundraising Professionals sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County ($2.5m), Community Foundation of Monroe County ($2.5m) and Shepherds Foundation Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.3% and program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $200k, net assets of $804k.