American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

Analysis

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1948, 78 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation reported income of $2.5m and spending of $1.8m, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.5m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden Pacific Home Health Inc ($2.5m), Core Treatment Services Inc ($2.5m) and Girdwood Health Clinic ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $243k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $207k. It paid $36k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $22.3m against liabilities of $340k, net assets of $22.0m.