American Psychological Association Inc

Analysis

American Psychological Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1940, 86 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, 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 Psychological Association Inc reported income of $9.5m and spending of $8.8m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $7.1m to $9.5m (+33%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Psychological Association Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ellis County Coalition for Health Options ($9.5m), NFX ($9.5m) and Baptist Memorial Regional Rehabilitation Services Inc ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $39.9m against liabilities of $988k, net assets of $38.9m.