Association of Fundraising Professionals

Analysis

Association of Fundraising Professionals is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlotte, NC. 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 $166k and spending of $164k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $243k to $166k (-32%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Royal Association Charitable Foundation TR ($166k), The Arc-Grosse Pointe Harper Woods Inc ($166k) and St Thomas Church Endowment Fund Inc ($166k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.7% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $221k against liabilities of $4,000, net assets of $217k.