Association of Fundraising Professionals

Analysis

Association of Fundraising Professionals is a registered charity in United States, based in Lagrange, GA. 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 $218k and spending of $223k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $244k to $218k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Planned Giving Group of New England ($218k), Association of the First Corps of Cadets ($218k) and St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store Inc ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.7% and program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $825k against liabilities of $2,059, net assets of $823k.