Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

Analysis

Agricultural & Applied Economics Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.7m (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bloc ($1.7m), New Age Project Inc ($1.7m) and Our Daughters International ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.7% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $6,000 (0.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $7.8m against liabilities of $192k, net assets of $7.6m.