Association for Positive Behavior Support

Analysis

Association for Positive Behavior Support is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 for Positive Behavior Support reported income of $621k and spending of $416k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $399k to $621k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Association for Positive Behavior Support sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El Sistema Oklahoma Inc ($621k), Idaho STEM Action Center Foundation ($621k) and Canyon Theatre Guild ($621k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $917k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $917k.