Association of Fundraising Professionals

Analysis

Association of Fundraising Professionals is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. 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 $51k and spending of $43k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $38k to $51k (+33%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 19th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers ($51k), Springville School Parent-Teacher Organization ($51k) and Carroll County Historical Society Inc ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $164k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $164k.