American Prosperity Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882451891
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Reston, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7037665763
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,134,905
- Expenses
- $56,641,671
- Assets
- $1,894,672
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Steve Stallmer (Director President)
People named in this filing
- Steve Stallmer (Director President)
- Jon Proch appt to board 09 11 2024 (Dir Trea resigned effect 01 01 2025)
- Brian Thomas (Dir Sec appt to board 01 03 2024)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
American Prosperity Alliance (APA) is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization whose primary purpose is to advocate for legislative and regulatory policies that advance economic prosperity in America. The American Prosperity Alliance (“APA”) is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. APA’s primary purpose is to advocate for legislative and regulatory policies that advance economic prosperity in America. That includes advocating for reforms that grow the economy, lower our national debt, fix a broken healthcare system, improve education, prepare the workforce, lessen burdensome regulations, create and sustain American job growth, and promote free market enterprise and economic prosperity for America’s businesses and citizens. Sign up to receive updates, participate in surveys and learn more about creating American Prosperity.
What it reported doing in 2024
American Prosperity Alliance (APA) conducted issue advocacy to advance center-right policies and legislation, including issue advocacy related to healthcare and immigration legislation; and provided grants to organizations that aligned with the mission of APA.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: $5,167.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 65.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 66.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 85.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $14.2M reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.