American Psychological Association Inc Group Return

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541572590
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023365500
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Mental Health Association

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,782,795
Expenses
$9,132,922
Assets
$44,000,517
Liabilities
$1,290,355

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

501 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • A JORDAN WRIGHT (D12-PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • AARON WEINER PHD (D50-PAST PRESIDENT (THRU 08/24))
  • ADAM FISHER (D43-PRESIDENT-ELECT (THRU 08/24); PRESIDENT (AS OF 08/24))
  • ALBERTA ALVISO (D35-SECTION 6 PRESIDENT)
  • AMY JAK (D40-PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA CHRONIS-TUSCANO (D53-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUE FRANTZ (D02-ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $24,250 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS PUSATERI (D02-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $24,250 total reported compensation
  • EMILIE SMITH (D27-AJCP EDITORY): $20,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Divisions of the apa: divisions support and encourage the education, scientific study, promotion of human welfare and information dissemination related to varied disciplines of psychology, and the advancement of those psychology disciplines in serving the public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual convention, divisional meetings, and other events - activities include attendance and planned activities at the annual convention, as well as, various division meetings, workshops, continuing education, and other events throughout the year covering various educational and scientific topics in psychology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17,877.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 51.6%; rating input score 52; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.82; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 435 of 437 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 501 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $983K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 30 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 52/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.