Ashp

Legal name: American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (Ashp)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520807628
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bethesda, MD, United States
Phone
3016573000
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,417,349
Expenses
$65,653,178
Assets
$187,802,896
Liabilities
$39,120,240

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL ABRAMOWITZ (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • LEIGH A BRISCOE-DWYER (PRESIDENT)
  • MELANIE A DODD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • NISHAMINY KASBEKAR (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL WALKER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • KASEY THOMPSON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAUL ABRAMOWITZ (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $1,231,032 total reported compensation
  • JOHN HEBERLEIN (CFO & SR VP): $517,273 total reported compensation
  • KASEY THOMPSON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT): $508,238 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of ASHP is to advance and support the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals and health systems and to serve as their collective voice on issues related to medication use and public health.

What it reported doing in 2024

Accreditation services - ashp accredits pharmacy residency and pharmacy technician programs. Further, this service is committed to assisting existing residencies refine their programs, helping prospective programs with the process of seeking accreditation, and assisting prospective pharmacy residents to get the information needed to find the best residency program for them. Accreditation involves the act of granting approval to a postgraduate pharmacy residency program after the program has met set requirements and has been reviewed and evaluated through a formal process. Postgraduate residency programs are considered the best source of highly qualified clinical pharmacists.ashp maintains a longstanding commitment to well-being and resilience on behalf of patients, public health, our members and the pharmacy profession; including the well-being ambassadors program supported through a grant by the health resources and services administration of the department of health and human services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.86; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 10 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 33 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.