Association of American Publishers Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
226064812
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023473375
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,503
Expenses
$20,484
Assets
$54,968
Liabilities
$4,665

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN MCINNIS (ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MARIA PALLANTE (DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN MCINNIS (ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The purpose of aapf is to promote the lawful dissemination of knowledge in modern society, including through programs or partnerships that advance reading, writing and publishing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Regranting: the foundation received contributions and acted as guardian of the funds for short term projects of organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status but aligned with the foundation's own tax exempt purpose.grants: proceeds from administrative fees related to the regranting process in previous years to fund organizations that aligned with the foundation's own tax exempt purpose.

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.3%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.3% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.