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A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING

A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,200,377 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION ($1,200,377). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$295k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What A2la Workplace Training does

Mission

A2la Workplace Training (a2la wpt) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the highest-quality professional training and consulting services in the fields of management systems, conformity assessment, and precision measurement.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. TrainingA2la Workplace Training provides training through a variety of proven delivery methods, both in a traditional classroom setting and online. Classroom courses are offered either publicly or as customized contract training requested by a specific organization. Remote courses are delivered either as self-paced online e-learning modules or through live instructor-led courses called virtual classroom. Regardless of your preferred delivery method, a2la wpt courses help you gain the knowledge you need to be a leader in your field and provide valuable insight on international standards, quality systems, technical tools, and soft skills.

    $1,112,858 spent$724,175 earned by the program
    56% of program spending
  2. Consulting A2la Workplace Training utilizes our breadth of knowledge and instructional experience to provide insightful, individualized consultancy to all types of organizations in a variety of industries. Our quality management and technical consultants provide the knowledge and resources necessary to develop, implement and maintain quality systems. We evaluate processes to identify potential nonconformities, areas for improvement or increased risk. To accommodate the needs of both large and small organizations, our services are divided into fully customizable face-to-face consultation services and qms express options, which provide standardized and cost-effective consultation packages that are quick and easy to implement.

    $683,093 spent$623,323 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  3. E-learning: awpt's wide selection of courses make up a comprehensive online metrology school tailored to working professionals. Awpt is an excellent resource for virtual calibration training courses, metrology training courses, measurement uncertainty training and more. All courses are self-paced, accessible online anywhere in the world, and are based on accepted industry calibration practices. Detailed examples are included with each training course to educate, demonstrate, promote, and reinforce best practices in measurement and calibration.

    $184,946 spent$476,764 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,980,897.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($833k) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets -138 ($-507323)2020 Revenue 163 ($1.4M) Expenses 131 ($1.8M) Net assets -245 ($-900165)2021 Revenue 348 ($2.9M) Expenses 115 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($367k)2022 Revenue 214 ($1.8M) Expenses 142 ($1.9M) Net assets 67 ($246k)2023 Revenue 253 ($2.1M) Expenses 131 ($1.8M) Net assets 164 ($600k)2024 Revenue 260 ($2.2M) Expenses 156 ($2.1M) Net assets 186 ($681k)2025 Revenue 219 ($1.8M) Expenses 165 ($2.2M) Net assets 80 ($295k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (219)Expenses (165)Net assets (80)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $1.9M (+32%).

$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.9M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.4M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,053 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$507k
’19
−$393k
’20
$1.4M
’21
−$121k
’22
$354k
’23
$81k
’24
−$386k
’25
4.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Lonnie Spires

President and CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed3655557
Joined·+3+0+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·010000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.2M → $31k.

Funder
'21
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING has grown faster than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−21% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $410k on record — $355k federal, $54k state.

Federal$355k
grants $0contracts $355k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$270k
  • Department of Health and Human Services$66k
  • Department of the Treasury$13k
  • Department of Justice$7k
State$54k
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By state
  • MA$26k
  • NJ$14k
  • FL$11k
  • VT$4k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
20%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • American Association for Laboratory Accreditation · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING?
A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,200,377 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION ($1,200,377). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,200,377 in grants to A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING?
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like A2LA WORKPLACE TRAINING find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing