Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,152,759 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($221,591). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $53M
What American Academy of Dermatology Inc does
Mission
To assure that dermatologists have access to the highest quality education, research and innovations in the field, and that patients and the public have access to the highest quality medical and surgical dermatologic care and to information regarding prevention, care and treatment of dermatologic conditions. To facilitate the efficient delivery of quality dermatologic care, develop evidence-based clinical guidelines, and promote research in and prevention of diseases of the skin, hair, and nails.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scientific assembly - this includes the annual and summer scientific and educational meetings. These meetings are attended by more than 19,000 dermatologists, other physicians, allied medical personnel, and others. These two programs combined present more than 500 individual educational sessions providing results of current research and recent advances in the diagnosis, management and treatment of dermatologic conditions and diseases, and address issues of patient safety, quality of care and practice management improvement.
$9,955,009 spentof which $645,900 as grants$27,930,634 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe aad's communications team provides strategic oversight and direction that guides the development and implementation of multi-faceted communications programs aimed at reinforcing dermatology as a specialty committed to advancing quality patient care through state-of-the-art scientific research and encouraging public understanding of skin health, the impact of skin disease on patients, and behaviors that promote healthy skin, hair, and nails.
$7,062,891 spent$2,091,766 earned by the program18% of program spendingIn addition to the annual and summer meetings, educational activities are delivered through live and digital formats that include virtual meetings (vmx), regional courses, question of the week, dialogues in dermatology, journal of the american academy of dermatology (jaad) and other various educational tools in order to support dermatologists in staying current in practice and medical certification.
$4,963,204 spentof which $38,895 as grants$54,084 earned by the program12% of program spendingJournal of the american academy of dermatology - the official clinical journal of the academy is published monthly and features original, peer-reviewed articles on the latest advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dermatologic disorders. Its audience includes dermatologists, pediatric dermatologists, dermatologic surgeons, dermatopathologists, residents, and physician assistants and it is indexed in index medicus, science citation index, current contents/clinical medicine, and medline. It has a circulation of about 17,500.
$17,775,518 spentof which $757,614 as grants45% of program spendingScience, research, quality and practice - includes the distillation and rating of evidence and dissemination of best practices in the practice of dermatology via clinical practice guidelines, performance measures, and other tools, scientific support for public and health policy messaging and educational programs, and survey research. Provide academy members with assistance and education related to appropriately running an efficient practice including compliance with relevant regulations, implementation of health information technology, quality improvement, and general practice management issues.
Other program services - over 200 programs
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,756,622.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $109M to $128M (+18%).
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.
22% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Elizabeth K Usher
Executive director & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $44k → $192k.
16 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
85% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 102% · 2018 45% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 29% · 2022 35% · 2023 26% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $340k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $838k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC has grown faster than half of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$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 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC: 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 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC?
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,152,759 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($221,591). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $1,152,759 in grants to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $221,591 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 50 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing