Kansas · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN (Kansas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,248,330 to it, the largest being UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION ($3,055,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $27M
What American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn does
Mission
The american academy of family physicians foundation advances the values of family medicine by promoting humanitarian, educational and scientific initiatives that improve the health of all people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Awards and grants support and recognize individuals, groups, organizations and residency programs who are making an impact in family medicine and improving the health of all people through humanitarian, educational and scientific projects. These projects enhance healthcare quality, stimulate family medicine research, support educational seminars, and promote interest in the specialty of family medicine. During 2023, awards and grants impacted 37 state afp chapters, 81 organizations, nearly 1,500 residents and medical students, 1,189 health professionals, and an average of 40 state afp chapter executives. Www.aafpfoundation.org
$1,440,026 spentof which $1,092,025 as grants55% of program spendingFamily medicine cares was created to address the health care needs of underserved populations, both domestically and internationally. Family medicine cares usa (fmc usa) and family medicine cares international (fmci) provide patient care, deliver medical education and training in family medicine, support the opening of free clinics, and work to improve the health and quality of life of men, women, and children in need. Fmc programs both offer opportunities for physicians, residents, and medical students to volunteer or participate in humanitarian projects. Since 2011, fmc usa has granted in excess of $2 million to free health clinics in 37 states and one us territory. In 2023, 14 clinics received funding. The grants provide grants to new free health clinics and existing free health clinics for durable medical instruments and equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of primary care patients. Grants are targeted to communities with high need and socioeconomic indicators known to contribute to health disparity. In 2023, the fmci delegation traveled to the dominican republic to help increase health care access for local dominicans and the haitian population that has settled there…
$423,361 spentof which $188,452 as grants16% of program spendingFamily medicine leads focuses on ensuring the future of the family medicine specialty by supporting efforts to fill the workforce pathway with both the quantity and quality of family physicians needed to improve the health of all people, as well as by supporting the development of future family medicine leaders. In 2023, 280 scholarships were provided for family medicine residents and medical students to attend national conference, with the goal of influencing students residents' commitment to the specialty of family medicine. Family medicine leads emerging leader institute is a year-long leadership development program that brings together 30 participants following a competitive application process. It targets family medicine residents and medical students who display leadership potential but may or may have not had an opportunity to serve in a leadership role. Https://www.aafpfoundation.org/our-programs/education-initiatives.html
$299,312 spentof which $186,400 as grants11% of program spendingCenter for history of family medicine: established in 1992, the center for the history of family medicine (chfm) preserves and shares the history of family medicine within the united states. The chfm serves three important roles in one, as a historical research library, archive, and museum. The chfm also serves as the official repository for the 8 organizations which comprise the "family" of family medicine. Acting as the scribe for the specialty, the center for the history of family medicine (chfm) is dedicated to serving as the collective memory as well as informing the future. In 2023, the center: 1) held the third annual chfm student and resident essay contest to encourage future physicians to engage with the specialty's history to direct the future; 2) awarded the fellowship award for a research project, "the family physician on tv: a reflection of societal changes, 1969-1976; 3) introduced the annual oral history grant, which awards up to $3,000 to one or multiple projects that expand the chfm oral history collection on family medicine and use oral history as the primary source; and 4) the number of tours, reference requests, and other engagements reached 987.…
$473,825 spentof which $85,000 as grants18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,636,524.
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 2020 to 2021, from $22M to $25M (+14%).
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.
55% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $5k → $575k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $284k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Academy of Family Physicians). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN’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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 76% · 2021 90% · 2022 74% · 2023 46% — 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
64% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $383k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- American Academy of Family Physicians · exempt
- Academy 1740 Inc · exempt
- Aafp Pooled Inv Fd · partnership
- Aafp Insurance Services · corp_trust
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (2) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN?
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN (Kansas) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,248,330 to it, the largest being UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION ($3,055,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $5,248,330 in grants to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN?
- UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,055,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 25 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