Georgia · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $781 to it, the largest being ISEC Charitable Foundation aka ISEC Foundation ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $410k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $781
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What American Association for Adult and Continuing Education does
Mission
The mission of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (aaace) is to provide leadership for the field of adult and continuing education by expanding opportunities for adult growth and development; unifying adult educators; fostering the development and dissemination of theory, research, information, and best practices; promoting identity and standards for the profession; and advocating relevant public policy and social change initiatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference: the association provides leadership in the field of adult education through its annual conference. The five-day conference is usually held in the fall in a city that is readily accessible to both the association's members and other professionals and practitioners. In 2024 the conference was attended by 326 participants. It consists of keynote sessions, concurrent sessions, poster sessions, and two-to-three pre-or co conferences. The association's annual conference was held on october 1-6, 2024, in lexington, kentucky.
$216,311 spentof which $10,000 as grants$154,835 earned by the program71% of program spendingPublications: the association promoted the development and dissemination of research and best practices to academicians, professionals, and practitioners through its adult and continuing education publications. Two quarterly publications, adult education quarterly, a preferred research journal, and adult learning, a practitioner-oriented journal, are highly regarded within the field. The association also publishes the journal of transformative education, which is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on advancing the understanding, practice, and experience of transformative education. All three journals are available digitally to all members as a member benefit for no additional charge. In addition, the handbook of adult and continuing education is published every ten years as a reference text on current research and best practices in the field.
$89,276 spent$132,288 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,587.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.9M to $1.6M (−13%).
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.
13% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION’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 ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION: 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 ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $781 to it, the largest being ISEC Charitable Foundation aka ISEC Foundation ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $781 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION?
- ISEC Charitable Foundation aka ISEC Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2 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