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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What American Association for Public Opinion Research does
Mission
See mission statement on form 990, part 1, line 1 and continuing on schedule o
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and annual meeting, which stimulates reserach and study in the field of public opinion and social behavior; and, also to facilitate the dissemination of research methods, techniques and findings.
$866,327 spent$853,895 earned by the program65% of program spendingAapor produces resources on a range of survey and polling issues, including an online journal. Two peer-reviewed journals, the website, and other online materials are for use by public opinion research professionals and the general public.the public opinion quarterly (poq) is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published by oxford university press. Members in all membership classes other than joint and honorary membership receive an annual subscription as part of paying dues. Poq is published four times each year with a 5th special issue published at the discretion of the editors.
$409,177 spent$553,368 earned by the program31% of program spendingAapor offers webinars that include exceptional learning opportunities from the most respected leaders in public opinion and survey research.
$37,894 spent$24,240 earned by the program3% of program spendingAapor presents various awards at its annual meeting. Awardees are determined by subcommittees appointed specifically to review and select the awardees. Certain awardees receive reimbursement for limited expenses incurred to attend the annual meeting.
$22,719 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,336,117.
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 $2.0M to $1.6M (−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.
13% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Tristanne Staudt
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH’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 PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% 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
100% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
68% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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 PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH: 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 PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,250 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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