Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,289,706 to it, the largest being ALL WITHIN MY HANDS ($10,651,200). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $11M
What American Association of Community Colleges does
Mission
Building a nation of learners by advancing america's community colleges.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grants and contracts - acting as a focal point for funds used to provide opportunities for member colleges, aacc participates in a variety of projects that strengthen various elements of the nation's community college system.
$12,763,403 spentof which $4,642,021 as grants$1,687,778 earned by the program56% of program spendingAnnual convention - the aacc annual convention is the largest annual convening of community college leaders and supports aacc's mission of "building a nation of learners by advancing america's community colleges." the event is the most visible activity for best practices, networking, trends and policy discussion among presidents and senior administrators, business supporters, and policy professionals.
$2,444,707 spent$2,894,196 earned by the program11% of program spendingCommunity colleges policy development - the president's office is thestrategic and programmatic hub of aacc. The president is deeplyinvolved in leading aacc's service and advocacy agenda. Traveling up to50% of the time, the president is aacc's primary representative to allof its internal and external constituencies and the "face" of aaccwithin higher education and to policymakers. The board of directors andfive committees of the board are engaged throughout the year to discussissues related to key community college issues and trends and highereducation in general. Their primary function is to provide direction tothe president in the areas of legislative advocacy and member services.in addition, they provide general oversight to the business operationsof aacc.
$2,143,755 spent9% of program spendingAcademic and student affairs, communications, economic development, government relations efforts, membership services, research, and workshops, to help current and future leaders effectively generate and leverage resources to strengthen community colleges locally and nationally.
$5,528,739 spent$1,105,234 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,880,604.
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 $18M to $24M (+37%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 12% · 2018 13% · 2019 21% · 2020 38% · 2021 35% · 2022 29% · 2023 16% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% 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.
Board chair
Leigh Goodson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $94k → $3.9M.
1 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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: $171k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Aspen Institute Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES’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 OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 52% · 2019 64% · 2020 41% · 2021 76% · 2022 40% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.
“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 ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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 ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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 OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES is better cushioned than half of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $53.1M on record — $53.0M federal, $74k state.
- Department of Labor$28.0M
- National Science Foundation$15.1M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$10.0M
- DUES/MEMBERSHIPS$74k
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 ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,289,706 to it, the largest being ALL WITHIN MY HANDS ($10,651,200). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $23,289,706 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES?
- ALL WITHIN MY HANDS is the largest funder on record, with $10,651,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 13 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