Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,057,629 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,559,924). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $8.8M
What American Association of People With Disabilities does
Mission
The American Association of People With Disabilities works to improve the lives of people with disabilities by acting as a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Aapd summer internship program since 2002, the aapd summer internship program has developed the next generation of leaders with disabilities and offered host employers access to a talented, diverse workforce. The program provides college students, graduate students, law students, and recent graduates with all types of disabilities with paid 10-week summer internships in congressional offices, federal agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations in the washington, dc area. In 2020, due to concerns related to the covid-19 pandemic, aapd pivoted from an in-person program to a virtual program. Aapd engaged students with disabilities and recent graduates with disabilities in a disability advocacy certificate program. Each intern is matched with a mentor who will assist them with their career goals. Aapd provides the interns with a stipend, funding for technology, as well as other career resources and networking opportunities.
$522,474 spentof which $206,467 as grants20% of program spendingAapd leadership awards gala and aapd paul g. Hearne emerging leader awards- the aapd leadership awards gala held for the first time in 2002 is an annual forum that pays tribute to disability community leaders, brings together highly diverse constituents, and promotes advocacy. Attendees from around the country include members of the disability community, other key civil rights advocates, the media, corporate representatives, state government and election officials, members of congress, administration representatives and other policymakers. The aapd paul g. Hearne emerging leader awards are cash gifts of $7,500 each awarded annually to people with disabilities who are emerging leaders in their fields and have positive visions for the disability community. Each prior awardee is now using their award to further their work nationally to improve the lives of all people with disabilities.
$467,451 spentof which $20,000 as grants18% of program spendingExternal affairs - the organization's work and achievements are continually highlighted to community members, partners, supporters, and legislators. Aapd achieves this goal by creating high quality digital content through print, social, and online media; as well as creating visual content, such as video productions and dynamic graphics. Aapd's website features a monthly newsletter called the disability download which serves as an ongoing medium for community outreach. The disability rights storytellers fellowship provides the opportunity for individuals with disabilities to learn and apply skills in digital media storytelling and disability advocacy.the rev up campaign aims to increase the political power of the disability community while also engaging candidates and the media on disability issues. Rev up stands for register! Educate! Vote! Use your power! Full political participation for americans with disabilities is a top priority. Aapd works with state and national coalitions on effective, non-partisan campaigns to eliminate barriers to voting, promote accessibility of voting technology and polling places; educate voters about issues and candidates; promote turnout of voters…
$961,466 spentof which $365,435 as grants36% of program spendingOther programs include:public policy and research aapd's staff work on national disability policy issues and disability related research projects that advance the goals of the americans with disabilities act: healthcare and related services, employment that leads to greater economic self-sufficiency, community integration & housing. These public policy and research issues include, but not limited to, telecommunications and technology, healthcare, employment, bioethics, housing and transportation. Aapd holds a monthly technology forum that serves as a strategic meeting of national disability advocacy organizations and representatives from the technology industry with a mission to holistically drive and accelerate innovations to advance the interests of underrepresented groups. The accessibility of various technologies, devices, and applications continues to be an essential part of the forum's deliberations.employment - disability mentoring day (dmd) is a large-scale national effort coordinated by aapd to promote career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration and ongoing mentoring relationships. The disability equality index…
$684,583 spentof which $16,000 as grants26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,635,974.
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 $6.6M to $9.5M (+45%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% 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.
Chief executive
Maria Town
President & CEO
Board chair
Susan Diegleman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $280k → $4.9M.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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 ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 75% · 2019 72% · 2020 43% · 2021 59% · 2022 40% · 2023 62% — 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
39% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
64% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES'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 $4.8M that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Election Assistance Commission$10k
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 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,057,629 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,559,924). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $13,057,629 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,559,924 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 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 42 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