Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $181,899 to it, the largest being Philadelphia Hospitality Investment Levy ($181,899). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What American Bus Association does
Mission
Travel choice, fill in intermodal gaps in the network of transportation services, educate groups of all ages through experiential trips that take them to iconic and historical destinations, and to infuse tourism dollars into every attraction a group tour visits by bus. Aba also seeks to educate policy-makers, the media and consumers about the attributes of motorcoach travel as the safest, greenest, most cost-effective and hassle-free transportation choice.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The american bus marketplace is the premier business event for the group travel industry. The appointments are the core of the show; which allow buyers and sellers to meet face-to-face in prescheduled seven-minute appointments. In addition to the quality appointments, marketplace offers professional education seminars and numerous networking opportunities. Additionally, the product pavilion, offers operators the opportunity to view the industry's latest products and services. Associate members can now showcase their products and services on the exhibit floor to the more than 320 operator companies who attend marketplace. With the addition of the product pavilion, marketplace is a one-stop shop for the group travel and motorcoach industry to build business relationships, conduct one-to-one business appointments, view the newest products and services, learn about the latest trends and industry information, and network - all resulting in providing our members with a greater return on investment. Buyers who are bus owners and tour operators, come to meet with sellers who are travel industry representatives from destination marketing organizations (cities, areas, states), attractions,…
Aba works on our members' behalf to provide information on the entire spectrum of legislative and regulatory issues at both the federal and state levels that affects the motorcoach industry.
Aba policies are developed by the aba policy committee and approved by the aba board of directors and set forth the policy positions of aba on a variety of regulatory and legislative issues affecting the motorcoach industry. Aba works with its members to create position papers on key issues affecting the motorcoach industry.
Membership services
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $12M to $8.9M (−28%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Terry Fischer
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $326k on record.
- NJ$261k
- MA$34k
- VT$29k
- OK$1k
- FL$322
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 BUS ASSOCIATION
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- American Bus Assoc Found · exempt
- National Bus Traffic Association · exempt
- Buses LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION: 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 BUS ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $181,899 to it, the largest being Philadelphia Hospitality Investment Levy ($181,899). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $181,899 in grants to AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION?
- Philadelphia Hospitality Investment Levy is the largest funder on record, with $181,899 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION 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 1 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