Virginia · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,525,684 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE ($2,036,359). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What American Canoe Association Inc does
Mission
A national organization promoting all aspects of paddling safety, education, instruction, stewardship, and competition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Membership support: we support our 15,000 individual members and 300 affiliated paddling organizational members in many ways including the provision of insurance, organizing events and races, and supporting stewarding and public policy efforts on issues that paddlers care about.
$683,392 spentof which $21,000 as grants$721,560 earned by the program33% of program spendingSafety education and instruction: aca is recognized around the world as the preeminent source of paddling education and instruction for the full range of paddlers from recreational through mastery level. Our programs help advance the skills needed for a safe experience while kayacking, canoeing, standup paddleboarding, rafting and surf kayaking. An important component of our sei effort is the administration of paddling safety-related grants from the us coast guard.
$281,801 spent$122,661 earned by the program14% of program spendingCompetition: in 2017, aca was granted national governing body status by the united states olympic & paralympic committee for the disciplines of canoe sprint, slalom and paracanoe. Since then, we have devoted financial and staff resources to managing team selections, administering team programs and supporting teams when they compete nationally and internationally.
$1,109,380 spentof which $520 as grants$502,341 earned by the program53% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,074,573.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.2M to $3.6M (+12%).
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 26% · 2018 19% · 2019 13% · 2020 26% · 2021 13% · 2022 6% · 2023 14% · 2024 14% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
David Lumian
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $77k → $340k.
6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC’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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 84% · 2019 93% · 2020 100% · 2021 79% · 2022 95% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record — $2.2M federal, $7k state.
- Department of Homeland Security$2.2M
- NJ$7k
- CT$120
- FL$25
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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC: 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 CANOE ASSOCIATION INC?
- AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,525,684 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE ($2,036,359). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,525,684 in grants to AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE is the largest funder on record, with $2,036,359 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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