Maryland · Nonprofit
AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,178 to it, the largest being THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ($327,178). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $348k
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What American College Health Association does
Mission
The American College Health Association (acha) serves as the principal leadership organization for advancing the health of college students and campus communities through advocacy, education, and research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education: acha hosted a week-long annual conference in atlanta, georgia, with 1,997 people in attendance. 160 education programs were offered, supplying continuing education credits in eight fields. Acha also offers a number of online continuing education offerings. During 2024, acha also approved continuing education credit for five educational activities for our regional affiliates.
$1,957,540 spent$2,187,110 earned by the program76% of program spendingServices and communications: acha surveyed college students at 202 schools in the united states and canada with the acha national college health assessment. The data gathered is used by the schools to allocate resources, and plan and evaluate programs.acha currently offers 20 printed and 24 e-brochures for young adults which emphasize awareness, risk reduction, and prevention of a wide variety of college health topics. These brochures present information in a nonjudgmental manner and are written by acha members. Acha offers members access to an online discussion forum, acha connect, in which members can share ideas, discuss topics, network, etc. The forum includes several sub-forums based on acha's existing networks (sections, coalitions, etc.) there is a weekly e-newsletter, the source.
$381,477 spent$133,622 earned by the program15% of program spendingAdvocacy and representation: advocacy efforts in 2024 consisted of non-lobbying efforts to develop relationships with key congressional offices, educate acha members on proposed legislation, and building our advocacy committee. Acha also engaged in non-lobbying advocacy efforts to educate members and stakeholders about the impact of recent supreme court decisions, regulations affecting student health insurance plans, and various state-level legislative issues.
$241,750 spent$1,465,350 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,580,767.
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 $5.6M to $6.9M (+23%).
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 37% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
James Wilkinson
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $7k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $218k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American College Health Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH 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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
94% 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 COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record — $4.0M federal, $25k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.0M
- VT$19k
- OK$5k
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 COLLEGE HEALTH 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American College Health Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH 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 COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,178 to it, the largest being THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ($327,178). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $348,178 in grants to AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION?
- THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $327,178 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 3 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