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American College of Cardiology Foundation

American College of Cardiology Foundation (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,017,648 to it, the largest being Council of Medical Specialty Societies ($1,292,278). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$126M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$3.0M
Net assets
$153M
8/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What American College of Cardiology Foundation does

Mission

To transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health for all.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Registry products & research - resources for measuring cv quality outcomes & gaps

    $28,194,087 spent$52,807,167 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

  2. Science and quality improvement - development of cv clinical guidelines and tools

    $15,752,236 spent$155,751 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

  3. Other Programs and Awards

    $12,048,876 spentof which $81,927 as grants$1,278,770 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

  4. Annual scientific session - education, innovation, lectures, disucssions, clinical demonstrations

    $11,626,989 spentof which $169,401 as grants$7,944,904 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

  5. Publishing

    $9,502,596 spentof which $10,000 as grants$4,127,549 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  6. Other Education Activities

    $7,827,679 spentof which $10,000 as grants$1,521,336 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  7. Accreditation

    $7,026,137 spentof which $317,196 as grants$7,048,838 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  8. Educational Products

    $5,489,759 spent$8,635,669 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

  9. Educational Programs

    $3,736,473 spent$3,515,074 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

  10. ACC Web & Digital Strategy

    $2,412,877 spent
    2% of program spending

  11. Leadership and Governance (70/30 split)

    $1,556,219 spent
    1% of program spending

  12. Member engagement

    $1,480,896 spent
    1% of program spending

  13. Federal Grants

    $849,820 spent
    1% of program spending

The 13 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,504,644.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($122M) Expenses 100 ($124M) Net assets 100 ($105M)2018 Revenue 95 ($115M) Expenses 96 ($118M) Net assets 90 ($94M)2019 Revenue 101 ($122M) Expenses 98 ($121M) Net assets 105 ($110M)2020 Revenue 83 ($101M) Expenses 82 ($101M) Net assets 105 ($109M)2021 Revenue 99 ($120M) Expenses 81 ($100M) Net assets 148 ($154M)2022 Revenue 88 ($107M) Expenses 91 ($112M) Net assets 127 ($133M)2023 Revenue 102 ($124M) Expenses 101 ($125M) Net assets 141 ($147M)2024 Revenue 104 ($126M) Expenses 105 ($130M) Net assets 146 ($153M)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (105)Net assets (146)Peer revenue range

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 $266M to $302M (+14%).

$243M
$245M
$277M
$266M
$302M
$299M
$307M
$296M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 9% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

14% of American College of Cardiology Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,211 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.0M
’17
−$3.3M
’18
$1.1M
’19
−$232k
’20
$20M
’21
−$5.6M
’22
−$1.1M
’23
−$4.2M
’24
0.1
months of
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

Cathleen C Gates

CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

20172018201920202024
Listed3738423337
Joined·+16+23+16·
No longer listed·151925·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $260k → $1.6M.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Jfk Medical Staff Incunclassified
$110k
funders
1
1
4
2
5
9
7
4
4

6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 College of Cardiology Foundation’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 of Cardiology Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 82%; 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 College of Cardiology Foundation.

43%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 56% · 2021 78% · 2022 30% · 2023 75% — 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

40% of American College of Cardiology Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 College of Cardiology Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.

IL
NY
CA
MO
VA
DE
NM
DC
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

American College of Cardiology Foundation's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−3% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,075 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024

Government funding American College of Cardiology Foundation receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $223k on record.

Federal$223k
grants $80kcontracts $143k
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18
19
20
24
25
26
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$88k
  • Department of Defense$68k
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$67k

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 of Cardiology Foundation

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.

American College of Cardiology91%American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges82%American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research82%American Chemistry Council82%American Association of Community Colleges81%American College of Preventive Medicine81%Acdivoca81%Center for Community Change80%

Nationally

American College of Cardiology91%American College of Chest Physicians83%American College of Rheumatology Inc83%Cardiovascular Research Foundation83%American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges82%Medical College of Va Foundation82%Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Inc82%American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
60%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

60%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 34 states

ME
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • American College of Cardiology · exempt
  • Accf Services LLC Dba Medaxiom · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds American College of Cardiology Foundation?
American College of Cardiology Foundation (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,017,648 to it, the largest being Council of Medical Specialty Societies ($1,292,278). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does American College of Cardiology Foundation have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $3,017,648 in grants to American College of Cardiology Foundation, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of American College of Cardiology Foundation?
Council of Medical Specialty Societies is the largest funder on record, with $1,292,278 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like American College of Cardiology Foundation 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 17 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