Virginia · Nonprofit
American Counseling Association
American Counseling Association (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,577 to it, the largest being ROSS ROLAND & DOROTHY TW ($212,057). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $242k
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What American Counseling Association does
Mission
The American Counseling Association (aca) is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, aca is the world's largest association exclusively representing counselors in various practice settings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publications and continuing education:description: American Counseling Association (aca) publishes research articles, educational texts, practice briefs, professional development resources and courses, and other works that amplify and elevate the counseling field. Our aim is to disseminate timely information and innovative research that is relevant and beneficial to those who engage with the field of counseling as students, educators, clients and practitioners. As part of their membership, aca members receive the journal of counseling & development (ongoing digital access and four print issues), counseling today magazine (six print issues and ongoing digital access) and discounts on the aca's portfolio of books and continuing education courses. We also publish several new book and textbook titles each year covering both evergreen and emerging topics in the field. New releases in the last year include neuroscience-informed counseling; counseling with immigrants, refugees, and their families; and play therapy basics and beyond.
$2,435,445 spent$1,823,062 earned by the program25% of program spendingMembership:description: more than 60,000 professional counselors and counselors in training call American Counseling Association (aca) their professional home. Our efforts focus on recruitment, retention and provision of benefits to counseling professionals and counselors in training who are required to abide by the aca code of ethics. Benefits of membership include free or discounted continuing education offerings; discounted liability insurance; complimentary ethical and career consultations; access to exclusive resources such as state licensure information; and other professional support.in addition to our general membership offerings, aca members can affiliate with several specialty interest divisions and/or regional components within American Counseling Association such as counselors for social justice, the association for creativity in counseling, the american college counseling association and the association for child and adolescent counseling.in addition to directly supporting membership-related activities, revenue from membership dues also supports a wide range of aca activities that directly serve our members. This includes areas such as advocacy, component relations,…
$2,298,483 spentof which $12,760 as grants$8,688,319 earned by the program24% of program spendingConference & meetings: description: held annually, the American Counseling Association conference & expo is aca's flagship educational and networking event focusing on the professional development of counselors in various practice settings. The event attracts nearly 3,000 mental health professionals who come to develop their careers, advance the counseling field and promote human dignity. We offer a safe and supportive gathering space for counselors to connect and reenergize while accessing the most diverse lineup of educational topics in the field.
$2,081,492 spentof which $250 as grants$1,695,166 earned by the program22% of program spendingEducation: description: the American Counseling Association provides support and resources such as online learning, continuing education, practice consultations, practice support and research, ethics consultations, and job boards.
$2,077,176 spent$511,111 earned by the program22% of program spendingAdvocacy:description: American Counseling Association (aca) staff provides opportunities and training to prepare counselors to advocate on behalf of the counseling profession. In recent years, we've worked with members to expand medicare reimbursement to cover counselors; increase opportunities for counselors to practice across state lines through the counseling compact; and increase mental health parity and access among other advocacy initiatives. Aca has made a significant financial investment in the success of interstate licensure through support of the counseling compact, which now includes 37 states and the district of columbia.
$705,180 spent7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,597,776.
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 2022 to 2023, from $16M to $19M (+18%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $298.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Counseling 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 Counseling Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
American Counseling Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like American Counseling 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Counseling Association Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Counseling 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 Counseling Association?
- American Counseling Association (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,577 to it, the largest being ROSS ROLAND & DOROTHY TW ($212,057). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Counseling Association have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $241,577 in grants to American Counseling Association, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Counseling Association?
- ROSS ROLAND & DOROTHY TW is the largest funder on record, with $212,057 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Counseling Association 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 6 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