Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,527,546 to it, the largest being THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($3,728,881). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What American Pharmacists Association Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the apha foundation is to improve health by inspiring philanthropy, research and innovation that advances pharmacists' patient care services. The apha foundation looks to create a new medication use system where patients, pharmacists, physicians and other health care professionals collaborate to dramatically improve the cost effectiveness and quality of patient health outcomes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Science and research - our research projects establish new models of practice for pharmacists and redefine patients healthcare experience. We connect each patient to a pharmacist who empowers them to become successful in managing his or her own health. Our work validated that the pharmacists are essential to helping patients achieve better health outcomes. The foundation research projects include immunization registries, diabetes patient credentialing, diabetes prevention, rapid cycle innovation, triglycerides awareness and impact institute.
$5,251,670 spent96% of program spendingAwards and grants - to encourage the enhancement of pharmacists skills and to provide better service to the public in the area of pharmaceutical care. The foundation has three award programs: 1. Incentive grants - provides seed funding to pharmacists who want to establish or support already existing patient care services within their pharmacy practice.2. Pinnacle awards - annual recognition program for contributions to healthcare quality through the medication use process.3. Student pharmacists program - recognizes students who help shape the future of the profession.
$191,488 spentof which $109,867 as grants4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,443,158.
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 2021 to 2022, from $7.2M to $9.5M (+33%).
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 7% · 2018 40% · 2019 50% · 2020 61% · 2021 51% · 2022 52% · 2023 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 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
Benjamin Bluml
Exec dir/SVP of research & innov
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $125k → $2.0M.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $733k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Pharmacists Association). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION 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 PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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: 2018 60% · 2019 52% · 2020 48% · 2021 86% · 2022 51% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.5M
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 PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION 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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Pharmacists Association · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,527,546 to it, the largest being THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($3,728,881). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $5,527,546 in grants to AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
- THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $3,728,881 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 14 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