Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,359 to it, the largest being WILLIAM T GRANT FOUNDATION INC ($101,990). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $181k
- Net assets
- $16M
What American Sociological Association does
Mission
The mission of the American Sociological Association is to serve sociologists in their work, advance sociology as a science and profession, and promote the contributions and use of sociology to society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Membership and academic and professional resources - the American Sociological Association engages in a wide range of activities designed to enhance the professional lives of its members.
$2,837,366 spentof which $570,541 as grants$2,463,835 earned by the program45% of program spendingAnnual meeting - the American Sociological Association produces an annual meeting for over 5,000 sociology students, teachers, scholars, and practitioners. The meeting includes nearly 600 formal educational sessions as well as a variety of opportunities for professional networking.
$1,516,402 spent$1,261,491 earned by the program24% of program spendingPublications - the American Sociological Association publishes 14 scholarly journals including american sociological review, contemporary sociology, contexts, journal of health and social behavior, social psychology quarterly, sociological methodology, sociological theory, sociology of education, socius, teaching sociology, city & community, journal of world-systems research, society and mental health, and sociology of race and ethnicity. The association also publishes a few non-serial publications.
$1,246,392 spent$2,824,076 earned by the program20% of program spendingPublic engagement - the American Sociological Association seeks to promote the use of sociological scholarship to improve society through outreach to various public and policymaking audiences.
$676,151 spentof which $6,000 as grants11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,276,311.
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 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $16M (−26%).
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 5% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $26k → $66k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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: $77k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sociologists for Women in Society). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL 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 SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 76% — 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 SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.
Against its field
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 174 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record — $3.4M federal, $265 state.
- National Science Foundation$3.4M
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$265
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 SOCIOLOGICAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,359 to it, the largest being WILLIAM T GRANT FOUNDATION INC ($101,990). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $181,359 in grants to AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION?
- WILLIAM T GRANT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $101,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 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 4 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