Virginia · Nonprofit
American Thyroid Association
American Thyroid Association (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,679,288 to it, the largest being THYCA THYROID CANCER SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION INC ($1,309,150). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $15M
What American Thyroid Association does
Mission
The ATA is a professional society of U.S. and international physicians and scientists who specialize in the research and treatment of thyroid disease. Our vision is optimal thyroid health for all and our mission is to transform thyroid care through clinical excellence, education, scientific discovery and advocacy in a collaborative community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Association fosters contact and collaboration among members, supports the education of trainees, scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in the study of thyroid diseases, and holds meetings to facilitate the dissemination of new knowledge in the field of thyroid pathophysiology.
$1,248,626 spent$1,931,385 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe Association manages the publication of "Thyroid", the official publication of the ATA, for distribution to its members. The Association also publishes "Signal and "Clinical Thyroidology" for distribution to its members. These publications keep members informed of changes in the field of thyroid pathophysiology.
$416,135 spent$477,138 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe ATA provides the public and health professionals with information and education. Patient brochures in English and Spanish are available from www.thyroid.org. Summaries of thyroid research for patients are distributed monthly by email and posted online. Thyroid guidelines for professionals are updated periodically.
$362,163 spent16% of program spendingThe Association fosters and supports research on thyroid molecular and cell biology, physiology and diseases.
$303,606 spentof which $287,000 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,330,530.
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 $12M to $14M (+15%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 7% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $223k → $153k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Thyroid 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 Thyroid Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
98% 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 Thyroid Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 92% · 2019 90% · 2020 81% · 2021 77% · 2022 71% · 2023 82% — 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
36% of American Thyroid Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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 Thyroid Association draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $274k 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.
Organizations like American Thyroid 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 41 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Thyroid 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 Thyroid Association?
- American Thyroid Association (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,679,288 to it, the largest being THYCA THYROID CANCER SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION INC ($1,309,150). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Thyroid Association have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,679,288 in grants to American Thyroid Association, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Thyroid Association?
- THYCA THYROID CANCER SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,309,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Thyroid 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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