Georgia · Nonprofit
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 920 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,990,585 to it, the largest being ALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION ($5,496,118). 509 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 920
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $219M
What Arthritis Foundation Inc does
Mission
The arthritis foundation is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the fight against arthritis - the nation's #1 cause of disability. Through groundbreaking scientific research, patient-centered programs, advocacy at all levels of government and robust community engagement, the foundation empowers people to live their best lives while relentlessly pursuing a cure. With a presence in communities nationwide, we amplify the voices of those affected and work to drive lasting change. Learn more at arthritis.org.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public health education and advocacy: the foundation provides public health education and a strong advocacy program. Advocacy is one of the four pillars of the arthritis foundation. Our mission is to be the voice of people with arthritis with policy makers, elected officials, regulators, at all levels of government, and employers. We do this by engaging our community of advocates in legislative and regulatory policy making, helping them to find their voices through advocacy training, meetings with congressional representatives and state officials to ensure access to timely, affordable access to treatments and medications. Part of our advocacy program also includes the arthritis ambassador program to strengthen relationships with members of congress through advocacy training and relationship development. A new focus of the advocacy program is active engagement by our advocates in policymaking at the state level. In addition, the arthritis foundation is working to ensure that research funding for arthritis is increased and that there is recognition of the fact that this disease impacts one in four americans.
$22,421,823 spentof which $98,843 as grants42% of program spendingScientific discovery: for 75 years, the arthritis foundation has initiated and supported scientific discoveries that improve the lives of people with arthritis and related diseases. The arthritis foundation continues to lead the way in advancing scientific discoveries and seeking solutions that will positively impact the lives of those who suffer. Our commitment to finding a cure is unwavering. The scientific strategy is the direction the arthritis foundation science department is going over the next four years. The scientific strategy has three pillars. The goal for each pillar is listed below. Pillar #1: delivering on discovery improved decision making and better lives through improved prevention, earlier diagnosis and new treatments to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases. Pillar #2: decision making with metrics fact-based metrics for decision making and guiding actions to improve the health of people across the lifespan with arthritis and related diseases. Pillar #3: building human capital scientific research pipeline is strengthened and scientific discovery is catalyzed and accelerated for arthritis and related diseases.
$16,541,228 spentof which $12,249,525 as grants31% of program spendingCommunity health & support: the arthritis foundation community programs empower people in local communities nationwide. The foundation provides opportunities for people to connect with others with similar challenges and develop supportive relationships. The arthritis foundation programs include kids and family camps, the juvenile arthritis national conference, the walk with ease exercise program, and exercise and aquatics programs. The people we reach through these programs and arm with information and self-management strategies have a better perspective on their disease and, in turn, better outcomes.
$13,127,465 spentof which $198,843 as grants$1,383,177 earned by the program25% of program spendingProfessional education
$1,306,402 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,396,918.
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 $200M to $229M (+14%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 9% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 8% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Steven Taylor
President & CEO
Board chair
Dennis Ehling
Chair, board of directors
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 205 funders to 347 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $6.3M.
84 of 920 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 920 funders by total. 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
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 15 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 15 funders to its left
65% 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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 19% · 2019 17% · 2020 10% · 2021 9% · 2022 13% · 2023 16% — broadly stable.
“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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 44 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 29 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
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record — $1.7M federal, $199k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.7M
- NJ$199k
- FL$95
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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: 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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC?
- ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 920 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,990,585 to it, the largest being ALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION ($5,496,118). 509 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 920 organizations giving $42,990,585 in grants to ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC, 509 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC?
- ALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,496,118 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 920 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing