Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,674 to it, the largest being MILLION DOLLAR ROUND TABLE ($81,820). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $321k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Asae Research Foundation does
Mission
The Asae Research Foundation is primarily focused on advancing knowledge in association management and leadership by conducting research in areas that no one association can undertake on its own and helping associations become more innovative. With the help of asae members and friends of the association community, the foundation maintains a rigorous research agenda that supports the knowledge to equip the next generation of association leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
CEO Conclave - The ASAE Foundation CEO Conclave is a leadership program designed to convene association chief executive officers for peer-to-peer engagement, knowledge sharing, and strategic dialogue on critical issues impacting the association sector. The Conclave provides a confidential forum for CEOs to discuss emerging trends, leadership challenges, and innovative practices, while fostering collaboration and professional development. Through facilitated discussions and curated content, the program supports executive leadership effectiveness and advances the overall capacity and impact of associations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
CEO Conclave - The ASAE Foundation CEO Conclave is a leadership program designed to convene association chief executive officers for peer-to-peer engagement, knowledge sharing, and strategic dialogue on critical issues impacting the association sector. The Conclave provides a confidential forum for CEOs to discuss emerging trends, leadership challenges, and innovative practices, while fostering collaboration and professional development. Through facilitated discussions and curated content, the program supports executive leadership effectiveness and advances the overall capacity and impact of associations.
$398,614 spent$603,000 earned by the program75% of program spendingResearch - the foundation's research department advances knowledge in non-profit management by providing resources that will help leaders focus on critical factors to enhance their organizations. The foundation implements and facilitates the application of research findings by executives and boards through rigorously designed secondary, qualitative and quantitative methods. Thought provoking research has been produced on membership, volunteerism, fundraising, and the economy.
$133,219 spentof which $50,637 as grants$60,535 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $531,833.
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 $31M to $26M (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $52k → $26k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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: $699k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Society of Association Executives). These are real filings, and they are not money ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ASAE RESEARCH 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
ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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 ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 25% · 2019 38% · 2020 69% · 2021 78% · 2022 31% · 2023 38% — 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
36% of ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 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 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
ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASAE RESEARCH 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
23% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- American Society of Association Executives · exempt
- Am Society of Assn Executives Political Action Committee · exempt
- Asae Business Services Inc · corp_trust
- Asae Insurance Company · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,674 to it, the largest being MILLION DOLLAR ROUND TABLE ($81,820). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $320,674 in grants to ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- MILLION DOLLAR ROUND TABLE is the largest funder on record, with $81,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASAE RESEARCH 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.
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 15 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