Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,199,964 to it, the largest being PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ($706,160). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Association for Psychological Science does
Mission
To promote a community and national interest in scientifically oriented psychology as it pertains to research, application and improvement of human welfare.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Convention: annual convention and bi-annual international convention bring together members and others to discuss current issues and developments affecting scientifically oriented psychology as it pertains to research application and improvement of human welfare.
$1,739,588 spent35% of program spendingJournals: consists of all aspects related to the editorial content, review, and publication of six peer-reviewed journals: psychological science, current directions in psychological science, psychological science in public interest, perspectives on psychological science, clinical psychological science, and advances in methods and practices in psychological science.
$1,597,723 spent$3,269,203 earned by the program32% of program spendingMembership: provide various services to members in furtherance of the society's exempt purpose of promoting a national interest in scientifically oriented psychology.
$721,931 spent14% of program spendingPublications: the observer is a bi-monthly online magazine that discusses current issues and topics of interest in the area of psychological science and provides a venue for advertising employment opportunities in the field of psychology.
$611,052 spent$258,458 earned by the program12% of program spendingStudent caucus and travel: programs support the association's student leaders, student activities at the conventions, student research awards, and provides support for aps student members to attend its scientific conventions.
$200,331 spentof which $23,000 as grants4% of program spendingTeaching fund: twice a year, the aps teaching fund invites proposals from individuals for one-time grants of up to $15,000 to launch new projects that advance the teaching of psychological science. Proposals are reviewed by the teaching fund committee and awarded to projects that promote or advance high-quality teaching, have broad impact, meet an unmet need, are sustainable, and provide outreach opportunities. Grantees are expected to submit a report to aps upon completion of the project.
$75,427 spentof which $12,303 as grants2% of program spendingFund for aps: the fund for aps is a general fund of donations from members.
$74,575 spent1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,020,627.
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 2020 to 2021, from $13M to $14M (+7%).
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 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Robert Gropp
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $159k → $52k.
3 of 11 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.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE’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
ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
63% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 95% · 2019 88% · 2020 55% · 2021 55% · 2022 48% · 2023 58% — 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
33% of ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- Advertising$4k
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 ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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
88% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE?
- ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,199,964 to it, the largest being PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ($706,160). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,199,964 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE?
- PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION is the largest funder on record, with $706,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 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 11 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