Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,290 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $424k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management does
Mission
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (appam) is dedicated to improving public policy management by fostering excellence in research, analysis and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and workshops: a multidisciplinary annual research conference that attracts the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. This program is structured to encourage substantive interaction among participants. The fall conference also encourages the involvement of policymakers, practitioners, and scholars in the association's governance. Awards are presented at the conferences to outstanding members.
$1,175,665 spentof which $4,052 as grants$1,423,353 earned by the program79% of program spendingMembership services: dedication to activities relating to respecting and enhancing racial, ethical, disciplinary, and other forms of diversity among participants. Initiatives include fostering participation in the association's governance and the fall conference.
$492,130 earned by the programConference management: management services provided to nonprofits, including management of annual and member meetings, publications, membership services, communications, and administrative services.
$178,671 spent$176,985 earned by the program12% of program spendingJpam: jpam is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal that publishes the highest quality research on public policy and management. Jpam is published three times a year. Www.publicservicecareers.org is a cosponsored internet resource to encourage and sustain public service careers. Jobs that have been listed on www.publicservicecareers.org span all sectors and levels including federal, state, county, and local governments; nonprofit organizations and associations, think tanks and research organizations, academia, consulting, and the private sector. All of the information on www.publicservicecareers.org is free to job seekers.
$124,812 spent$177,133 earned by the program8% of program spendingAwards and grants
$8,468 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,487,616.
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 $2.5M to $2.9M (+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: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Tara Sheehan
Executive director
Board chair
Mark Long
Chair of the institutional reps
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $12k → $127k.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT’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 PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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: 2019 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 90% · 2023 79% — 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
50% of ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 63% 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 PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT?
- ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,290 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $424,290 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT 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 8 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