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Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Association of Clinical Research Professionals (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $59,016 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($59,016). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$8.1M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$59k
Net assets
$1.9M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Association of Clinical Research Professionals does

Mission

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. We support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. We serve as the preferred source for quality tools, resources, and best practices for clinical research professionals, and we champion the interests and perspectives of the clinical research community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education - provide training and development for clinical research professionals worldwide.

    $1,022,063 spent$978,985 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  2. Certification - exams designed to validate the skills and knowledge of clinical research professionals.

    $1,073,552 spent$2,362,489 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Professional development - help clinical research organizations overcome challenges in talent recruitment, staff development, and brand exposure with industry-leading solutions.

    $1,416,619 spent$49,627 earned by the program
    24% of program spending
  4. Workforce innovation

    $489,434 spent
    8% of program spending
  5. Events (meetings & conferences)

    $1,917,657 spent$3,656,619 earned by the program
    32% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,919,325.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.1M) Expenses 100 ($6.8M) Net assets 100 ($452k)2018 Revenue 90 ($6.3M) Expenses 99 ($6.7M) Net assets -47 ($-211356)2019 Revenue 99 ($7.0M) Expenses 106 ($7.2M) Net assets -9 ($-39849)2020 Revenue 79 ($5.6M) Expenses 84 ($5.7M) Net assets 50 ($224k)2021 Revenue 104 ($7.3M) Expenses 99 ($6.8M) Net assets 131 ($593k)2022 Revenue 113 ($8.0M) Expenses 102 ($6.9M) Net assets 171 ($771k)2023 Revenue 115 ($8.1M) Expenses 116 ($7.9M) Net assets 283 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 114 ($8.1M) Expenses 115 ($7.8M) Net assets 422 ($1.9M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (114)Expenses (115)Net assets (422)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $5.5M to $4.6M (−16%).

$5.1M
$5.4M
$5.4M
$5.2M
$5.7M
$5.7M
$5.5M
$4.6M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

4% of Association of Clinical Research Professionals’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$277k
’17
−$417k
’18
−$223k
’19
−$124k
’20
$587k
’21
$1.1M
’22
$219k
’23
$271k
’24
2.0
months of
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

Susan Landis

Executive director

Board chair

Elisa Cascade

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1614192221201917
Joined·+4+7+6+7+9+3+3
No longer listed·62381045
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $38k.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 of Clinical Research Professionals’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Association of Clinical Research Professionals's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Association of Clinical Research Professionals receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $59k to it.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Association of Clinical Research Professionals receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.

Federal$25k
grants $25kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$25k

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.

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In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

91%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Academy of Clinical Research Professiona · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Association of Clinical Research Professionals?
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $59,016 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($59,016). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Association of Clinical Research Professionals have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $59,016 in grants to Association of Clinical Research Professionals, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Association of Clinical Research Professionals?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $59,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Association of Clinical Research Professionals 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.

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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 1 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