Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,993,537 to it, the largest being WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM PRIZE FUND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCHOLARSHIP ($2,244,959). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Mathematical Association of America Inc does
Mission
The mission of the maa is to advance the understanding of mathematics and its impact on our world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Federal/other externally funded programs - the maa provides advice and technical assistance, which enhance mathematical education, through the support of federal government agencies and other external funders.
$2,688,403 spentof which $575,863 as grants37% of program spendingMembership services - the maa members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; stem professionals, and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. The maa provides membership services centered around our core values: community, inclusivity, communication, teaching & learning. We support the mission and core values through outreach, programs, meetings, competitions, and publications, as well as national committees and 29 regional sections.
$1,425,082 spent$894,442 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe maa publishes an array of peer-reviewed journals, both print and electronic representing maa's commitment to high-quality exposition of math and teaching at the collegiate level. Available are the maa focus which is the maa's news magazine. Also available are the america mathematical monthly (10,000 subscribers), the most widely circulated journal of collegiate math in the world. Mathematics magazine (8,000) and the college math journal (8,000) offer a wide array of math topics. The online publication convergence emphasizes applets and other digital resources and the history of math. Math horizons (12,000) is aimed at the undergraduate student.maa publishes many books per year and maintains past titles totaling hundreds of books available. We serve primarily faculty and undergraduate students with some select titles suitable for students and faculty at the graduate level. Textbooks and textbook supplements are a significant component of our titles with the aim to provide high quality books to students at affordable prices. We also offer pedagogical and books of math problems to accommodate a wide range of readers. We also offer math biographies, popular works and monographs,…
$1,131,263 spent$1,688,368 earned by the program16% of program spendingAmerican mathematical competitions (amc) seeks to strengthen the math capabilities of our nation's youth, we identify, recognize and reward excellence in math through a series of national contests. About 400,000 students from 6,000 schools compete annually in one or more of these tests targeting the average to the most gifted math student. The culmination of these tests is the selection, training and international competition of the six students who represent the us. The us team is usually among the top 3 teams. The maa-amc also selects and sponsors teams that participate in the china girl's math olympiad.
$807,492 spent$1,495,936 earned by the program11% of program spendingAll other programs not listed above.
$1,239,662 spent$627,435 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,291,902.
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 $20M to $32M (+60%).
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 18% · 2018 21% · 2019 25% · 2020 17% · 2021 12% · 2022 18% · 2023 9% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
J Michael Pearson
Executive director
Board chair
Victor Piercey
Chair, congress - as of 07/2024
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $228k → $349k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 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
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 58% · 2019 34% · 2020 52% · 2021 52% · 2022 35% · 2023 77% — 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
41% of MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $315k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.6M on record.
- National Science Foundation$9.6M
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 MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Walter B Ford Lecture Fund of the Mathematical Assocation · exempt
- Edythe Mae Sliffe Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
- MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,993,537 to it, the largest being WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM PRIZE FUND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCHOLARSHIP ($2,244,959). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $4,993,537 in grants to MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
- WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM PRIZE FUND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCHOLARSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $2,244,959 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC 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 20 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