Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
National Association of ACOS Inc
National Association of ACOS Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,550 to it, the largest being AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What National Association of ACOS Inc does
Mission
NAACOS is a member-led and member-governed non-profit association that seeks to advance provider-led transformation toward better care, improved health, and smarter spending by fostering collaboration and accountability in health care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program and policy analysis - naacos evaluates federal, state, and private programs and policies affecting acos. Monitoring the ever-changing policy enviroment for acos and providing insight into the opportunities and challenges is a key service that naacos provides to its members. Naacos also undertakes projects to learn more about acos themselves.
$1,908,348 spent48% of program spendingMembership education and relationships - naacos educates its members on policy changes, best practices, and scientific research to support their success in the aco model through their website, webinars, and reports.
$644,138 spent16% of program spendingConferences - organize and host semi-annual conferences designed to provide updates on aco policies, to share best practices, and to provide a forum for peer-to-peer learning and networking. Naacos also hosts one to two smaller events catered only to acos designed to give the tools needed to succeed with risk-expert faculty offering small group exercises, case studies, and labs, creating an interactive and highly educational format.
$1,421,280 spent36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,973,766.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.9M (+72%).
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.
0% of National Association of ACOS Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% 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
Clif Gaus
President/CEO
Board chair
Emily Brower
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of National Association of ACOS Inc’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
National Association of ACOS Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 National Association of ACOS Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
National Association of ACOS Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 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
National Association of ACOS Inc has grown faster than half 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 National Association of ACOS 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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Association of ACOS Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Association of ACOS Inc?
- National Association of ACOS Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,550 to it, the largest being AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Association of ACOS Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $64,550 in grants to National Association of ACOS Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Association of ACOS Inc?
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Association of ACOS 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 2 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