Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PDF ASSOCIATION INC
PDF ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,431 to it, the largest being 3D PDF CONSORTIUM INC ($11,431). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $747k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $598k
What Pdf Association Inc does
Mission
Pdf association, inc. (the organization") is a massachusetts nonprofit membership corporation and a trade association headquartered in massachusetts and organized:a) to advance the common business interest of organizations, businesses, and individuals in the development and implementation of portable document format ("pdf") technology;b) to serve as a resource for discussion, advancement, and promotion of, education and technical support related to, and research into, common business interests and best practices of pdf developers and implementers;c) to promote and support communication among pdf developers and implementers with governmental authorities and agencies and standard-setting bodies and provide technical support to such entities;d) to facilitate communication and business relationships among pdf developers and implementers; ande) to assist in the setting of standards for pdf technology
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization continues to seek contracts with government entities for the purpose of advancing the interests of the pdf industry.
$450,272 spent$180,753 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe organization will be engaging in public relations activities such as membership drives, lobbying government agencies and corporations, presentations at third party events and its own educational conferences to be carried out primarily by u.s. Members of adds members, consultants including its executive director, and the organization's board members.
The organization will expand adds's existing practice of promoting and disseminating technical standards, guidelines and best practice materials for the pdf community, adds members, and the general public, including - potentially materials for sale. The activities will be carried out primarily by u.s. Members of adds, consultants including its executive director, and the organization's board members. These activities will further the organization's exempt purposes by advancing u.s. Industry and regulators' awareness and adoption of best practices in pdf technology development and implementation.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $450,272.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $93k to $540k (+483%).
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.
71% of PDF ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PDF ASSOCIATION 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.
Where its funders are
PDF ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
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
PDF ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding PDF ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record.
- Department of Defense$2.2M
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 PDF ASSOCIATION 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PDF ASSOCIATION 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 PDF ASSOCIATION INC?
- PDF ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,431 to it, the largest being 3D PDF CONSORTIUM INC ($11,431). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PDF ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,431 in grants to PDF ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PDF ASSOCIATION INC?
- 3D PDF CONSORTIUM INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,431 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PDF ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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