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THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,286,559 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INC ($4,583,333). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.9M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$6.3M
Net assets
$41M
8/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What The American Occupational Therapy Founda Tion Inc does

Mission

The mission of the american occupational therapy foundation, inc. (aotf) is to advance the science of occupational therapy to support people's full participation in meaningful life activities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Research programs: the foundation supports a wide array of programs that support research in the area of occupational therapy to include the publication of otjr: occupational therapy research journal (quarterly), research grants that further develop the science of occupational therapy through studies and surveys, topic specific collectives that bring together leading scientists and funding sources in a specific topic area, sponsor workshops and sessions at the annual conference in relevant topics to the profession.

    $1,391,281 spentof which $770,723 as grants$276,983 earned by the program
    66% of program spending
  2. Educational & scholarship programs: annually award over 50 scholarships; provide a fellowship to an individual working on their doctorate or post-doctorate and support students attending the occupational therapy summit meeting. Support the professions' honor society which inducts over 1200 new members annually at the 130 plus chapter level.

    $705,887 spentof which $90,935 as grants$170 earned by the program
    34% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,097,168.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($27M)2018 Revenue 120 ($3.7M) Expenses 103 ($1.7M) Net assets 108 ($29M)2019 Revenue 183 ($5.6M) Expenses 119 ($2.0M) Net assets 113 ($31M)2020 Revenue 54 ($1.7M) Expenses 131 ($2.2M) Net assets 119 ($32M)2021 Revenue 132 ($4.1M) Expenses 152 ($2.5M) Net assets 139 ($38M)2022 Revenue 124 ($3.8M) Expenses 181 ($3.0M) Net assets 117 ($32M)2023 Revenue 70 ($2.2M) Expenses 179 ($3.0M) Net assets 121 ($33M)2024 Revenue 143 ($4.4M) Expenses 166 ($2.8M) Net assets 140 ($38M)2025 Revenue 128 ($3.9M) Expenses 197 ($3.3M) Net assets 150 ($41M)
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Revenue (128)Expenses (197)Net assets (150)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $38M to $32M (−16%).

$27M
$29M
$31M
$33M
$38M
$32M
$33M
$38M
$41M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’17
$2.0M
’18
$3.7M
’19
−$517k
’20
$1.5M
’21
$804k
’22
−$828k
’23
$1.6M
’24
$666k
’25
3.1
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

Scott Campbell

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Patricia Davies

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed151519171822222121
Joined·+4+8+5+7+4+5+4+6
No longer listed·44760556
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $273k → $212k.

7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION 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

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC.

73%
largest funder
97%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 70% · 2019 85% · 2020 63% · 2021 82% · 2022 85% · 2023 65% — growing more concentrated.

“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

33% of THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

99% of THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

IL
NY
CA
NE
MO
MD
AZ
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION 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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

64% of spending goes to programs.

Program 64%Management 28%Fundraising 8%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

30%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 21 states

AK
ME
NH
ND
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
AL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • National Honor Society Affiliate · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC?
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,286,559 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INC ($4,583,333). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $6,286,559 in grants to THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC?
NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,583,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDA TION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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