Virginia · Nonprofit
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317,565 to it, the largest being WELSH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($350,100). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $10M
What The American Tinnitus Association does
Mission
The mission of The American Tinnitus Association is to promote relief, help prevent, and research tinnitus cures, evidenced by its core values of compassion, credibility, and responsibility.compassion: evidenced in a spirit of hope reflected in the commitment to prevention, finding cures, and supporting those affected by the condition. Credibility: evidenced in accurate information from reliable sources, transparency in decision-making, and an earned reputation for trustworthiness.responsibility: evidenced in patient centered advocacy by a collaborative community of forward thinking leaders accountable to mission and members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tinnitus research funding: this fiscal year, the ata's 29-member scientific advisory committee, composed of prominent tinnitus researchers and clinicians, recommended that the ata board of directors approve seven grant applications, total $524,917, as a part of ata's innovative tinnitus research grants program. Tinnitus researchers around the world can apply to ata for seed grant money to test innovative scientific ideas or tools for improved patient care, which isn't available through traditional funding agencies that typically require proof-of-concept data. If a hypothesis is sound or the tool is clinically significant, researchers can then seek more substantive funding from agencies such as the national institutes of health (nih) and the national science foundation (nsf). In this way, ata fills a critical void that advances innovative science and progress toward breakthroughs and possible cures. Since 1981, ata has awarded more than $7 million in grants that have yielded important outcomes in improved tinnitus care and understanding of tinnitus mechanisms that reveal the complex nature of this complex, heterogeneous condition. Three travel and conference awards totaling $3,000…
$620,710 spentof which $527,916 as grants46% of program spendingTinnitus help line, support network, & peer support: to ensure that individuals with tinnitus, newly onset or chronic, receive credible, evidence-based guidance, ata maintains the tinnitus advisors program helpline. Staffed by audiologists specialized in tinnitus patient care and offered 7 days a week, the free 15-minute guidance enables individuals to access evidence-based information that pertains to their needs. Ata does not offer medical advice or endorse specific treatments and products; however, by directing people to relevant information, appropriate healthcare providers and support, the program ensures that individuals are given meaningful direction, which can be life altering in many instances. To help individuals struggling with tinnitus, ata hosts 25 support groups (in person, online, and hybrid) on its platform. While each group is independent, shared goals include providing a nurturing, safe, educational environment to explore the tinnitus experience. For individuals seeking one-on-one guidance, ata has a nationwide network of 73 peer-to-peer volunteers who email and/or speak with individuals to help them navigate living with tinnitus.
$354,706 spent26% of program spendingTinnitus publications & webinars: tinnitus today magazine, published three times a year digitally and print, provides in-depth coverage of progress in research and interventions, compelling patient stories, and critical news related to hearing health and well-being. This fiscal year, ata's magazine received gold, silver, bronze, and merit awards of excellence from digital health, apex, and danda for outstanding educational materials for the public and healthcare professionals. Ata hosted eight webinars featuring subject matter experts to advance understanding of ongoing tinnitus research, evidence-based patient care approaches, and therapeutic interventions designed to reduce patient distress. These educational initiatives directly support our core mission of disseminating credible, science-based information about tinnitus while increasing awareness of patient needs and care standards among healthcare providers, researchers, patients, and the broader public.
$81,762 spent$6,414 earned by the program6% of program spendingNational engagement and awareness events: for the fifth year, ata partnered with a national corporation to raise awareness of tinnitus and funds for research and support services. By collaborating with a well-known company, the effort facilitated awareness of tinnitus, its prevention and management, and the availability of ata's free resources and support. As a condition that few people are aware of until it impacts them directly or someone they know, such coordinated public outreach helps facilitate ata's mission of prevention, greater awareness, and cultivation of an attitude of compassion toward those suffering from tinnitus. Ata also partnered for a second year with a leading professional bass angler and celebrities to raise awareness of tinnitus and funds for ata. The tennessee-based event attracted participants from across the u.s. To participate in the celebrity pro-am fishing tournament and concert. Both programs highlighted prevention of tinnitus and awareness of ata free public resources.musician and stage crew hearing conservation and outreach program: ata provided hearing conservation services to musicians and stage crews through targeted outreach at the kentucky state…
$282,940 spent21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,340,118.
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 2024 to 2025, from $7.2M to $11M (+47%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Patrick Lynch Esq Mba
CEO
Board chair
Jinsheng Zhang Phd
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $40k → $229k.
11 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 TINNITUS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
45% 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 TINNITUS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 46% · 2019 61% · 2020 46% · 2021 34% · 2022 24% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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
35% of THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $599k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION
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 Virginia
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
49%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION?
- THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317,565 to it, the largest being WELSH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($350,100). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $1,317,565 in grants to THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION?
- WELSH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $350,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION 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.
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 47 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