← AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES.

Totals

Total revenue: $37,441,484
Total expenses: $45,662,531
Contributions and grants received: $792,963
Grants paid: $652,179
Program service revenue: $28,687,841
Investment income: $6,344,392
Other revenue: $1,616,288
Total assets, end of year: $126,504,199
Total liabilities, end of year: $37,574,017
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $88,930,182
Program services expenses (Part IX): $37,083,556
Management and general expenses: $8,557,416
Fundraising expenses: $21,559
Program service expenses (Part III): $37,083,556

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$63,808
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$729,155
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Membership Dues

total $9,493,240 · related or exempt $9,493,240 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Continuing Education Programs

total $9,479,603 · related or exempt $9,479,603 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: Education Conferences

total $6,527,136 · related or exempt $6,475,813 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $51,323
2d · Program service revenue: Chapter Activites

total $1,183,659 · related or exempt $1,183,659 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2e · Program service revenue: Education Publications

total $1,176,548 · related or exempt $645,321 · unrelated business $531,227 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $827,655 · related or exempt $827,655 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $1,765,774 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,765,774
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $965,629 · related or exempt $901,859 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $63,770
6a · Gross rents

real property $939,484 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $1,294,734 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property -$355,250 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total -$355,250 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business -$170,236 · excluded -$185,014
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $32,678,066 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $28,099,448 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $4,578,618 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $4,578,618 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,578,618
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$37,586
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$63,808
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$3,069
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $34,517 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $34,517
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$1,347,447
10b · Cost of goods sold

$461,024
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $886,423 · related or exempt $866,160 · unrelated business -$6,331 · excluded $26,594
11d · All other revenue

total $84,969 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $84,969
11e · Other revenue, total

$84,969

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $254,211 · program services $254,211
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $397,968 · program services $397,968
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $2,755,041 · program services $0 · management and general $2,755,041 · fundraising $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $23,412,744 · program services $12,476,412 · management and general $10,919,571 · fundraising $16,761
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $1,464,402 · program services $789,317 · management and general $674,025 · fundraising $1,060
9 · Other employee benefits

total $3,287,811 · program services $1,671,169 · management and general $1,614,397 · fundraising $2,245
10 · Payroll taxes

total $1,802,620 · program services $870,813 · management and general $930,637 · fundraising $1,170
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $12,012 · program services $0 · management and general $12,012 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $66,926 · program services $0 · management and general $66,926 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $583,822 · program services $0 · management and general $583,822 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $2,442,904 · program services $715,214 · management and general $1,727,690 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,092,077 · program services $1,092,077 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $1,701,266 · program services $422,020 · management and general $1,279,246 · fundraising $0
14 · Information technology

total $1,062,751 · program services $0 · management and general $1,062,751 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $501,958 · program services $501,958 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $487,415 · program services $235,919 · management and general $251,180 · fundraising $316
17 · Travel

total $1,518,942 · program services $681,158 · management and general $837,777 · fundraising $7
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $5,963,355 · program services $5,963,355 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $613,154 · program services $0 · management and general $613,154 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total -$8,431,953 · program services -$2,174,141 · management and general -$6,257,812 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,760,282 · program services $185,359 · management and general $1,574,923 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $215,365 · program services $0 · management and general $215,365 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Printing and publications

total $1,742,478 · program services $1,646,397 · management and general $96,081 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Postage and shipping expenses

total $884,066 · program services $860,591 · management and general $23,475 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: Indirect cost allocation

total $0 · program services $10,493,759 · management and general -$10,493,759 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Tax expense

total $70,914 · program services $0 · management and general $70,914 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $4,786,798 · end of year $4,612,186
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $5,463,632 · end of year $5,090,031
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $1,401,062 · end of year $1,828,899
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $254,799 · end of year $246,195
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $1,651,088 · end of year $1,829,283
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$52,777,981
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$14,068,720
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $40,672,281 · end of year $38,709,261
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $75,520,412 · end of year $74,188,344
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $7,665,374 · end of year $8,675,060
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $9,722,375 · end of year $10,871,232
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $18,659,412 · end of year $18,027,725
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $89,977,577 · end of year $84,830,737
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,725,334 · end of year $4,099,445

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Patients and their families rely on nurses at the most vulnerable times of their lives. Acute and critical care nurses rely on AACN for expert knowledge and the influence to fulfill their promise to patients and their families. AACN drives excellence in acute and critical care for nurses, patients and families.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AACN is dedicated to creating a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and families where acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution.

The National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI) is a 4-day in-person conference expected to attract over 7,000 critical-care and advance practice nurses. The in-person conference is followed by a virtual option. More than 200 educational sessions were offered on the most current techniques and equipment available to improve patient care and patient outcomes (7,000 nurses). The conference scheduled for May 2024 had 5,378 live attendees, and was augmented by 2,122 nurses attending the virtual conference.

Expenses $8,383,799 · Grants $17,850 · Revenue $6,527,136
At year end, the association had over 133,800 nurse members who are eligible for research grants as well as educational scholarships. In addition, the association provides members with journals, newsletters, practice alerts, protocols for best practices and unlimited continuing education credits covering a wide range of topics pertinent to caring for acute and critically ill patients (133,800 nurse members).

Expenses $9,799,969 · Grants $323,858 · Revenue $10,669,789
The association sponsors various volunteer work group meetings to determine the educational requirements of critical-care nurses. Continuing education (CE) opportunities are provided to meet this need via educational articles and online webinars. These CE products are provided free of charge to our membership. Other educational items are available for purchase in our online bookstore which include AACN published books. In addition, AACN has developed a number of self-paced e-learning training programs including orientation courses for nurses transitioning into an ICU setting (ECCO) and for new nurse managers (FSNM). Other self-paced courses include an ECG basics, preceptor, and pharmacology courses. (over 101,000 unique learners received CE credits on our website CE Activities pages, and we provided over 2.3 million contact hours during the year.)

Expenses $10,410,070 · Revenue $11,247,622
Practice Excellence: Using feedback from members, volunteers, constituents and outside leaders, research is funded through grants in areas such as palliative and end-of-life care, pain management, advance directives, and healthy work environments. Also includes the CSI Academy, a regional 12 to 16-month nursing excellence and training program designed to leverage staff nurses' expertise to enhance patient care and decrease hospital expenses. Lastly, includes the Beacon Award for Excellence which recognizes individual hospital units that distinguish themselves by improving every facet of patient care. The Beacon Award's three levels of designation recognize significant milestones along a unit's journey. For patients and families, the Beacon Award signifies exceptional care through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction. For nurses, a Beacon Award signals a positive and supportive work environment with greater collaboration between colleagues and leaders, higher morale and lower turnover.

Expenses $7,135,258 · Revenue $827,655
AACN has 196 organized Chapters that hold local community meetings and workshops and sponsor regional educational seminars to help critical-care nurses keep current with the latest trends and technologies. (Estimated 20,000 chapter members).

Expenses $1,354,460 · Grants $310,471 · Revenue $1,183,659

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Dana Woods

Exec Director/CEO

Total calculated

$751,177

From this org

$673,078

From related orgs

$0

Other

$78,099

Hours/week

40 + 15 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$592,891

Bonus

$80,187

Other

$0

Deferred

$60,600

Nontaxable benefits

$28,196

Filer's total

$761,874
Tracey Van Dell

Chief Integration Officer

Total calculated

$431,433

From this org

$355,416

From related orgs

$0

Other

$76,017

Hours/week

40 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$340,590

Bonus

$14,826

Other

$0

Deferred

$26,553

Nontaxable benefits

$52,959

Filer's total

$434,928
Marye Barden

Chief Clinical Officer

Total calculated

$360,391

From this org

$327,265

From related orgs

$0

Other

$33,126

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$251,357

Bonus

$19,542

Other

$56,366

Deferred

$18,611

Nontaxable benefits

$18,015

Filer's total

$363,891
Miguel Villela

IT Director

Total calculated

$358,070

From this org

$338,835

From related orgs

$0

Other

$19,235

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$147,315

Bonus

$0

Other

$191,521

Deferred

$11,086

Nontaxable benefits

$10,032

Filer's total

$359,954
Jakki Farr

Chief Financial Officer

Total calculated

$351,776

From this org

$313,229

From related orgs

$0

Other

$38,547

Hours/week

40 + 10 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$271,292

Bonus

$41,937

Other

$0

Deferred

$9,638

Nontaxable benefits

$32,177

Filer's total

$355,044
Kelli Lockhart

Senior Director

Total calculated

$349,908

From this org

$314,038

From related orgs

$0

Other

$35,870

Hours/week

40 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$280,616

Bonus

$33,422

Other

$0

Deferred

$20,972

Nontaxable benefits

$18,659

Filer's total

$353,669
Soheil Farajian

Senior Director

Total calculated

$293,703

From this org

$256,004

From related orgs

$0

Other

$37,699

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$254,504

Bonus

$1,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$774

Nontaxable benefits

$39,053

Filer's total

$295,831
Michael Wulf

Controller

Total calculated

$262,467

From this org

$233,506

From related orgs

$0

Other

$28,961

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$232,006

Bonus

$1,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$16,738

Nontaxable benefits

$14,296

Filer's total

$264,540
Devin Ibrahimi

Practice Excellence Director

Total calculated

$258,759

From this org

$204,380

From related orgs

$0

Other

$54,379

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$202,880

Bonus

$1,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$16,217

Nontaxable benefits

$40,168

Filer's total

$260,765
Juan Sanchez

IT Operations Manager

Total calculated

$254,668

From this org

$208,712

From related orgs

$0

Other

$45,956

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$207,212

Bonus

$1,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$16,115

Nontaxable benefits

$31,753

Filer's total

$256,580
Patty Uy

Business Strategy & Development Director

Total calculated

$220,720

From this org

$206,939

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,781

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$205,439

Bonus

$1,500

Other

$0

Deferred

$13,781

Nontaxable benefits

$1,880

Filer's total

$222,600
Theresa Davis

President

Total calculated

$10,869

From this org

$10,869

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

20
Jennifer Adamski

President-Elect

Total calculated

$7,011

From this org

$7,011

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

8
Jarrod Atkinson

Board Member

Total calculated

$3,250

From this org

$3,250

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

4
Kirsten Skillings

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
Nicole Fontenot

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
Tonka Williams

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4 + 2 related
Tiffany Mullen

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Janet Mulroy

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Joseph Falise

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4 + 2 related
Veronica Gurule

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Desiree Hodges

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Sara Knippa

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Lynn Orser

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
3 · Compensation committee
3 · Independent compensation consultant
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a: The volunteer President and President-elect receive a travel and clothing allowance to defray the personal cost for speaking engagements on behalf of the Association. The allowance is for purchases up to $6,000 and is grossed up 50% to ensure the volunteer is not impacted financially by the clothing compensation.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4: Miguel Villela received $136,278 in severance compensation.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The Pennsylvania State University

$49,999

Examining the Impact of Intensive Care Unit Diary Programs on Critical-Care Nurses
Case Western Reserve University

$49,999

Using Music Therapy to Support Family Members with Complex Decisions in the Intensive Care Unit
University of Massachusetts

$49,802

Gamified Learning for Pressure Injury Prevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Enhance Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Among Nurses.
Foundation of the National Student Nurse Association

$27,500

Funding for ten nursing student scholarships administered through Foundation of the NSNA
Childrens Hospital Corporation Boston Childrens Hospital

$9,991

Identifying Risk Factors for Anastomotic Leak for Pediatric Patients Status Post Esophageal Repair

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

AACN Certification Corporation

501(c)(6) · Nurse credentialing · CA · controlled entity

Directly controlled by AACN

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

AACN Property Holdings LLC

Property holding company - single entity LLC · CA · income $939,484 · assets $38,403,974

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 13 May 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202531329349305493

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