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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,108,854
Total expenses
$1,869,360
Contributions and grants received
$1,169,185
Grants paid
$680,823
Program service revenue
$35,770
Investment income
$861,095
Other revenue
$42,804
Total assets, end of year
$23,879,781
Total liabilities, end of year
$496,106
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,383,675
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,161,332
Management and general expenses
$402,916
Fundraising expenses
$305,112
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,161,332

Program services were 62.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $82,310

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,086,875

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,071

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FUND ADMIN REVENUE

    total $35,500 · related or exempt $35,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRODUCT/PUBLICATION SALES

    total $270 · related or exempt $270

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $431,583 · excluded $431,583

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,287,313

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,857,801

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $429,512 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $429,512 · excluded $429,512

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $90,428

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $47,624

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $42,804 · excluded $42,804

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $355,548 · program services $355,548

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $290,275 · program services $290,275

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $35,000 · program services $35,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $258,329 · program services $116,248 · management and general $51,666 · fundraising $90,415

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $296,442 · program services $113,862 · management and general $68,063 · fundraising $114,517

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,692 · program services $8,102 · management and general $4,920 · fundraising $5,670

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,498 · program services $26,933 · management and general $10,829 · fundraising $23,736

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,838 · program services $15,497 · management and general $8,309 · fundraising $14,032

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,036 · management and general $32,036

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,817 · management and general $55,817

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $198,446 · program services $121,733 · management and general $65,191 · fundraising $11,522

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,223 · program services $2,736 · management and general $26,772 · fundraising $20,715

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,538 · fundraising $23,538

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,836 · program services $7,069 · management and general $53,805 · fundraising $962

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $52,228 · program services $32,824 · management and general $19,404

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $35,821 · program services $35,505 · management and general $311 · fundraising $5

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATION FEES

    total $5,793 · management and general $5,793

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $761,634 · end of year $780,976

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,587,176 · end of year $4,116,872

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,514 · end of year $8,933

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $15,520,236 · end of year $17,349,977

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,456,213 · end of year $1,623,023

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $340,134 · end of year $496,106

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    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 $13,838,243 · end of year $15,241,192

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,156,396 · end of year $8,142,483

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ASHFOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPROVE PRACTICE IN SERVING CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPEECH, LANGUAGE, OR HEARING DISORDERS BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND BY FACILITATING INNOVATIVE DIRECTIONS FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS. THE VISION OF THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING FOUNDATION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS REACH THEIR FULL COMMUNICATION POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPROVE PRACTICE IN SERVING CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH COMMUNICATION DISORDERS THROUGH SUPPORT OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH GRANTS AND CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS FOSTER ADVANCES AND SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE. IN 2024, THE ASHFOUNDATION AWARDED 645,823 THROUGH 74 RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS, DOCTORAL AND MASTER'S EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE RECIPIENT FUNDING, EXPENSES INCLUDE THE COST OF PREPARING AND DISTRIBUTING GUIDELINES, THE SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS AND UNDERWRITING ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $843,115 · Grants $680,823 · Revenue $35,500

  • PROGRAM COMMUNICATION - PROGRAM VISIBILITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION VEHICLES, SUCH AS ARTICLES IN THE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 241,023 CONSTITUENTS AND ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT, NEWSLETTERS, SPECIAL PROGRAM MATERIALS, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.

    Expenses $228,455 · Revenue $270

  • ASHA CONVENTION - THE ASHFOUNDATION PROMOTES AND CONDUCTS MISSION RELATED PROGRAMS DURING THE ANNUAL ASSOCIATION MEETING, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 13,360 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION'S TOTAL 241,023 MEMBERS

    Expenses $89,762

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne Marie Tharpe

    VP, FINANCIAL REVIEW

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Sullivan

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacy L Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Swathi Kiran

    VP, PROGRAM AND AWARDS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tommie L Robinson Jr

    PAST PRESIDENT/VP, ORGANIZATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aliyah Hodges

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernard Rousseau

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elise Davis-McFarland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory L Lof

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Koehnke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorraine A Ramig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Sweig Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nia B Potier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rene Utianski

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rita Patel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Hanyak

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sucheta Kamath

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon E Moss

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $252,747
    From this org
    $213,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,941
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,971
    Deferred
    $24,577
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,364
    Filer's total
    $252,747

  • Elizabeth R Shapiro

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $155,966
    From this org
    $109,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,832
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,205
    Deferred
    $6,933
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,899
    Filer's total
    $155,966

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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 II, Column (C)
SCHEDULE J, COLUMN (C) - RETIREMENT AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION ASHA SPONSORS A DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN COVERING MOST EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HIRED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2003. FOR ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HIRED ON OR AFTER THAT DATE, THEY PARTICIPATE IN A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN AND CASH-BALANCE FEATURE WITHIN THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN. FOR THOSE HIRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2003. THE VALUE REPORTED REPRESENTS THE ACTUAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS MADE ON BEHALF OF EACH REPORTED PARTICIPANT IN THE YEAR OF REPORTING. FOR DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN PARTICIPANTS, THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE IS BASED ON THE ACCRUED BENEFIT AND THE ACTUARIAL FACTOR. THE ACCRUED BENEFIT EARNED UNDER THE DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN IS BASED ON A FORMULA INCORPORATING AVERAGE COMPENSATION AND YEARS OF SERVICE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT. THE ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUE FACTOR IS BASED ON THE ASSUMED DISCOUNT RATE AND MORTALITY TABLE, INCORPORATING THE ACTUAL AGE OF EACH PARTICIPANT. ASHA'S DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OPTION. THUS, THE ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES REPORTED REPRESENT THE INCREASE IN THE PRESENT VALUE OF ACCRUED BENEFITS PAYABLE OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE PARTICIPANT AND NOT AN INCREASE IN AN ACTUAL CASH PAYOUT.

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 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202512829349301636

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