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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT

EIN 75-6042129 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$3,534,631
Expenses 2024
$3,753,081

Program services were 93.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99Z
Classification
1200
Street
1222 16TH ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO HONOR EXTRAORDINARY INNOVATORS AND VISIONARIES AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HONOR EXTRAORDINARY INNOVATORS AND VISIONARIES AND INSPIRE THE NEXT CONT'D ON SCH O GENERATION OF YOUNG LEADERS.

  • AMONG THE ACADEMY'S MANY EDUCATION INITIATIVES, A PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE COORDINATION AND STAGING OF AN ACHIEVEMENT SUMMIT (THE "SUMMIT") WHICH HONORS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS IN BUSINESS, PUBLIC SERVICE, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, EXPLORATION, SPORTS, AND THE ARTS, AND PROVIDES A FORUM FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVERS TO INTERACT WITH OUTSTANDING COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROMISING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS GUESTS OF THE ACADEMY. DURING THE MULTI-DAY SUMMIT, THESE EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG SCHOLARS HAVE JOINED EMINENT CONTEMPORARY LEADERS FOR MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND A SERIES OF SYMPOSIA AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES OF THE DAY. THE SUMMIT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE DELEGATES. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ACADEMY INCLUDE BRINGING LEADERS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HOLDING SPECIAL EVENTS TO HONOR ACADEMY INDUCTEES, AS WELL AS PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLES OF EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $3,250,588

  • DURING FISCAL YEARS ENDING JULY 31, 2025 AND 2024, THE ACADEMY CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS ONLINE INTERNET PRESENCE VIA THEIR WEBSITE, WWW.ACHIEVEMENT.ORG. THE ACADEMY'S REDESIGNED WEBSITE, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH MOBILE DEVICES, IS A VIRTUAL MUSEUM THAT FEATURES A GALLERY OF ACHIEVEMENT WITH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEWS OF MANY ACADEMY MEMBERS, A CURRICULUM CENTER FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND A LIBRARY THAT HIGHLIGHTS BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE LIVES OF ACADEMY MEMBERS. THE WEBSITE ALLOWS THE ACADEMY TO REACH MILLIONS OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS EACH YEAR WITH THEIR EXPANSIVE LIBRARY OF LIVING HISTORY PRESENTED THROUGH MULTIMEDIA CONTENT.ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OF THE ACADEMY IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ON APPLE PODCASTS. THIS APPLICATION GIVES STUDENTS ACCESS TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIGITAL CATALOG OF FREE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT. THE ACADEMY BEGAN PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM ITS DIGITAL LIBRARY IN NOVEMBER 2010. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2016, THE ACADEMY LAUNCHED A PODCAST SERIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLE PODCASTS ENTITLED "WHAT IT TAKES". THE PODCAST FEATURES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH ACADEMY MEMBERS AND THEIR PERSONAL PATHS TO SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTING THE ATTRIBUTES THEY REQUIRED TO REACH THEIR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, SUCH AS PASSION, COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE. THE ACADEMY MEMBERS FEATURED ON THE PODCAST INCLUDE GEORGE LUCAS, OPRAH WINFREY, ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, JOHNNY CASH, CORETTA SCOTT KING, AND JAMES MICHENER. SINCE INCEPTION, THE "WHAT IT TAKES" PODCAST, HAS RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOWNLOADS ON APPLE PODCASTS.THE ACADEMY HAS ALSO PUBLISHED THREE EBOOKS (OR ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS) ON APPLE BOOKS, COVERING THE TOPICS OF CIVIL RIGHTS, CREATIVE WRITING, AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY ON THE ITUNES U SITE. THESE EBOOKS FEATURE VIDEO INTERVIEWS OF DISTINGUISHED ACADEMY MEMBERS AND HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED BY MORE THAN 100,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DURING FISCAL YEARS 2025 AND 2024.THE ACADEMY ALSO MAINTAINS A MULTIMEDIA MUSEUM EXHIBIT, AT ITS WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE, FEATURING THE LIFE STORIES OF ACADEMY MEMBERS AND THEIR PERSONAL PATHS TO EXCELLENCE.

    Expenses $238,146

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • WAYNE REYNOLDS

    PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $1,044,241
    From this org
    $904,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $139,841
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $531,863
    Bonus
    $372,537
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $93,076
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,765
    Filer's total
    $1,044,241

  • CATHERINE REYNOLDS

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT S LANGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENERAL JOSEPH W RALSTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR STEVEN ROSENBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK ATKINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENJAMIN S CARSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,534,631
    Expenses
    $3,753,081
    Contributions
    $3,450,175
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,036,639
    Expenses
    $2,249,239
    Contributions
    $1,952,620
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,559,156
    Expenses
    $3,745,011
    Contributions
    $3,475,866
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,722,356
    Expenses
    $1,805,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,842,829

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,453,092
    Expenses
    $1,643,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,125,173

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,736,571
    Expenses
    $5,924,709
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,798,592

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,072,319
    Expenses
    $3,251,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,517,374

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,048,919
    Expenses
    $6,797,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,143,539

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,799,041
    Expenses
    $2,047,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,136,306

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,874,432
    Expenses
    $2,308,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,839,702

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,297,795
    Expenses
    $4,483,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,213,634

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,291,120
    Expenses
    $2,213,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,298,469

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,325,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,148,503

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.