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American Productivity & Quality Center reported $20.6 million in revenue and $18.3 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $83.75 went to program services, $16.25 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 93.6% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $733,670 (President & CEO). 18 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 25% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $18MFor context, the median across 479 covered community improvement & capacity building charities: $90.45 programs, $9.31 management, $0.24 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $21MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 83.7% | 89.1% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 16.3% | 9.2% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | Not reported | $0.00 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 80.1% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 14.9% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 93.6% | 11.9% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $733,670 | $291,103 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 4.00% | 1.49% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 18 | 5 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 21.4 | 9.2 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 16 of 16 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseResearch Projects and Benchmarking: APQC conducts research on what drives high performance inside specific processes that are core to organizational viability and found in both public and private sectors. This includes providing methodologies, know-how, data, infrastructure, oversight and management. As part of its research program, APQC maintains both qualitative and quantitative repositories, question libraries, and taxonomies that are accessed via apqc.org by hundreds of thousands of individuals each year. Continued on Schedule O In order to provide valid, reliable and trusted quantitative…
Member Services: Development and ongoing maintenance of Process Classification Frameworks, research methodologies, infrastructure to support broad data collection and dissemination of benchmarks and best practices used to improve productivity and quality across public and private sectors. APQC maintains databases and provides easy access to the public of over 3,600 process measures, over 4,500,000 benchmark data points, 19 Industry Process Classification Frameworks and 1 Cross Industry Process Classification Framework, 46 industry maturity models, over 6,000 best practices and numerous…
Education: The education group within APQC is involved in transforming education across the United States and throughout the world by addressing waste and inefficiencies throughout the educational system. The group focuses on helping K-12 and Higher Education leaders, superintendents, principals, faculty and administrators identify and implement best practices that will result in more available resources to dedicate to student achievement. Through the Education Group, APQC teaches thousands of educators how to be more efficient and effective. The Education Group has helped over 120 districts…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President & CEO Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $677,682 | $0 | $55,988 | $733,670 |
| Chief Development Officer Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $520,532 | $0 | $46,383 | $566,915 |
| Executive Director - Legal Affairs Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $364,416 | $0 | $47,341 | $411,757 |
| Treasurer & CFO Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $323,939 | $0 | $44,121 | $368,060 |
| Executive Director - HR Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $268,021 | $0 | $31,221 | $299,242 |
| Executive Director - Marketing Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $240,006 | $0 | $26,211 | $266,217 |
| Director - Research Services Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $224,847 | $0 | $30,918 | $255,765 |
| Executive Director - IT Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $203,329 | $0 | $37,556 | $240,885 |
18 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from American Productivity & Quality Center (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $3.3M (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b16 · 16 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aNo
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 590
- Volunteers Part I, line 616
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Of every $100 American Productivity & Quality Center spent in 2024, $83.75 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
Questions people ask
How much of American Productivity & Quality Center's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, American Productivity & Quality Center reported that 83.7% of its $18.3 million in expenses went to program services, 16.3% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does American Productivity & Quality Center pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation American Productivity & Quality Center reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $733,670, for the role of President & CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does American Productivity & Quality Center get its money?
Of $20.6 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 0.0% came from contributions and grants and 93.6% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is American Productivity & Quality Center a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 74-2094629 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202513179349308981 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202510159349300236 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202303199349308515 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202213159349303246 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202103149349305235 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202013169349303606 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 74-2094629: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.