We are an intl. Scientific & educational org. Dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9,000 volunteers and 83 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8.0M a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.2M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $175.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$79.5M
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$96.2M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$89.7M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$201.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$96.2M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$72.2M
FY2021$56.9M
FY2022$66.0M
FY2023$91.1M
FY2024$88.3M
FY2025$96.2M
Expenses
$89.7M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$65.2M
FY2021$44.5M
FY2022$56.6M
FY2023$78.9M
FY2024$87.9M
FY2025$89.7M
Net assets
$201.0M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$143.0M
FY2021$173.4M
FY2022$160.6M
FY2023$171.7M
FY2024$182.1M
FY2025$201.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1968.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $76.4M Management & general 15% · $13.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $3.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Director
$724,239Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$603,225Pt VII · Sec A
Director-Digital Library
$436,116Pt VII · Sec A
Director-Acm Publications
$416,524Pt VII · Sec A
Director-Sig Services
$303,492Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Financial Services
$283,550Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Director & HR Manager
$226,413Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Director-Membership
$207,475Pt VII · Sec A

Vicki Hanson’s $724K as Chief Executive Director is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 139 $10–100M science & technology nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Vicki Hanson$724,239$674,122$656,234$638,834$552,756$609,640
Patricia Ryan$603,225$578,666$558,091$469,312$531,298$509,963
Wayne Graves$436,116$416,242$403,188$387,994$337,354$477,800
Scott Delman$416,524$397,759$386,709$358,960$317,511$350,295
Donna Cappo$303,492$285,024$269,389$260,199$253,679$254,134
James Schembari$283,550$246,296$251,618$238,393——
Darren Ramdin———$232,728$242,774$240,794
Diane Crawford—$228,045$222,643$203,534$208,165$182,334

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Publishes scholarly journals, magazines, and conference proceedings to advance the art, science, and technology of computing for a global audience.

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3 programs · $73.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Conferences and seminarsconferences enable the association to bring together members, community leaders and scholars to discuss current and upcoming issues in the computing field, the latest technology and groundbreaking research.

$44.9Mprogram expense
02

Membership and Other Program Support

See schedule omembership and other program support the association's membership today consists of approximately 100,000 individuals and 24 institutional members, all with a significant interest in the creation and application of information technology.

$14.8Mprogram expense
03

Publicationsacm publications are designed to educate the public, our membership and the computing community about the news and issues in the computing field. The association publishes scholarly journals and conference proceedings that contain the latest research in the field.

$14.0Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K
Grants paid · 60 grants · $17.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,553,389
Unitemized GrantFY2024$676,603
IeeeNJ · FY2024$55,540
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,958,546
Unitemized GrantFY2023$588,221
University of Wisconsin MadisonFY2023$29,355
University of California MercedFY2023$17,779
Putationalcom LLCFY2022$1,000,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$928,816
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$96.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.8M
Money outPt IX
$89.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$76.4M
Managementcol C$13.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$201.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$53.6M
Total assetsLn 16$280.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$79.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$143K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$82.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$122K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$700K
Total revenueLn 12$96.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$31.2M
SavingsLn 2$22.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$53.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$175.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$336K
Other assetsLn 15$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$280.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$79.5M
Net assetsLn 32$201.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 583
VolunteersI 69,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$43.4M$53.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$169.5M$175.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$383K$336K
Total assetsLn 16$264.8M$280.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$82.8M$79.5M
Net assetsLn 32$182.1M$201.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$680K$680K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.2M$2.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$2.1M$2.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.8M$1.4M$404K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$9.1M$7.0M$2.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$580K$447K$133K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.3M$1.0M$305K
Payroll taxesLn 10$702K$540K$161K
Legal feesLn 11b$57K$49K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$206K$206K
Investment management feesLn 11f$629K$629K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.5M$3.0M$465K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$473K$185K$288K
Office expensesLn 13$839K$581K$258K
Information technologyLn 14$6.4M$1.4M$5.0M
OccupancyLn 16$1.6M$693$1.6M
TravelLn 17$2.7M$2.1M$586K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$44.8M$44.6M$169K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$146K$146K
InsuranceLn 23$269K$106K$163K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8.5M$8.0M$510K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.2M$933K$230K
Total functional expensesLn 25$89.7M$76.4M$13.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $96.2M$89.7M$6.4M$201.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $88.3M$87.9M$381K$182.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $91.1M$78.9M$12.2M$171.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $66.0M$56.6M$9.4M$160.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $56.9M$44.5M$12.4M$173.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $72.2M$65.2M$7.0M$143.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $96,182,576 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,349,600$9,089,795
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $74,756,394$82,145,458
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,181,622$4,824,961
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $40,633$122,362
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $88,328,249$96,182,576
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,289,587$4,986,722
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,917,625$13,471,978
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $70,739,885$71,288,421
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $87,947,097$89,747,121
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $381,152$6,435,455
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $96,182,576 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$143,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,946,795
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,089,795
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,438,053 · Unrelated business $707,405$82,145,458
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,525,151$5,525,151
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $41,989$41,989
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$700,190−$700,190
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $80,373$80,373
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $81,438,053 · Unrelated business $707,405 · Excluded from tax $4,947,323$96,182,576
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $89,747,121 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $679,867$679,867
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,229,992$2,229,992
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $2,076,863$2,076,863
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,353,903 · Management $404,264$1,758,167
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,010,633 · Management $2,093,317$9,103,950
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $446,916 · Management $133,445$580,361
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,022,569 · Management $305,330$1,327,899
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $540,278 · Management $161,323$701,601
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $49,314 · Management $7,661$56,975
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $205,721$205,721
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $629,269$629,269
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,993,628 · Management $465,086$3,458,714
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $184,721 · Management $288,112$472,833
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $580,692 · Management $258,179$838,871
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,446,484 · Management $4,966,393$6,412,877
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $693 · Management $1,584,522$1,585,215
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,146,157 · Management $585,667$2,731,824
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $44,638,901 · Management $168,836$44,807,737
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $146,490$146,490
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $106,061 · Management $162,716$268,777
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,000,033 · Management $510,102$8,510,135
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $932,984 · Management $229,999$1,162,983
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $76,440,689 · Management $13,306,432 · Fundraising $0$89,747,121
Part X · Balance sheet $280,486,835 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $31,341,886$31,213,726
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $12,042,621$22,393,047
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,482,923$30,202,108
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,201,944$9,738,880
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $382,520$335,591
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $169,499,528$175,738,250
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,883,174$10,865,233
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $264,834,596$280,486,835
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,252,136$15,814,513
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $53,341,178$51,556,680
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,158,253$12,156,004
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $82,751,567$79,527,197
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $173,509,845$192,365,734
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,573,184$8,593,904
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $182,083,029$200,959,638
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $264,834,596$280,486,835
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $200,959,638 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$96,182,576
XI-2 Total expenses$89,747,121
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$6,435,455
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$182,083,029
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$12,337,333
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$103,821
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$200,959,638

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