To pursue excellence, foster faculty development, advance the body of knowledge that defines quality Education and patient-centered care, and promote diversity in all aspects of physician assistant Education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 190 volunteers and 44 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.8M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $22.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.7M
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$18.3M
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$15.5M
To programs
62%
Net assets
$25.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$18.3M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$11.4M
FY2021$13.3M
FY2022$12.9M
FY2023$14.5M
FY2024$16.6M
FY2025$18.3M
Expenses
$15.5M
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.5M
FY2021$9.5M
FY2022$10.8M
FY2023$14.6M
FY2024$15.3M
FY2025$15.5M
Net assets
$25.4M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.0M
FY2021$18.4M
FY2022$18.3M
FY2023$19.0M
FY2024$21.8M
FY2025$25.4M

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1996.

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Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $9.6M Management & general 38% · $5.9M

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

23 people listed on the 990; $1.4M 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
$381,294Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operat
$254,525Pt VII · Sec A
$198,252Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People
$174,949Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Direc
$174,257Pt VII · Sec A
Chief, Gover
$170,877Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director-At-
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Fletcher’s $381K as CEO is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 224 $10–100M religion 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
Sara Fletcher$381,294$381,510$381,408$235,989$226,629$265,077
Timi Agar Barwick————$132,240$311,915
Mary Jo Bondy———$275,496$245,247—
Zachary Britt$254,525$241,545———$133,276
Olivia Walton Ziegler$198,252$192,838$182,689———
Karen J Hills$170,877$196,780$196,873$180,216$174,829$168,072
Dave Keahey———$184,973$172,596$166,821
Kendall Williams$174,949—————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Advance physician assistant education through faculty development, research, and diversity initiatives.

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1 program · $9.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The Association's Primary Program Objectives Include

Enhancing programs' capability to recruit, select, and retain well qualified pa students through a centralized application service (caspa), supporting programs in the recruitment, selection, development, and retention of well qualified faculty, facilitating the pursuit of dissemination of research and scholarly work, educating physician…

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 39 grants · $581K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$51,300
Unitemized GrantFY2024$18,788
University of Maryland BaltimoreFY2024$16,667
Seton Hall UniversityNJ · FY2024$10,475
Duke UniversityNC · FY2024$9,637
Midwestern UniversityIL · FY2024$7,416
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,946
Duke UniversityNC · FY2023$18,645
Midwestern UniversityIL · FY2023$14,832
Wake Forest UniversityNC · FY2023$11,641
Yale UniversityCT · FY2023$10,463
Northeastern UniversityMA · FY2023$6,875
Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,377
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$18.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$107K
Money outPt IX
$15.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.6M
Managementcol C$5.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$25.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$30.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$25K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$107K
Gains on assetsLn 7$919K
Total revenueLn 12$18.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$303K
Other assetsLn 15$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$30.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.7M
Net assetsLn 32$25.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 544
VolunteersI 6190
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$3.0M$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.4M$22.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$45K$303K
Total assetsLn 16$24.4M$30.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M$4.7M
Net assetsLn 32$21.8M$25.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$89K$89K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$70K$70K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$10K$10K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$397K$45K$352K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.3M$3.4M$1.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$414K$187K$227K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$960K$432K$527K
Payroll taxesLn 10$444K$182K$262K
Legal feesLn 11b$315K$131K$185K
Accounting feesLn 11c$180K$74K$105K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$156K$65K$91K
Investment management feesLn 11f$76K$76K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.6M$1.7M$870K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$11K$25
Office expensesLn 13$181K$141K$40K
Information technologyLn 14$741K$401K$340K
OccupancyLn 16$482K$262K$220K
TravelLn 17$1.1M$850K$293K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$43K$23K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$36K$25K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.8M$1.5M$285K
All other expensesLn 24e$102K$85K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$15.5M$9.6M$5.9M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $18.3M$15.5M$2.8M$25.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $16.6M$15.3M$1.2M$21.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $14.5M$14.6M−$107K$19.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $12.9M$10.8M$2.1M$18.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.3M$9.5M$3.8M$18.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $11.4M$10.5M$904K$12.0M 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 $18,322,109 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$25,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,647,384$16,617,049
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $582,758$1,573,019
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $339,688$107,041
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $16,569,830$18,322,109
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $91,902$169,963
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,535,397$7,535,098
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,719,056$7,782,232
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,346,355$15,487,293
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,223,475$2,834,816
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $18,322,109 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $103,963 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$25,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$25,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $16,580,674$16,580,674
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $654,360$654,360
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $918,659$918,659
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $39,453$39,453
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,642,749 · Excluded from tax $654,360$18,322,109
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $15,487,293 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $89,209$89,209
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $70,433$70,433
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $10,321$10,321
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $45,340 · Management $351,813$397,153
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,384,727 · Management $1,935,017$5,319,744
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $186,597 · Management $227,493$414,090
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $432,469 · Management $527,250$959,719
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $182,309 · Management $262,083$444,392
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $130,505 · Management $184,943$315,448
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $74,437 · Management $105,488$179,925
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $64,539 · Management $91,461$156,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $75,864$75,864
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,688,840 · Management $869,755$2,558,595
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,127 · Management $25$11,152
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $141,001 · Management $39,848$180,849
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $401,484 · Management $339,788$741,272
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $262,106 · Management $219,915$482,021
IX-17 TravelPrograms $850,444 · Management $292,784$1,143,228
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,464 · Management $19,687$43,151
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,058 · Management $10,799$35,857
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,472,598 · Management $284,504$1,757,102
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $85,072 · Management $16,696$101,768
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,632,080 · Management $5,855,213 · Fundraising $0$15,487,293
Part X · Balance sheet $30,097,455 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,016,312$2,041,227
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,960,909$2,294,286
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $694,515$659,443
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $45,325$303,339
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,437,918$22,546,487
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $290,360$2,252,673
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $24,445,339$30,097,455
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,008,299$984,234
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,415,954$1,422,603
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $241,743$2,279,649
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,665,996$4,686,486
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $21,422,654$25,005,011
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $356,689$405,958
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $21,779,343$25,410,969
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $24,445,339$30,097,455
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,410,969 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$18,322,109
XI-2 Total expenses$15,487,293
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,834,816
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$21,779,343
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$694,843
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$101,967
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$25,410,969

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