Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1986.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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-T; $3.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Cedric Bryant’s $492K as President & Chief Executive Officer is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 290 $10–100M recreation & sports 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Goudeseune CEO | — | — | $605,193 | $645,204 | — |
| Scott Goudeseune | $343,645 | $549,112 | — | — | $628,229 |
| Alex Mirnezam | $434,601 | $401,759 | $498,001 | $440,756 | $469,890 |
| Cedric Bryant | $491,917 | $434,205 | $471,837 | $467,659 | $455,578 |
| Amanda Cass | $368,481 | $359,967 | $351,201 | $344,949 | $337,603 |
| David Fischer | $344,659 | $236,361 | $239,313 | $190,928 | $234,910 |
| Graham Melstrand | — | — | — | $318,701 | $339,525 |
| Graham Melstrand Evpcommunity | $295,927 | $300,425 | $318,305 | — | — |
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
Encourages people to be active and healthy through fitness education and resources.
Questions for American Council on Exercise
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Certification and Preparatory Education
The certification of well-qualified exercise professionals and health coaches is the foundation of ace's approach to get people moving. Ace develops, reviews, and maintains ace certification exams, study materials and training manuals.
Continuing Education and Renewals
Ace developed and updated approximately 40 education programs and courses in 2022, including the size clusive fitness specialist program and the ace group fitness instructor study program UPDATE.ACE also launched a suite of ace lifecycle career support tools including ace pro compass, ace pro connect app and the ace job board.
Research
Ace continues to provide the public with science-based information to educate and encourage people from all walks of life to achieve sustainable health changes. In 2022, ace invested more than $100,000 into original research, including a study which reviewed developmental and health measures compared across sex, socioeconomic status and…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2023 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 13, 2025 | $19.3M | $19.7M | −$461K | $5.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 7, 2024 | $19.6M | $24.8M | −$5.2M | $6.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $19.6M | $24.7M | −$5.1M | $12.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2022 | $26.7M | $24.3M | $2.4M | $16.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2021 | $26.4M | $25.0M | $1.4M | $15.6M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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