Executive Compensation at the American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a tax-exempt, non-profit professional organization with more than 122,000 members. However, the APA is not a trade association dependent upon member dues or contributions, gifts and grants from the public or government. Instead, the APA is reliant on licensing fees and book and journal subscriptions that provided $104 million of the $132 million in revenue reported in 2019.
Expenses totaled $136 million (not including $3 million in depreciation) in 2019 with the largest expenses reported to be compensation. 716 employees received $75 million in compensation, which equates to an average compensation of $105,000. However, only 163 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 12 most highly compensated employee reported to be: Read more 
Where Does $100 to the American Psychological Association Go?
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a tax-exempt, non-profit professional organization with more than 122,000 members, although the APA is not a trade association. Consequently, membership dues make up a very small portion of total revenue ($4 million out of $132 million in 2019) while licensing fees, which provided $80 million (or about 60% of total revenue) followed by books and journal subscriptions that provided $24 million (nearly 20% of total revenue) appear to be the bread and butter of the APA.
Unlike most non-profits, contributions, gifts and grants provided a negligible amount of income to the APA (less than $2 million in 2019), making the APA a unique non-profit whose reliance is not on donors, but instead licensees. Read more
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