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Academy of Achievement

A museum of living history

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (61.22)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 95.0%    
Administrative Expenses 2.7%    
Fundraising Expenses 2.2%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.02    
Efficiency Rating    
      (39.10)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 13.4%    
Program Expenses Growth 9.6%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.00    
Capacity Rating    
      (22.12)

Income Statement     (FYE 07/2006)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $6,635,009
Other Revenue $101,454
Total Revenue $6,736,463
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $6,577,131
Administrative Expenses $187,442
Fundraising Expenses $157,896
Total Functional Expenses $6,922,469
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $-186,006
   
Net Assets $2,992,400

Contact Information

Academy of Achievement
1222 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
tel: (202) 887-0000
fax: (202) 887-0400

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Leadership      (FYE 07/2006)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses Compensation from Affiliates
Wayne Reynolds Chairman, CEO (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) Not compensated -- $499,500

Donor Privacy Policy

YES, this charity has a written donor privacy policy.

Mission

For more than 40 years, the Academy of Achievement has sparked the imagination of students across America and around the globe by bringing them into direct personal contact with the greatest thinkers and achievers of the age. The annual International Achievement Summit has provided thousands of outstanding students with an unforgettable, life changing experience. Since 1961, these forums have allowed exceptional students to interact one-on-one with Nobel Prize-winners in the arts and sciences, world-renowned public servants, crusading journalists, intrepid explorers, revered humanitarians, world champion athletes, legendary figures of stage and screen, and countless others who represent the pinnacle of achievement in their respective fields.

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