$26,372,809 from membership dues
$4,253,311 from the annual convention
$2,420,369 from continuing education
Because ASHA files its tax returns as a 501(c)(6) professional association, it is tax exempt.
What is a 501(c)(6) professional association?
According to the IRS, “A business league is an association of persons having some common business interest, the purpose of which is to promote such common interest and not to engage in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit. ...To be exempt, a business league's activities must be devoted to improving business conditions of one or more lines of business...”
In other words, ASHA is tax exempt because it claims to exist solely to promote the professional business interests of its membership. Not everyone sees ASHA the way that ASHA sees itself. Many of us would argue that ASHA frequently acts like it exists to promote its own interests - the interests of the 306 people that ASHA employs - rather than the interests of its 135,000 members and affiliates.
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