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Association Management Companies Are Your Nonprofit's Path To Success

February 11th, 2016
AMC Institute Treasurer Michael Payne Delivers Upbeat Financial Report

AMC Institute enjoyed a better-than-expected year with revenues topping $1.25 million in 2015, above the $1.15 million budgeted.

Michael Payne, executive vice president of SmithBucklin and the institute’s treasurer, said that expenses came in higher than budgeted, $1.21 million vs. $1.08 million, due to increased expenditures, including cost of a 2015 University of Utah study demonstrating that associations managed by AMCs on the whole perform better than associations not managed by AMCs.

The institute nevertheless enjoyed an annual surplus — $37,466, Payne said.

Payne showed a pie-chart slide indicating that the institute spent 57% of its money on “improving and building” the AMC model, 30% on “promoting” and 13% on “proving” the model.

“The money is going in the right direction,” he said.

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Getting The AMC Advantage

According to a 2009 study by LoBue and Majdalany Association Management Group, nonprofits managed by Association Management Companies, or AMCs, generate greater operating surpluses, are more efficient, involve lower operating risks, enjoy more diverse revenue profiles, spend more on meetings, trade shows and educational activities, and pay, on average, a third less for the staffing, occupancy and capital costs than sibling standalone organizations. So, has your nonprofit considered being managed by a highly qualified AMC?

In 2015, a study of 167 associations shows that association management companies, or AMCs, deliver 317 percent more growth in net assets and 31 percent more growth in net revenue, as well as offering consistently higher income from products and services. The study was conducted by Dr. James Gaskin of Brigham Young University and drew data from a random selection of associations with a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) tax status and budgets between $500,000 and $7.5 million. AMC Institute sponsored the study. In a statement for the media, Dr. Gaskin said, “Given the wide variety of associations surveyed, and the random sampling applied, the findings are remarkably consistent. When we analyzed the data, it was clear that AMC-managed associations of all sizes tend to be the strongest financially.”

Who’s Hiring AMCs?

Nonprofit associations all over the world are hiring AMCs for full-service and project management:

 

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AMC Advantage is an online news service covers global developments in the Association Management Company market. AMCs are firms that, among other things, serve as nonprofit trade association and professional society headquarters.

Association Management Companies, or AMCs, are a growing global industry managing at least 1,800 organizations and serving at least 2.8 million members.

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