AMC Advantage

Association Management Companies Are Your Nonprofit's Path To Success

December 25th, 2017
2018 Dawns With Fewer Official Opportunities For AMCs, But Creativity Abounds

If you guessed that the new year is dawning with fewer official AMC Institute RFPs, you’re right.

At this time last year, a total of seven RFPs were open on the AMC Institute’s Online RFP System, including sizable contracts for managing the Neurocritical Care Society and the Association of Workforce Investigators.

This year is set to open with just two opportunities, both modest in size.

• A national healthcare society’s RFP — code named “Little Windingo” by AMC Advantage — has responses due Jan. 30, 2018.

• An international professional society’s RFP — code named “First Geyser” by AMC Advantage — has responses due Feb. 1, 2018.

Fortunately, AMCs globally routinely land work outside the official AMC Institute Online RFP System. AMC Advantage covers these deals when they are announced.

If you have a previously unannounced contract you’d like to announce, for either 2017 or for the new year, please submit it to us.

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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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About Us

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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