Small Public Charity

FOUNDATION FOR APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

FOUNDATION FOR APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY is a Small Public Charity headquartered in Longboat Key, FL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1K revenue, $2K expenses, $824 total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $246K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 271286896 Longboat Key, FL Community Improvement & Capacity Building N.E.C. NTEE: S99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1K
Total Expenses$2K
Total Assets$824
Grant Records4
Funding Total$246K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Our mission is to advance the theory and practice of Appreciative Inquiry to create a world of full-spectrum flourishing- flourishing lives, families, communities, enterprises, and thriving ecosystems. Primary programs include helping communities around the world with the tools of Appreciative Inquiry (a strengths-based community change process) and advancing new tools, training programs, and concepts for positive change.

Where $100 goes at Foundation for Appreciative Inquiry

How Foundation for Appreciative Inquiry divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$6 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $94 for programs

$94
During 2024, we continued supporting the writings advancing the theory and practice of Appreciative Inquiry, for example, the International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry called "The Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner."
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

President David Cooperrider
Secretary Victoria Woo
Treasurer William Cleary

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$137,000 2 grants
Arts & Culture
$109,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1K $2K $824
2024 $4K $2K $2K
2023 — $7K $76
2022 — $11K $3K
2021 — $71K $14K

Between 2024 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $4K to $1K (-68%), with total assets most recently reported at $824.

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