General Business
Associations
Ranked by annual budget
Rank (Prior) Headquarters Year established Washington 1958 Annual budget Employees n/a Members n/a Senior local executive A. Barry Rand, CEO
(1)
AARP
601 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20049 202-434-2277 aarp.org
$855.1 million1
2
(2)
$479.66 million1
n/a
n/a
Washington 1938
3
(3)
$336.67 million2
n/a
n/a
Washington 1857
4
(5)
$218.05 million2
n/a
n/a
Fairfax 1871
5
(4)
$204.49 million1
n/a
n/a
Alexandria 1940
(9)
$193.36 million2
n/a
n/a
ial
7
(6)
us e
6 8
(7)
Washington 1919
$113 million
600
152,000
erc
Washington 1892
$104.76 million2
n/a
n/a
9
(8)
co mm
Alexandria 1984
$99.69 million3
n/a
n/a
Washington 1876
(10)
11
(11)
-N
ot
10 12
(13)
for
$86.08 million
n/a
n/a
Washington 1848
$85.99 million1
n/a
n/a
Washington 1875
Jo urn als
$82.15 million1
n/a
n/a
Reston 1982
13
(15)
$69.78 million1
n/a
n/a
Alexandria 1965
(17)
15
(20)
ASCD
1703 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, Va. 22311 703-578-9600 ascd.org
Bu
sin
14
ess
$61.6 million2
n/a
n/a
Washington 1919
$60 million
211
170,000
Alexandria 1943
eri ca
16 17
(17)
ity
nC
$58 million
72
Washington 1988
$54 million
240
144,000
Reston 1852
Am
(12)
$54 million
140
2,000
Arlington 1924
19
(19)
$53.95 million2
n/a
n/a
Washington 1951
20 21
(14)
$53 million
225
1852
Washington 1917
$52 million
250
36, 000
Arlington 1844
James Scully Jr., Medical director and CEO Paul Welch, Interim CEO and executive vice president Henri R. Manasse Jr., Executive vice president and CEO
22
(16)
$51 million
187
83,000
Washington 1857
23
(25)
$48.77 million3
n/a
n/a
Bethesda 1942
24
(21)
$48.02 million2
n/a
n/a
Washington 1914
25
(23)
$44 million
253
140,000
Rockville 1925
General Business
| 105
Rank (Prior)
Annual budget
Employees 140
Members 8,500
26
(24)
$43 million
27
(35)
$37.68 million2
n/a
n/a
Bethesda 1952
28
(27)
ASAE
1575 Eye St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 202-326-9500 asaecenter.org
$35 million
135
22,000
Washington 1920
29
(26)
$34.92 million1
n/a
n/a
Alexandria 1983
30
(28)
$34.6 million1
n/a
n/a
Washington 1919
us e
31
(29)
$34 million3
n/a
n/a
Arlington 1950
(32)
33 34
(30)
co mm
erc
32
InfoComm International
11242 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200, Fairfax, Va. 22030 703-273-7200 infocomm.org
$33 million
93
ial
Fairfax 1939
$31.4 million
76
14,432
$31.26 million1
n/a
n/a
Washington 1852
36
(34)
-N
ot
35 37
(31)
ASIS International
1625 Prince St., Alexandria, Va. 22314 703-519-6200 asisonline.org
for
$30 million
95
37,000
Alexandria 1955
$27.1 million2
n/a
n/a
Arlington 1992
Jo urn als
$25.3 million
85
36,000
Alexandria 1943
(38)
(37)
$24.68 million3
sin
39 40
(36)
ess
38
$24.78 million1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Alexandria 1940
AdvaMed
701 Pennsylvanvia Ave. NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005 202-783-8700 advamed.org
Bu
$24.49 million2
n/a
n/a
41 42
(41)
nC
ity
Washington 1975
$24 million
105
35,000
Reston 1963
eri ca
$23.48 million1
n/a
n/a
Reston 1916
43
(40)
Am
$21.44 million
125
90,000
Washington 1926
44
(42)
$20 million2
n/a
n/a
Arlington 1918
(42)
$20 million
120
350
Washington 1908
Pamela G. Bailey, President and CEO Lynn P. Robinson, Tom Serena, Co-executive vice presidents Kichoon Yang, Executive director
46
(39)
$18.01 million3
n/a
n/a
Bethesda 1897
47
(45)
$17 million
90
80,000
Reston 1925
48
(44)
$16 million
80
Washington 1974
49 50
(46)
$15 million
55
280 companies
Arlington 1919
$13 million
46
12,000
Arlington 1986
Sources: the organizations, their Web sites, Guidestar.org n/a - not available Research by Lindsay Smith 12009 budget figure from organizations annual report. 22008 budget figure from Guidestar.org. 32009 budget figure from Guidestar.org. The List does not endorse the participants or suggest the quality of products and services. Please send updates or corrections to lindsaysmith@bizjournals.com. Information for obtaining reprints, Web permissions or commemorative plaques can be obtained directly from the Washington Business Journal or from our designated partner company, Scoop ReprintSource at 800-767-3263 or scoopreprintsource.com. No other companies offering similar services are affiliated in any way with Washington Business Journal. Originally published Oct. 29, 2010.