The PAA is a professional organization of roughly 3000 members that provides various services to its members including an Annual Meeting, publications (Demography, PAA Affairs), a Membership Directory every three years, a Public Affairs Office that represents the interests of members in Washington through its support for research funding and for the Census, and links with other professional groups such as COSSA and COPAFS. It has a budget of slightly over half a million dollars a year that is roughly in balance. This budget is supplemented through an enormous volunteer effort of the many members that serve the organization as elected officers and members of the board as well as the many committee members who also give generous amounts of time.
In 1998, the Finance Committee of the Board has projected expenditures of roughly $524,000. These expenditures break down into several categories: 1) managing and supporting the organization through its Washington office and board ($180,000); 2) the Annual Meeting ($78,000); 3) publications ($139,000); 4) the Public Affairs Office ($48,000); 5) membership in other organizations ($22,000); and 6) other foundation-supported expenses including travel grants and subsidized memberships for LDC participants, subsidized institutional subscriptions, and a congressional briefing ($57,000).
These expenditures are financed through membership dues, registration fees for the annual meeting, subscriptions, advertising and other publication fees and through foundation grants. In 1998, the projected revenues of roughly $538,000 break down roughly into four categories: 1) $162,000 from membership dues; 2) $139,000 from the Annual Meeting; 3) $129,000 from subscriptions, advertising and other publication fees; and 4)$108,000 from foundation grants and endowment interest.
From these broad categories we can see that our membership dues roughly cover the costs of the office and Board. The publications roughly support themselves through subscriptions, advertising and other fees. However it is important to note that subscription fees for Demography which are currently a very important source of revenue to the Association ($107,000) are from library subscriptions--a revenue source that could be vulnerable if the Association were to decide to make current issues of Demography available on the internet. Profits from the annual meeting, interest from endowment and foundation grants have allowed the organization to reach out in a variety of ways to a wider world through its membership in other organizations, through the participation of LDC scholars at the annual meetings and through its Washington activities.