Re: [Paddlewise] What about the ACA

Outfit3029_at_aol.com wrote:
> 
> << I am not aware that the ACA receives gov't funding, or that the ARC did,
>  either. Both are private non-profits. There may be some grant money from
>  time to time, but they're not gov't agencies >>
> 
>       I understand that the ACA and ARC are not include in the fed budget as
> such. It is more like the USCG receives funding for public aquatic education.
> They in turn give funds, in the form of grants or whatever, to ACA and ARC to
> satisfy this end. The lion's share of these funds went to the ARC until some
> years back when the bulk was shifted to ACA. More use specific I would
> suppose.
>       I understand that they are not gov't agencies, but, I also understand
> that they could be agents of the gov't. 

I work for a university. Most of the professors here scrape around for
grants, from places like the US Dept of Education, Office of Naval
Research, USDA, etc. We don't consider ourselves to be agents of the
gov't, by a long shot.

But anyway, the question of ACA's financial relations with governmental
agencies is interesting enough that I thought I'd ask someone who knows.
Below I quote, with permission, Jeff Yeager, Exec Dir of the ACA. The
numbered questions are mine.

/begin quote
> 1. Does ACA get any Federal money?  
We receive no government money (Federal or otherwise), except for
occasional grants from the Boating Safety Education program administered
by the U.S. Coast Guard.
>
> 2. If so, how much and for what?  
USCG grants are awarded on a compeititve application process for
specific safety projects, and each year we usually submit at least one
proposal.  Over the past +/- 20 years, I think we have received a total
of 14 USCG safety grants (sometime zero in a year, sometimes one or more
are approved) for a wide variety of projects, including production of
several videos, a couple of books, implementation of new instrtuctional
programs, etc.  I would estimate that the 14 grants over 20 years
probably totaled approximately $600,000.
>
> 3. Also if so, what percent of ACA's total revenue does this amount to?
The USCG grant funds are restricted and not considered part of our
general
operating budget/funds.  However, the ACA's currrent budget (including
off-budget items like grants) is approximately $1.5 annually, with the
budget for our magazine (Paddler, a for-profit subsidiary) about another
$1.5 million annually as well.

/end quote

So there you have it. $600,000 over 20 years isn't exactly chump change,
but at 2% of the ACA budget, it's not a major profit center, either.

Steve
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