THE ARCHIVES
ACCOUNTING 101
APA AT LARGE
ORGANZATION WIDE
FINANCE OFFICE
100

This is the abbreviated name of the organization.

APA

100

Accounting rules and procedures that US companies must use in their disclosures.

GAAP rules

100

These people make up a large number of the APA Community

Members / Psychologists

100

This is how APA Staff can "shout out" their colleagues. 

Nectar

100

The system most used to process activity in the Finance Office

Business Central

200

The year the American Psychological Association was founded.

When is 1892

200

The process of systematically recording and interpreting financial information.

Accounting

200

APA promotes psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve this

Lives

200

This is elevating the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology

 Our Mission (or APA's Mission)

200

The total number of full-time staff in the Finance Office & Facilities as of June 2025

25

300

This is where APA advocates for psychology through political action.

Capitol Hill

300

Everything a company owns

Assets

300

In 2023, APA partnered with this long standing Children's Television Workshop show

Sesame Street

300

APA sells millions of these resources each year

Books (publications, articles, journals)

300

This F&F Office team member has the longest tenure at APA

Inez (Annette) Davis

400

APA's current President

Debra M. Kawahara, PhD

400

A master list of all the accounts in an organization‘s general ledger

Chart of Accounts

400

The largest event APA hosts every August

APA Convention

400

These three standards are part of APA's foundational framework to create substantive, transformative, and sustainable change within APA.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

400

This is the floor at 750 that staff can reserve space

4th Floor

500

Total number of CEO's in APA history

12

500

Record of transactions for money expected to come into or go out of an account

Debits and Credits

500

Globally, total APA members and affiliates as of 2024.

170,000 - 172,000

500

The total number of APA employees

555 - 565 

500

This was the theme of our last F&F Office Retreat

A scavenger hunt