AMERICAN PRODUCTIVITY & QUALITY CENTER INC
EIN 74-2094629 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S40E)
What they do
See Schedule O. The Mission of The American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) is to Educate and Broadly Share Information With People and Organizations Around The World to Improve Productivity and Quality By:- Discovering, Researching and Understanding Emerging and Effective Methods of Both Individual and Organizational Improvement;- Broadly Disseminating Our Research Findings Through Education, Publications, Online Databases, Advisory Services and Other Services That Can Effectively Put The Information Into The Hands of As Many Individuals As Possible, and - Connecting Individuals to One Another With The Knowledge, Resources and Tools They Need to Successfully Manage Improvement and Change.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $83.70 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders30 people are listed in the latest report.
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Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $733,670 for LISA HIGGINS (PRESIDENT & CEO). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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LISA HIGGINSPRESIDENT & CEO
CATHY HILLCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
HARRY SCARBOROUGHEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - LEGAL AFFAIRS
PERRY WIGGINSTREASURER & CFO
ASHLEY WHITEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - HR
AMANDA SCHALYOEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - MARKETING
LAURA CLYMERDIRECTOR - RESEARCH SERVICES
NATE LAVIGNEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - IT
CHRISTINE KELLEYDIRECTOR - MEMBERSHIP
KATY COOKSALES MANAGER
CINDY HUBERTDIRECTOR - CLIENT SOLUTIONS
JEFF VARNEYDIRECTOR - ADVISORY SERVICES
LYNDA BRAKSIEKPRINCIPAL RESEARCHER
LORI PERRYSALES MANAGER
THOMAS H DAVENPORTDIRECTOR
T JAY COLLINSDIRECTOR
SAAD BARGACHDIRECTOR
ROGER KEARNSDIRECTOR
ROBERT H HAYESDIRECTOR
ROBERT F CORRIGAN JRDIRECTOR
ROBERT CHALKERDIRECTOR
PETER KORSTENDIRECTOR
BLANTON GODFREYDIRECTOR
PEGGY VAUGHANDIRECTOR
CARL G THORDIRECTOR
CARLA ODELLEXECUTIVE CHAIR
JOHN FRIELDIRECTOR
JOHN DURIEDIRECTOR
JOAQUIN PEONDIRECTOR
GEORGE BAILEYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1976
- Location
- 123 N Post Oak Lane 3rd Floor, Houston, TX 77024
- County
- Harris
- In care of
- Perry Wiggins
- Primary officer
- Perry Wiggins, CFO/Treasurer
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BLAZEK & VETTERLING
- NTEE classification
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S40E)