Arthritis Foundation Inc.

Health
Atlanta, Georgia
EIN 58-1341679
Tax-exempt since 1978

Firms paid: 6
Fees reported, 2018–2025: $23.4M
Fees reported in 2025: $2.0M
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $68.3M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2025

$2,006,399 to 2 fundraisers

Fundraisers Arthritis Foundation Inc. paid in 2025, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Resource OneDirect responseStrategic	Strategic	$1,443,641
MerkleStrategic	Strategic	$562,758

Also among its largest contractors in 2025

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

Resource OneDirect responseDirect mail council$3,814,002

All firms paid

Fundraisers Arthritis Foundation Inc. reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Thompson Habib Denison In LLCDirect response	2018–2022 · 4 years	$12,681,907
Merkle	2018–2025 · 7 years	$6,411,737
Resource OneDirect response	2023–2025 · 3 years	$4,167,138
Infocision	2018	$182,607

Listed as a client by:

Per firm websites

Resource OneDirect response
Thompson Habib Denison In LLCDirect response
LETITIA FRYE LLCDirect response

Form 990 Snapshot

Arthritis Foundation Inc.'s Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2024	$68.3M	$55.5M	$9.1M	$1.8M
2023	$68.3M	$60.8M	$8.5M	$2.0M
2022	$59.5M	$53.2M	$6.7M	$1.9M
2020	$63.8M	$54.5M	$8.3M	$1.9M
2019	$73.1M	$49.3M	$10.6M	$1.6M
2018	$81.0M	$63.5M	$10.5M	$1.6M

Fees are what Arthritis Foundation Inc. reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.