Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics

What Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics does

The Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics (AAAP) is a U.S.-based non-profit professional membership organization that supports administrators working in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals across the United States and Canada. Headquartered in Durham, NC and founded in 1984 (per firmographic data; the organization's website carries a 2021 copyright), it maintains a small operating staff of 1-10 employees and is governed by a Board of Directors with named functional directors for Membership, Salary Survey, and Communications. AAAP self-positions as the premier organization in North America for this administrative niche.

AAAP's core product is its annual Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey, which captures compensation data across 100+ academic pediatric departments, 15,000+ faculty (MD and PhD) and Nurse Practitioners, and 29 subspecialty categories. Survey administration and data delivery are outsourced to Degnon Associates (collection/confidentiality) and Roundtable Analytics (Insights Portal with parametric tables). The remainder of the product set is event- and content-led: biannual meetings (Spring and Fall, with the Spring meeting jointly organized with AMSPDC and co-organized within the Pediatric Academic Societies PAS Meeting), member-only webinars, an online listserv/forums, a job postings board, a Member Assistance Program providing up to $2,000 in dues/travel support, and a searchable member directory.

Revenue mechanics rest on membership dues (the current Regular Membership applicant tier shows $0.00, with active membership pricing not publicly specified), $700 non-member job posting fees (free for members; 90-day listings), event registrations, and likely survey sponsorships. Distribution is exclusively direct: aaapeds.org for membership, event registration, and job posting intake; PayPal is the disclosed payment processor and Zoom powers webinar delivery. The organization does not develop proprietary technology products — its IP is the survey dataset, the meeting content library, and the peer-network access it curates.

Name

Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics

Legal name

Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics

Website

https://aaapeds.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics (AAAP) is a U.S. non-profit professional membership organization serving administrators in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals across North America, delivering an annual compensation survey, biannual meetings, webinars, a job board, and forums.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: AAAP generates revenue through membership fees. The membership application currently shows $0.00 for Regular Membership applicant level, suggesting the organization may be in a promotional period or transitioning its pricing model.
2. Job Posting Fees: Job postings are free for AAAP members and $700 for non-members. Job listings are posted for 90 days. This creates a dual revenue stream that incentivizes membership while generating revenue from non-members.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AAAP is a non-profit professional membership association that supports administrators working in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals across North America. It delivers value through annual membership, the Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey, an online Job Postings Board, an Annual Spring Meeting and Fall Meeting, and member webinars, forums, and directories.

Product overview

The Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics (AAAP) is a membership-based professional organization that provides a suite of resources and services for administrators in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals across North America. The organization operates as a platform combining membership services, professional development, data benchmarking, and networking opportunities. The core offerings include the annual Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey (delivered via Roundtable Analytics), organized conferences (Annual Spring Meeting and Fall Meeting), webinars, a job postings board, the Member Assistance Program, forums/listserv, and member directory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AAAP Membership Annual professional membership for administrators working in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals in the US and Canada, providing access to the Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey, webinars, meetings, the Member Directory, forums/listserv, and the Member Assistance Program.
• Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey Annual benchmarking survey of faculty compensation and productivity data specific to academic pediatric departments, available to members for compensation planning and operational analysis.
• Job Postings Board Online job board for posting administrative roles in academic pediatric departments and children's hospitals, offered on a freemium basis (free for AAAP members, paid for non-members).
• AAAP Annual Spring Meeting Annual in-person meeting for AAAP members and pediatric administrators featuring educational content, networking, and association business, with past presentations archived online.
• AAAP Fall Meeting Secondary annual in-person meeting for AAAP members and pediatric administrators providing additional professional development and networking opportunities.
• AAAP Webinars Scheduled live and recorded webinars offering continuing education and professional development content for academic pediatric administrators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 academic pediatric departments participate in annual compensation survey
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026PAS 2026 Meeting held in Boston with record attendance of 7,079 professional attendees and 8,807 total participants from 64 countries. AAAP is a key organizational participant in this major pediatric research community gathering featuring 393 sessions, 641 oral abstracts, and 3,288 posters.
• Cradles to CrayonsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Partnership with Cradles to Crayons to raise over $6,500 and assemble 1,000 sock packages for children in need during the PAS 2026 Meeting, demonstrating community outreach commitment.
• AMSPDCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026AAAP and AMSPDC (Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs) jointly organize the Spring 2027 Meeting scheduled for Washington D.C. (March 2-5, 2027), representing an ongoing strategic partnership for collaborative professional events.
• Degnon AssociatescoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party data collection administrator for the Faculty Compensation and Productivity Survey. Degnon Associates administers the survey process to ensure member data confidentiality, with results accessible through their platform.
• Roundtable AnalyticscoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform providing the Roundtable Analytics Insights Portal for survey data access, allowing members to sort data and create custom tables based on various parameters for compensation programs, equity reviews, and starting salary offers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA): NCURA serves a parallel professional membership model in academic research administration, with conferences, salary surveys, and member forums. While focused on research rather than pediatric care, the operating model is closely analogous to AAAP.

Broad incumbents

• Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS): CMSS is the umbrella organization for US medical specialty societies. AAAP-adjacent specialty societies participate through CMSS, and CMSS plays a coordinating role in advocacy and standards that touch AAAP's policy remit.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): AAP is the largest professional association for pediatricians in the US. It shares the pediatric domain with AAAP and offers broader (clinician-focused) education, advocacy, and conferences that AAAP members and their institutions also engage with.
• American Hospital Association (AHA): AHA is the largest US hospital industry association. Its leadership and workforce programs overlap with AAAP's children's hospital administrator segment and benchmarking offerings at a broader scale.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): AAMC is the umbrella association for academic medical institutions. It serves the same institutional decision-makers with broader workforce, finance, and leadership resources that overlap with AAAP's benchmarking and professional development offerings.
• Children's Hospital Association (CHA): CHA represents children's hospitals nationally and is a natural peer given AAAP's children's hospital administrator segment. It overlaps in advocacy, quality benchmarking, and workforce data, but at the institutional rather than individual administrator level.

Direct peers

• Academic Pediatric Association (APA): APA is a pediatric academic professional society whose members include leaders of academic pediatric departments and health systems. It runs overlapping conferences, research networks, and policy efforts addressing the same academic pediatric ecosystem AAAP serves.
• Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS): PAS is the umbrella meeting organization of which AAAP is a participating society. Both share the same academic pediatric audience and jointly program the largest pediatric research meeting in North America.
• Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC): AMSPDC represents chairs of medical school pediatric departments and is AAAP's documented co-organizing partner for the Spring 2027 meeting. It serves the same institutional base (academic pediatric leadership) from the physician-leadership side, with overlapping event and policy engagement.

Emerging players

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM): SAEM is a society for academic emergency medicine faculty and administrators. While narrower in subspecialty, it shares the same academic department administrator model and produces parallel meetings, salary benchmarking, and policy engagement AAAP would consider reference points.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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