Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA)

What Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) does

The Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) is a private non-profit professional membership association founded in 1989 and headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. It serves elected and appointed local government auditors from cities, counties, utility districts, transit agencies, tribal governments, and related entities across 35 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories, and five Canadian provinces. ALGA delivers training, peer review services, professional publications, awards, and mentorship to approximately 300+ organizational members and 2,500+ individual members, and holds representation on standards-setting bodies including GASAC and the U.S. Comptroller General's Domestic Working Group.

ALGA's product surface is centered on member services rather than technology: the ALGA Quarterly journal (published four times per year), the Annual Conference (1,000+ attendees), monthly CPE webinars, regional trainings in multiple cities, the Knighton Award and other recognition programs, a mentorship program, a peer review program covering Yellow Book and Red Book standards (40+ reviews annually), a job board/career center, and forums and benchmarking for members. Underlying operations run on YourMembership's association management software, which handles member directories, dues invoicing, event registration, email marketing, and the website (algaonline.org). There is no proprietary technology platform developed by ALGA.

Revenue is generated through a diversified, recurring model: tiered annual membership dues based on the number of auditors per member organization ($220-$1,355 for organizational members), associate memberships at roughly half those rates, registration fees for regional trainings ($135-$350) and webinars ($20 member / $50 non-member), Annual Conference attendance and tiered corporate sponsorships (Diamond/Gold/Silver), non-member job posting fees ($100), and an online store for archived webinars and merchandise. The member services staff is lean (approximately 12 people), and operations are supplemented by an elected volunteer board of auditors from member organizations.

Name

Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA)

Legal name

Association of Local Government Auditors

Website

https://algaonline.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ALGA is a non-profit professional association founded in 1989 that serves local government auditors across North America through training, peer review, publications, awards, and mentorship, with 300+ organizational and 2,500+ individual members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington, Kentucky

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual dues based on organizational membership tier (1-2 auditors: $220; 3-5 auditors: $315; 6-10 auditors: $585; 11-15 auditors: $835; 16-25 auditors: $1,120; 26+ auditors: $1,355) and associate membership tier (roughly half the organizational rates). Dues year is July 1 through June 30.
2. Training and Webinars: Webinar fees: Members $20 each, Non-members $50. Bulk discount available for 10+ registrants from member offices at $20 for first nine and $15 each for additional. Regional training registration fees range from $135-$350 depending on membership status and early-bird deadline. Non-members pay for job postings at $100.
3. Online Store: Archived webinars available for purchase; organizational merchandise sales through online store.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ALGA is a nonprofit professional membership association for local government auditors. It delivers member services including an annual conference, regional trainings, webinars, a peer review program for compliance with auditing standards (Yellow Book and Red Book), the ALGA Quarterly professional journal, awards programs, a mentorship program, and a career/job board.

Product overview

The Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) is a professional membership organization, not a product company. ALGA provides a suite of member services including training (annual conferences, webinars, regional trainings), peer review programs for compliance with auditing standards, professional publications (Quarterly journal), awards programs (Knighton Award, Lifetime Achievement, Rising Star), mentorship opportunities, and a career center for job postings. These services are coordinated through their membership management platform and delivered to over 300 organizational members and 2,500 individual members across North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Local Government Auditing Quarterly: ALGA Quarterly is the official professional journal of the Association of Local Government Auditors, released four times per year in March, June, September, and December. The publication covers topics of interest to professionals who provide audit services to local governments.

Products and services

• ALGA Annual Conference Premier national training event for local government auditors held annually with over 1,000 virtual and in-person attendees; includes educational sessions, sponsor exhibitions, and networking.
• Peer Review Program Compliance peer review service for member audit organizations covering Yellow Book (GAO) and Red Book (IIA) standards; ALGA arranges over 40 reviews per year.
• Regional Training One- or two-day in-person training events in various cities delivering 8-16 hours of CPE credit, with topics specific to local government auditing including peer review process workshops.
• Webinars Monthly virtual training sessions held on the first or second Tuesday from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each offering 1 hour of CPE credit to local government auditors.
• ALGA Quarterly (Local Government Auditing Quarterly) ALGA's quarterly professional journal published in March, June, September, and December, covering internal controls, risk assessment, auditing standards, and professional development topics relevant to local government auditors.
• Knighton Award Program Annual awards program recognizing the best performance audit reports in Exemplary and Distinguished categories, with size-based competition categories ranging from Extra Small (1-2 auditors) to Extra Large (16+ auditors).
• Mentorship Program Formal mentorship matching program pairing experienced auditor mentors with mentees for monthly conversations covering career goals, technical issues, and organizational challenges.
• Career Center / Job Board Online platform for posting and searching job openings in local government auditing, with free posting for members and paid posting for non-members.
• Online Store (Archived Webinars and Merchandise) Online store offering archived webinar recordings for purchase and ALGA-branded organizational merchandise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Training for over 1,000 attendees annually at the ALGA Annual Conference
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Baker TillyflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Level corporate sponsor for the 2026 ALGA Annual Conference. With 11,000+ professionals across 100+ offices in the U.S., Baker Tilly provides accounting, tax and consulting services including internal audit, IT audit, grant management and compliance support, forensics, and process improvement projects for governmental clients.
• CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Level corporate sponsor for the 2026 ALGA Annual Conference. CLA provides industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services.
• Plante MoranflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Level corporate sponsor for the 2026 ALGA Annual Conference. A Top 10 firm providing advisory services for over 100 years.
• BerryDunncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Helps auditors with complex challenges, including internal audit services and ARPA funds compliance verification for local government.
• Cherry BekaertcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Government & Public Sector team offers services to strengthen operations, rebuild trust in government, foster integrity and optimize data for decision-making.
• DatasnippercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Agentic automation platform transforming audit and finance. AI Agents reduce manual work and streamline workflows. Trusted by Fortune 500s, government agencies, and all Big Four firms across 175 countries.
• DiligentcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Diligent One helps state and local agencies strengthen transparency, accountability, and fiscal stewardship through centralized risk, audits, internal controls, and compliance management in a FedRAMP-authorized environment.
• EmpoweredcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Connected governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that unifies audit, risk, and compliance work, reducing manual tasks and siloed systems.
• Forvis MazarscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, ranked among largest public accounting firms in the U.S. with 7,000 dedicated team members providing assurance, tax, and consulting services.
• The IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. The internal audit profession's global voice, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, chief advocate, and principal educator. Provides professional networking, training, certification, standards and guidance, research, and specialized government and public sector guidance.
• MissionmarkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Audit software designed and built in collaboration with local governments. Transform audit processes into simple repeatable workflows for tracking timelines, work assignments, workpapers, and recommendation follow-up.
• OptrocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Category-defining global platform for connected risk. More than 50% of the Fortune 500 trust Optro to transform audit, risk, and compliance management.
• SuralinkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Single secure platform for accounting and professional service firms to collaborate with clients, exchange documents at scale, and track engagement progress. Works with 1000+ tax, advisory, and audit accounting clients worldwide.
• UHYcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Government accounting and advisory services including financial statements and grant audits, internal control and process improvements, cybersecurity assessments, forensic accounting, and enterprise risk management.
• Unified AuditcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Full-featured audit management software created by auditors, accompanying audit professionals from risk identification to issue tracking and resource planning.
• Wolters Kluwer TeamMatecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Flexible, purpose-built audit and GRC solutions that unify assurance, risk, and compliance with global reach and local expertise.
• WorkivacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level corporate sponsor. Connected platform where all audit data, policies, controls, and documents are located securely in a single location with AI engine boosting team productivity.
• CroweminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level corporate sponsor. One of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the U.S. with 39 offices. Public sector internal audit practice has been providing services to State and Local governments for over 50 years.
• YourMembershipcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of membership management software powering algaonline.org since 1998. Provides online community software, membership software, association management software including member-facing online community, website management, member invoicing/dues system, email marketing, event management, career center, and buyer's guide products.
• GASAC (Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerALGA has a representative on GASAC who represents ALGA and local government auditing interests. The representative also supports ALGA's interests on the International Internal Audit Standards Board (IIASB).
• GAO (Government Accountability Office)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerALGA provides input from the local government audit perspective to the GAO through feedback on standard setting exposure drafts. The U.S. Comptroller General's Domestic Working Group includes ALGA representation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• International City/County Management Association (ICMA): ICMA serves local government managers and administrators, the same customer organizations whose audit shops ALGA serves. It is ecosystem-adjacent rather than a direct competitor, but provides a complementary channel to reach local government decision-makers.
• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA): ASPA is a professional association for the broader public administration community, including public-sector leaders and academics. It is adjacent to ALGA's local government audience rather than directly competing, but draws from the same pool of public servants.

Direct peers

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE): ACFE is the world's largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and the CFE credential. It overlaps with ALGA's fraud-examination training content (e.g., 'Fool Me Twice' webinar) and serves a related auditing/assurance audience.
• Association of Government Accountants (AGA): AGA is a professional membership organization for government financial management professionals and administers the CGFM (Certified Government Financial Manager) credential. It shares ALGA's government-finance audience and CPE/training focus.
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): GFOA represents state and local government finance officers with training, best-practice guidance, and awards. It serves a closely adjacent audience to ALGA (government finance and audit professionals) with a comparable membership-association model.
• Association of Inspectors General: The Association of Inspectors General represents inspectors general across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Its members conduct oversight and investigations similar in nature to ALGA's local government audit shops, making it a direct peer in the government-oversight ecosystem.
• ISACA: ISACA is a global professional association for IT governance, risk, and audit professionals offering the CISA credential and related training. It overlaps with ALGA members on IT audit and cybersecurity work performed by local government audit shops.
• The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA): The IIA is the global professional association for internal auditors and a flagship sponsor of ALGA. Both organizations serve internal audit professionals with training, certifications, and standards, but The IIA operates at a much larger global scale with broader scope.
• National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT): NASACT serves state-level auditors, comptrollers, and treasurers, complementing ALGA's local government focus with state-level coverage. Notably, ALGA's member services staff operate from NASACT's infrastructure (shared email domain and Lexington, KY operations), indicating deep operational linkage.

Broad incumbents

• AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants): AICPA is the largest professional association for CPAs in the U.S., offering training, credentials (CPA, CGMA), and standards. It overlaps with ALGA on Yellow Book and government-audit training but addresses the broader accounting profession rather than specializing in local government.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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