A USFSA has its headquarters within Colorado Springs, Colorado. When of 2005, it claims to have a membership of on top 173,000, of which slightly across 100,000 come skaters enrolled inside basic skills classes like than competitory skating computer software. Its annual budget is roughly $16 million; a majority of the organization's income derives from either low of the television and corporate sponsorship rights for the annual U.S. Figure Skating Championships & more cases like Skate America & more international & manufactured-for-television competitions which are then produced both month per USFSA. Additionally to these cases, a USFSA likewise organizes national-level competitions & associated qualifying cases at a developmental, collegial, & full-grown levels, & within synchronized skating; and sanctions hundreds of more local competitions wear both season by member clubs. Additionally, a USFSA is the publisher of Skating magazine, & houses the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame in its headquarters building in Colorado Springs.

A USFSA is basically organized as an association of clubs like than of single skaters. There were merely Seven original clubs whilst a association was founded within 1921 and joined the ISU; presently there are about 600. A Governing Council, which is delegates from either completely member clubs world health organization care to send a two, meets both season & has a resole authority to amend the organization's constitution & system. A association's section into Eastern, Midwestern, & Pacific Coast sections reflects a historical concentrations of clubs in a Northeast, Chicago front yard, & California when you took the early years of the USFSA's being.

Although a Executive & more headquarters staff come paid employees, good deal of the business of the USFSA is carried out by volunteers. Particularly, skating officials like judges & referees are non paid.