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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AAACE.

Totals

Total revenue
$409,500
Total expenses
$384,998
Contributions and grants received
$54,879
Grants paid
$10,000
Program service revenue
$287,123
Investment income
$67,498
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,916,265
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,537
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,788,728
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$305,587
Management and general expenses
$79,411
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$305,587

Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $46,066

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,813

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $154,835 · related or exempt $154,835

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION AND JOURNA

    total $132,255 · related or exempt $132,255

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $33 · related or exempt $33

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $55,097 · excluded $55,097

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $208,494

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $196,093

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,401

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,401 · excluded $12,401

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $146,319 · program services $121,445 · management and general $24,874

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,675 · management and general $1,675

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $388 · management and general $388

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,607 · program services $9,607

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,851 · management and general $4,851

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,452 · program services $6,452

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $103,780 · program services $103,780

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,654 · management and general $2,654

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDITORIAL FEES

    total $39,307 · program services $39,307

  • 24b · Other expenses: STRATEGIC PLANNING

    total $32,000 · management and general $32,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    total $12,969 · management and general $12,969

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $7,655 · program services $7,655

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,341 · program services $7,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $54,094 · end of year $156,921

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $88,961 · end of year $66,632

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,119 · end of year $28,379

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,566,697 · end of year $1,664,333

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,731 · end of year $101,992

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $22,740 · end of year $25,545

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,813 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $581,837 · end of year $580,813

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,096,750 · end of year $1,207,915

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (AAACE) IS TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR THE FIELD OF ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION BY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; UNIFYING ADULT EDUCATORS; FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF THEORY, RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND BEST PRACTICES; PROMOTING IDENTITY AND STANDARDS FOR THE PROFESSION; AND ADVOCATING RELEVANT PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVES.

  • ANNUAL CONFERENCE: THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF ADULT EDUCATION THROUGH ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE IS USUALLY HELD IN THE FALL IN A CITY THAT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE TO BOTH THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND PRACTITIONERS. IN 2024 THE CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY 326 PARTICIPANTS. IT CONSISTS OF KEYNOTE SESSIONS, CONCURRENT SESSIONS, POSTER SESSIONS, AND TWO-TO-THREE PRE-OR CO CONFERENCES. THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 1-6, 2024, IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

    Expenses $216,311 · Grants $10,000 · Revenue $154,835

  • PUBLICATIONS: THE ASSOCIATION PROMOTED THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES TO ACADEMICIANS, PROFESSIONALS, AND PRACTITIONERS THROUGH ITS ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS. TWO QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS, ADULT EDUCATION QUARTERLY, A PREFERRED RESEARCH JOURNAL, AND ADULT LEARNING, A PRACTITIONER-ORIENTED JOURNAL, ARE HIGHLY REGARDED WITHIN THE FIELD. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO PUBLISHES THE JOURNAL OF TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION, WHICH IS A PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARLY JOURNAL FOCUSED ON ADVANCING THE UNDERSTANDING, PRACTICE, AND EXPERIENCE OF TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION. ALL THREE JOURNALS ARE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY TO ALL MEMBERS AS A MEMBER BENEFIT FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. IN ADDITION, THE HANDBOOK OF ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION IS PUBLISHED EVERY TEN YEARS AS A REFERENCE TEXT ON CURRENT RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIELD.

    Expenses $89,276 · Revenue $132,288

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Frye

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tricia Berry

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michelle Glowack-Dudka

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lilian Hill

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carla Jordan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Barcinas

    CPAE COMMISSION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kayon Murray-Johnson

    CDLT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marissa Illeana Molina

    CGS COMMISSION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvonne Hunter-Johnson

    CWPD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mattyna Stephens

    CCMNFE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christy Rhodes

    CIAE COMMISSION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Baize-Ward

    CCCEVE COMMISSION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349302207

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