Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $338,292
- Total expenses
- $164,687
- Contributions and grants received
- $337,969
- Grants paid
- $35,130
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $323
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $253,532
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $253,532
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $109,415
- Management and general expenses
- $53,927
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,345
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $109,415
Program services were 66.4% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$13,835
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$61,843
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$262,291
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3 · Investment income
total $323 · excluded $323
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $27,828 · program services $27,828
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $7,302 · program services $7,302
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $98,735 · program services $61,312 · management and general $37,423
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $3,993 · program services $2,995 · management and general $998
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,944 · management and general $5,944
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,700 · program services $1,700
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13 · Office expenses
total $663 · management and general $663
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,938 · management and general $4,938
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17 · Travel
total $2,482 · program services $2,482
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23 · Insurance
total $970 · program services $258 · management and general $712
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24a · Other expenses: STIPENDS
total $5,380 · program services $4,574 · management and general $806
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24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING
total $1,055 · management and general $217 · fundraising $838
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24c · Other expenses: WORKSHOP & TRAVEL EXPENSE
total $866 · program services $866
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24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET
total $795 · program services $98 · management and general $697
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24e · All other expenses
total $2,036 · management and general $1,529 · fundraising $507
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $79,927 · end of year $253,532
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,539
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$6,539
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $79,927 · end of year $253,532
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS (ARISC) ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS STATES (ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA) ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES OF THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. ARISC'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE AMERICAN RESEARCH IN THE REGION AND TO FOSTER INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY ACROSS BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND ITS NEIGHBORS.
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IN 2024-25, ARISC BEGAN THE FISCAL YEAR WITH THE INTENTION OF RUNNING TEN COMPETITIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RUN FOUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AWARDING FOUR FELLOWS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH PROJECTS ABOUT THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND ONE SOUTH CAUCASUS SCHOLAR TO TRAVEL TO THE US TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT A CONFERENCE. ARISC RAN THE MULTI- DAY WORKSHOP, TEACHING THE SOUTH CAUCASUS FOR EXPERTS, INVITING SIX REGIONAL SCHOLARS TO WORKSHOP BEST PRACTICES AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE REGION. ARISC ALSO SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED OUT ANOTHER SEVEN FELLOWSHIPS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. ARISC CO-SPONSORED A PANEL AT THE ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC, EAST EUROPEAN, AND EURASIAN STUDIES ANNUAL CONVENTION. ARISC HAS RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO 138 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE BY SCHOLARS WITH THE LOGISTICS OF THEIR RESEARCH. THIRTY-FOUR VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LECTURES AND EVENTS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED OR CO-ORGANIZED IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS. ARISC HAS A BRANCH IN ARMENIA AND IN GEORGIA AND A REPRESENTATIVE IN AZERBAIJAN. OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD HAVE COLLECTED INFORMATION ON LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMS, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS, AND LISTS OF SCHOLARS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN BUILDING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS. ARISC GREATLY INCREASED OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES IN 2024-25.
Expenses $109,415 · Grants $35,130
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Heghnar WatenpaughHEGHNAR WATENPAUGH
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Stephen JonesSTEPHEN JONES
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elizabeth FaganELIZABETH FAGAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Lara FabianLARA FABIAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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See Statement 1 AttachedSEE STATEMENT 1 ATTACHED
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202622179349300527
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