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← AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,461,199
Total expenses
$14,654,452
Contributions and grants received
$8,407,342
Grants paid
$844,150
Program service revenue
$2,338,855
Investment income
$1,434,171
Other revenue
$280,831
Total assets, end of year
$154,882,651
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,632,605
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$142,250,046
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,068,952
Management and general expenses
$2,695,923
Fundraising expenses
$1,889,577
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,068,952

Program services were 68.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,426,476

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $422,354

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,558,512

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RENTAL INCOME

    total $1,890,641 · related or exempt $1,890,641

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $448,214 · related or exempt $448,214

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,094,931 · unrelated business $36,077 · excluded $1,058,854

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $910,622

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $678,877

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $231,745

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $231,745 · excluded $231,745

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,747,179

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

    securities $9,407,939

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $339,240

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $339,240 · related or exempt $339,240

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $139,491

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,426,476

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $139,491

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $49,086 · excluded $49,086

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $49,086

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $779,350 · program services $779,350

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $64,800 · program services $64,800

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $974,476 · program services $578,087 · management and general $229,968 · fundraising $166,421

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,340,628 · program services $2,574,986 · management and general $1,024,351 · fundraising $741,291

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $74,460 · program services $44,172 · management and general $17,572 · fundraising $12,716

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $148,536 · program services $88,116 · management and general $35,053 · fundraising $25,367

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $696,889 · program services $413,415 · management and general $164,459 · fundraising $119,015

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $116,173 · program services $16,606 · management and general $99,567

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $70,012 · management and general $70,012

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $125,000 · management and general $125,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,303,114 · program services $1,587,957 · management and general $356,083 · fundraising $359,074

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,203 · program services $681 · management and general $715 · fundraising $807

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $711,336 · program services $598,099 · management and general $23,976 · fundraising $89,261

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,909 · program services $55,837 · management and general $10,355 · fundraising $12,717

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,793,501 · program services $1,573,527 · management and general $49,647 · fundraising $170,327

  • 17 · Travel

    total $429,797 · program services $286,306 · management and general $102,647 · fundraising $40,844

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,624 · program services $1,624 · fundraising $60,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,073,470 · program services $1,068,523 · management and general $2,083 · fundraising $2,864

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $634,505 · program services $178,417 · management and general $369,291 · fundraising $86,797

  • 24b · Other expenses: GALA EVENT EXPENSES

    total $175,669 · program services $158,449 · management and general $15,144 · fundraising $2,076

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,446,343 · end of year $3,071,069

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,408,705 · end of year $4,119,556

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $705,738 · end of year $1,402,862

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $37,868,863

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $23,706,391

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,870,763 · end of year $14,162,472

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $48,700,261 · end of year $52,111,292

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $63,827,067 · end of year $72,701,955

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,708,688 · end of year $7,313,445

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,106,928 · end of year $3,525,890

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $499,468 · end of year $379,256

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $367,454

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,662,391 · end of year $8,727,459

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,184,666 · end of year $34,038,139

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,846,658 · end of year $108,211,907

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME SUPPORTS INNOVATIVE ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER IN A DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ROME.

  • FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES:THROUGH ITS ANNUAL ROME PRIZE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, THE ACADEMY SUPPORTED THIRTY- ONE INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN ARCHITECTURE, ANCIENT STUDIES, DESIGN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, LITERATURE, MEDIEVAL STUDIES, MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES, MUSICAL COMPOSITION, RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES, AND VISUAL ARTS. THE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS IN RESIDENCE AT THE ACADEMY PURSUE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT PROJECTS FOR PERIODS OF 5 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS. IN ADDITION, THE ACADEMY COMMUNITY INCLUDED TWELVE RESIDENTS, WHO ARE EMINENT ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS WHO STAY AT THE ACADEMY FOR PERIODS UP TO 4 MONTHS, TWENTY-ONE AFFILIATED FELLOWS, SELECTED BY SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS, AND FIVE ITALIAN FELLOWS, SELECTED BY THE ACADEMY TO STAY AT THE ACADEMY FOR PERIODS OF 3 OR 4 MONTHS.

    Expenses $5,484,441 · Grants $844,150 · Revenue $2,338,855

  • OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS:THE ACADEMY COMMUNITY INCLUDED 78 VISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS WHO RENT ROOMS, APARTMENTS, STUDY SPACES, AND STUDIOS WHILE PURSUING THEIR RESEARCH IN ROME.

    Expenses $1,414,688

  • ARTHUR AND JANET C. ROSS LIBRARY:THE LIBRARY'S WIDE-RANGING CATALOGUE INCLUDES INVALUABLE COLLECTIONS IN HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND THE ART OF ROME AND ITALY. IT INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE DOCUMENTING ROME'S MANY MONUMENTS AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE WORK OF PAST ROME PRIZE FELLOWS, AND A SMALL BUT VARIED TEACHING COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES RANGING FROM STATUES AND INSCRIPTIONS TO POTTERY AND MILLSTONES. WITH OVER 168,000 HOLDINGS IN CLASSICAL STUDIES AND THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE LIBRARY IS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR ITS COLLECTIONS IN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE, ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ROME, ANCIENT RELIGIONS, AS WELL AS RELATED FIELDS SUCH AS EPIGRAPHY, NUMISMATICS AND PAPYROLOGY. THE RARE BOOK COLLECTION CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF 16TH TO 18TH CENTURY IMPRINTS IN CLASSICAL STUDIES, ARCHAEOLOGY, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE, INCLUDING A SIZEABLE COLLECTION OF ROMAN GUIDEBOOKS AND EARLY ART TREATISES. FURTHER INCLUDED ARE TITLES IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, ITALIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE, AMERICAN LITERATURE, HISTORICAL TRAVEL BOOKS, AND MUSIC. THE MAIN USERS OF THE LIBRARY ARE THE FELLOWS AND RESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY, BUT READING PASSES ARE ALSO ISSUED TO ITALIAN SCHOLARS, QUALIFIED ROMAN RESIDENTS, AND VISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS. THE LIBRARY COUNTS APPROXIMATELY 9,000 VISITS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $1,426,506

  • ARTS AND HUMANITIES EVENTS, SUMMER PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,743,317

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Calvin Tsao

    CHAIR (EFFECTIVE 1/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Cary J Davis

    CHAIR (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Alessia Antinori

    VICE-CHAIR (EFFECTIVE 1/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John F W Rogers

    VICE-CHAIR (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William M Cameron

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Brennan

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alexandra Munroe

    SECRETARY (EFFECTIVE 1/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Robbins

    PRESIDENT & CEO (UNTIL JULY 31, 2023)

    Total calculated
    $536,556
    From this org
    $468,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,171
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $468,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,388
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,783
    Filer's total
    $536,556
  • Peter N Miller

    PRESIDENT & CEO (EFFECTIVE 8/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Tara Mia Paone

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $279,261
    From this org
    $237,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,577
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,684
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,576
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,001
    Filer's total
    $279,261
  • Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Bierut

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 3/25/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susanna Borghese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • T Corey Brennan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Brody

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Burnham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilynn A Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginevra Elkann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph A Farrell Jr

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Greenblatt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Hamilton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lyle Ashton Harris

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guy Hedreen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phu Hoang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Hobart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter J Hood

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry P Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David I Kertzer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David A Lang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William B McGurn III

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/31/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Welsh McNulty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simon D Mordant

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nico Muhly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francine C Prose

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Slobodan Randjelovic

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katharine J Rayner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francesco Starace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cole Frates

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David M Stone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Straus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzy Wahba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Mae Weems

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam D Weinberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sydney H Weinberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles K Williams II

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tod C Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aliza Wong

    TRUSTEE. DIRECTOR IN ROME

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Elizabeth Harris

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $157,021
    From this org
    $140,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,517
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,504
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,968
    Filer's total
    $157,021
  • Marilyn Hernandez

    VP FOR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $141,390
    From this org
    $123,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,274
    Hours/week
    50
  • Paola Gaetani

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $427,073
    From this org
    $380,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,738
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,335
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $427,073
  • Sara Argentieri

    DEPUTY DIR. FOR FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $148,466
    From this org
    $104,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,838
    Hours/week
    50
  • Sebastian Hierl

    DRUE HEINZ LIBRARIAN

    Total calculated
    $184,721
    From this org
    $127,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,122
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,599
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $57,122
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $184,721

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING IS PROVIDED TO THE ACADEMY'S RESIDENTIAL OFFICERS, WHO SERVE FOR FIXED TERMS AND ARE GENERALLY FROM THE U.S. AND MAY BE SECONDED BY U.S. UNIVERSITIES. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY RECEIVES PAID MEMBERSHIP IN TWO SOCIAL CLUBS IN WHICH MEMBERSHIP ALSO SERVES A RELATED BUSINESS PURPOSE FOR THE ACADEMY.
PART I, LINE 4B
MARK ROBBINS - DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCRUED (NON-QUALIFIED) - $47,388

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • JANUS SURL

    EVENT SPACE RENTAL · IT · income $1,931,729 · assets $2,041,581

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411979349300836

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