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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$148,424,918
Total expenses
$126,040,509
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$1,849,000
Program service revenue
$141,179,226
Investment income
$6,904,554
Other revenue
$341,138
Total assets, end of year
$402,845,409
Total liabilities, end of year
$294,047,479
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$108,797,930
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$117,562,718
Management and general expenses
$8,477,791
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$117,562,718

Program services were 93.3% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DISPUTE RESOLUTION REV.

    total $140,357,665 · related or exempt $140,357,665

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SEMINAR REVENUE

    total $507,044 · related or exempt $507,044

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION REVENUE

    total $314,517 · related or exempt $314,517

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,402,073 · excluded $7,402,073

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $341,138 · excluded $341,138

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $140,251,000 · other assets $20,139

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

    securities $140,768,658 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$517,658 · other assets $20,139

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$497,519 · related or exempt $20,139 · excluded -$517,658

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,849,000 · program services $1,849,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $7,435,381 · program services $4,617,686 · management and general $2,817,695

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $56,153,582 · program services $52,844,455 · management and general $3,309,127

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,655,482 · program services $4,521,292 · management and general $134,190

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,508,565 · program services $7,406,724 · management and general $101,841

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,785,801 · program services $4,484,488 · management and general $301,313

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $807,419 · program services $746,981 · management and general $60,438

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $214,578 · program services $185,890 · management and general $28,688

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,736,488 · program services $5,381,143 · management and general $355,345

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,725,491 · program services $2,716,706 · management and general $8,785

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,756,268 · program services $3,649,173 · management and general $107,095

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,901,768 · program services $3,709,201 · management and general $192,567

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,674,922 · program services $8,463,374 · management and general $211,548

  • 17 · Travel

    total $820,746 · program services $775,561 · management and general $45,185

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $474,289 · program services $375,178 · management and general $99,111

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,947,233 · program services $4,799,757 · management and general $147,476

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $941,351 · program services $915,149 · management and general $26,202

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ELECTIONS EXP

    total $5,751,257 · program services $5,751,257

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,081,085 · program services $3,081,085

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $463,320 · program services $463,320

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECT EDUCATION EXP

    total $130,847 · program services $130,847

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,225,636 · program services $694,451 · management and general $531,185

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,449 · end of year $3,450

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,973,933 · end of year $19,098,522

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,268,522 · end of year $39,465,599

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,068,088 · end of year $3,827,006

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

    $44,845,669

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

    $28,209,764

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,338,413 · end of year $16,635,905

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $346,666,846 · end of year $288,288,451

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $33,924,302

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,681,478 · end of year $1,602,174

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $195,869,411 · end of year $195,161,128

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $80,413,646 · end of year $47,046,325

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $7,644,476 · end of year $4,500,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,184,197 · end of year $47,339,526

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $121,888,999 · end of year $108,797,930

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION ("AAA") IS DEDICATED TO EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTIONS-ORIENTED SERVICE.THE CORPORATE PURPOSE OF THE AAA, AS DESCRIBED IN ITS BYLAWS, IS "FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND INTERESTED PARTIES, TO STUDY, RESEARCH, PROMOTE, ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER PROCEDURES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES OF ALL KINDS THROUGH THE USE OF ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, CONCILIATION, NEGOTIATION, DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS AND OTHER VOLUNTARY PROCEDURES.

  • CASE ADMINISTRATION:THE AAA ADMINISTERS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ARBITRATIONS, MEDIATIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN A GIVEN YEAR. THE AAA'S ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE IN THESE PROCESSES IS TO PROVIDE A FORUM WHERE DISPUTES CAN BE RESOLVED, TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED ARBITRATORS, MEDIATORS AND OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROFESSIONALS, AND TO APPLY OUR RULES THAT GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF THOSE PROCEEDINGS. THE RESULT OF THE AAA'S COLLECTIVE PROGRAMS HAS RESULTED IN A LESSENING OF THE BURDENS OF OUR COURTS AND GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $114,502,519 · Revenue $140,377,804

  • EDUCATION AND PUBLICATIONS: THE AAA EDUCATION SERVICES DIVISION PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. ITS FOCUS IS EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS BOTH IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS AS WELL AS ONLINE FORMATS TO ARBITRATORS AND MEDIATORS SERVING THE AAA AND ICDR AS WELL AS ADVOCATES, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE GOAL OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES.

    Expenses $3,060,199 · Grants $1,849,000 · Revenue $821,561

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

Listed in Part VII

  • BARBARA BENNINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • BARBARA MCGIVERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • CHRISTI UNDERWOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DAVID L EVANS ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DENIS J HAUPTLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • FRANK RUSSO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • HON WILLIAM G BASSLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • INDIA JOHNSON

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,262,604
    From this org
    $2,184,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,683
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $734,492
    Bonus
    $500,000
    Other
    $950,429
    Deferred
    $40,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,183
    Filer's total
    $2,262,604

  • J MICHAEL KIRKLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related

  • KAREN P LAYNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2 related

  • KIMBERLY WIEHL

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MARK H DUESENBERG

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN F SCHEINMAN ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW BIBEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MELINDA REID HATTON

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2.5 related

  • MICHELLE JOHNSON TIDJANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • RICHARD A ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • STEVEN ERRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • TERESA E MCCASLIN

    CHAIRPERSON (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • WILLIAM CROSBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ERIC P TUCHMANN

    GEN COUN, CORP SEC, & SVP

    Total calculated
    $910,831
    From this org
    $680,181
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $230,650
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $422,932
    Bonus
    $252,346
    Other
    $4,903
    Deferred
    $195,741
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,909
    Filer's total
    $910,831

  • FRANCESCO ROSSI

    CFO, TREASURER & SENIOR VP

    Total calculated
    $1,045,243
    From this org
    $782,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $263,226
    Hours/week
    50 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $467,049
    Bonus
    $312,346
    Other
    $2,622
    Deferred
    $225,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,143
    Filer's total
    $1,045,243

  • CHRISTINE L NEWHALL

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $652,947
    From this org
    $519,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $133,192
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,073
    Bonus
    $177,123
    Other
    $14,559
    Deferred
    $96,810
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,382
    Filer's total
    $652,947

  • DIANA N DIDIA

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $700,061
    From this org
    $589,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $110,076
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $364,850
    Bonus
    $222,513
    Other
    $2,622
    Deferred
    $108,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,176
    Filer's total
    $700,061

  • DWIGHT D JAMES

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $616,863
    From this org
    $508,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $108,638
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,369
    Bonus
    $177,293
    Other
    $13,563
    Deferred
    $93,193
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,445
    Filer's total
    $616,863

  • ERIC DILL

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $625,792
    From this org
    $494,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $131,297
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,597
    Bonus
    $187,346
    Other
    $4,552
    Deferred
    $93,623
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,674
    Filer's total
    $625,792

  • ROBERT MATLIN

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $621,040
    From this org
    $495,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $125,710
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,339
    Bonus
    $167,122
    Other
    $13,869
    Deferred
    $91,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,760
    Filer's total
    $621,040

  • HAROLD COLEMAN JR

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $630,075
    From this org
    $572,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,171
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,471
    Bonus
    $132,377
    Other
    $152,056
    Deferred
    $38,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,329
    Filer's total
    $630,075

  • KELLY WEISBROD

    VICE PRESIDENT & CONTROLLE

    Total calculated
    $360,629
    From this org
    $320,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,780
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,184
    Bonus
    $76,854
    Other
    $811
    Deferred
    $26,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,198
    Filer's total
    $360,629

  • MAUREEN KURDZIEL

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $474,067
    From this org
    $391,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,254
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,397
    Bonus
    $111,346
    Other
    $4,070
    Deferred
    $74,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,300
    Filer's total
    $474,067

  • INTERNA KHUTORSKY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $342,114
    From this org
    $297,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,753
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,215
    Bonus
    $77,280
    Other
    $5,866
    Deferred
    $24,509
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,244
    Filer's total
    $342,114

  • SASHA CARBONE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $495,041
    From this org
    $381,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $113,505
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,013
    Bonus
    $110,346
    Other
    $2,177
    Deferred
    $74,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,551
    Filer's total
    $495,041

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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 4B
AMOUNTS REPORTED IN COLUMN (C) OF PART II OF SCHEDULE J REFLECT CREDITS TO A SECTION 457(F) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN COVERING CERTAIN KEY EMPLOYEES, SUBJECT TO VESTING REQUIREMENTS. THE PLAN WAS APPROVED FOLLOWING EVALUATION BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD, AS WELL AS A NATIONAL COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM'S ISSUANCE OF AN OPINION LETTER CERTIFYING TO THE REASONABLENESS OF THE COMPENSATION, UNDER SECTION 4958 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN DURING 2022: INDIA JOHNSON, FRANCESCO ROSSI, ERIC TUCHMANN, DIANA DIDIA, HAROLD COLEMAN, ERIC DILL, CHRISTINE NEWHALL, ROBERT MATLIN, DWIGHT JAMES, MAUREEN KURDZIEL, AND SASHA CARBONE. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A PAYOUT DURING 2022: INDIA JOHNSON - $936,166 HAROLD COLEMAN - $144,113
PART I, LINE 5
SENIOR MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AWARDS, WHICH MAY BE BASED, IN PART, UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS RELATED TO MISSION, INITIATIVES, PROJECTS, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND OTHER OUTCOMES. THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B (II) AND INCLUDED IN THE 2022 W-2.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342899349301469

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