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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,482,638
Total expenses
$1,324,857
Contributions and grants received
$129,595
Grants paid
$50,330
Program service revenue
$1,255,741
Investment income
$61,119
Other revenue
$36,183
Total assets, end of year
$1,693,589
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,297
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,598,292
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,186,095
Management and general expenses
$138,762
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,186,095

Program services were 89.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $129,595

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES

    total $1,098,738 · related or exempt $1,098,738

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $153,206 · related or exempt $153,206

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $3,797 · related or exempt $3,797

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $61,119 · excluded $61,119

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $36,183 · excluded $36,183

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,750 · program services $5,750

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $44,580 · program services $44,580

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $59,760 · program services $44,820 · management and general $14,940

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,593 · program services $16,944 · management and general $5,649

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,329 · program services $4,747 · management and general $1,582

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,531 · program services $21,404 · management and general $1,127

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,465 · program services $21,118 · management and general $2,347

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,162 · program services $1,104 · management and general $58

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,365 · program services $12,928 · management and general $1,437

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $951,863 · program services $856,677 · management and general $95,186

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,040 · program services $988 · management and general $52

  • 24a · Other expenses: JACR

    total $83,374 · program services $75,037 · management and general $8,337

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $69,508 · program services $62,557 · management and general $6,951

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $17,861 · program services $16,968 · management and general $893

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $676 · program services $473 · management and general $203

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $181,671 · end of year $184,055

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $53,410 · end of year $82,483

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $36,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,222 · end of year $14,911

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $71,475 · end of year $30,908

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,203,981 · end of year $1,345,232

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,955 · end of year $5,363

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $128,133 · end of year $89,934

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,008,462 · end of year $1,219,951

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $338,209 · end of year $378,341

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE CONSUMER RESEARCH AND FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION AMONG MEMBERS OF ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT WORLDWIDE. ONE OF THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF ACR IS TO FACILITATE THE GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE FIELD OF CONSUMER RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FACILITATE CONSUMER RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE OF SCHOLARLY INFORMATION.

  • ACR HOSTS AN ANNUAL ACR CONFERENCE FOR ITS MEMBERS AND CO-SPONSORS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT ROTATES BETWEEN EUROPE, ASIA-PACIFIC, AND LATIN AMERICA REGIONS. ACR ALSO PUBLISHES ADVANCES IN CONSUMER RESEARCH, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH PRESENTED AT THESE CONFERENCES. STARTING IN 2008, ACR ESTABLISHED A SMALL GRANT PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS RESEARCH EFFORTS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION. ACR ADMINISTERS THE DISSERTATION AWARDS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE SHETH FOUNDATION. THE ACR PUBLISHES THE JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH, A QUARTERLY PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PROVIDING THEMATIC EXPLORATIONS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR TOPICS.

    Expenses $1,186,095 · Grants $50,330 · Revenue $1,255,741

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KRISTIN DIEHL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HRISTINA NIKOLOVA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA RATNER

    PRESIDENT-EL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TINE LOWREY

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA KAHN

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AZIZA JONES

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANA VALENZUELA

    INT'L DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY STEFFEL

    AT LARGE DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEONARD LEE

    AT LARGE DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAJIV VAIDYANATHAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $59,760
    From this org
    $59,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502979349300315

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