Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $16,090,537
- Total expenses
- $16,190,270
- Contributions and grants received
- $135,871
- Grants paid
- $614,114
- Program service revenue
- $14,711,779
- Investment income
- $124,138
- Other revenue
- $1,118,749
- Total assets, end of year
- $40,819,138
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $15,733,256
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,085,882
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $11,065,723
- Management and general expenses
- $5,116,442
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,105
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $11,065,723
Program services were 68.3% 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.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$135,871
-
2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS
total $10,840,917 · related or exempt $10,840,917
-
2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $1,652,814 · related or exempt $1,652,814
-
2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING
total $1,022,677 · related or exempt $1,022,677
-
2d · Program service revenue: JOB INFORMATION SERVICE
total $671,886 · related or exempt $671,886
-
2e · Program service revenue: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP NETWORK
total $400,000 · related or exempt $400,000
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $123,485 · related or exempt $123,485
-
3 · Investment income
total $302,022 · excluded $302,022
-
5 · Royalties
total $3,948 · excluded $3,948
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $1,091,700
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $1,091,700
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $1,091,700 · excluded $1,091,700
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $18,813,603
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $18,991,487
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities -$177,884
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$177,884 · excluded -$177,884
-
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $20,207 · excluded $20,207
-
11b · Other revenue: MAILING LIST RENTAL
total $2,894 · unrelated business $2,894
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$23,101
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $526,258 · program services $526,258
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $70,898 · program services $70,898
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $16,958 · program services $16,958
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $685,969 · program services $160,441 · management and general $525,528
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $7,963,917 · program services $5,713,809 · management and general $2,248,351 · fundraising $1,757
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $589,953 · program services $400,645 · management and general $189,308
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $712,779 · program services $484,057 · management and general $228,332 · fundraising $390
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $617,994 · program services $419,688 · management and general $198,306
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $65,639 · management and general $65,639
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $90,576 · management and general $90,576
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $974 · management and general $974
-
11g · Fees: other
total $798,413 · program services $492,086 · management and general $306,085 · fundraising $242
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $29,145 · program services $29,145
-
13 · Office expenses
total $294,263 · program services $191,557 · management and general $102,706
-
14 · Information technology
total $1,145,334 · program services $777,811 · management and general $367,290 · fundraising $233
-
15 · Royalties
total $9,476 · program services $9,476
-
16 · Occupancy
total $1,637,854 · program services $1,109,908 · management and general $527,614 · fundraising $332
-
17 · Travel
total $70,448 · program services $54,809 · management and general $15,639
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $467,162 · program services $363,452 · management and general $98,588 · fundraising $5,122
-
20 · Interest
total $1,428 · management and general $1,428
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $67,170 · program services $42,622 · management and general $24,536 · fundraising $12
-
23 · Insurance
total $78,597 · management and general $78,597
-
24a · Other expenses: PRINTING
total $192,020 · program services $191,594 · management and general $426
-
24b · Other expenses: DUES
total $57,045 · program services $10,509 · management and general $46,519 · fundraising $17
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $46,236 · end of year $46,321
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,198,476 · end of year $3,306,871
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $750,000
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,106,339 · end of year $1,575,990
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $216,380 · end of year $173,785
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,643,136 · end of year $1,850,635
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$765,144
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$75,736
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $700,150 · end of year $689,408
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $4,642,954 · end of year $6,227,978
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $12,823,245 · end of year $15,074,319
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $12,733,911 · end of year $11,873,831
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $975,403 · end of year $533,696
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,439,304 · end of year $1,570,261
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $14,439,220 · end of year $13,629,299
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $15,775,698 · end of year $18,348,075
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,231,202 · end of year $6,737,807
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE MLA IS DEVOTED TO ENCOURAGING THE STUDY & TEACHING OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.
-
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATIONS:SEE SCHEDULE O.
Expenses $6,897,628 · Revenue $12,036,288
-
CONVENTION, MEMBERSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:SEE SCHEDULE O.
Expenses $4,168,095 · Grants $614,114 · Revenue $2,675,491
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
FRIEDA EKOTTO
PRESIDENT (TO 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DANA A WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
TINA LU
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
HERMAN BEAVERS
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
AMA BEMMA ADWETEWA-BADU
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRENDA BRUEGGEMANN
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID DAMROSCH
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DEBORAH MALDONADO-DEOLIVEIRA
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERIN D GRAFF ZIVIN
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ESTHER ALLEN
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
IFEOMA C KIDDOE NWANKWO
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
IGNACIO SANCHEZ PRADO
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAHAN RAMAZANI
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LEAH S MARCUS
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LISA KARAKAYA
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LUNA REIS
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARISA GALVEZ
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
REBECCA COLESWORTHY
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 12/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RITA BERNICE DANDRIDGE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SAMER MAHDY ALI
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STACEY LEE DONAHUE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
VIRGINIA RAMOS
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PAULA M KREBS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $337,672
- From this org
- $302,945
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,727
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $302,945
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $26,392
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,335
- Filer's total
- $337,672
-
TERRENCE CALLAGHAN
DIR. OF ADMIN. AND FIN.
- Total calculated
- $247,730
- From this org
- $219,913
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,817
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $219,913
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,482
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,335
- Filer's total
- $247,730
-
MARY ONORATO
DIR. OF BIB. INFO. SVCS.
- Total calculated
- $195,012
- From this org
- $172,981
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,031
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,981
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,696
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,335
- Filer's total
- $195,012
-
THANH TRINH
DIR. INFO SYSTEMS & CIO
- Total calculated
- $202,353
- From this org
- $187,026
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,327
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $187,026
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,327
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $202,353
-
ANGELA GIBSON
DIR. SCHOLARY COMM.
- Total calculated
- $208,753
- From this org
- $174,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,553
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $174,200
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $17,487
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,066
- Filer's total
- $208,753
-
MICHAEL LIVOLSI
HEAD OF DATA DESIGN
- Total calculated
- $194,704
- From this org
- $153,224
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $41,480
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,224
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,203
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,277
- Filer's total
- $194,704
-
ANNA S A CHANG
DIR. OF OUTREACH
- Total calculated
- $170,928
- From this org
- $149,032
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,896
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,032
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,561
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,335
- Filer's total
- $170,928
-
JASON RHODY
DIR. MAPS
- Total calculated
- $204,773
- From this org
- $176,163
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,610
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $176,163
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,333
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,277
- Filer's total
- $204,773
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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 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 3
- EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION POLICY: THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REVIEW COMPARATIVE SURVEY DATA EACH YEAR BEFORE RECOMMENDING COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION MUST BE APPROVED BY A RECORDED VOTE OF THE FULL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE SALARIES OF KEY EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFTER CONSULTING COMPARATIVE SALARY SURVEY DATA AND ARE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ONCE A YEAR.
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
-
$44,924
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 26 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531789349300018
Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.
The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.