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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,690,308
Total expenses
$1,289,536
Contributions and grants received
$727,827
Grants paid
$211,051
Program service revenue
$228,605
Investment income
$613,526
Other revenue
$120,350
Total assets, end of year
$8,215,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$473,406
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,742,295
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$645,528
Management and general expenses
$495,188
Fundraising expenses
$148,820
Program service expenses (Part III)
$645,528

Program services were 50.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $272,556

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $9,480

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $439,791

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING INCOME

    total $204,905 · related or exempt $204,905

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET AND OTHER PUBLICATION SALE

    total $23,700 · related or exempt $23,700

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $224,026 · excluded $224,026

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $116,209 · excluded $116,209

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,377,201

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

    securities $2,987,701

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $389,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $389,500 · excluded $389,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,700

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

    $9,480

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $44,966

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$21,266 · excluded -$21,266

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER MISC REVENUE

    total $24,457 · excluded $24,457

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $950 · unrelated business $950

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,407

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $73,740 · program services $73,740

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $67,649 · program services $67,649

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $69,662 · program services $69,662

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $201,092 · program services $27,751 · management and general $100,003 · fundraising $73,338

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $268,386 · program services $110,591 · management and general $139,666 · fundraising $18,129

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,596 · program services $4,562 · management and general $7,011 · fundraising $1,023

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,345 · program services $10,237 · management and general $14,976 · fundraising $3,132

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,198 · program services $9,811 · management and general $16,405 · fundraising $5,982

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $251 · management and general $251

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,484 · management and general $54,484

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,694 · management and general $55,694

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,773 · program services $40,659 · management and general $25,318 · fundraising $2,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $580 · program services $100 · management and general $480

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $102,282 · program services $84,071 · management and general $13,604 · fundraising $4,607

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $53,424 · program services $23,952 · management and general $10,665 · fundraising $18,807

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,375 · management and general $23,375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,326 · program services $6,396 · management and general $2,760 · fundraising $170

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $69,413 · program services $53,490 · management and general $1,787 · fundraising $14,136

  • 20 · Interest

    total $969 · management and general $969

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,281 · program services $352 · management and general $7,686 · fundraising $243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,634 · management and general $6,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $21,994 · program services $14,666 · management and general $3,577 · fundraising $3,751

  • 24b · Other expenses: PHOTOGRAPHY

    total $16,163 · program services $15,688 · fundraising $475

  • 24c · Other expenses: STORAGE FEES

    total $14,433 · program services $7,165 · management and general $7,268

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIUM

    total $8,500 · program services $8,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,292 · program services $16,486 · management and general $2,575 · fundraising $2,231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $400 · end of year $400

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $719,191 · end of year $932,031

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,218 · end of year $56,916

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,152 · end of year $26,218

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,919 · end of year $72,863

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

    $60,774

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

    $59,607

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,428 · end of year $1,167

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,988,755 · end of year $7,066,703

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $400 · end of year $11,667

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,365 · end of year $47,736

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,266 · end of year $66,006

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $346,313 · end of year $385,505

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $21,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,531,819 · end of year $1,885,714

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,924,430 · end of year $5,856,581

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SOCIETY IS TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, LANDSCAPE AND URBANISM WORLDWIDE AMONG SCHOLARS, PROFESSIONALS IN ALLIED FIELDS (INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PLANNING) AND THE INTERESTED GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS MISSION IS ACHIEVED BY: SPONSORING THE PURSUIT AND PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; SPONSORING FORUMS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS; PROVIDING PUBLICATIONS THAT DISSEMINATE SCHOLARLY WORK, PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FIELD AND OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC; ACKNOWLEDGING OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD; FOSTERING SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT ALL LEVELS; ORGANIZING STUDY TOURS OF SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND SITES BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD; AND SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PLACES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, LANDSCAPES AND URBANISM

  • STUDY:GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS - EACH YEAR THE SOCIETY AWARDS A NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS TO SCHOLARS WHO PRESENT PAPERS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DOMESTIC STUDY TOURS.

    Expenses $218,943 · Grants $211,051 · Revenue $204,905

  • INTERPRETATION:TOURS AND CONFERENCE - SAH HOSTS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHICH ALLOWS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, ART HISTORIANS, ARCHITECTS, MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS, AND PRESERVATIONISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD A VENUE TO SHARE NEW RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.STUDY TOURS ARE ORGANIZED IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS SO PARTICIPANT MAY LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES AND STYLES OF WORLD ARCHITECTURE.BUILDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES -AN AWARD-WINNING SERIES OF BOOKS ON AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE COMPILED AND WRITTEN ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE SERIES IS TO IDENTIFY AND CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF EACH STATE. THE SERIES IS COMMISSIONED BY THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AND PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS.PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS -PUBLISHED SINCE 1941, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS (JSAH) IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JOURNAL ON HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES PER YEAR, EACH ISSUE OFFERS FOUR TO FIVE SCHOLARLY ARTICLES ON TOPICS FROM ALL PERIODS OF HISTORY AND ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS, FILMS, AND OTHER MEDIA, AND A VARIETY OF EDITORIALS AND OPINION PIECES DESIGNED TO PLACE THE DISCIPLINE OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY WITHIN A LARGER INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT. PUBLISHED IN BOTH PRINT AND ONLINE, JSAH BRINGS TOPICS TO LIFE FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AND URBANISM.SAH ALSO PRODUCES A NEWSLETTER WHICH IS SENT TO OVER 10,000 INDIVIDUALS AND 2,500 ORGANIZATIONS EACH MONTH. THE SAH NEWSLETTER PROVIDES THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPES, DESIGN, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION.SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS ARCHITECTURE RESOURCE ARCHIVE (SAHARA) - SAHARA IS A DIGITAL COLLECTION OF OVER 100,000 IMAGES OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES CONTRIBUTED BY SAH MEMBERS - ARCHITECTS, SCHOLARS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, PRESERVATIONISTS, AND OTHERS WHO SHARE AN INTEREST IN THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $426,585 · Revenue $23,700

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patricia Morton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Carla Yanni

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT - TERM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Mohammad Gharipour

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Lynne Horiuchi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Gail Dubrow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Eliana Abu-Hamdi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlette Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Christensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elisa Dainese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine Rose Ettinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Gardini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ana Maria Leon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heba Mostafa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Paul Mumford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Nguyen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valentina Rozas-Krause

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vimalin Rujivacharakul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ipek Tureli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thaisa Way

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Thomas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,240
    From this org
    $151,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,252
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,252
    Filer's total
    $164,240

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531159349302163

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