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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,980,400
Total expenses
$6,335,370
Contributions and grants received
$133,211
Grants paid
$243,126
Program service revenue
$5,112,129
Investment income
$2,288,972
Other revenue
$446,088
Total assets, end of year
$24,259,331
Total liabilities, end of year
$930,251
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,329,080
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,175,011
Management and general expenses
$1,160,359
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,175,011

Program services were 81.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $133,211

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,202

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

    total $2,477,463 · related or exempt $2,477,463

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS/SEMINARS

    total $1,731,248 · related or exempt $1,731,248

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $585,036 · related or exempt $585,036

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STANDARDS

    total $226,278 · related or exempt $226,278

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

    total $2,925 · related or exempt $2,925

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $89,179 · related or exempt $89,179

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $510,883 · excluded $510,883

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $331,576 · related or exempt $331,576

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,968,448

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

    securities $5,190,359

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,778,089

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,778,089 · excluded $1,778,089

  • 11a · Other revenue: ACOUSTICS TODAY MAG ADVERTISING

    total $107,392 · unrelated business $107,392

  • 11b · Other revenue: ONLINE ADVERTISING

    total $7,100 · unrelated business $7,100

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $20 · excluded $20

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $114,512

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $36,000 · program services $36,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $145,997 · program services $145,997

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $61,129 · program services $61,129

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $461,240 · program services $336,387 · management and general $124,853

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,271,233 · program services $927,124 · management and general $344,109

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $134,487 · program services $91,732 · management and general $42,755

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $521,849 · program services $407,468 · management and general $114,381

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,249 · program services $80,024 · management and general $17,225

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,348 · management and general $2,348

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $112,500 · management and general $112,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $117,471 · management and general $117,471

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $718,072 · program services $674,551 · management and general $43,521

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,651 · program services $11,651

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $420,841 · program services $307,159 · management and general $113,682

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $130,229 · program services $121,092 · management and general $9,137

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $2,740 · program services $2,740

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,901 · program services $2,255 · management and general $23,646

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,326 · program services $112,957 · management and general $32,369

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $860,610 · program services $860,610

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,288 · program services $1,677 · management and general $1,611

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,635 · program services $9,902 · management and general $14,733

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIP. RENTAL AND MAINT

    total $476,465 · program services $476,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLISHING EXPENSE

    total $259,440 · program services $259,440

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $102,448 · program services $57,455 · management and general $44,993

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $61,196 · program services $61,196

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $131,025 · program services $130,000 · management and general $1,025

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $233,883 · end of year $140,446

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,272,885 · end of year $1,493,262

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,250 · end of year $3,925

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $823,386 · end of year $1,004,920

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,587 · end of year $163

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $84,784 · end of year $165,338

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

    $279,064

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

    $273,909

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,267 · end of year $5,155

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $20,128,633 · end of year $21,131,684

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $309,515 · end of year $314,438

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $349,602 · end of year $282,601

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,831,315 · end of year $414,512

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $384,861 · end of year $233,138

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,884,182 · end of year $18,203,016

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,412,230 · end of year $5,126,064

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO GENERATE, DISSEMINATE, AND PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS.

  • MEETINGS: THE ASA HOLDS 2 MEETINGS EACH YEAR ATTRACTING BETWEEN 1,000 AND 2000 ATTENDEES AT EACH. MEETINGS INCLUDE 800 TO 1,300 INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, STANDARDS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND NETWORKING EVENTS.STUDENT AWARD COMPETITIONS ARE CONDUCTED AT THESE MEETINGS INCLUDING AWARDS FOR BEST PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS. TRAVEL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION TO ATTEND MEETINGS. ASA ALSO PROVIDES ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE BY EARLY-CAREER ACOUSTICIANS AND WOMEN ACOUSTICIANS SUCH AS EARLY-CAREER RETREATS, FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT PANELS, WOMEN YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANTS AND DEPENDENT CARE GRANTS. SOCIAL EVENTS INCLUDE A RECEPTION FOR ALL ATTENDEES, A STUDENTS RECEPTION AND A WOMEN IN ACOUSTICS LUNCHEON.

    Expenses $2,094,817 · Revenue $1,731,248

  • PUBLISHING:THE ASA PUBLISHES (A) THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA IN PRINT AND ONLINE FORMATS: CIRCULATION 5,800 MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 800 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE; (B) JASA EXPRESS LETTERS AN OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WITH A CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET; (C) PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ON ACOUSTICS, AN OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION AND CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WITH A CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET; (D) ACOUSTICS TODAY MAGAZINE IN PRINT AND ONLINE IN OPEN ACCESS FORMAT. CIRCULATION 5,800 MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 800 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE; (E) STANDARDS ON ACOUSTICS AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD. (F) ONLINE ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING ECHOES, ACOUSTICS RESEARCH LETTERS ONLINE, NOISE ITS USES AND CONTROL MAGAZINE, AND SOUND MAGAZINE.

    Expenses $1,175,202 · Revenue $2,477,463

  • OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA'S (ASA) OUTREACH ENCOMPASSES ACTIVITIES AIMED AT K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE PRESS, ACOUSTICIANS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS, OTHER ACOUSTICAL SOCIETIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES OTHER THAN ACOUSTICS. OUTREACH EVENTS ARE HELD AT MEETINGS OF ASA MEETINGS OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS. ASA ALSO COSPONSORS SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BOTH IN THE US AND ABROAD. OTHER OUTREACH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED VIA ASA WEBSITES INCLUDING ACOUSTICS.ORG, EXPLORESOUND.ORG, ACOUSTICSTODAY.ORG, AND ACOUSTICALSOCIETY.ORG.OUTREACH TO SCIENCE REPORTERS IS PROVIDED VIA PRESS CONFERENCES BROADCAST LIVE OVER THE INTERNET. REPORTERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THESE PRESS CONFERENCES AND INTERACT WITH THE PRESENTERS. PRIOR TO THE MEETING PRESS RELEASES AND LAY VERSIONS OF PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE ASA WEBSITE, ACOUSTICS.ORG.ASA SPONSORS BIENNIAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN ACOUSTICS AND FOR JOURNALISTS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE PRESENTATION OF ACOUSTICS RELATED TOPICS TO A POPULAR AUDIENCE. CASH PRIZES AND TRAVEL SUPPORT TO AN ASA MEETING ARE PROVIDED TO WINNING ENTRIES.ASA AUTHORIZES THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL AND STUDENT CHAPTERS WHICH PROVIDE OUTREACH TO ACOUSTICIANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THESE GROUPS HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS FOR ACOUSTICS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AND DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS FOR K-12 STUDENTS. ASA PROVIDES ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHAPTER ACTIVITIES.ASA PROVIDES A PROGRAM OF FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF ACOUSTICS. THESE INCLUDE THE FREDERICK V. HUNT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN ACOUSTICS, THE LEO AND GABRIELLA BERANEK SCHOLARSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS AND NOISE CONTROL, RAYMOND H. STETSON SCHOLARSHIP IN PHONETICS AND SPEECH SCIENCE, THE FRANK AND VIRGINIA WINKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN ACOUSTICS, THE ROBERT W. YOUNG AWARD FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH IN ACOUSTICS, THE ACOUSTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY TRAVEL AWARD, THE ROBERT B. NEWMAN MEDAL, THE WENGER PRIZE, AND THE ROYSTER AWARD. THESE AWARDS INCLUDE STIPENDS OF VARIOUS AMOUNTS, AND SOME INCLUDE TRAVEL SUPPORT TO ATTEND ASA MEETINGS. SINCE 1993 ASA HAS PROVIDED THE JAMES E. WEST FELLOWSHIP TO A STUDENT IN THE US WHO IS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN SCIENCE: AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC AMERICAN, OR NATIVE AMERICAN. THE GRANT PROVIDES AN ANNUAL STIPEND, PLUS TRAVEL SUPPORT TO ATTEND AN ASA MEETING.

    Expenses $510,297 · Revenue $68,100

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE:- STANDARDS- THE FOUNDATION FUND- BOOKS- ACOUSTICS TODAY

    Expenses $1,394,695 · Grants $243,126 · Revenue $1,166,894

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Peggy B Nelson President Thru

    MAY 2023), COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stan E Dosso President-Elect

    (THRU MAY 2023), PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Barbara G Shinn-Cunningham

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (AS OF MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Subha Maruvada Vice President Thru

    MAY 2023), COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann R Bradlow Vice President-

    ELECT (THRU MAY 2023), VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyrone M Porter

    VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT (AS OF MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy R Dubno

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly J Benoit-Bird

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer L Cooper

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micheal L Dent

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David R Dowling

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph R Gladden

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zoi Heleni Michalopoulou

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer L Miksis-Olds

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Moss

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracianne B Neilsen

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen L Stone

    COUNCIL MEMBER (THRU MAY 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan E Fox

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $346,333
    From this org
    $301,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,178
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,078
    Deferred
    $29,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,870
    Filer's total
    $346,333

  • James Lynch

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $76,407
    From this org
    $76,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    21

  • Stephen J Lind

    STANDARDS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $38,500
    From this org
    $38,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Elaine Moran

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $267,787
    From this org
    $225,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,829
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,589
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,369
    Deferred
    $21,659
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,170
    Filer's total
    $267,787

  • Nancy Blair-Deleon

    STANDARDS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $245,783
    From this org
    $169,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,301
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,017
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,465
    Deferred
    $16,905
    Nontaxable benefits
    $59,396
    Filer's total
    $245,783

  • Michael R McGovern

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,560
    From this org
    $130,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,142
    Hours/week
    25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,771
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,647
    Deferred
    $13,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,126
    Filer's total
    $180,560

  • Elizabeth A Bury

    SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $186,392
    From this org
    $110,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,015
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,155
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $222
    Deferred
    $11,619
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,396
    Filer's total
    $186,392

  • Daniel Farrell

    WEB OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $133,829
    From this org
    $107,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,594
    Hours/week
    35

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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403219349301200

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