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← THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 25 October 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Lymon Brodie
  • Susan Simms Marsh

Listed only on the later return

  • Lyman Brodie

Totals

Total revenue
$2,430,176
Total expenses
$2,563,326
Contributions and grants received
$1,653,835
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$868,360
Investment income
$2,417
Other revenue
-$94,436
Total assets, end of year
$1,046,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$166,684
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$879,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,007,769
Management and general expenses
$363,797
Fundraising expenses
$191,760
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,007,769

Program services were 78.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $209,620

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $104,406

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $824,083

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $515,726

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $628,728 · related or exempt $628,728

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $239,632 · related or exempt $239,632

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,417 · excluded $2,417

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,347

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

    $104,406

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $156,851

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$135,504 · excluded -$135,504

  • 11a · Other revenue: ASALH STORE

    total $28,530 · excluded $28,530

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $12,538 · excluded $12,538

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $41,068

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,832 · program services $100,978 · management and general $41,317 · fundraising $25,537

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $565,360 · program services $340,155 · management and general $139,178 · fundraising $86,027

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,519 · program services $17,251 · management and general $19,240 · fundraising $7,028

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,424 · program services $19,082 · management and general $15,774 · fundraising $6,568

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $836,146 · program services $836,146

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,875 · program services $14,683 · management and general $12,138 · fundraising $5,054

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,000 · program services $45,142 · management and general $37,318 · fundraising $15,540

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,552 · program services $5,321 · management and general $4,399 · fundraising $1,832

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,205 · program services $48,905 · management and general $3,742 · fundraising $1,558

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $148,030 · program services $91,467 · management and general $39,934 · fundraising $16,629

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,000 · program services $16,583 · management and general $13,709 · fundraising $5,708

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,079 · program services $51,095 · management and general $1,401 · fundraising $583

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $318,113 · program services $318,113

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,949 · program services $3,201 · management and general $2,646 · fundraising $1,102

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND REPRODUCTI

    total $41,210 · program services $41,210

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $27,938 · program services $15,871 · management and general $7,210 · fundraising $4,857

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $26,387 · program services $12,155 · management and general $10,048 · fundraising $4,184

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $14,232 · program services $9,906 · management and general $3,054 · fundraising $1,272

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $41,475 · program services $20,505 · management and general $12,689 · fundraising $8,281

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $848,135 · end of year $734,466

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $359,382 · end of year $274,988

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,784 · end of year $33,656

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $120,616 · end of year $108,560

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $63,359 · end of year $52,278

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,750 · end of year $5,846

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $738,125 · end of year $605,663

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $274,451 · end of year $273,763

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ASALH'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE, RESEARCH, PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT BLACK LIFE, HISTORY AND CULTURE TO THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

  • A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS HELD ANNUALLY TO BRING TOGETHER THE ASALH COMMUNITY AND ITS SUPPORTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WIDE-RANGING ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT ASALH'S MISSION. PRESENTERS INCLUDE NATIONAL LEADERS, SCHOLARS, PROFESSORS, TEACHERS, PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LOCAL LEADERS. MANY PARTICIPANTS PRESENT NEW RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. A CONTINUING FOCUS IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PAST AND CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLES. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS ARE MADE EACH YEAR. THE THEME FOR THE 2023 CONFERENCE WAS 'BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS'.

    Expenses $485,518 · Revenue $628,728

  • ASALH IS A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION WITH FORTY-FOUR (44) BRANCHES LOCATED IN ALABAMA, CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA.

    Expenses $185,350

  • EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT

    Expenses $1,155,031

  • Expenses $181,870 · Revenue $239,632

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaisha Haykal

    VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ida E Jones

    VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan Simms Marsh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Valerie Holt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • William Marvin Dulaney

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Anita M Shepherd

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cornelius Bynum

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David M Walton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Deirdre Foreman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Denise Rolark Barnes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric R Jackson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gladys Vaughn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gloria J Browne-Marshall

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gregory L Mixon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jarvis R Givens

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey A Banks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kenvi Phillips

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lopez D Matthews

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lymon Brodie

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sundiata Kieta Cha-Jua

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tara White

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Zebulon V Miletsky

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sylvia Y Cyrus

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,449
    From this org
    $148,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,440
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,009
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,440
    Filer's total
    $152,449

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422569349301537

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