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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN AFFAIRS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$303,810
Total expenses
$614,505
Contributions and grants received
$215,912
Grants paid
$56,000
Program service revenue
$87,898
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$98,852
Total liabilities, end of year
$326,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$227,904
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$507,201
Management and general expenses
$97,305
Fundraising expenses
$9,999
Program service expenses (Part III)
$507,201

Program services were 82.5% 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

    $215,912

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCT REVENUE

    total $87,898 · related or exempt $87,898

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $42,000 · program services $42,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $14,000 · program services $14,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $328,000 · program services $262,400 · management and general $65,600

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $9,999 · fundraising $9,999

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,274 · program services $58,150 · management and general $18,124

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,510 · program services $9,510

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $130 · management and general $130

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,709 · program services $9,367 · management and general $2,342

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,710 · program services $16,710

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,443 · management and general $5,443

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $75,447 · program services $75,447

  • 24b · Other expenses: FULFILLMENT SERVICES

    total $16,910 · program services $16,910

  • 24c · Other expenses: OFFICE SUPPLIES & SOFTW

    total $4,147 · program services $2,707 · management and general $1,440

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $2,910 · management and general $2,910

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,316 · management and general $1,316

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $255,926 · end of year $82,862

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $10,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,977 · end of year $1,935

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,555 · end of year $3,555

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $106,356 · end of year $109,661

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,746 · end of year $31,442

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $158,565 · end of year $155,653

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$217,209 · end of year -$377,904

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PUBLISH A PERIODICAL IN ONLINE, DIGITAL, PRINT, AND/OR OTHER FORMATS, AVAILABLE TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE, WITH ORIGINAL SCHOLARLY CONTENT MATTERS OF EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND CIVIL IMPORTANCE:: TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE CONDUCT AND DISSEMINATION OF SAME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PUBLISH A PERIODICAL IN ONLINE, DIGITAL, PRINT, AND/OR OTHER FORMATS, AVAILABLE TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE, WITH ORIGINAL SCHOLARLY CONTENT CONCERNING MATTERS OF EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND CIVIL IMPORTANCE: AND TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE CONDUCT AND DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, CIVIC, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SHOLARSHIIP.

  • AMERICAN AFFIARS FOUNDATION INC. PUBLISHES A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICAL THOUGHT, IN PRINT AND DIGITAL EDITIONS. THE JOURNAL WILL PUBLISH SCHOLARLY ESSAYS AND RESEARCH CONCERNING TOPICS OF A CIVIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND/OR LITERARY CHARACTER. THE ORGANIZATION MAY OCCASIONALLY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH SUPPORTING COMMISSIONED ARTICLES. THE ORGANIZATION MAY HOST COLLOQUIA CONFERENCES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, OR OTHER EVENTS FOR THE DISCUSSIOON OF TOPICS RELATED TO PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICAL THOUGHT AND ASSOCIATED SCHOLARLY THEMES.

    Expenses $507,201 · Grants $56,000 · Revenue $87,898

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JULIUS KREIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • GLADDEN PAPPIN

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHRISTOPHER LACONI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
4 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443109349301369

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