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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$45,967,231
Total expenses
$32,412,698
Contributions and grants received
$28,290,968
Grants paid
$20,213,243
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$17,587,689
Other revenue
$88,574
Total assets, end of year
$200,277,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,789,242
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$189,487,926
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,941,263
Management and general expenses
$5,028,119
Fundraising expenses
$443,316
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,941,263

Program services were 83.1% 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

    $854,395

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $85,768

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,350,805

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,161

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,764,567 · excluded $1,764,567

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $84,020 · excluded $84,020

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $40,910,140

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

    securities $25,087,018

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $15,823,122

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,823,122 · excluded $15,823,122

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,554 · excluded $4,554

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,554

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,226,421 · program services $14,226,421

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,535,376 · program services $4,535,376

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,451,446 · program services $1,451,446

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,291,563 · program services $732,185 · management and general $483,617 · fundraising $75,761

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,642,731 · program services $2,065,058 · management and general $1,363,995 · fundraising $213,678

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $460,862 · program services $289,496 · management and general $140,677 · fundraising $30,689

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $697,791 · program services $476,372 · management and general $175,016 · fundraising $46,403

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $340,999 · program services $213,171 · management and general $105,686 · fundraising $22,142

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,110 · program services $544 · management and general $16,566

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,399 · program services $12,000 · management and general $57,399

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $568,958 · management and general $568,958

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,227,294 · program services $986,185 · management and general $233,064 · fundraising $8,045

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $97,687 · program services $95,437 · management and general $2,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $184,845 · program services $80,540 · management and general $96,215 · fundraising $8,090

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $981,125 · program services $318,268 · management and general $642,494 · fundraising $20,363

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $248,730 · program services $36,592 · management and general $212,138

  • 17 · Travel

    total $435,389 · program services $336,103 · management and general $99,166 · fundraising $120

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,226,727 · program services $637,694 · management and general $587,046 · fundraising $1,987

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $341,500 · program services $308,557 · management and general $25,697 · fundraising $7,246

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,429 · program services $10,999 · management and general $66,430

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $144,151 · program services $12,197 · management and general $124,515 · fundraising $7,439

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

    total $116,826 · program services $115,710 · management and general $1,116

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES, TAXES, AND GI

    total $19,002 · program services $912 · management and general $16,737 · fundraising $1,353

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUITING COSTS

    total $9,337 · management and general $9,337

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,338,090 · end of year $12,237,938

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $9,281,734 · end of year $10,120,730

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $344,683 · end of year $243,380

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,497 · end of year $37,212

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

    $7,313,090

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

    $5,805,791

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,746,192 · end of year $1,507,299

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $54,649,883 · end of year $65,662,079

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $114,188,492 · end of year $110,356,567

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $136,235 · end of year $111,963

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $765,966 · end of year $787,513

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $11,367,367 · end of year $8,808,488

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,269,719 · end of year $1,193,241

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,098,309 · end of year $99,711,969

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $82,228,445 · end of year $89,775,957

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES IN ALL FIELDS OF LEARNING AND THE MAINTENANCE AND STRENGTHENING OF RELATIONS AMONG THE NATIONAL SOCIETIES DEVOTED TO SUCH STUDIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCHEDULE O

  • FELLOWSHIPS AND STIPENDS ARE AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL TO POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH AS WELL AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $26,941,263 · Grants $20,213,243

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joy Connolly

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $667,277
    From this org
    $596,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,681
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $596,596
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $55,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,181
    Filer's total
    $667,277
  • Marwan M Kraidy

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jimena Canales

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melani McAlister

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James H Averill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Baldwin

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Preston Blier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frances Daly Fergusson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roderick Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Theodore S Gonzalves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William C Kirby

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Malinda Maynor Lowery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michele Lamont

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Desiree Pedescleaux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carl Pforzheimer III

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard J Powell

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven R Smith

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Shulman

    VICE PRESIDENT & COO

    Total calculated
    $441,940
    From this org
    $386,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,216
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,724
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,132
    Filer's total
    $441,940
  • Matthew Sapienza

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $284,724
    From this org
    $258,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,197
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $707
    Filer's total
    $284,724
  • Mary Richter

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $266,799
    From this org
    $219,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,620
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,179
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,918
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,702
    Filer's total
    $266,799
  • John Christy

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $216,677
    From this org
    $184,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,585
    Filer's total
    $216,677
  • Kelly Buttermore

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $213,814
    From this org
    $171,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,011
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,702
    Filer's total
    $213,814
  • Heather Mangrum

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $183,115
    From this org
    $159,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,181
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,934
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,596
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,585
    Filer's total
    $183,115
  • Deena Ragavan

    DIR. OF INTERNATIONAL PROG

    Total calculated
    $168,068
    From this org
    $139,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,150
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,918
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,158
    Filer's total
    $168,068

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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 1A
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL THAT PROVIDES FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ANNUALLY REVIEWS AND APPROVES ANY REVISION OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. WHEN CONSIDERING THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND TOP MANAGEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF NATIONAL SALARY SURVEYS OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED TO IT PERIODICALLY, WHICH INCLUDE SPECIFIC DATA RELATING TO THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. IN ADDITION, WHEN CONSIDERING COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION PAID TO CEOS OF SPECIFIC NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DEEMED COMPARABLE TO THE COUNCIL IN RELATION TO SIMILAR MISSIONS, SCOPE AND SIZE. HOUSING ALLOWANCE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL IS PROVIDED WITH A HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA WHICH IS APPROVED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531339349305803

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