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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,016,262
Total expenses
$15,887,076
Contributions and grants received
$1,775,154
Grants paid
$309,455
Program service revenue
$13,991,775
Investment income
$94,619
Other revenue
$1,154,714
Total assets, end of year
$38,860,827
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,853,927
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,006,900
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,360,823
Management and general expenses
$4,516,114
Fundraising expenses
$10,139
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,360,823

Program services were 71.5% 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

    $1,775,154

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $10,471,948 · related or exempt $10,471,948

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $1,720,589 · related or exempt $1,720,589

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING

    total $936,051 · related or exempt $936,051

  • 2d · Program service revenue: JOB INFORMATION SERVICE

    total $755,300 · related or exempt $755,300

  • 2e · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING & EXHIBITS

    total $107,887 · related or exempt $107,887

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $217,754 · excluded $217,754

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,671 · excluded $4,671

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,123,596

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,123,596

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,123,596 · excluded $1,123,596

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,540,638

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

    securities $3,663,773

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$123,135

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$123,135 · excluded -$123,135

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $21,753 · excluded $21,753

  • 11b · Other revenue: MAILING LIST RENTAL

    total $4,694 · unrelated business $4,694

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26,447

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $173,129 · program services $173,129

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $109,054 · program services $109,054

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $27,272 · program services $27,272

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $523,826 · program services $125,897 · management and general $397,929

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,968,083 · program services $6,032,713 · management and general $1,931,964 · fundraising $3,406

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $559,750 · program services $406,112 · management and general $153,638

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $829,392 · program services $601,210 · management and general $227,447 · fundraising $735

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $443,014 · program services $321,417 · management and general $121,597

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $122,425 · management and general $122,425

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $122,415 · management and general $122,415

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,452 · management and general $12,452

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $442,399 · program services $353,482 · management and general $88,877 · fundraising $40

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,167 · program services $27,167

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $288,914 · program services $227,502 · management and general $61,412

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,182,199 · program services $804,002 · management and general $378,048 · fundraising $149

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $9,106 · program services $9,106

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,651,216 · program services $1,202,568 · management and general $448,562 · fundraising $86

  • 17 · Travel

    total $156,689 · program services $154,752 · management and general $1,937

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $430,861 · program services $302,362 · management and general $122,901 · fundraising $5,598

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,285 · management and general $2,285

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $190,379 · program services $120,802 · management and general $69,541 · fundraising $36

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $85,334 · management and general $85,334

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $277,184 · program services $156,467 · management and general $120,644 · fundraising $73

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $198,095 · program services $195,781 · management and general $2,314

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $54,436 · program services $10,028 · management and general $44,392 · fundraising $16

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $150,125 · end of year $46,236

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,207,136 · end of year $3,198,476

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $750,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,898,557 · end of year $2,106,339

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $242,463 · end of year $216,380

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,519,404 · end of year $1,643,136

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

    $765,144

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

    $64,994

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $720,788 · end of year $700,150

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,427,394 · end of year $4,642,954

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $12,671,606 · end of year $12,823,245

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $237,264 · end of year $12,733,911

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $626,750 · end of year $975,403

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,043,789 · end of year $1,439,304

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,796,295 · end of year $14,439,220

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,032,134 · end of year $15,775,698

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,575,769 · end of year $6,231,202

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MLA IS DEVOTED TO ENCOURAGING THE STUDY & TEACHING OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATIONS:SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $6,874,126 · Revenue $11,335,135

  • CONVENTION, MEMBERSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $4,486,697 · Grants $309,455 · Revenue $2,656,640

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher John Newfield

    PRESIDENT (TO 1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frieda Ekotto

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dana A Williams

    FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tina Lu

    SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anjali Prabhu

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Kalscheur Suarez

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Brueggemann

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin D Graff Zivin

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Allen

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ifeoma C Kiddoe Nwankwo

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ignacio Sanchez Prado

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jahan Ramazani

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Shoults

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER (TO 1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leah S Marcus

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Karakaya

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Colesworthy

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samer Mahdy Ali

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Stanford Friedman

    EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula M Krebs

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $328,186
    From this org
    $292,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,964
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,222
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,679
    Filer's total
    $328,186
  • Terrence Callaghan

    DIR. OF ADMIN. AND FIN.

    Total calculated
    $240,769
    From this org
    $211,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,404
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,725
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,679
    Filer's total
    $240,769
  • Mary Onorato

    DIR. OF BIB. INFO. SVCS.

    Total calculated
    $188,793
    From this org
    $163,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,426
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,367
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,747
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,679
    Filer's total
    $188,793
  • Thanh Trinh

    DIR. INFO SYSTEMS & CIO

    Total calculated
    $184,139
    From this org
    $170,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,904
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,235
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $184,139
  • Angela Gibson

    DIR. SCHOLARY COMM.

    Total calculated
    $209,638
    From this org
    $165,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,606
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,032
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,766
    Filer's total
    $209,638
  • Michael Livolsi

    HEAD OF DATA DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $191,352
    From this org
    $147,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,491
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,725
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,766
    Filer's total
    $191,352
  • Anna S A Chang

    DIR. OF OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $164,341
    From this org
    $142,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,067
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,274
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,388
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,679
    Filer's total
    $164,341
  • Jason Rhody

    DIR. MAPS

    Total calculated
    $164,594
    From this org
    $137,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,746
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,848
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,446
    Filer's total
    $164,594

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION POLICY: THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REVIEW COMPARATIVE SURVEY DATA EACH YEAR BEFORE RECOMMENDING COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION MUST BE APPROVED BY A RECORDED VOTE OF THE FULL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE SALARIES OF KEY EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFTER CONSULTING COMPARATIVE SALARY SURVEY DATA AND ARE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ONCE A YEAR.

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
2022
Filed
9 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441939349300109

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