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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,476,262
Total expenses
$5,408,568
Contributions and grants received
$4,251,832
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,321
Investment income
$215,109
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,594,682
Total liabilities, end of year
$240,902
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,353,780
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,968,941
Management and general expenses
$389,839
Fundraising expenses
$49,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,968,941

Program services were 91.9% 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

    $4,251,832

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION INCOME

    total $9,321 · related or exempt $9,321

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $91,388 · excluded $91,388

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,717,500

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

    securities $1,593,779

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $123,721

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $123,721 · related or exempt $123,721

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $624,556 · program services $580,837 · management and general $43,719

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,994,553 · program services $1,854,934 · management and general $139,619

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $347,102 · program services $322,805 · management and general $24,297

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $194,815 · program services $181,178 · management and general $13,637

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $98,164 · program services $98,164

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,130 · management and general $23,130

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $666,047 · program services $622,312 · management and general $43,735

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $167,629 · program services $106,107 · management and general $11,734 · fundraising $49,788

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,577 · program services $41,457 · management and general $3,120

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $208,780 · program services $194,165 · management and general $14,615

  • 17 · Travel

    total $214,702 · program services $199,673 · management and general $15,029

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $332,878 · program services $309,577 · management and general $23,301

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $81,471 · program services $75,768 · management and general $5,703

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,529 · program services $14,442 · management and general $1,087

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND MAILING

    total $140,729 · program services $130,878 · management and general $9,851

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $105,637 · program services $98,242 · management and general $7,395

  • 24c · Other expenses: WEBSITE MAINTENANCE

    total $74,621 · program services $69,398 · management and general $5,223

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $66,348 · program services $61,704 · management and general $4,644

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,300 · program services $7,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,065,333 · end of year $2,478,228

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $92,283 · end of year $80,853

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

    $1,103,380

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

    $501,603

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $430,247 · end of year $601,777

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,564,441 · end of year $2,407,981

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $25,843 · end of year $25,843

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,167 · end of year $96,795

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $273,745 · end of year $144,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,621,153 · end of year $4,462,441

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,172,082 · end of year $891,339

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EDUCATE ALUMNI, TRUSTEES, AND OTHERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE ALUMNI, TRUSTEES AND OTHERS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION.

  • DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND MATERIAL TO ALUMNI, TRUSTEES AND OTHER INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING HIGHER EDUCATION, AND TO BOLSTER THEIR EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND EXCELLENCE IN INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (ONLY ONE PROGRAM)

    Expenses $4,968,941 · Revenue $9,321

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John W Altman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karrin Taylor Robson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janice Rogers Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul S Levy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heidi Ganahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stuart Taylor Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edwin D Williamson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen J Trachtenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Ridenour

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Reuben Jeffery III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael B Poliakoff

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $294,000
    From this org
    $266,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,903
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,097
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $288,597
  • Lauri Kempson

    SR VP OF FINANCE/COO

    Total calculated
    $236,283
    From this org
    $205,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,824
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,459
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $205,459
  • Armand B Alacbay

    CHIEF OF STAFF/SR VP OF ST

    Total calculated
    $160,002
    From this org
    $153,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,002
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,000
  • Douglas Sprei

    VP OF MULTIMEDIA AND CAMPU

    Total calculated
    $138,447
    From this org
    $120,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,721
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Koons Jae

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $135,390
    From this org
    $118,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,170
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leslie Page

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $141,871
    From this org
    $116,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,032
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bradley Jackson

    VP OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $126,974
    From this org
    $118,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,711
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steven McGuire

    LEVY FELLOW IN CAMPUS FREEDOM

    Total calculated
    $124,416
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,416
    Hours/week
    40

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 survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
1 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441279349303744

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