WEST AFRICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q230

Classification

1000

Street

232 BAY STATE ROAD SUITE 408

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• WARC OVERSEAS CENTER. WARA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARS IN THE REGION IS THE WEST AFRICAN RESEARCH CENTER (WARC), A 19- ROOM CENTER LOCATED IN DAKAR, SENEGAL. THE CENTER PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES FOR US AND WEST AFRICAN SCHOLARS, INCLUDING A RESEARCH LIBRARY, INTERNET ACCESS, AND FULLY EQUIPPED SEMINAR ROOMS. WARC HOSTS A REGULAR SERIES OF LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING RESEARCHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS, ASSISTANCE IN SECURING RESEARCH CLEARANCE, HELP WITH HOUSING, ETC. WARC ALSO REGULARLY COLLABORATES WITH US UNIVERSITIES IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS IN SENEGAL.

  Expenses $282,339 · Revenue $399,143

• LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WEST AFRICAN ACQUISITIONS PROJECT. COSTS DURING FY 2024-2025 OF ACQUIRING MATERIALS IN A11 WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

  Expenses $108,198 · Revenue $300,000

• WARA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. WARA AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS LAST YEAR FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH ON WEST AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA. THESE GRANTS WENT TO BOTH US CITIZENS AND WEST AFRICAN NATIONALS.

  Expenses $47,260

• X

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $699,143

  Expenses

  $509,367

  Contributions

  $681,768

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $593,178

  Expenses

  $643,970

  Contributions

  $541,310

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $665,897

  Expenses

  $645,894

  Contributions

  $635,656

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $676,094

  Expenses

  $706,967

  Assets (EOY)

  $165,253

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $649,858

  Expenses

  $614,251

  Assets (EOY)

  $196,126

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $621,457

  Expenses

  $572,104

  Assets (EOY)

  $160,519

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $626,470

  Expenses

  $623,566

  Assets (EOY)

  $112,355

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $590,002

  Expenses

  $593,371

  Assets (EOY)

  $123,252

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $697,148

  Expenses

  $695,372

  Assets (EOY)

  $126,621

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $654,192

  Expenses

  $660,031

  Assets (EOY)

  $134,971

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $601,842

  Expenses

  $641,472

  Assets (EOY)

  $119,188

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $560,327

  Expenses

  $563,499

  Assets (EOY)

  $158,818

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,039,089

  Assets (EOY)

  $161,990

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS

  $868,182

  2024 · Pass-through subgrants

• COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS

  $704,314

  2023 · Pass-through subgrants

• COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS

  $482,456

  2022 · Pass-through subgrants

• THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2022 · Youth learning

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