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SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS

EIN 20-2507723 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$1,897,699
Expenses 2024
$1,342,688

Program services were 47.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
2000
Street
1365 N ASTOR ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SOCIETY IS TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, LANDSCAPE AND URBANISM WORLDWIDE AMONG SCHOLARS, PROFESSIONALS IN ALLIED FIELDS (INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PLANNING) AND THE INTERESTED GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS MISSION IS ACHIEVED BY: SPONSORING THE PURSUIT AND PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; SPONSORING FORUMS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS; PROVIDING PUBLICATIONS THAT DISSEMINATE SCHOLARLY WORK, PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FIELD AND OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC; ACKNOWLEDGING OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD; FOSTERING SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT ALL LEVELS; ORGANIZING STUDY TOURS OF SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND SITES BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD; AND SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PLACES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, LANDSCAPES AND URBANISM.

  • INTERPRETATION:TOURS AND CONFERENCE - SAH HOSTS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHICH ALLOWS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, ART HISTORIANS, ARCHITECTS, MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS, AND PRESERVATIONISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD A VENUE TO SHARE NEW RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.STUDY TOURS ARE ORGANIZED IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS SO PARTICIPANT MAY LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES AND STYLES OF WORLD ARCHITECTURE.BUILDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES -AN AWARD-WINNING SERIES OF BOOKS ON AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE COMPILED AND WRITTEN ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE SERIES IS TO IDENTIFY AND CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF EACH STATE. THE SERIES IS COMMISSIONED BY THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AND PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS.PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS -PUBLISHED SINCE 1941, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS (JSAH) IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JOURNAL ON HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES PER YEAR, EACH ISSUE OFFERS FOUR TO FIVE SCHOLARLY ARTICLES ON TOPICS FROM ALL PERIODS OF HISTORY AND ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS, FILMS, AND OTHER MEDIA, AND A VARIETY OF EDITORIALS AND OPINION PIECES DESIGNED TO PLACE THE DISCIPLINE OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY WITHIN A LARGER INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT. PUBLISHED IN BOTH PRINT AND ONLINE, JSAH BRINGS TOPICS TO LIFE FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AND URBANISM.SAH ALSO PRODUCES A NEWSLETTER WHICH IS SENT TO OVER 10,000 INDIVIDUALS AND 2,500 ORGANIZATIONS EACH MONTH. THE SAH NEWSLETTER PROVIDES THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPES, DESIGN, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION.SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS ARCHITECTURE RESOURCE ARCHIVE (SAHARA) - SAHARA IS A DIGITAL COLLECTION OF OVER 100,000 IMAGES OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES CONTRIBUTED BY SAH MEMBERS - ARCHITECTS, SCHOLARS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, PRESERVATIONISTS, AND OTHERS WHO SHARE AN INTEREST IN THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $420,007 · Grants $750 · Revenue $21,750

  • STUDY:GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS - EACH YEAR THE SOCIETY AWARDS A NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS TO SCHOLARS WHO PRESENT PAPERS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DOMESTIC STUDY TOURS.

    Expenses $219,547 · Grants $207,847 · Revenue $198,981

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.

  • Mohammad Gharipour

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Swati Chattopadhyay

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Bryan Clark Green

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Gail Dubrow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Alex Bremner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlette Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Christensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elisa Dainese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Catherine Rose Ettinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Gardini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suha Hasan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann C Huppert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heba Mostafa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Paul Mumford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Nguyen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Valentina Rozas-Krause

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacquelyn Sawyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thaisa Way

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mantha Zarmakoupi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben Thomas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,116
    From this org
    $164,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,433
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,683
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,433
    Filer's total
    $188,116

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,897,699
    Expenses
    $1,342,688
    Contributions
    $1,212,330
    Grants paid
    $208,597
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,690,308
    Expenses
    $1,289,536
    Contributions
    $727,827
    Grants paid
    $211,051
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,467,388
    Expenses
    $1,237,127
    Contributions
    $543,810
    Grants paid
    $205,879

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,085,976
    Expenses
    $1,482,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,510,939
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,713,239
    Expenses
    $1,144,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,660,117
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,373,931
    Expenses
    $1,627,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,477,905
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,900,500
    Expenses
    $1,761,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,065,265
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,330,289
    Expenses
    $1,786,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,732,238

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

  • 2022 TO PROVIDE SALARY RELIEF AND TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING RESTORATION AND CARE OF CHARNLEY-PERSKY HOUSE

  • 2023 TO PROVIDE SALARY RELIEF AND TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING RESTORATION AND CARE OF CHARNLEY-PERSKY HOUSE

  • 2024 TO PROVIDE SALARY RELIEF AND TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING RESTORATION AND CARE OF CHARNLEY-PERSKY HOUSE.

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT THE FIELD TRIP PROJECT THAT FOCUSES ON BRINGING ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONALS INTO CLASSROOMS TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND TO DISCUSS THE BROADER THEME OF ARCHITECTURE AS COMMUNITY INFLUENCER AND CHANGE MAKER

  • 2023 FIELD TRIPS THAT FOCUS ON EXPOSING STUDENTS TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE IN SEATTLE AND THE DESIGN OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

  • 2023 HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

  • 2024 2025 SIX-WEEK RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT ON CRANBROOK'S CAMPUS, INCLUDING ON/OFFSITE FIELD TRIPS, TOURS, ACTIVITIES, AND AN ARCHITECTURE LECTURE TO HUB STUDENTS.

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT THE FIELD TRIP PROJECT THAT FOCUSES ON BRINGING ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONALS INTO CLASSROOMS TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND TO DISCUSS THE BROADER THEME OF ARCHITECTURE AS COMMUNITY INFLUENCER AND CHANGE MAKER

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Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.