ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U030

Classification

2810

Street

1305 WALT WHITMAN RD STE 300

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

• PUBLISHING:THE ASA PUBLISHES (A) THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA WITH A CIRCULATION TO 5,000 MEMBERS AND 800 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE; (B) JASA EXPRESS LETTERS, AN OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY THE PUBLIC; (C) PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ON ACOUSTICS, AN OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY THE PUBLIC; (D) ACOUSTICS TODAY MAGAZINE IN PRINT AND ONLINE IN OPEN ACCESS FORMAT. CIRCULATION TO 5,000 MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 800 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE; (E) STANDARDS ON ACOUSTICS AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD. ONLINE ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING ECHOES, ACOUSTICS RESEARCH LETTERS ONLINE, NOISE ITS USES AND CONTROL MAGAZINE, AND SOUND MAGAZINE.

  Expenses $1,220,597 · Revenue $2,545,005

• MEETINGS: THE ASA HOLDS TWO MEETINGS EACH YEAR, ATTRACTING BETWEEN 1,000 AND 2,000 ATTENDEES AT EACH. MEETINGS INCLUDE BETWEEN 800 TO 1,300 INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, STANDARDS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND NETWORKING EVENTS. STUDENT AWARD COMPETITIONS ARE CONDUCTED FOR BEST PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS. TRAVEL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND MEETINGS. ASA ALSO PROVIDES ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE BY EARLY-CAREER ACOUSTICIANS AND WOMEN ACOUSTICIANS SUCH AS EARLY-CAREER RETREATS, FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT PANELS, WOMEN YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANTS AND DEPENDENT CARE GRANTS. SOCIAL EVENTS INCLUDE A RECEPTION FOR ALL ATTENDEES, A STUDENTS RECEPTION AND A WOMEN IN ACOUSTICS RECEPTION.

  Expenses $1,110,984 · Revenue $894,395

• THE ASA'S OUTREACH ENCOMPASSES ACTIVITIES AIMED AT K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE PRESS, ACOUSTICIANS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS, OTHER ACOUSTICAL SOCIETIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES OTHER THAN ACOUSTICS. OUTREACH EVENTS ARE HELD AT ASA MEETINGS, COSPONSORS' SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BOTH IN THE US AND ABROAD. OTHER OUTREACH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED VIA ASA WEBSITES INCLUDING ACOUSTICS.ORG, EXPLORESOUND.ORG, ACOUSTICSTODAY.ORG, AND ACOUSTICALSOCIETY.ORG.OUTREACH TO SCIENCE REPORTERS IS PROVIDED VIA PRESS CONFERENCES BROADCAST LIVE OVER THE INTERNET DURING ASA MEETINGS. REPORTERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THESE PRESS CONFERENCES AND INTERACT WITH THE PRESENTERS. PRIOR TO MEETINGS, PRESS RELEASES AND LAY VERSIONS OF PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE ASA WEBSITE, ACOUSTICS.ORG.ASA SPONSORS BIENNIAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN ACOUSTICS AND FOR JOURNALISTS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE PRESENTATION OF ACOUSTICS RELATED TOPICS TO A POPULAR AUDIENCE. CASH PRIZES AND TRAVEL SUPPORT TO AN ASA MEETING ARE PROVIDED TO WINNING ENTRIES.ASA AUTHORIZES THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL AND STUDENT CHAPTERS WHICH PROVIDE OUTREACH TO ACOUSTICIANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THESE GROUPS HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS FOR ACOUSTICS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AND DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS FOR K-12 STUDENTS. ASA PROVIDES ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHAPTER ACTIVITIES.ASA PROVIDES A PROGRAM OF FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF ACOUSTICS. THESE INCLUDE THE FREDERICK V. HUNT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN ACOUSTICS, THE LEO AND GABRIELLA BERANEK SCHOLARSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS AND NOISE CONTROL, THE JAMES E. WEST MINORITY FELLOWSHIP, RAYMOND H. STETSON SCHOLARSHIP IN PHONETICS AND SPEECH SCIENCE, THE FRANK AND VIRGINIA WINKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN ACOUSTICS, THE ROBERT W. YOUNG AWARD FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH IN ACOUSTICS, THE DAOMA AND MURRAY STRASBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN OCEAN ACOUSTICS, THE ACOUSTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY TRAVEL AWARD, THE ROBERT B. NEWMAN MEDAL, THE WENGER PRIZE, AND THE ROYSTER AWARD. THESE AWARDS INCLUDE STIPENDS OF VARIOUS AMOUNTS, AND SOME INCLUDE TRAVEL SUPPORT TO ATTEND ASA MEETINGS.

  Expenses $518,792 · Revenue $14,200

• OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE:- STANDARDS- THE FOUNDATION FUND- BOOKS- ACOUSTICS TODAY

  Expenses $1,256,002 · Grants $435,926 · Revenue $1,295,440

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. 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

  $7,434,482

  Expenses

  $5,256,485

  Contributions

  $103,003

  Grants paid

  $435,926

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,980,400

  Expenses

  $6,335,370

  Contributions

  $133,211

  Grants paid

  $243,126

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,260,340

  Expenses

  $5,542,176

  Contributions

  $208,345

  Grants paid

  $462,123

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

  $5,622,240

  Expenses

  $5,197,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,852,210

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,561,833

  Expenses

  $4,528,382

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,857,486

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,066,551

  Expenses

  $5,765,558

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,835,890

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,217,310

  Expenses

  $5,557,792

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,765,826

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,263,016

  Expenses

  $6,289,038

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,308,206

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

• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

  $55,000

  2022 · HUNT FELLOWSHIP

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

  $37,500

  2024 · HUNT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND MEETING SUPPORT

• UNIVERITY OF MEMPHIS

  $30,000

  2022 · WEST MINORITY FELLOWSHIP

• UNIVERITY OF MEMPHIS

  $30,000

  2023 · WEST MINORITY FELLOWSHIP

• INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  $30,000

  2024 · WEST MINORITY FELLOWSHIP

• RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  2022 · HUNT FELLOWSHIP

• AMERICAN SPEACH LANGUAGE HEARING FOUNDATION

  $23,000

  2022 · KLATT SCHOLARSHIP FUND

• UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION

  $7,500

  2024 · MEETING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL HEARING CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

  $6,000

  2023 · MEETING SPONSORSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS INCORPORATED

  $39,600

  2023 · SEE PART IV

• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS INCORPORATED

  $33,300

  2022 · SEE PART IV

• HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · RESEARCH IN OTOLOGY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,550

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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