African American Intellectual History Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474218787
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Providence, RI, USA
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,157
- Expenses
- $74,450
- Assets
- $177,621
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert Greene II (President)
- Shaun Armstead (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Robert Greene II (President)
- Shaun Armstead (Vice-President)
- Mickell Carter (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The African American Intellectual History Society AAIHS is an educational nonprofit organization that aims to foster dialogue about researching writing and teaching Black history and culture. We advance these goals through a number of initiatives providing resources and support for students professors and members of the general public who are interested in Black history. Each year we offer grants fellowships and prizes to support archival research for those who are writing dissertations and books in the field of Black intellectual history--which broadly refers to the study of ideas and ideologies of Black people in the United States and across the globe. The organization seeks to educate the public about the significance of Black history and culture and we do this through several avenues including a popular blog that we make widely available to the public at no cost.
What it reported doing in 2024
Online Publication Black Perspectives: The majority of the annual expenses this last fiscal year was spent on publishing our popular blog BLACK Perspectives which has provided a space for scholars in disparate fields to discuss the many aspects of teaching and researching Black intellectual history. The blog is today the leading online platform for public scholarship on global Black thought history and culture. It is both free and open to the public. This past year we have had about 480,000 readers engage our platform.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 62.1%; rating input score 62
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -32.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 62.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.