American Ceramic Circle Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237154620
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8042488050
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,930
- Expenses
- $103,674
- Assets
- $394,719
- Liabilities
- $940
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH A WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTINA PRESCOTT-WALKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ANNE FORSCHLER-TARRASCH (CHAIRMAN)
- ELIZABETH A WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTINA PRESCOTT-WALKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
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
Promote scholarship and education
What it reported doing in 2024
The acc awards annual grants to individuals to provide assistance for costsassociated with scholarly research that reflects the general interest of the members. Granteessubmit their research results to the acc and may be published or invited to speak at a symposium.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.81; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.