American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237063416
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Corvallis, OR, USA
- Phone
- 8452020672
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $314,032
- Expenses
- $320,463
- Assets
- $2,198,746
- Liabilities
- $158,944
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAOLA BERTUCCI (PRESIDENT)
- MISTY G ANDERSON (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
- ELENA DEANDA-CAMACHO (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
- BENITA BLESSING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- BENITA BLESSING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $83,750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The american society for eighteenth-century studies was formed for the encouragement and advancement of studies and research in the history of eighteenth century culture. The society promotes the exchange of information and ideas among members of the various scholarly disciplines engaged in eighteenth century studies through inter-disciplinary meetings, publications, joint research, and other means it may deem appropriate. Specific activities include quarterly publications of the journal eighteenth studies, an annual publication of studies in eighteenth-century culture (secc), and an annual meeting.
What it reported doing in 2024
The american society for eighteenth-century studies encourages and advances studies and research in the history of eighteenth-century culture through interdisciplinary meetings, publications, and joint research. Specific activities include quarterly and annual publications and an annual meeting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.3%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.86; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.3% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $190K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.