Americas Society Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Public policy - americas society is committed to furthering education and debate on public policy issues in the hemisphere. This is accomplished through programs; conferences; meetings; working groups; reports; publications; research; and high-level meetings with policymakers; scholars; media; community groups; philanthropists; and business leaders. In 2024, americas society hosted in-person, hybrid, and virtual high-level programs with audiences across the united states and latin america to foster dialogue on regional issues.americas society identifies emerging policy challenges and produces, publishes, and disseminates research and analysis as a basis for debate and dialogue with relevant policymakers, business leaders, community representatives, and the media. As the leading forum for hemisphere-wide debate, the society's public policy programs engage opinion leaders from the public and private sectors in positive dialogue across the western hemisphere to share ideas with organizations, businesses, and individuals and to formulate solutions to the challenges facing the americas today. Americas quarterly (aq) - is an award-winning publication dedicated to politics, business, and culture in the americas. Borrowing elements from the economist and foreign affairs, but with a focus on latin america and the caribbean, aq reaches more than 1 million people per year through its digital platforms, magazine, and podcast. Its influential, agenda-setting audience includes ceos, senior government officials, and thought leaders. Founded in 2007 and based in New York city, aq is an editorially independent, not-for-profit publication of as/coa, which for more than 50 years has been dedicated to dialogue in the western hemisphere.the aq podcast features weekly interviews on latin american politics and trends for a growing audience of over 8,000 listeners per month. Launched in march 2020, the aq podcast focuses on interviews with experts and policy makers from across the hemisphere.in 2024, aq delivered quality political analysis through its quarterly special reports and weekly online pieces. Over the course of the year, aq published four issues: latin america's election super-cycle, latin america's ports, what the u.s. Election means for latin america, and food security in latin america.issue 1 reviewed 2024 as the biggest election year in human history, as 4 billion people, or about half the planet's population, were set to cast a ballot. In latin america, the so-called super-cycle shaped six presidential elections in mexico, el salvador, panama, venezuela, uruguay and the dominican republic. The issue shed light particularly on mexico's contest between claudia sheinbaum, mexico city's mayor, and xochitl galvez, the leader of a diverse coalition.issue 2 was dedicated to explaining the race to control ports in south america, with a particular focus on chile. China expressed interest in building a port complex near the strait's atlantic mouth just across chile's border in argentina, and other countries were also embarking on a race to improve their maritime infrastructure. Montevideo was undergoing a $500 million expansion that would more than double international cargo volume. Oil-rich guyana was building out georgetown. The biggest project is in peru, where chinese state-owned cosco shipping was set to debut the first phase of its $3.5 billion chancay seaport near lima, while ecuador's guayaquil, brazil's santos and chile's san antonio, remained dogged by inefficiencies and capacity constraints - as well as rising organized crime as cartels battle over lucrative smuggling routes.in issue 3, we delved into the u.s. Presidential election and its implications for latin america. We asked former advisers to both president joe biden and former president donald trump to explain what another term for their onetime boss would mean for the region. Mauricio claver-carone (trump's camp), ricardo zuniga, and nicholas zimmerman on the democratic ticket

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 36.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.17; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings