Association for General and Liberal Studies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411534466
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Columbus, IN, USA
- Phone
- 8123906912
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,765
- Expenses
- $51,847
- Assets
- $71,251
- Liabilities
- $5,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephen Biscotte (President)
- Joyce Lucke (Executive Director)
- Mary Frances Pipino (Vice President/President Elect)
People named in this filing
- Stephen Biscotte (President)
- Joyce Lucke (Executive Director)
- Mary Frances Pipino (Vice President/President Elect)
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 Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) is a community of practitioner-scholars that provides strategic, effective, and innovative support for peers engaged in the day-to-day work of general education and liberal learning in 21st higher education. We aspire to be the leading organization that enhances the day-to-day work of those engaged in general education. Through the AGLS annual meeting, monthly virtual events, award programs, and occasional publications and projects, in collaboration with other associations, we aim to: 1) provide support to our members/peers; 2) assure financial stability for the organization; and 3) increase visibility/promote the organization.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fall 2024 annual meeting held in Portland Oregon. Activities included workshops, campus presentations on their general education program reform and assessment, and networking opportunities for those who are administer, chair, or are staff of said programs -- giving them a wide spread community to learn from and lean on when they encounter challenges in reform efforts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.