Association for Political Theory
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272019591
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Amherst, MA, USA
- Phone
- 8664572585
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,712
- Expenses
- $41,407
- Assets
- $99,915
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMILY NACOL (CO-PRESIDENT)
- INDER MARWAH (CO-PRESIDENT)
- AMIT RON (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EMILY NACOL (CO-PRESIDENT)
- INDER MARWAH (CO-PRESIDENT)
- AMIT RON (CO-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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the study of political theory and political philosophy in no.america
What it reported doing in 2025
Annual conference held at umass devoted to political thought viascholarly interaction, collaboration & debate among politicaltheorists. Approximately 234 persons attended the conference.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.41; rating input score 70; 70th 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: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.