Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 710576301
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7548001607
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,425
- Expenses
- $41,069
- Assets
- $47,518
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARC MURPHY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARC MURPHY (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN AUCHTER (VICE PRESIDE)
- MONTE WOLVERTON (SECRETARY -T)
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 of american editorial cartoonists is dedicated first to promoting the professional interests of editorial cartoonists in the united states. This includes political illustrators and artists working in the growing fields of comic and graphic journalism and opinion. Aaec hosts an annual convention to give members an opportunity to exchange views, meet socially, and showcase creative and technological innovation. Aaec also sponsors a cartoons for the classroom program designed to aid educators at all levels in teaching history and current events and to help younger cartoonists develop their professional skills. Aaec also strongly advocates for and defends the field of editorial cartooning as an essential element of a healthy democracy; in doing so it works closely with other organizations, both domestic and international, that are dedicated to protecting editorial cartoonists free-speech rights and to combating persecution and harassment.
What it reported doing in 2024
"cartoonist rights network international (crni) is an independent 501(c) (3) organization that works to protect the rights of editorial cartoonists globally who are facing threats and persecution because of their work. Aaec deemed this to be an appropriate donation because attacks on the free speech rights of editorial cartoonists in the u.s. Are very much a reflection of artistic oppression globally.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 50; 50th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.