Conference for the Study of Political Thought Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854066226
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2129671100
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Political Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,565
- Expenses
- $158
- Assets
- $23,379
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARUNA MANTENA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KARUNA MANTENA (PRESIDENT)
- JILL FRANK (TREASURER)
- JASON FRANK (SECRETARY)
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
To preserve and promote a broad, humanistic style of thinking about politics; to encourage the study of the history of political thought from diverse perspectives; to bring discussions of political thought and its history to bear more directly on global issues of pressing concern; to organize conferences and events on contemporary themes from a theoretically and historically sensitive perspective.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2021 hosted an online conference on the theme of "democratic representation" in may 2021. We conducted the annual prize competitions for best book in political theory. We began fundraising for a prize for best dissertation in the history of political thought. We starting work on the 2022 annual conference on the theme of "anatomies of power."
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 91
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 98.2%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 147.97; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 53.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.