North American Dostoevsky Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134176431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Augusta, GA, USA
Phone
8045134147
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,568
Expenses
$3,318
Assets
$39,426
Liabilities
$4,120

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATE HOLLAND (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE BOWERS (VICE PRESIDENT AND COMMUNICATIONS)

People named in this filing

  • KATE HOLLAND (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE BOWERS (VICE PRESIDENT AND COMMUNICATIONS)
  • VADIM SHNEYDER (SECRETARY & TREASURER)

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 north american dostoevsky society comprises a network of scholars dedicated to studying the life and works of the nineteenth-century russian writer fyodor dostoevsky. We seek to increase public awareness of his work by sponsoring, generating, and disseminating resources for educators, researchers, students, and general readers.

What it reported doing in 2024

We run regular undergraduate- and graduate-level student essay competitions; provide travel grants for contingently employed faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars to travel to dostoevsky-related conferences; contribute to the organization and funding of the triennial convention of the international dostoevsky society; and operate the website dostoevsky.org, which houses scholarly and educational resources and information about dostoevsky-related events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17%; rating input score 17
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 83%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.88; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -90.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 68.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.