Society of Historians of East European Eurasian and Russian Art

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371782197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Hamilton, NY, USA
Phone
6099370282
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,575
Expenses
$7,129
Assets
$13,428
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOMASZ GRUSIECKI (PRESIDENT)
  • SVITLANA BIEDARIEVA (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ALICE SULLIVAN (OUTGOING PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TOMASZ GRUSIECKI (PRESIDENT)
  • SVITLANA BIEDARIEVA (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ALICE SULLIVAN (OUTGOING 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bringing together scholars specializing in the art and architecture of eastern europe and the former soviet union, from ancient times to the present day. Shera is an affiliated society of the college art association (caa) and of the association of slavic, east european, and eurasian studies (aseees). The purpose of shera is to promote research, provide a forum for ongoing conversations on areas of mutual interest, and foster contacts and collaboration among scholars of east european, eurasian, and russian art and architecture through activities such as an online newsletter, a listserv, and active participation in research conferences.

What it reported doing in 2024

-running a website, electronic listserv, facebook page, and organizing sessions at scholarly conferences administered by caa and aseees.-serving about 100 active members: scholars, curators and graduate students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • 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: 5.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 64; 64th 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: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K 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: 8 filing years from 2016 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.