Southern Association for Women Historians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300748280
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Dahlonega, GA, USA
Phone
7038975829
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,429
Expenses
$31,958
Assets
$238,893
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Emily Bingham (Past President)
  • Michelle Haberland (President)
  • Crystal Feimster (First Vice President)
  • Anne Marshall (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Emily Bingham (Past President)
  • Michelle Haberland (President)
  • Crystal Feimster (First Vice 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

The SAWH has several purposes: to stimulate interest in the study of southern history and women's history, to advance the status of women in the historical profession in the South, to provide a forum for women historians to discuss issues of professional concern, and to publicize and promote issues of concern to SAWH members.

What it reported doing in 2024

The SAWH awarded five cash awards for scholarly excellence: The Hall Prize (a conference paper prize awarded at the Triennial Conference to a graduate student), the Rose Prize (a book prize), the Spruill Prize (a book prize), the Taylor Prize (a scholarly article prize) and the Scott Fellowship (awarded every even year). These prizes and award plaques, recognizing scholarly achievement, were presented at the SAWH Annual Meeting and Scholarly Address held at the Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting. Total cash prizes awarded was $4,700.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.3%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.48; rating input score 89; 89th 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: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 82.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.3% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.