The Society for Text and Discourse

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363860509
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Loudonville, NY, USA
Phone
6036616630
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,797
Expenses
$136,048
Assets
$347,751
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PANAYIOTA KENDEOU (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PANAYIOTA KENDEOU (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY SMITH (TREASURER)
  • SCOTT HINZE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The society for text and discourse is an international society of researchers who investigate all aspects of discourse processing and text analysis. The purpose of the society is to consolidate research in discourse processing and to enhance communication among researchers in different disciplines. A second objective of the society is to contribute to the education and professional development of those in the field or entering the field.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual conference is held virtually or at selected cities to enhance communication among researchers, to select career award winners, and to mentor graduate students and new faculty affiliates.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 74

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: -6.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.