2025-02-20T12:46:14-05:00 2023-12-31 133800996 TAX MASTER FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP 1384 BROADWAY RM 1602 NEW YORK NY 10018 990EZ 2023-01-01 473141019 AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN BULGARIA INC AMER 6072799668 2715 NEW AMBLER COURT HERNDON VA 20171 NORA DIMITROVA CLINTON PRESIDENT 7033692604 2025-02-07 true false DAVID I BLOCK EA P00003184 2122479090 2025-02-07 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X N/A X X 46543 46543 46543 44929 2530 47459 -916 924 8 924 8 924 8 924 8 X THE PURPOSE OF THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN BULGARIA, INC. (ARCB) IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO: (1) THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA, A NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION ORGANIZED, REGISTERED, AND OPERATING UNDER THE LAWS OF BULGARIA; (2) SUPPORT AMERICAN SCHOLARS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN BULGARIA; (3) FACILITATE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN SCHOLARS FROM NORTH AMERICA, BULGARIA, AND COUNTRIES FROM SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE (INCLUDING ROMANIA, GREECE, ALBANIA, KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, AND TURKEY). DURING 2023, THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN BULGARIA, INC. (ARCB) CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS MISSION. ARCB SPONSORED PROJECTS AND EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROVIDED GRANTS TO ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN BULGARIA, THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA FOUNDATION (ARCS). THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ARCB'S SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SUPPORT TO THE ARCS ACADEMIC PROGRAM, LIBRARY, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARCB PROVIDED GRANTS TO ARCS IN SUPPORT OF ITS VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, NOTABLY: "HOSTING INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS AT ITS FACILITIES IN SOFIA AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH IN BULGARIA; "MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING ITS UNIQUE LIBRARY COLLECTION, FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; MOST NOTABLY, ARCB RECEIVED A SECOND DONATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT RECORDINGS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM THE VOICE OF AMERICA COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GLOUKHOV; "CONTINUING ITS COOPERATION WITH CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: OIN THE UNITED STATES, THE ARCB OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS HAD A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE YEAR, CONSISTENT WITH A WIDESPREAD POST-PANDEMIC AWAKENING OF CULTURAL EVENTS AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS CONDUCTED MULTIPLE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 2023 WITH ARCB FRIENDS AND GUESTS (NOTABLY, PHILIP DIMITROV, ANTONINA DURIDANOVA, JACKY COMFORTY, ANDREW BERNSTEIN, BEATRICE TOLIDJIAN, CHRISTO MARINOV, MICHAEL GLOUKHOV, DOBRINKA DROUMEVA, DIMITAR DIMKOV, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, BOYKO ANTONOV, PETE KRISTOFFERSON, DILYANA IVANOVA ZIESKE, LIAM ZIESKE, AND MANY OTHER ARCB SUPPORTERS). OIN BULGARIA, ARCS AND ARCB CO-SPONSORED VARIOUS CULTURAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATIONS BY THE RENOWNED BULGARIAN AMERICAN ANTONINA DURIDANOVA, RECOUNTING HER FASCINATING ESCAPE TO FREEDOM AND SHARING HER ADVICE FOR A HEALTHY AND MEANINGFUL LIFE. "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED TO HOST RECIPIENTS OF THE ZVI KEREN RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP IN JEWISH HISTORY, ESTABLISHED IN 2020 IN MEMORY OF DR. ZVI KEREN, WHOSE PIONEERING WORK ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA OVER THE CENTURIES, SUPPORTED BY ARCB AND ARCS, RESULTED IN MOMENTOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. X 31580 PUBLICATIONS "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED THEIR SUPPORT FOR BOOKS WITH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, WITH SEVERAL PLANNED PUBLICATIONS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN 2024 AND 2025. RESEARCH PROJECTS/WEBSITES: "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH OF MARTIN KOENIG (BALKAN ECHOES FOUNDATION), A CULTURAL SPECIALIST AND ETHNOGRAPHER, WHO SPENT OVER 50 YEARS RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE FORMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SETTINGS. "ARCB CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ONLINE PORTAL "VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM IN BULGARIA" (HTTP://WWW.VICTIMSOFCOMMUNISM.BG/EN/), LAUNCHED BY ARCS IN 2009. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO PREPARE A COMPLETE DATABASE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUBJECT TO COMMUNIST TOTALITARIAN REPRESSIONS AND THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, THUS FILLING A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN OUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. 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(ARCB) IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO: (1) THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA, A NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION ORGANIZED, REGISTERED, AND OPERATING UNDER THE LAWS OF BULGARIA; (2) SUPPORT AMERICAN SCHOLARS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN BULGARIA; (3) FACILITATE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN SCHOLARS FROM NORTH AMERICA, BULGARIA, AND COUNTRIES FROM SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE (INCLUDING ROMANIA, GREECE, ALBANIA, KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, AND TURKEY). FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 DURING 2023, THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN BULGARIA, INC. (ARCB) CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS MISSION. ARCB SPONSORED PROJECTS AND EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROVIDED GRANTS TO ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN BULGARIA, THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA FOUNDATION (ARCS). THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ARCB'S SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SUPPORT TO THE ARCS ACADEMIC PROGRAM, LIBRARY, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARCB PROVIDED GRANTS TO ARCS IN SUPPORT OF ITS VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, NOTABLY: "HOSTING INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS AT ITS FACILITIES IN SOFIA AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH IN BULGARIA; "MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING ITS UNIQUE LIBRARY COLLECTION, FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; MOST NOTABLY, ARCB RECEIVED A SECOND DONATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT RECORDINGS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FROM THE VOICE OF AMERICA COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GLOUKHOV; "CONTINUING ITS COOPERATION WITH CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: OIN THE UNITED STATES, THE ARCB OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS HAD A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE YEAR, CONSISTENT WITH A WIDESPREAD POST-PANDEMIC AWAKENING OF CULTURAL EVENTS AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS CONDUCTED MULTIPLE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 2023 WITH ARCB FRIENDS AND GUESTS (NOTABLY, PHILIP DIMITROV, ANTONINA DURIDANOVA, JACKY COMFORTY, ANDREW BERNSTEIN, BEATRICE TOLIDJIAN, CHRISTO MARINOV, MICHAEL GLOUKHOV, DOBRINKA DROUMEVA, DIMITAR DIMKOV, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, BOYKO ANTONOV, PETE KRISTOFFERSON, DILYANA IVANOVA ZIESKE, LIAM ZIESKE, AND MANY OTHER ARCB SUPPORTERS). OIN BULGARIA, ARCS AND ARCB CO-SPONSORED VARIOUS CULTURAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLICATIONS BY THE RENOWNED BULGARIAN AMERICAN ANTONINA DURIDANOVA, RECOUNTING HER FASCINATING ESCAPE TO FREEDOM AND SHARING HER ADVICE FOR A HEALTHY AND MEANINGFUL LIFE. "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED TO HOST RECIPIENTS OF THE ZVI KEREN RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP IN JEWISH HISTORY, ESTABLISHED IN 2020 IN MEMORY OF DR. ZVI KEREN, WHOSE PIONEERING WORK ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA OVER THE CENTURIES, SUPPORTED BY ARCB AND ARCS, RESULTED IN MOMENTOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 PUBLICATIONS "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED THEIR SUPPORT FOR BOOKS WITH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, WITH SEVERAL PLANNED PUBLICATIONS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN 2024 AND 2025. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 RESEARCH PROJECTS/WEBSITES: "ARCS AND ARCB CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH OF MARTIN KOENIG (BALKAN ECHOES FOUNDATION), A CULTURAL SPECIALIST AND ETHNOGRAPHER, WHO SPENT OVER 50 YEARS RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE FORMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SETTINGS. "ARCB CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ONLINE PORTAL "VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM IN BULGARIA" (HTTP://WWW.VICTIMSOFCOMMUNISM.BG/EN/), LAUNCHED BY ARCS IN 2009. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO PREPARE A COMPLETE DATABASE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUBJECT TO COMMUNIST TOTALITARIAN REPRESSIONS AND THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, THUS FILLING A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN OUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. THE INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE BULGARIAN STATE ARCHIVES AND WILL RESULT IN AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RECORDS.