2025-11-13T17:49:38-06:00 2025-06-30 BDO USA 10999 IH-10W Suite 255 San Antonio TX 78230 990 2024-07-01 042319500 AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT INC % ARCE AMER 7037213479 909 North Washington St Suite 320 Alexandria VA 22314 JENNIFER ROWLAND CFO 7037213479 2025-11-12 true true Ann M Pena P00671430 2103428000 2025-11-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MELINDA HARTWIG 909 NORTH WASHINGTON ST SUITE 320 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 2770811 false X WWW.ARCE.ORG X 1948 MA THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT (ARCE) IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON ALL ASPECTS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, FOSTERING A BROADER KNOWLEDGE OF EGYPT, AND STRENGTHENING AMERICAN - EGYPTIAN CULTURAL TIES. (SEE SCHEDULE O) 20 20 9 0 0 0 1548905 653147 123882 133524 1808810 1897907 420441 86233 3902038 2770811 876437 769491 0 0 1717177 1669138 0 0 264136 2660525 1836689 5254139 4275318 -1352101 -1504507 96560325 102313474 17392334 18386613 79167991 83926861 X THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT (ARCE) IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON ALL ASPECTS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, FOSTERING A BROADER KNOWLEDGE OF EGYPT, AND STRENGTHENING AMERICAN - EGYPTIAN CULTURAL TIES. (SEE SCHEDULE O) false false 1859088 769491 0 PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES - THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT IS COMMITTED TO HELPING EGYPT PRESERVE ITS RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS WORLDWIDE. IN COLLABORATION WITH EGYPT'S SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES, ARCE WORKS TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRY'S ANTIQUITIES THROUGH DOCUMENTATION, CONSERVATION, TRAINING, AND PUBLICATION. THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK HAS INCLUDED MORE THAN 50 MAJOR CONSERVATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT EGYPT THAT SPAN THE ENTIRE RANGE OF THE COUNTRY'S RICH CULTURAL HISTORY, FROM PREHISTORY TO THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD, INCLUDING MASTERPIECES OF PHARAONIC, GRAECO-ROMAN, COPTIC, JEWISH, AND ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 801704 0 0 PUBLIC PROGRAMS - AMERICAN-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS ARE AT THE CORE OF WHAT ARCE DOES. PUBLIC PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE A VITAL LINK IN CARRYING OUT ARCE'S MISSION OF FOSTERING BROADER KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF EGYPT AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES. WE CARRY OUT THIS MISSION BY SUPPORTING 13 LOCAL CHAPTERS, OFFERING CAIRO LECTURES AND EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS, HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND PROVIDING PUBLICATIONS ABOUT ARCE-SPONSORED PROJECTS IN EGYPT TO OUR MEMBERS. 79499 0 0 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE DECADES, ARCE'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HAS BENEFITED MORE THAN 620 SCHOLARS, WHOSE RESEARCH INTERESTS SPAN THE DIVERSITY OF EGYPT'S PERIODS AND CULTURES. THE GOAL OF ARCE'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE A MORE PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OF EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST THROUGH STUDY AND RESEARCH AND TO AID IN THE TRAINING OF AMERICAN SPECIALISTS IN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES THAT REQUIRE FAMILIARITY WITH EGYPT. PROGRAM ALUMNI INCLUDE DIRECTORS AND FACULTY OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES DEPARTMENTS AT LEADING UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, AND CURATORS OF EGYPTIAN AND NEAR EASTERN ART AT MAJOR MUSEUMS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. 2740291 true true false false false false false true true true true false false true true false true false false true true true true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 14 0 true 9 true false true EG false false false true true false false false false false false X 20 20 true true false false true true false true true false true true true true true true true true true false false MA X ARCE 7037213479 909 NORTH WASHINGTON ST STE 320 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 CHRISTINA DIMEGLIO LOPEZ US DIRECTOR (TERM.07/25) 40.0 0.0 X 150000 0 29373 NICHOLAS WARNER DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 40.0 0.0 X 172704 0 0 LOUISE BERTINI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(TERM.12/24) 40.0 0.0 X 161968 0 9925 FATMA ISMAIL DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH 40.0 0.0 X 136897 0 25417 JENNIFER ROWLAND CFO (AS OF 06/25) 40.0 0.0 X 147000 0 0 DENISE DOXEY PRESIDENT 5.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 DAVID ANDERSON FORMER PRESIDENT(TERM. 04/25) 5.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE DENKOWICZ VICE PRESIDENT 5.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 PAUL STANWICK TREASURER (TERM. 04/25) 5.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 NICOLA ARAVECCHIA ELECTED GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 BETSY BRYAN GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 HISHAM FAHMY GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 SALIMA IKRAM ELECTED GOVERNOR(TERM. 10/24) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JANICE KAMRIN RSM GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SIDNEY KITCHEL APPOINTED GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 FRANCIS JOSEPH RICCIARDONE JR GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JULIA TROCHE GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 YEKATERINA BARBASH RSM REPRESENTATIVE(TERM.04/25) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MAHMOUD ABDALLAH GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 LINDA GIULIANO TREASURER 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 NADINE MOELLER GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 KERRY MUHLENSTEIN GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SARA OREL GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ADINA SAVIN GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RICARDO ST HILAIRE GOVERNOR 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MELINDA HARTWIG EXECUTIVE DIR. 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THE COLLECTION CONTAINS RARE SETS OF ARCHAELOGICAL REPORTS, MONOGRAPH SERIES, CATALOGUES, AND PERIODICAL SERIES. NEW AREAS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION; MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE; AND A COLLECTION OF SECONDARY SOURCES, DISCUSSIONS, AND ANALYSIS IN EGYPTOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND MODERN EGYPTIAN HISTORY. ACQUISITIONS OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE ARE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT COST; ARCE EXPENSES OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY COLLECTION WHEN EXPENSES ARE INCURRED. ARCE DOES NOT DEPRECIATE ITS LIBRARY COLLECTION IN RECOGNITION OF ITS COMMITMENT TO ACT AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE COLLECTION AND BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTION IS NOT DECLINING. FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART IV, LINE 2 ARCE IS A CUSTODIAN FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS THAT BELONG TO ANOTHER ENTITY WHICH ARE INCLUDED ON PART V, LINE 1. FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4 THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED FOR FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS, EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES CONSERVATION, GENERAL OPERATIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND PUBLICATIONS. FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 ARCE IS EXEMPTED FROM US FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND ZERO RATE ALSO FROM CORPORATE INCOME TAXES IN EGYPT. Middle East and North Africa 2 30 Program Services SEE PART V 2740291 2 30 2 30 2740291 2740291 RESEARCH GRANTS - AEF Middle East and North Africa 10 742373 FELLOWSHIP STIPENDS (FOREIGN) Middle East and North Africa 7 2462 false false false false false false FORM 990, SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2 ORGANIZATION HAS DEDICATED ACCOUNTING AND GRANT MANAGEMENT STAFF ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN EGYPT. RECIPIENTS OF ARCE FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERIODIC REPORTS. ADDITIONALLY, ARCE PROVIDES QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE VARIOUS US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE FUNDING. 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(AS OF 01/25) 0 0 0 0 LOUISE BERTINI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(TERM.12/24) 161968 9925 0 171893 JENNIFER ROWLAND CFO (AS OF 06/25) 147000 0 0 147000 CHRISTINA DIMEGLIO LOPEZ US DIRECTOR (TERM.07/25) 150000 0 29373 179373 NICHOLAS WARNER DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 172704 0 0 172704 FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A THE DIRECTOR AND THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EACH PROJECTS IN LUXOR HAVE USE OF A DRIVER FOR TRAVEL WITHIN EGYPT. FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3 THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWED SEVERAL COMPENSATION STUDIES AND DECIDED TO USE THE COMPENSATION STUDY PRODUCED ANNUALLY FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM DIRECTORS. THE COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1: EGYPT, AND STRENGTHENING AMERICAN - EGYPTIAN CULTURAL TIES. ARCE WORKS TO PRESERVE EGYPT'S ANTIQUITIES, INCLUDING MASTERPIECES OF PHARAONIC, GREEK, ROMAN, COPTIC, AND ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE. ARCE'S CAIRO CENTER PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ARCE-AFFILIATED EXPEDITIONS. RECOGNIZING THAT THE FUTURE OF EGYPT'S MONUMENTS RESTS ULTIMATELY WITH EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND CONSERVATORS, ARCE ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING FOR EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES PROFESSIONALS. FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, ARCE'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS HAS ENABLED AMERICAN SCHOLARS TO CONDUCT ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON EGYPTIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. ARCE SUPPORTS THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH THROUGH PUBLICATIONS FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES AND SCHOLARS AS WELL AS HOSTING AN ANNUAL MEETING WHERE OVER ONE HUNDRED RESEARCH PAPERS ARE PRESENTED. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1: ARCE WORKS TO PRESERVE EGYPT'S ANTIQUITIES, INCLUDING MASTERPIECES OF PHARAONIC, GREEK, ROMAN, COPTIC, AND ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE. ARCE'S CAIRO CENTER PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ARCE-AFFILIATED EXPEDITIONS. RECOGNIZING THAT THE FUTURE OF EGYPT'S MONUMENTS RESTS ULTIMATELY WITH EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND CONSERVATORS, ARCE ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING FOR EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES PROFESSIONALS. FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, ARCE'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS HAS ENABLED AMERICAN SCHOLARS TO CONDUCT ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON EGYPTIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. ARCE SUPPORTS THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH THROUGH PUBLICATIONS FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES AND SCHOLARS AS WELL AS HOSTING AN ANNUAL MEETING WHERE OVER ONE HUNDRED RESEARCH PAPERS ARE PRESENTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3: FLEX CONSULTING LLC JENNIFER ROWLAND SERVED AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) FOR FLEX CONSULTING FROM JUNE 2024 TO MAY 2025. SHE PERFORMED MANAGEMENT DUTIES SUCH AS SUPERVISING STAFF, OVERSEEING THE BUDGET AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND REPORTING TO THE BOARD. THE REPORTABLE COMPENSATION PAID TO JENNIFER ROWLAND WAS $147,000. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6: THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF MEMBERS PER THE BYLAWS WHICH COMPRISE THE BOARD USING AN ANNUAL COHORT SYSTEM: 1. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS - Individual Governors. These are recommended by the Governance Committee per a Call for Nominations process. The Membership votes on these nominees. 2. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS - Presidential Appointments. These are recommended by the President and voted into office by the other members of the Board of Governors 3. HONORARY MEMBERS - These are honorific members designated by the Board of Governors from time to time. They have no voting rights. 4. RSM REPRESENTATIVE(S) - These are elected by the Research Supporting Members Council. 5. CHAPTER REPRESENATIVE(S) - These are elected by the Chapters Council. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A: ONLY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AT ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CAST ONE VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11: A COPY OF THE 990 WAS EMAILED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW AND QUESTIONS/COMMENTS PRIOR TO BEING SUBMITTED TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MUST UPDATE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE ANNUALLY. THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS THEN RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING UP ON ANY CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B: LINE 15: THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWED COMPENSATION STUDIES, INCLUDING THE CANDID SALARY SURVEY, TO BENCHMARK LIKE SALARIES OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND POSITIONS. COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACT TOTAL FEES:847466