2026-02-04T11:32:42-05:00 2025-06-30 561627242 ROMEO WIGGINS & COMPANY LLP 8210 CREEDMOOR ROAD SUITE 202 RALEIGH NC 276131388 990 2024-07-01 231352617 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF OVERSEAS RESEARCH AMER 7037899229 209 COMMERCE STREET ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 ANDREW VAUGHN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7037899229 2026-01-24 true J KELLY LANIER P01240701 9198705151 2026-01-24 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEAR ANDREW VAUGHN 209 COMMERCE STREET ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 2630850 false X WWW.ASOR.ORG X 1935 VA ASOR, FOUNDED IN 1900, IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO INITIATE, ENCOURAGE, AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO, AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF, THE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE NEAR EAST AND WIDER MEDITERRANEAN, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES BY: FOSTERING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, EXPLORATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK; ENCOURAGING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE REGION'S LANGUAGES, TEXTS, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES; DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER, THROUGH A ROBUST PUBLICATION PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETINGS AND OTHER VENUES; ADHERING TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE; UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING; PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD; DEVELOPING ENGAGING PROGRAMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORIC AND 31 30 19 247 0 2317918 860561 613088 662832 358947 305561 45129 50716 3335082 1879670 182376 259547 0 909905 1102650 0 84090 842504 707267 1934785 2069464 1400297 -189794 9034018 9360224 349369 347873 8684649 9012351 X ASOR, FOUNDED IN 1900, IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO INITIATE, ENCOURAGE, AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO, AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF, THE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE NEAR EAST AND WIDER MEDITERRANEAN, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES BY: FOSTERING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, EXPLORATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK; ENCOURAGING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE REGION'S LANGUAGES, TEXTS, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES; DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER, THROUGH A ROBUST PUBLICATION PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETINGS AND OTHER VENUES; ADHERING TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE; UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING; PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD; DEVELOPING ENGAGING PROGRAMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORIC AND false false 1611043 259547 662832 FOSTERING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND EXPLORATIONS. ENCOURAGING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE BASIC LANGUAGES, CULTURAL HISTORIES AND TRADITIONS OF THE NEAR EASTERN WORLD. PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES AND DISCIPLINES, AND BY ADVOCATING HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN TEACHING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF TIMELY DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. OFFERING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NEAR EASTERN HISTORY AND ARCHAELOLGY TO UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. DEVELOPING ENGAGING PROGRAMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE NEAR EAST AND THE WIDER MEDITERRANEAN AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ITS DEGRADATION. 1611043 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false true true true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true 25 0 true 19 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 31 30 true false false false false true false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X X ANDREW VAUGHN 7037899229 209 COMMERCE STREET ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 ANDREW VAUGHN EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X X 188472 0 12433 LISA ACKERMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN ACKERMAN PAST PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SOLANGE ASHBY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA BERLIN INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY MILLER BONNEY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 THEODORE BURGH INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALEX BROOKS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET COHEN INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC CLINE INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH KIELT COSTELLO INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIN DARBY INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 JP DESSEL OVERSEAS INS 1.00 X 0 0 0 HELEN DIXON INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 LYNN SWARTZ DODD INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANE DEROSE EVANS PRESIDENT EL 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SHELDON FOX CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHRYN GROSSMAN INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY HAMMER INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL HASEL INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 PEYTON RANDOLPH HELM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON HERBERT PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RICARDO ST HILAIRE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES ELLWOOD JONES VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANN-MARIE KNOBLAUCH PAST SECRETA 1.00 X X 0 0 0 W MARK LANIER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALEX MACALLISTER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD E MARTIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL MEYERS LIFE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC MEYERS LIFE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW MOELIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT MULLINS INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIERSTEN NEUMANN INDIVIDUAL M 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANN SAHLMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH JARMER SCOTT SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOE D SEGER LIFE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN MIDKIFF STRANGE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY SERWINT OVERSEAS INS 1.00 X 0 0 0 JASON UR INSTITUTIONA 1.00 X 0 0 0 188472 12433 1 false true false 303913 556648 860561 ANNUAL MEETING 260539 260539 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS 195195 195195 JOURNALS REVENUE 120195 120195 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 51000 51000 BOOK REVENUE 35903 35903 662832 189093 189093 33710 33710 867648 751180 116468 116468 116468 REIMBURSED INCOME 13442 13442 MISC INCOME 3564 3564 17006 1879670 662832 356277 25934 25934 122587 122587 111026 111026 191472 108505 45562 37405 706635 554541 137733 14361 45539 33516 9375 2648 88005 31126 53852 3027 70999 52254 14617 4128 37717 7544 22630 7543 141331 141331 77216 26129 39916 11171 38242 38242 36664 27068 9596 156641 145290 11351 18667 3808 11052 3807 7903 7903 PRODUCTION COSTS 185752 185576 176 OTHER DIRECT COSTS 7134 7134 INDIRECT COSTS 27674 -27674 2069464 1611043 374331 84090 101591 261677 1663958 1310045 62463 20461 41192 22403 17631 1154013 101164 1025246 1052849 6137896 6676830 9034018 9360224 37589 45208 311780 302665 349369 347873 X 2678929 2600893 6005720 6411458 8684649 9012351 9034018 9360224 -189794 517496 X false true X true false X 1172322 1321603 1554687 2317918 860561 7227091 1172322 1321603 1554687 2317918 860561 7227091 1939305 5287786 328144 229327 158456 209135 222803 1147865 19851 14245 13492 12209 17006 76803 8451759 3119972 0.62560 0.56390 X PART II, LINE 10 76,803 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5384812 57750 651048 250746 5842864 4061924 919472 605109 201693 5386812 3421044 363797 468892 191809 4061924 3855167 418030 -652303 199850 3421044 2735950 405298 827008 113089 3855167 0.72400 0.27600 false false 490000 490000 664013 101164 562849 1052849 2446232 517496 49066 566562 1879670 1879670 2118530 49066 49066 2069464 2069464 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 NET EARNINGS FROM INVESTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL USE OR AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE DONOR. true MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA GRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE IN 13304 13304 13304 MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA CULTURAL HERITAGE IN 7921 ACH NORTH AFRICA CULTURAL HERITAGE IN 5383 ACH 2 SHEPARD GRANT MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 2 7350 WIRE/ACH STRANGE/MIDKIFF GRANT MIDDLE EAST 2 4000 WIRE PLATT GRANT NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE 3 6000 WIRE AM TRAVEL NORTH AMERICA 2 500 CHECK DANA 3 FELLOWSHIP MIDDLE EAST 1 5000 ACH DANA 1 FELLOWSHIP MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AMERICA 10 8185 WIRE/ACH PE MACALLISTER FELLOWSHIP NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST 4 8000 WIRE CAROL & ERIC MEYERS NORTH AMERICA AND MIDDLE EAST 3 6000 WIRE TRAVEL TO COLLECTIONS MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE 1 2000 WIRE EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS EUROPE 1 500 WIRE BAGHDAD COMMITTEE MIDDLE EAST 3 20000 CHECK/WIRE HARRIS GRANT MIDDLE EAST 1 5000 WIRE DANA 2 FELLOWSHIP MIDDLE EAST 1 5000 WIRE WRIGHT/MEYERS MIDDLE EAST 1 2000 WIRE SHEELER FELLOWSHIP MIDDLE EAST 1 2000 WIRE MASON FELLOWSHIP EUROPE 1 5000 ACH GAZAN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 3 11187 WIRE false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 RECIPIENTS OF FELLOWSHIPS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO ORGANIZATION. REPORTS ARE THEN PUBLISHED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS UP WITH RECIPIENTS IF THEY DO NOT SEND IN REPORTS. SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 13,304 0 true THE CENTER FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD 5920 E WEST MIRAMAR DR TUCSON AZ 85715 273527655 501C3 5934 CULTURAL HERITAGE PR 1 STRANGE/MIDKIFF GRANT 4 8000 PLATT GRANT 6 12000 WRIGHT/MEYERS GRANT 3 6000 ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATI 114 18288 STUDENT & MEMBERSHIP SUPP 91 8489 TRAVEL TO COLLECTIONS 1 2000 DANA 1 FELLOWSHIP 7 9031 BIPOC 13 11402 AM TRAVEL 8 2000 SEGER EXCAVATION GRANT 1 2500 DANA 2 FELLOWSHIP 1 5000 EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS 1 500 CAROL & ERIC MEYERS 3 6000 BAGHDAD COMMITTEE 7 1747 ASOR MEMBERSHIP 4 8000 HANSBERRY SOCIETY 5 500 TIGRIS TRAVEL 4 8924 GAZAN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP 2 406 HARRIS GRANT 1 5000 GERATY ENDOWMENT GRANT 1 3000 SHEPARD URGENT ACTION 1 3800 SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 RECIPIENTS OF FELLOWSHIPS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO ORGANIZATION. REPORTS ARE THEN PUBLISHED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS UP WITH RECIPIENTS IF THEY DO NOT SEND IN REPORTS. X false false false false false false false false false ANDREW VAUGHN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 188472 12433 200905 ERIC AND CAROL MEYERS MARRIED BOARD MEMBERS false ROBERT AND HANAN MULLINS MARRIED 45585 BOD AND EMPLOYEE false SCHEDULE L, PART V HANAN MULLINS (SPOUSE OF INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ROBERT MULLINS) WAS PAID 45,585 IN SALARY AND BENEFITS AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR ASOR CULTURAL HERITAGE INITIATIVES IN FY25. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS NOT A MATERIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C ASOR FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION ASOR, FOUNDED IN 1900, IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO INITIATE, ENCOURAGE, AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO, AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF, THE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF THE NEAR EAST AND WIDER MEDITERRANEAN, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES BY: FOSTERING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, EXPLORATION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK; ENCOURAGING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE REGION'S LANGUAGES, TEXTS, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES; DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER, THROUGH A ROBUST PUBLICATION PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETINGS AND OTHER VENUES; ADHERING TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE; UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING; PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD; DEVELOPING ENGAGING PROGRAMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE NEAR EAST AND THE WIDER MEDITERRANEAN AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ITS DEGRADATION. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A FOSTERING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND EXPLORATIONS. ENCOURAGING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE BASIC LANGUAGES, CULTURAL HISTORIES AND TRADITIONS OF THE NEAR EASTERN WORLD. PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES AND DISCIPLINES, AND BY ADVOCATING HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN TEACHING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF TIMELY DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. OFFERING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NEAR EASTERN HISTORY AND ARCHAELOLGY TO UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. DEVELOPING ENGAGING PROGRAMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE NEAR EAST AND THE WIDER MEDITERRANEAN AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ITS DEGRADATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 ERIC MEYERS CAROL MEYERS BOARD MEMBER INST BOARD M HUSBAND AND WIFE ROBERT MULLINS HANAN MULLINS BOARD MEMBER EMPLOYEE HUSBAND AND WIFE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A DESCRIBED IN BY-LAWS. THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ELECTS 2 MEMBERS PER YEAR FOR 3-YEAR TERMS. THE INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ELECT 2 MEMBERS PER YEAR FOR 3-YEAR TERMS. UP TO 4 MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE BOARD EACH YEAR FOR 3-YEAR TERMS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FIRST. IT IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD CHAIR AND BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DURING ITS MEETING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OR DURING A CONFERENCE CALL . FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ALL TRUSTEES COMPLETE THE FORM ANNUALLY, AND THEY ARE REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ANNUALLY. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED ALL INSTANCES OF POSSIBLE CONFLICTS AND DETERMINED THAT NONE OF THEM WERE A MATERIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ALL EMPLOYEES ALSO COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. ASOR HAS A PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ALL EMPLOYEES REVIEW THIS POLICY ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PERFORMANCE AND COMPARABLE SALARIES OF THE DIRECTORS AT OTHER LEARNED SOCIETIES. IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SALARIES OF DIRECTORS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND OTHER SIMILAR NON-PROFITS IN THE DC / ALEXANDRIA, VA AREA. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 FORM 990 IS POSTED ON WEBSITE.