Nonprofit · EIN 23-0341915
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Tax-exempt · PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,448,523 | $692,343 | $1,756,180 | $8,054,192 | $68,078 | $7,986,114 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,043,612 | $711,888 | $331,724 | $5,536,888 | $99,699 | $5,437,189 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $686,073 | $615,942 | $70,131 | $4,902,524 | $75,691 | $4,826,833 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,702,073
- Program service revenue
- $450,000
- Investment income
- $296,450
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $25,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $281,842
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $364,401
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $532
- Accounting fees
- $47,398
- Occupancy
- $26,160
- Travel
- $27,432
- Depreciation
- $4,801
- Program services (functional)
- $361,917
- Management and general (functional)
- $172,911
- Fundraising (functional)
- $157,515
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,536,888
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,054,192
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $68,078
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,986,114
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $16,220
- Publicly traded securities
- $7,070,865
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,830,490
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,155,624
- Gross receipts
- $2,689,773
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 17
- Year formed
- 1889
- State of legal domicile
- PA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTA TIENDA | PRESIDENT UNTIL 8/2025 Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SHELDON DANZIGER | PRESIDENT AS OF 9/2025 Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| PAULA D MCCLAIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SUZANNE METTLER | TREASURER UNTIL 6/2025 Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARY ANN MEYERS PHD | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| CAROL ANDERSON BOARD OF | DIRECTOR UNTIL 11/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| LESLIE BOISSIERE BOARD OF | DIRECTOR AS OF 7/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JAMELLE BOUIE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DOMINIQUE BROSSARD BOARD OF | DIRECTOR UNTIL 6/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| RODNEY HERO | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHERMAN JAMES | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| TAEKU LEE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DIANE SCHANZENBACH BOARD OF | DIRECTOR AS OF 7/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CLAUDE STEELE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL STRAIN BOARD OF | DIRECTOR AS OF 7/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY WATERS BOARD OF | DIRECTOR UNTIL 6/2025 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| AARON KLEIN | TREASURER AS OF 6/2025 Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| THOMAS KECSKEMETHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS KECSKEMETHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $10,000 |
| MARTA TIENDA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PAULA D MCCLAIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| SUZANNE METTLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARY ANN MEYERS PHD | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| CAROL ANDERSON | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JAMELLE BOUIE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DOMINIQUE BROSSARD | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARIA CANCIAN BOARD OF | DIRECTORS UNTIL 06/2024 Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| RODNEY HERO | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHERMAN JAMES | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| AARON KLEIN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| TAEKU LEE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CLAUDE STEELE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARY WATERS | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUDINE GAY | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DAVID LEONHARDT | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DOMINIQUE BROSSARD | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARY ANN MEYERS PHD | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARY WATERS | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PAULA D MCCLAIN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| REBECCA MAYNARD | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RODNEY HERO | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHERMAN JAMES | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| SUZANNE METTLER | TREASURER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARIA CANCIAN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| TAEKU LEE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CLAUDE STEELE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARTA TIENDA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL ANDERSON | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JAMELLE BOUIE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| AARON KLEIN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| THOMAS KECSKEMETHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 220 SOUTH 40TH STREET 201-E, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-3543
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- THOMAS KECSKEMETHY, 220 SOUTH 40TH STREET SUITE 201-E, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
- Signed the 990
- THOMAS KECSKEMETHY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (215) 898-5081
- Website
- WWW.AAPSS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CBIZ ADVISORS LLC
Mission
TO DISSEMINATE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS AND TO SPONSOR CONFERENCES, BRIEFINGS AND SYMPOSIA.
Program accomplishments
- ANNUALLY, THE ACADEMY RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND AWARDS THE DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN PRIZE TO A SCHOLAR WHO HAS MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. AS PART OF THE AWARD, THE RECIPIENT GIVES A LECTURE WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE 2025 PRIZE WAS AWARDED TO TIMOTHY DAVID SNYDER, TEMERTY CHAIR IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. THE LECTURE WAS HELD IN OCTOBER OF 2025.Expenses $153,488 · grants $25,000
- THE ACADEMY PUBLISHES A BI-MONTHLY JOURNAL. IN 2025, CIRCULATION OF THE JOURNAL REACHED 10,407 PAID SUBSCRIBERS. ALSO, MANY INDIVIDUALS ACCESS ARTICLES: THERE WERE 660,172 FULL-TEXT DOWNLOADS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. ONLINE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS WERE SPONSORED TO DISCUSS TOPICS PRESENTED IN THESE VOLUMES.Expenses $121,063 · revenue $450,000
- THE ACADEMY SPONSORS ACADEMIC SYMOPSIA AND AUTHORS CONFERENCES.Expenses $87,366
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-0341915
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1938
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Social science (V24Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,054,192
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,689,773
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,448,523 | $692,343 | $8,054,192 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,043,612 | $711,888 | $5,536,888 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $686,073 | $615,942 | $4,902,524 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $486,780 | $575,422 | $4,305,944 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-0341915).
Questions about AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE is 23-0341915.
- Is AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1938.
- Are donations to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names THOMAS KECSKEMETHY.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,448,523, expenses of $692,343 and total assets of $8,054,192 at year end.
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