Nonprofit · EIN 52-1395971
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20013
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $7,802,922 | $7,774,502 | $28,420 | $5,063,891 | $1,510,962 | $3,552,929 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $6,470,375 | $6,342,969 | $127,406 | $4,679,949 | $1,153,067 | $3,526,882 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $5,967,934 | $6,577,596 | -$609,662 | $4,554,961 | $1,629,399 | $2,925,562 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,129,480
- Membership dues
- $75,000
- Program service revenue
- $425,000
- Investment income
- $248,442
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $181,781
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $6,808,878
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $206,591
- Other salaries and wages
- $340,643
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $647,458
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $54,446
- Accounting fees
- $98,005
- Travel
- $17,363
- Program services (functional)
- $7,605,170
- Management and general (functional)
- $169,332
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,679,949
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,063,891
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,510,962
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,552,929
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,960,116
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,315,450
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,237,479
- Gross receipts
- $8,445,878
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 29
- Year formed
- 1984
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Wiederkehr | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $206,591 | $11,813 |
| J Mark Kenoyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ismael Montana | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Milan Shrestra | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katharyn Hanson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Barfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Octaviana Trujillo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Cook | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Pearce Paul Creasman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Hefner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kathryn Grossman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Paula DePriest | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald Kane | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Lawall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hegnar Watenpaugh | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
15 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Penelope Mitchell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Melinda Hartwig | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sumathi Ramaswamy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Rose | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Franois Tainturier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mythri Jegathesan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Flagg Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Wien | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Eve Zucker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Leonardo Villalon | Former Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 |
| Anne Betteridge | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 |
| Siddharth Chandra | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 |
| Ann-Marie Knoblauch | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 |
| Ali Riaz | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 30 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Wiederkehr | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $194,656 | $11,501 |
| James Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Penelope Mitchell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cynthia Radding | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald Kane | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Lawall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Maureen Marshall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sumathi Ramaswamy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Flagg Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Wien | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Eve Zucker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Rose | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Franois Tainturier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mythri Jegathesan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Paula DePriest | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katharyn Hanson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Barfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Milan Shrestra | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J Mark Kenoyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ismael Montana | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Pearce Paul Creasman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Hefner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kathryn Grossman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Louise Bertini | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Cook | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne Betteridge | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 | $0 |
| Leonardo Villalon | Former Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Siddharth Chandra | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ali Riaz | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann-Marie Knoblauch | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 31 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Wiederkehr | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $174,040 | $10,505 |
| Penelope Mitchell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cynthia Radding | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sumathi Ramaswamy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald Kane | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Lawall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Maureen Marshall | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Flagg Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Wien | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Eve Zucker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sharika Thiranagama | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ali Riaz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Rose | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Franois Tainturier | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Judith Justice | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katharyn Hanson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Barfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeanne Marecek | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J Mark Kenoyer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ismael Montana | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Louise Bertini | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Hefner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kathryn Grossman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| William Fitzhugh | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Cook | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Pearce Paul Creasman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne Betteridge | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Leonardo Villalon | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann-Marie Knoblauch | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Siddharth Chandra | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4.5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 37012, WASHINGTON, DC 20013-7012
- In care of
- % HEIDI WIEDERKEHR
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Heidi Wiederkehr, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 200137012
- Signed the 990
- HEIDI WIEDERKEHR, Executive Director
- Phone
- (202) 633-1599
- Return prepared by
- Mullins PC
Mission
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private non-profit federation of independent overseas research centers that promotes research to advance knowledge of the world outside The United States in an era of global engagement.
Program accomplishments
- Overseas Research Center Support: Provides general support and administration of U.S. Department of State Funding, through subgrants, to twenty-three of the twenty-five American overseas research centers/programs.Expenses $6,915,401 · grants $6,112,747
- Special Projects: Administers an acquisition project for the Library of Congress to collect, document and catalog published material and ephemera in twelve West African countries; manages a program to preserve damaged or at-risk heritage sites and museum collections in the Middle East through grants from the J.M. Kaplan fund and Aliph Foundation; administers a program to support advanced research in the humanities through fellowship programs at independent research institutions (FPIRI) funded by the national endowment for the humanities; conducts a project to support critical research and strenghten scholarly capacity in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya through a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.Expenses $539,769 · grants $507,298 · revenue $425,000
- International Academic Development: Coordinates the presentation of contemporary American art at the Dakar Biennale to celebrate shared and ongoing cultural connections between the United States and Africa.Expenses $150,000 · grants $150,000
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1395971
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1985
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q230)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,063,891
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,445,878
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $7,802,922 | $7,774,502 | $5,063,891 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $6,470,375 | $6,342,969 | $4,679,949 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $5,967,934 | $6,577,596 | $4,554,961 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $5,844,672 | $5,775,205 | $3,977,316 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | 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 52-1395971).
Questions about COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS
- What is the EIN of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS is 52-1395971.
- Is COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1985.
- Are donations to COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS 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 COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Heidi Wiederkehr.
- Who are the officers and directors of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 30 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $206,591 (Heidi Wiederkehr, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,802,922, expenses of $7,774,502 and total assets of $5,063,891 at year end.
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