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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being THE IVYWOOD FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What American Academy of Political and Social Science does
Mission
To disseminate scholarly research in both print and electronic formats and to sponsor conferences, briefings and symposia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$153,488 spentof which $25,000 as grants42% of program spendingThe 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.
$121,063 spent$450,000 earned by the program33% of program spendingThe academy sponsors academic symopsia and authors conferences.
$87,366 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $361,917.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $5.5M to $8.1M (+45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
70% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Thomas Kecskemethy
Executive director
Board chair
Paula D Mcclain
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 84 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE?
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being THE IVYWOOD FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $50,000 in grants to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE?
- THE IVYWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing