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German Studies Association

German Studies Association (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being THE HALLE FOUNDATION ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$492k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$1.0M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What German Studies Association does

Mission

The Multi-and Interdisciplinary association of scholars focused on German, Austrian, and Swiss history, literature, culture studies, political science and economics, promotes research and study of Germany, Austria and Switzerland

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Publishes a scholarly journal German Studies Review three time per year. Held its annual conference in Atlanta GA.

    $418,036 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $418,036.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($469k) Expenses 100 ($497k) Net assets 100 ($913k)2018 Revenue 88 ($414k) Expenses 100 ($497k) Net assets 84 ($771k)2019 Revenue 107 ($505k) Expenses 107 ($533k) Net assets 93 ($850k)2020 Revenue 107 ($501k) Expenses 82 ($407k) Net assets 112 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 101 ($475k) Expenses 67 ($334k) Net assets 128 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 96 ($449k) Expenses 102 ($505k) Net assets 102 ($933k)2023 Revenue 108 ($508k) Expenses 111 ($552k) Net assets 109 ($993k)2024 Revenue 99 ($466k) Expenses 103 ($513k) Net assets 106 ($972k)2025 Revenue 105 ($492k) Expenses 111 ($552k) Net assets 113 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (111)Net assets (113)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $937k (−20%).

$913k
$771k
$852k
$1.0M
$1.2M
$937k
$997k
$979k
$1.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$27k
’17
−$84k
’18
−$29k
’19
$94k
’20
$142k
’21
−$56k
’22
−$45k
’23
−$47k
’24
−$59k
’25
1.4
months of
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

Margaret Menninger

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed151518181717161614
Joined·+0+11+9+0+3+8+7+1
No longer listed·08913973
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
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'24*
total
$34k
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of German Studies Association’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.

Where its funders are

German Studies Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.

GA

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.

04Its place in the field

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for German Studies Association: 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 German Studies Association?
German Studies Association (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being THE HALLE FOUNDATION ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does German Studies Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to German Studies Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of German Studies Association?
THE HALLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like German Studies Association find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 1 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