ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (EIN 13-6161132)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-13
IRS object ID: 201833179349308363
Schema version: 2017v2.3
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-13T18:35:59-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	271728945	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PKF O'Connor Davies LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	665 Fifth Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136161132	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Acoustical Society of America	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ACOU	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5165762360	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1305 Walt Whitman Rd No 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Melville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11747	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Dr David Feit	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5165762360	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-11-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Garrett M Higgins	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00543209	PTIN
Phone	2122862600	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-11-13	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	4.15.211.182	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-11-13	IPDt
IP Tm	17:40:39	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	B29914CEB47F2C50F9800CDE5B5AE22990D509AB	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Dr David Feit	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1305 Walt Whitman Rd No 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Melville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11747	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$9,944,090	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTP://WWW.ACOUSTICALSOCIETY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1930	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	See Schedule O.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	20	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	870	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$146,524	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$67,987	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$171,075	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$4,354,542	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$4,753,859	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$472,701	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,045,234	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$293,765	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$292,848	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,188,995	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,263,016	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$443,843	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$511,732	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,741,352	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,773,266	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,359,657	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,004,040	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,544,852	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,289,038	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$355,857	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$26,022	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$19,523,168	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$21,308,206	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,899,458	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,109,791	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$17,623,710	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$19,198,415	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To generate, disseminate, and promote the knowledge and practical applications of acoustics.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,721,643	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$43,852	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,362,963	RevenueAmt
Desc	Meetings: The ASA holds 2 meetings each year typically attracting about 1000 attendees each. Meetings provide the venue for the exchange of scientific information among scientists worldwide. Meetings include 800 to 1300 individual technical presentations, technical committee meetings, standards committee meetings, and networking events.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,508,700	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$2,699,495	RevenueAmt
Desc	Publishing:The ASA publishes (a) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in print, CD ROM and online formats: Circulation 6,800 members and approximately 800 institutions worldwide; (b) JASA Express Letters in print, CD ROM and online formats. This is an open access publication and can be accessed by anyone with a connection to the Internet; (c) Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics in online format. This is an open access publication and can be accessed by anyone with a connection to the Internet; (d) Acoustics Today magazine in print and online, an open access format. Circulation 6,800 members and approximately 800 institutions worldwide; (e) Standards on acoustics in print and online formats. ASA members may download 5/year for free online; (f) Books in print and online format; (g) a demonstration CD, 3 CD paper collections, a DVD and two videotapes; (i) Online archival publications including Echoes, Acoustics Research Letters Online, Noise Its Uses and Control magazine and Sound magazine.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$695,107	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$20,899	GrantAmt
Revenue	$21,511	RevenueAmt
Desc	Outreach Activities:The Acoustical Society of America's (ASA) outreach encompasses activities aimed at K-12 students and teachers, the general public, the press, acousticians in different stages of their careers, other acoustical societies, and organizations in scientific disciplines other than acoustics. Outreach events are held at meetings of the Acoustical Society of America and meetings of other scientific organizations. ASA also organizes and supports its own symposiums, workshops, and conferences and those of other organizations both in the US and abroad. Other outreach information is provided via ASA websites including Acoustics.org, ExploreSound.org, AcousticsToday.org, and AcousticalSociety.org.The outreach and education coordinator is a staff member who is responsible for coordinating several of the outreach and education activities of the Society. Other activities are conducted by ASA staff members in other positions and by ASA member volunteers.ASA members have developed a resource kit which is distributed free of charge for K-12 educators. The kit contains tools, videos, and lesson plans for teaching various acoustics principles. ASA holds two meetings each year where many outreach activities are held. Events for K-12 students include demonstrations of instrumentation and acoustic principles for participation by middle- and high-school students and Girl Scouts. Several technical and social events are planned specifically for students to encourage them to attend meetings. Student Award competitions are conducted at these meetings including awards for best paper and poster presentations. Travel support is provided for student transportation to attend meetings. ASA also provides activities and support to encourage attendance by early-career acousticians and women acousticians such as Early-Career Retreats, Fellowship and Grant Panels, Women Young Investigator grants and Dependent Care grants. Social events include a Students Reception and a Women in Acoustics Luncheon. Activities and events for all members include Gallery of Acoustics awards for videos and audio files and ASA Jams, where attendees can participate in live music presentations. ASA has begun a program to Live Stream technical sessions to those who cannot attend meetings in person. About 25 sessions are selected for live streaming. Anyone with a connection to the internet may connect to these broadcasts. Some sessions are also available for viewing for a couple of weeks after meetings. Outreach to science reporters is provided via Press Conferences of selected topics broadcast live over the internet. Reporters can participate in these press conferences and interact with the presenters. Prior to the meeting press releases and lay versions of presentations are made available on the ASA website, Acoustics.org. In addition, ASA partners with the American Institute of Physics to provide Inside Science News Service which creates and provides videos and news stories about acoustics and other scientific disciplines which are posted online.ASA participants in events sponsored by other organizations including hands-on exhibits at USA Science and Engineering Festivals in which the world's leading scientific and engineering societies, government agencies, and STEM organizations participate, information booths at meetings of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, and exhibits at PhysCon, a physics congress that brings together physics students, and faculty members. Since 1976 ASA has participated in the annual INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair by providing awards for high-school student presenters, their mentors, and schools. ASA also contributes to travel support for the USA team to attend the Physics Olympiad, an annual physics competition for high school students.ASA sponsors its own special meetings and symposiums including ASA Schools, a triennial event for graduate students and early-career professionals, and Animal Communication Symposium for scientists, engineers, biologists, and students working in animal bioacoustics. Eco acoustics joins bioacoustics and ecology as an interdisciplinary science that investigates natural and anthropogenic sounds and their relationship with the environment over a wide range of study scales, both spatial and temporal, including populations, communities, and landscapes. Eco acoustics operates in all types of terrestrial and aquatic (freshwater and marine) ecosystems extending the scope of acoustics and bioacoustics. Sounds can be both the subject and the tools of ecological research. As the subject, sounds are investigated in order to understand their evolution, functions and properties under environmental pressures. As tools, sounds are used to study and monitor animal diversity, abundance, behavior, dynamics and distribution, and their relationship with ecosystems and the environment. ASA, in coordination with the International Commission for Acoustics, provides funding for specialty symposia in acoustics in developing countries. ASA is a member of the International Commission for Acoustics and the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering, both of which conduct international meetings for acoustical scientists and engineers.Acoustics.org contains information for the science reporters and the general public about topics on acoustical science. ExploreSound.org is a webpage aimed at K-12 students and educators and the general public containing videos, lesson plans, demonstrations, projects, career information, and a college and university program directory. AcousticsToday.org is the open-access online site for online publication of ASA's quarterly magazine, Acoustics Today. AcousticalSociety.org is the corporate website of ASA. In addition to information for its members and links to its publications, the website includes resources about Classroom Acoustics, videos about acoustics research, and sound files with accompanying explanations about the sounds.ASA sponsors biennial Science Writing Awards for Professionals in Acoustics and for Journalists which are intended to recognize excellence in the presentation of acoustics related topics to a popular audience. Cash prizes and travel support to an ASA meeting are provided to winning entries.ASA authorizes the formation of Regional and Student Chapters which provide outreach to acousticians across the United States. There are currently 13 Student chapters and 13 Regional Chapters. These groups hold periodic meetings for acoustics students and professionals and demonstration session for K-12 students. ASA provides annual financial support for chapter activities.ASA has supported international education activities in developing countries since the 1990's by providing financial grants to students in developing countries. Over 300 grants have been made to students in South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. ASA provides a program of fellowships, scholarships, awards and grants for students and post-doctoral researchers working in the field of acoustics. These include the Frederick V. Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Acoustics, The Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship in Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control, Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Science, the Frank and Virginia Winker Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Study in Acoustics, the Robert W. Young Award for Undergraduate Student Research in Acoustics, and the Royster Prize. These awards include stipends of various amounts and some include travel support to attend ASA meetings. Since 1993 ASA has provided an annual Fellowship to a student in the US who is a member of one of the following underrepresented groups in science: African American, Hispanic American, or Native American. The grant provides an annual stipend, plus travel support to attend an ASA meeting.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (3 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	RevenueRevenueAmt	DescDesc	GrantGrantAmt
$530,609	$270,284	Standards: From the Society's inception, its members have been involved in the development of acoustical standards concerned with terminology, measurement procedures, and criteria for determining the effects of noise and vibration. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) appointed the Acoustical Society as sponsor of three standards committees. S1 on Acoustics, S2 on Mechanical Shock and Vibration, S3 on Bioacoustics, S12 on Noise, added in 1981 and a fifth, S3, SC1 Animal Bioacoustics added in 2007. These committees are each responsible for developing a consensus for, and adopting standards in accordance with procedures approved by ANSI. Some of these standards are referenced in legislation e.g ANSI S3.22 - hearing aid specifications in us federal register title 21, part 801.420. Although these committees are independent of the Acoustical Society, the Society provides the financial support and an administrative Secretariat to facilitate their work. More than 100 acoustical standards have been published in this way. The Society also provides administrative support for several international standards committees and acts as the administrative Secretariat (on behalf of ANSI) for the International Technical Committee on Vibration and Shock (ISO TC 108) and the international technical committee on underwater acoustics (ISO TC 43, subcommittees). Scope of ASC S1: Standards, specifications, methods of measurement and test, and terminology in the field of physical acoustics including architectural acoustics, electro acoustics, sonics and ultrasonics, and underwater sound, but excluding those aspects which pertain to biological safety, tolerances and comfort. Scope of ASC S2: Standards, specification, methods of measurement and test, and terminology in the field of mechanical vibration and shock, and condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines, including the effects of exposure to mechanical vibration and shock on humans, including those aspects which pertain to biological safety, tolerance and comfort. Scope of ASC S3: Standards, specifications, methods of measurement and test, and terminology in the fields of psychological and physiological acoustics, including aspects of general acoustics, which pertain to biological safety, tolerance and comfort. Scope of ASC S3/SC 1: Standards, specifications, methods of measurement and test, instrumentation and terminology in the field of psychological and physiological acoustics, including aspects of general acoustics, which pertain to biological safety, tolerance and comfort of non-human animals, including both risk to individual animals and to the long-term viability of populations. Animals to be covered may potentially include commercially-grown food animals, animals harvested for food in the wild, pets, laboratory animals, exotic species in zoos, oceanaria or aquariums, or free-ranging wild animals. Scope of ASC S12: Standards, specifications, and terminology in the field of acoustical noise pertaining to methods of measurement, evaluation, and control; including biological safety, tolerance and comfort, and physical acoustics as related to environmental and occupational noise.
$259,649	$539,618	Member Services:The ASA provides the following services to its 6,800 members:- JASA Online from Volume 1 (1929) to present- JASA in print and/or on CD-rom at discounted rates- Acoustics Today magazine Print- Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics online- Acoustics Research Letters Online- Noise Control and Sound magazines online- Programs of meetings online and print- Meeting calls for papers online- Reduced meeting registration fees- 5 free American National Standards per year and standards discounts- Books, Videos, and CD's discounts- Membership Directory Online- Physics Today magazine- Echoes Newsletter archives online
$771,857	$6,312	Other Program Services	$446,981

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$1,562,115	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$446,981	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$816,214	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,487,565	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	65	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	20	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
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Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Elaine Moran Director of Operations	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5165762360	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1305 Walt Whitman Road Suite 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Melville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11747	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (22 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Marcia J Isakson
President	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael R Stinson President
to 6/29/17, Council Member	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ronald A Roy
Vice President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael J Buckingham
Vice President	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lily M Wang Council Member
thru 6/29, President-Elect	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Scott D Sommerfeldt
Vice President-Elect as of 6/29	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christy K Holland
Council Member thru 6/29	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael J Bailey
Council Member thru 6/29	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christine H Shadle
Council Member thru 6/29	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew J Oxenham
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John A Hildebrand
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tessa C Bent
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Preston S Wilson
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Vorlaender
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michelle A Vigeant
Council Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Lynch
Editor-in-Chief	35.00		Yes (X)	$63,860	$0	$0
David Feit
Treasurer	35.00		Yes (X)	$26,790	$0	$0
Susan E Fox
Executive Director	35.00		Yes (X)	$243,791	$0	$36,072
Christopher J Struck
Standards Director	8.00		Yes (X)	$22,660	$0	$0
Elaine Moran
Director of Operations	35.00			$181,205	$0	$29,478	Yes (X)
Neil Stremmel
Standards Manager	35.00			$151,582	$0	$40,825	Yes (X)
Mary Guillemette
Publications Manager	35.00			$103,263	$0	$21,725	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$793,151	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$128,100	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

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American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse	College Park	MD	207403843	Management Services	$2,018,868
AIP Publishing LLC
1305 Walt Whitman Road Suite 300	Melville	NY	117474300	Publishing	$1,247,325
Levy Restaurants
Hynes Convention Center PO Box 990	Boston	MA	02199	Hospitality Services	$338,201
Projection
PO Box 890472	Charlotte	NC	282890472	Audio/Visual Services	$232,356
Westin Copley Place
110 Huntington Avenue	Boston	MA	02116	Hospitality Services	$126,958

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$171,075	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$171,075	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Scientific Journal	541700	$2,539,752	$2,515,728	$24,024
Meetings/Seminars	900099	$1,362,963	$1,362,963
Membership Dues	900099	$539,618	$539,618
Standards	900099	$270,284	$270,284
Scientific Publications	541700	$13,419	$13,419

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$27,823	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$27,823	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$4,753,859	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$487,771	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$487,771	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$170,348	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$170,348	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$4,238,537	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,681,074	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$557,463	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$557,463	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$557,463	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Acoustics Today Mag Advertising	541800	$112,300	$112,300
Online Advertising	541800	$10,200	$10,200

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$122,500	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,263,016	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,900,183	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$146,524	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,045,234	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$171,975	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,975	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$212,850	TotalAmt
Program Services	$212,850	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$126,907	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,907	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$393,173	TotalAmt
Program Services	$267,358	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$125,815	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$999,999	TotalAmt
Program Services	$847,256	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$152,743	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,762	TotalAmt
Program Services	$73,220	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,542	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$189,514	TotalAmt
Program Services	$158,048	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,466	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,818	TotalAmt
Program Services	$86,581	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,090	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,090	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,214	TotalAmt
Management And General	$82,214	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,780	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,780	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$243,489	TotalAmt
Program Services	$186,849	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,640	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,870	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,870	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$896,415	TotalAmt
Program Services	$865,014	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,401	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$221,436	TotalAmt
Program Services	$128,794	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$92,642	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,397	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,356	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,041	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$125,743	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,425	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,318	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,112,919	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,097,359	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,560	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,481	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,488	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,993	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,908	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,795	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Publishing Expense	$572,496	$572,496
Special Projects	$153,879	$153,879
Dues	$128,721	$73,357	$55,364
Honoraria	$70,640	$70,640

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$171,562	TotalAmt
Program Services	$167,730	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,832	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,289,038	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,487,565	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$801,473	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,049	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,892,660	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,868,476	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$14,206	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,752	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,926	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$144,353	BOYAmt
EOY	$141,199	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$174,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$214,321	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$244,529	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$218,440	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,940	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,089	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,697,538	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,588,351	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,240	BOYAmt
EOY	$319,589	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,523,168	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,308,206	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$418,422	BOYAmt
EOY	$452,916	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,481,036	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,493,636	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$163,239	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,899,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,109,791	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,024,719	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,119,895	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,294,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,774,065	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$304,455	BOYAmt
EOY	$304,455	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,623,710	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,198,415	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,523,168	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,308,206	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$26,022	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$1,578,103	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$22,624	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$293,664	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$220,515	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$386,108	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$67,987	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$171,075	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,139,349	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,551,624	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,044,322	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,939,738	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,335,517	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,900,183	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,771,384	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,845,288	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,264,837	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,325,846	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,403,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,071,258	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$22,910,733	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$241,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,235	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,880	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,929	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$319,160	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$241,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,235	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,880	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,929	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$319,160	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$22,591,573	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$587,229	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$774,961	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$665,686	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$619,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$487,771	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,134,766	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$76,210	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$118,294	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$107,463	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$147,044	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$146,524	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$595,535	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$663,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$893,255	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$773,149	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$766,163	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$634,295	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,730,301	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,508,727	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,158,092	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,098,995	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,169,667	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,705,553	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$26,641,034	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.84800	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.83870	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.14000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.14920	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,517,395	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$374,271	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$82,994	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,808,672	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,410,909	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$127,111	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$20,625	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,517,395	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$492,938	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,924,301	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,960	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,290	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,410,909	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$474,911	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$26,940	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$8,913	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$492,938	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$481,313	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$52,966	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$59,368	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$474,911	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.83420	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.10840	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.05740	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$146,242	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$120,343	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,899	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$98,287	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$98,097	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$190	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$26,089	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUE TO AIP	Desc
Amt	$163,239	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$163,239	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,861,963	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$1,578,103	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$22,624	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,600,727	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,261,236	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,780	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,780	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,263,016	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,287,258	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,287,258	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,780	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,780	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,289,038	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4:	The Society's endowment funds are under the direct control of the Executive Council with guidance provided by an investment committee. These funds are designated for specific goals, and not for the day-to-day operations of the Society.
Part X, Line 2:	The Society recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management has determined that the Society had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition or disclosure. The Society is no longer subject to examinations by the applicable taxing jurisdictions for periods prior to December 31, 2014.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Change In Beneficial Interest 22,624.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (8 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	Grants	$11,078
Europe	Grants	$87,798
North America	Grants	$8,606
South America	Grants	$7,625
Russia and neighboring states	Grants	$7,500
Sub - Saharan Africa	Grants	$1,800
South Asia	Grants	$2,000
Central America and the Caribbean	Grants	$500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$126,907	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$126,907	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	Support of Spring 2017 Meeting	$62,460	Wire Transfer
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) - Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium	ICA Student Grants	$5,625	Wire Transfer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	2	Total501c3OrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (29 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Description Of Non Cash AsstDescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
Best Student Paper Award	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	11	$2,500	Wire and Check
Best Student Paper Award	North America	2	$400	Check
ASA Meeting Travel Grant	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	10	$10,050	Wire and Check
Meeting Speaker Honraria	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	1	$1,000	Check
Gallery of Acoustics	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	1	$200	Check
ASA Meeting Travel Grant	North America	4	$3,949	Wire and Check
Best Student Paper Award	East Asia and the Pacific	9	$2,300	Check
Early Career Travel Grant	Central America and the Caribbean	1	$500	Wire
Early Career Travel Grant	East Asia and the Pacific	3	$1,500	Check
Early Career Travel Grant	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	3	$1,500	Wire and Check
Early Career Travel Grant	North America	3	$1,500	Wire and Check
Early Career Travel Grant	South America	1	$500	Wire
Early Career Travel Grant	South Asia	1	$500	Wire
Young Investigator Award	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	1	$500	Check
Student Research Grant	South Asia - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,	2	$1,500	Wire
Student Research Grant	East Asia and the Pacific	1	$750	Wire
Student Research Grant	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	3	$2,250	Wire
Student Research Grant	Russia and Neighboring States	10	$7,500	Wire
Student Research Grant	South America	2	$1,500	Wire
Student Research Grant	Sub-Saharan Africa	2	$1,500	Wire
Student Design Award	East Asia and the Pacific	1	$700	Wire
Student Design Award	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	2	$1,950	Wire
Student Council Travel Grant	East Asia and the Pacific	1	$250	Check
Student Transportation Subsidy	Sub-Saharan Africa	1	$300	Check
Student Transportation Subsidy	East Asia and the Pacific	17	$4,930	Check
Student Transportation Subsidy	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	16	$4,592	Check
Student Transportation Subsidy	North America	14	$2,757	Check
Newman Award	East Asia and the Pacific	1	$300	Check	$98	Books	FMV
Newman Award	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	2	$600	Check	$196	Books	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

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Part I, Line 2:

a. Newman Fund Awards - The recipients' professors or mentors submit nominations describing the recipients' work in acoustics. The Newman Award Fund committee approves the award. b. Student Travel Grants - Students submit an email describing their transportation costs. The grants are approved by the ASA Treasurer. Students must pick up the grant checks when they attend the meeting for which the travel funds are being provided. If they do not attend the meeting, they do not receive the grant. c. Best Paper Awards - Entrants submit abstracts for presentation at meetings of the ASA. Their presentations are judged at the meeting. Winners must attend the meeting and present the paper, otherwise they do not receive the awards. d. Student Design Competition - Entrants must submit poster entries which are judged at the meeting. The entrants are not required to attend the meeting. The posters are professionally judged and the winners are sent awards by check or electronic transfer. e. Research in Education Grants - Grant recipients must submit applications which are studied by a committee. Approved grants are sent to the students by electronic transfer. f. Gallery of Acoustics - Individuals submit entries for the gallery of acoustics competition in the form of videos or audio files. These are broadcast at a meeting of the society and the entries are judged by meeting attendees. The entrants of the first and second highest-ranked entry receive awards. Entrants are not required to attend the meeting. Awards are paid by check or electronic transfer. g. Young Undergraduate Award - Individuals submit applications and descriptions of the science projects that they plan to work on if selected to receive the grants. The grant recipients are required to submit reports when their projects have been completed. Awards are paid by check to the university at which the project is conducted. h. Medwin Prize - Individuals are nominated for this award or may nominate themselves. Recipients are selected by a subcommittee of an ASA technical committee. The recipient is required to present an oral presentation at a meeting of the society in order to receive the award. i. R. Bruce Lindsay Award - Individuals are nominated for this award. Recipients are selected by the ASA medals and awards committee. Selections are based upon the high-achievement of the nominees in the field of acoustics. j. Science Fair Awards - These are awarded at the INTEL International science and engineering fair held annually in the U.S. recipients must submit and display projects on an acoustically-related topic. Entries are evaluated by three ASA judges who are selected by the ASA education coordinator. The highest-rated projects are granted awards. k. Undergraduate Research Award - The undergraduate research exposition is a forum for undergraduate students to present their research pertaining to any area of acoustics and can also include overview papers on undergraduate research programs designed to inspire and foster growth of undergraduate research throughout the society. It is intended to encourage undergraduates to express their knowledge and interest in acoustics and foster their participation in the society. The exposition is a special poster session sponsored and judged by education in acoustics. Students must attend the meeting to receive the award. l. ASA School - ASA school is an event where graduate students and early career acousticians in all areas of acoustics can learn about and discuss a wide variety of topics related to the interdisciplinary acoustical theme living in the acoustics environment. ASA provides hotel accommodations and meals to the participants. Participants are selected by ASA school organizers.

Part I, line 3:

The method used to account for expenditures is the accrual method.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse	College Park	MD	20740	131667053	501(c)(3)	$83,500	Support creation of scientific videos for the public & support for a physics olympiad award, for high school students.
Oregon Health and Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd	Portland	OR	97239	931176109	501(c)(3)	$55,000	To fund Hunt Fellowship
Duke University
Pratt School of Engineering	Durham	NC	27701	560532129	501(c)(3)	$20,500	To fund Minority Fellowship

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	3	Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (24 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Gallery of Acoustics Award	1	$400
Young Undergraduate Award	2	$975
Hunt Fellowship	1	$1,002
Student Design Competition Award	2	$1,400
Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience	1	$1,497
North Carolina Chapter Award	4	$1,500
Newman Fund: The Newman Fund supports awards to students in architectural acoustics.	6	$1,800	$587	FMV	Books
Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography	1	$2,000
Undergraduate Poster Award	4	$2,000
Young Standards Travel Award	2	$2,852
Winker Scholarship	1	$3,000
R Bruce Lindsay Award	1	$3,000
Young Investigators Grants	7	$3,500
Dependent Care Grant	7	$3,500
Student Council Travel Grants	10	$3,500
Rossing Prize in Acousitc Education	1	$4,752
Science Writing Awards	8	$7,000
ASA Meeting Speaker Honoraria	16	$12,175
Best Student Paper Awards	52	$13,650
ASA Meeting Travel Grant	29	$22,398
Early Career Travel Grant	48	$23,633
Beranek Scholarship	1	$30,000
Student Transportation Grants	154	$31,968
Stetson Scholarship	3	$34,761

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

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Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	For ASA-funded fellowships, the ASA Executive Council sets a budget for the fellowship stipends each year upon advice from the Acoustical Society Foundation Board. The Society has established procedures for the selection of recipients of grants that includes application forms which applicants are required to complete and submit for each grant. For scholarships, grants, and fellowships, the applicants are required to include information about their educational background, a description of the work they plan to do if they are selected, and the location where the work is to be conducted. Applicants are further required to arrange for submission of letters of recommendation from their professors and/or colleagues in the field. The applications are reviewed by a committee of individuals who are expert in the field of the fellowship and their recommendation is submitted to the ASA Prizes and Special Fellowships Committee which in turn recommends the recipient to the Executive Council. The Executive Council approves the selection of all grant, scholarship and fellowship recipients. Recipients of some ASA grants, scholarships, and fellowships are further required to submit reports on the progress of their work under the grant, scholarship, or fellowship. Payment of some grant funds are made in installments to the recipients either directly from ASA or through the recipients' institutions. ASA has established procedures for the selection of recipients of prizes that includes forms which nominees are required to complete and submit for each prize. The nominees are required to include information about educational background, evidence of the nominee's work in the area covered by the prize, and letters of recommendation and or support of the nomination. The nominations are reviewed by a committee of individuals who are expert in the field of the prize and their recommendation is submitted to the ASA Prizes and Special Fellowships Committee which in turn recommends the recipient to the Executive Council. The Executive Council approves the selection of all grant, prize, scholarship and fellowship recipients. The ASA prizes are awarded at a meeting of the Society which the recipient must attend and present a prize lecture. For travel grants, applicants must submit a description of their plans for attendance at the event for which ASA support is offered. To receive the travel funds, recipients must pick up their checks at the event itself or must submit travel expense reimbursement requests with receipts after the event.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Susan E Fox
Executive Director	$243,791	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,038	$0	$12,034	$0	$279,863	$0	$0	$0
Elaine Moran
Director of Operations	$181,205	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$17,659	$0	$11,819	$0	$210,683	$0	$0	$0
Neil Stremmel
Standards Manager	$151,582	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,479	$0	$28,346	$0	$192,407	$0	$0	$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	The ASA has about 6,800 members classified either as Fellows, Members, Associates or Students.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	The ASA has about 6,800 members classified either as Fellows, Members, Associates or Students. Fellows and Members are eligible to vote in ASA elections for President-Elect, Vice President-Elect and Members of the Executive Council. They also are eligible to vote on bylaws changes and to approve significant decisions of the executive council. Members do not receive a share of the organization's profits or excess dues or a share of the ASA's net assets upon the ASA's dissolution. Election ballots are distributed annually to Fellows and Members of the Acoustical Society of America. 3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS 3.1 Every year, a slate of candidates for the officers and new Executive Council members to be elected shall be prepared by a Nominating Committee in accordance with Article IX, Section 2 of the Bylaws and 33 of the ASA Rules. The Executive Director shall publish an announcement of the election, along with the candidates' names and photographs, in an issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America distributed at least 90 days before the election date (see 3.4 below), ordinarily in the December issue. 3.2 Any full Member or Fellow of the Society in good standing may, by letter received by the Executive Director not less than sixty days prior to the election date, propose additional candidates for the positions to be filled. The name of any eligible candidate so proposed by FIFTY full Members or Fellows shall be entered on the ballot as required by Article IX, Section 2 of the Bylaws. 3.3 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, Section 3 of the Bylaws and 3.4 to 3.14 below. 3.4 The election date shall be ten days before the first day of the regular spring meeting of the Executive Council. 3.5 The election shall be by mail ballot which the Society's office shall mail to every full Member and Fellow of the Society in good standing at least 30 days, but not more than 50 days, prior to the election date. The ballots shall be accompanied by brief biographical statements about each candidate, prepared by the candidates themselves, and also by statements of objectives for the Society prepared by each candidate for the offices of President-Elect and Vice-President Elect, see 33.4 3.6 When there is more than one candidate for an office, the order of listing the candidates shall be varied on different ballots so that each candidate's name occupies every position on the ballot approximately the same number of times. 3.7 Each voter shall return the ballot by mail to the Society's office, enclosed in an inner sealed envelope imprinted with the word "Ballot", which shall in turn be enclosed in an outer preaddressed and sealed envelope on which the voter shall print his/her name. When received, the outer envelope shall be removed after checking the imprinted name with the Society's membership list to determine that the voter is a member in good standing. The inner sealed envelopes shall be delivered to the tellers, or they may be opened by the office staff if so instructed by the tellers. 3.8 The deadline for receipt of ballots shall be ten calendar days before the election date. The deadline date shall be clearly indicated on the ballots. 3.9 Tellers shall be appointed by the President at the fall meeting of the Society preceding the election. The President may authorize the Executive Director to appoint tellers. The tellers shall perform the vote count so it is completed on or before the election date. 3.10 If a ballot indicates votes for more than two candidates for Member of Executive Council, or for more than one candidate for any other office, the portion of the ballot relating to that office shall be declared invalid. However, votes indicated on the ballot for other offices shall be considered valid and shall be counted. 3.11 The two candidates for member of Executive Council receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared elected. 3.12 In the event of a tie vote for any office, the Executive Council shall determine which of the tied candidates shall be declared elected, by majority vote on the first day of its regular spring meeting. 3.13 The President, or the Executive Director if requested by the President, shall inform each candidate of the names of the elected candidates promptly upon completion of the vote count and verification by the Tellers and, if requested by any candidate, may provide the numerical vote count and the candidate's position in the vote count for the office for which the candidate had been nominated.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b	Members are classified either as fellows, members, associates or students. Fellows and members are the only class of members eligible and allowed one vote on Bylaw changes and the approval of certain significant decisions of the executive council.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Meetings of the ASA Executive Council occur months before and after the Form 990 is filed. Therefore, The Form 990 is distributed to members of the executive council electronically for review. In addition the ASA Audit Committee, which is composed of 3 members of the Executive Council, the ASA Treasurer and the Acoustical Society Foundation Board Chair, is ASSIGNED TO REVIEW THE 990 AND to report on its review to the full Executive Council at its next meeting. The 990 review by the audit committee is also conducted electronically. Each member of the ASA Audit Committee is sent a copy of the 990 followed, if deemed necessary, by a telephone conference between the audit committee and the ASA auditors. The extent of the review and discussions last approximately 1 week before the form 990 is filed with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The ASA Executive Director distributes a "Conflict of Interest" form to each member (directors) of the Executive Council, annually, at meetings of the Executive Council. The forms are collected and retained by the Executive Director. The Policy currently mandates that all members annually sign a conflict of interest policy and disclose any potential or actual conflicts that may exist. The signed conflict of interest policy is submitted to the Executive Director who reviews the signed attestations for potential or actual conflicts. If a potential or actual conflict of interest exists, the Executive Director will notify member of management or the governing body about such conflict and investigate the conflict. The result of the investigation will be summarized and documented by the Executive Director and be reported to the governing body. If the Executive Director establishes that an actual conflict exists, the member of management or the governing body will be notified immediately and will not be allowed to vote or be a part of any decisions about any such transactions that have to do with the conflict until such time there is no longer a conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The ASA Committee on compensation and contracts meets annually to review each paid officer's salary and the salaries of each employee. Supervisors are required to submit evaluations for each employee for review at the meeting of the Committee. The Committee then makes recommendations for salaries and compensation of officers and employees to the full Executive Council which votes to approve, disapprove, or amend the recommendations and to authorize their compensation. The 2017 salaries reflected in this return were approved at the December 2017 meeting. In the past, ASA used compensation studies of the American Institute of Physics. The compensation and contracts committee also recommends amounts paid to contractor positions to the executive council for approval. Notes are taken at the Compensation and Contracts Committee meeting. The salary information is sent to the Human Resources department. However, no official notes or minutes are kept.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Acoustical Society makes its Form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code by having the 990 available on websites such as guidestar.org. In addition, Form 990 as well as the conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation, By-laws and financial statements are available to the public upon written request of The Acoustical Society at 1305 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 300, Melville, NY 11747-4300 or by calling the Society directly at (516) 576-2360.
Form 990, Part VII, Section B, Line 1:	The compensation paid to American Institute of Physics during 2017 included salaries and benefits paid to ASA employees.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Change in Beneficial Interest in Remainder Trust 22,624.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2C:	The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process did not change from the prior year.
Form 990, Part I, Line 1:	The Acoustical Society of America was established in 1929 with the purpose to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and to promote its practical application. During the 89 years since the Acoustical Society was formed, it has enjoyed a healthy growth in membership and in stature. The present membership of approximately 6,800 includes leaders in acoustics in the United States of America and other countries. The Society has attracted members from various fields related to sound including physics, electrical, mechanical, and aeronautical engineering, oceanography, biology, physiology, psychology, architecture, speech, noise and noise control, and music. Two meetings of the Society have been held each year, except between 1942 and 1945. Papers are presented concerned with Acoustical Oceanography, Animal Bioacoustics, Architectural Acoustics, Biomedical Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, Noise, Physical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, Signal Processing in Acoustics, Speech Communication, Structural Acoustics and Vibration, and Underwater Acoustics. To assure adequate attention to these separate fields and to new ones that may develop, the Society establishes technical committees and technical groups charged with keeping abreast of developments and needs of the membership in their specialized fields. An important element in the progress of the Society has been The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA). The Journal began as a quarterly in 1929, changed to a bimonthly in 1947, and to a monthly beginning in January 1957. Its approximately 7,000 pages per year contain many of the papers presented at meetings, other contributed papers, patent reviews, and meeting programs. The Journal is available in print, on CD ROM and online. The online version includes technical articles, meeting abstracts, and patent reviews beginning with Volume 1, Issue 1 (1929). In addition to its Journal, the Society publishes Acoustics Today magazine, reprints of out-of-print classic texts in acoustics, translated books, and has also produced an Auditory CD, three CD paper collections, two videos on speech communication and various other publications. From the Society's inception, its members have been involved in the development of acoustical standards concerned with terminology, measurement procedures, and criteria for determining the effects of noise and vibration. In 1932, The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), then called the American Standards Association, appointed the Acoustical Society as sponsor of a committee, designated as Z-24, to standardize acoustical terminology and measurements. The work of this committee expanded to such an extent that it was replaced in 1957 by three committees, S1 on Acoustics, S2 on Mechanical Shock and Vibration, and S3 on Bioacoustics, with a fourth, S12 on Noise, added in 1981 and a fifth, s3, sc1 on animal bioacoustics added in 2007. These five committees are each responsible for producing, developing a consensus for, and adopting standards in accordance with procedures approved by ANSI. Although these committees are independent of the Acoustical Society, the Society provides the financial support and an administrative Secretariat to facilitate their work. More than 100 acoustical standards have been published in this way. The Society also provides administrative support for several international standards committees and acts as the administrative Secretariat (on behalf of ANSI) for the International Technical Committee on Vibration and Shock (TC-108). Members of the Society have for many years been involved in studies of noise, its measurement, its effects, and ways of reducing noise to improve the human environment. Papers on these subjects are presented regularly at Society meetings and published in the Journal of the Society. Throughout its history the Society has been fortunate in attracting the interest and commitment of a large group of men and women who have served diligently in various capacities. The unselfish activity of these individuals in the formation, guidance, administration, and development of the organization has been largely responsible for its growth and present standing.