ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES (EIN 95-4606381)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2025-04-21
IRS object ID: 202531119349300128
Schema version: 2023v6.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return	2025-04-21T11:54:50-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

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Preparer Firm EIN	460759317	PreparerFirmEIN

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Business Name Line1	Herwitt & Associates LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

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Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
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Filer Filer

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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ZIP	90247	ZIPCd

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Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Desc	Annual presentation of interactive awards Interactive Achievement Award recipients are determined by a vote of qualified academy members. As such, selection as an Interactive Academy award finalist or recipient represents the strongest possible peer recognition. No person may become a voting member of the academy unless he or she can demostrate a threshold level of experience and professional credits in the industry. Interactive Acaemy voting is secret, conducted on-line, and supervised and certified by our partners at an independent voting organization. The integrity of the system, coupled with the broad-based voting population of academy members, make the Interactive Achievement Awards the most credible, respected and recognized awards for interactive entertainment software.	Desc

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Desc	Presentation of the annual Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain D.I.C.E. Summit, an annual conference to futher enhance awareness of the orgnaizations vision and offer educational opportunities to explore approaches to the creative process and artistic expression as they uniquely apply to the development of interactive entertainment.	Desc

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Phone	8476826999	PhoneNum

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City	Gardena	CityNm
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ZIP	90247	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

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Meggan Scavio
President	030.00	010.00	Yes (X)	$342,750	$0	$0
Terrence Myers
Executive Producer	040.00			$160,000	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Lyn Soo Hoo
Treasurer	016.00	005.00	Yes (X)	$100,200	$0	$0
Ted Price
Vice chairman secretary	002.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Minho Kim
Chairman	002.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Jade Raymond
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Donald James
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Patricia Vance
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Shuhei Yoshida
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Brandon Beck
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
James Mitchell
Director	001.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Jason Rubin
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Vince Zampella
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Todd Howard
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Deborah Mars
Director	002.00			$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)

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Contractor Address ContractorAddress

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City	Manhattan Beach	CityNm
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ZIP	90266	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	Event production rents	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$618,862	CompensationAmt

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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Info In Schedule O Part VIII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIIInd
All Other Contributions	$70,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$70,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
Conference registration	611430	$2,201,099
D.I.C.E. Sponsorship	611430	$574,910
Membership dues	541900	$320,145
Nominations	611430	$127,000
Podcast Sponsorship	611430	$37,000

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,175	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,450	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

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

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$618,950	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$172,425	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

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

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,139	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,350	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,980	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,898	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,525	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,718	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,604	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,730	TotalAmt

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,135	TotalAmt

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Bad Debt	$35,000
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$595	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,879,128	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$648,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$110,710	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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EOY	$2,724,976	EOYAmt

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EOY	$292,750	EOYAmt

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BOY	$75,521	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,803	EOYAmt

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EOY	$6,429	EOYAmt

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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EOY	$3,282,668	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY	$63,009	BOYAmt
EOY	$76,135	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$313,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$364,740	EOYAmt

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$104,839	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,438	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$481,761	BOYAmt
EOY	$473,313	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,269,274	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,809,355	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,269,274	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,809,355	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,751,035	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,282,668	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Due to AIAS Foundation	$2,525
Accrued payroll	$29,913

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$32,438	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Meggan Scavio
President	$342,750	$8,549	$351,299
Terrence Myers
Executive Producer	$160,000	$8,169	$168,169

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Financial Works Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Owned by Treasurer and her spouse	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$100,200	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Accountng services	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 1	Description of organization mission Sciences industry within the meaning of the IRC Section 501c6, and within such limits, to 1. Recognize outstanding achievement in the interactive arts and sciences. 2. Promote and advance the common interests of the members of the industry. 3. Conduct an interactive arts and sciences awards show that enhances the image of the industry with the public and acknowledges achievement in the industry.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	Membership is available for creative/techinical individuals who have been active for at least two years in the creation or development of an interactive product, and had at least one credit on an interactive product that has been commercialy distributed. Membership is also available for business members who have been active for at least two years in management of business capacity of an entertainment software business or marketing department.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A	4 members of the board of directors are elected by the other board members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B	A copy of Form 990 is provided to the President and Treasurer and is reviewed by the representative selected by the board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	All governing documents are maintained at the organizations office and available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part VIII, Section B, Line 15	All compensation for nonexecutive employees is reviewed and determined by the President and reviewed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors reviews and approves the compensation of the President.
Form 990, Part I, Line 1	Description of organization mission Sciences industry within the meaning of the IRC Section 501c6, and within such limits, to 1. Recognize outstanding achievement in the interactive arts and sciences. 2. Promote and advance the common interests of the members of the industry. 3. Conduct an interactive arts and sciences awards show that enhances the image of the industry with the public and acknowledges achievement in the industry.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C	Business activities and arrangements are reviewed by an executive committee established by the board of directors on a continuing basis.