ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES (EIN 52-1947112)
Tax period
2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
Filed
2017-08-14
IRS object ID
201702269349301565
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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Gross Receipts$10,562,743GrossReceiptsAmt
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Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website Addresswww.aau.eduWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1995FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateDCLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionThe Association of American Universities, Inc. (AAU) is a non-profit organization which was incorporated on August 16, 1995 in the District of Columbia. AAU members include 62 leading comprehensive public and private research universities in the United States and Canada that are distinguished by the breadth and quality of their programs of research and graduate education. Founded in 1900 to advance the international standing of U.S. research universities, AAU today focuses on issues that are important to research-intensive universities, such as funding for research, research policy issues, and graduate and undergraduate education. U.S. member universities earn the majority of competitively awarded federal funding for academic research, are improving human life and wellbeing through research, and are educating tomorrow's visionary leaders and global citizens.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionFounded in 1900, AAU comprises 62 distinguished institutions in the United States and Canada that continually advance society through education, research, and discovery. U.S. member universities earn the majority of competitively awarded federal funding for academic research, are improving human life and wellbeing through research, and are educating tomorrow's visionary leaders and global citizens. AAU members collectively help shape policy for higher education, science, and innovation; promote best practices in undergraduate and graduate education; and strengthen the contributions of research universities to society.MissionDesc
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Descfederal relations, policy, and public affairs: The majority of the Association's program services are concentrated in Federal Government relations, policy studies, and public affairs & communications. The Association's programs and projects address institution changes as well as government action. Maintaining the productive partnership between the nation's research universities and the Federal Government is a key area of focus.Desc

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Descstem initiative: AAU's undergraduate STEM Education Initiative works to improve the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in STEM disciplines. The initiative made significant advances in 2016 and will continue past its original five-year duration. AAU staff collected final data from the eight project sites to assess their educational progress and institutional changes, with an analysis expected by September 2017. Staff also began developing resources to help member campuses track their reform efforts. We are continuing an NSF-funded project to examine how a national higher education association, such as AAU, can help promote and scale up systemic reforms in undergraduate teaching and learning. AAU continued its partnership with the Cottrell Scholars. The two groups co-hosted a workshop in May 2016 to develop guidance for departments and institutions on implementing new methods for evaluating, recognizing, and rewarding teaching at R1 institutions, particularly for purposes of promotion, tenure, and annual reviews. AAU has received two major awards for activities that will launch in 2017. A grant of about $1 million over four years from the Northrop Grumman Foundation will support institutional mini-grants to further advance undergraduate teaching and learning improvements. AAU will use a $700,000, three-year grant from NSF to examine how universities align their various undergraduate education improvement projects to promote long-lasting reforms.Desc

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Descmeetings: THE ASSOCIATION CONDUCTS SEMI-ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, AND MULTIPLE MEETINGS OF FEDERAL RELATIONS OFFICERS AND OTHER COMMITTEES AND GROUPS AS NECESSARY.THE ASSOCIATION CONDUCTS ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: COUNCIL OF FEDERAL RELATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATE SCHOOL DEANSDesc

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Golden Goose Award: The Association played a leadership role in the fifth annual Golden Goose Award program and ceremony. The award honors Federally funded researchers whose work sounds odd or obscure but turned out to have major societal benefits.
AAU by the Numbers: as part of the Association's efforts to demonstrate the value of research universities to the nation, AAU updated and produced print and digital infographics with aggregate statistics on the economic impact, student financial aid, research intensity, and other useful information about its member universities.
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Lou Anna K Simon
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david leebron
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AMY Gutmann
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L Rafael Reif
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Michael V Drake
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Barbara R Snyder
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GP Bud Peterson
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Teresa A Sullivan
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Satish K Tripathi
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Hunter R Rawlings III
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John C Vaughn
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Susan Staton
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Barry C Toiv
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Tobin Smith
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Michael M Owens
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Ann L Speicher
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Joshua A Trapani
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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K3CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants$217,872GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$309,168AllOtherContributionsAmt
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Program Services$458,584ProgramServicesAmt
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Fundraising$3,896FundraisingAmt

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Program Services$150,888ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$28,405ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,282FundraisingAmt

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Program Services$139,137ProgramServicesAmt

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Management And General$32,299ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$560FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Program Services$211,202ProgramServicesAmt
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Program Services$526,524ProgramServicesAmt
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Fundraising$4,474FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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Program Services$177,921ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$17,304ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Program Services$558,419ProgramServicesAmt

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Management And General$2,636ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$119FundraisingAmt

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memberships/coalitions$70,891$70,891
organizational dues$9,198$9,198
staff development$8,517$4,295$4,222

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Management And General$1,148,185ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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EOY$677,497EOYAmt

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EOY$5,017,272EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$453,607BOYAmt
EOY$522,346EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,541,454BOYAmt
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$1,739,718EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

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EOY$4,782,231EOYAmt

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EOY$129,835EOYAmt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$4,912,066EOYAmt

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Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,587,522CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,567,156CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,884,914CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$527,040CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,842,007TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,329,286CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$5,510,312CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,552,619CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$6,229,652CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,503,833CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$28,125,702TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,604,661CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,097,834CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,119,775CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$8,114,566CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,030,873CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$34,967,709TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$34,967,709PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$86,252CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$86,547CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$81,641CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$38,796CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$131,870CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$425,106TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$86,252CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$86,547CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$81,641CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$38,796CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$131,870CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$425,106TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,690,913CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,184,381CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,201,416CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$8,153,362CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,162,743CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$35,392,815TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.98800PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.98940PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.01200InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.01060InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$219,037FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$219,037FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$7,082,212FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$7,301,249FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$515,062FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$128,766FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$563,824CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$535,453CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$551,519CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$515,062CurrentYearAmt
Total$2,165,858TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$3,248,787LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$99,680CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$238,311CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$229,132CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$219,037CurrentYearAmt
Total$786,160TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$140,956CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$133,863CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$137,880CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$128,766CurrentYearAmt
Total$541,465TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$812,198GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$669,182OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$261,326DepreciationAmt
Book Value$407,856BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$763,746OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$494,105DepreciationAmt
Book Value$269,641BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$677,497TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,392,592TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$282,472NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$282,472RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$7,110,120RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$7,110,120TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,301,249TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$7,301,249ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$7,301,249TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelYes (X)FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Housing Allowance Or ResidenceYes (X)HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentYes (1)SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Hunter R Rawlings III
President (thru March 2016)$576,800$0$0$0$316,552$0$24,000$0$24,212$0$941,564$0$87,138$0
John C Vaughn
Executive Vice President$220,504$0$0$0$373$0$18,000$0$23,132$0$262,009$0$0$0
Susan Staton
Director of Finance (thru April 2016$115,320$0$0$0$1,829$0$14,400$0$31,256$0$162,805$0$0$0
Barry C Toiv
Vice President$222,387$0$0$0$3,115$0$24,000$0$2,280$0$251,782$0$0$0
Tobin Smith
Vice President$203,060$0$0$0$650$0$0$0$31,345$0$235,055$0$0$0
Michael M Owens
Vice President$204,630$0$0$0$439$0$18,000$0$30,479$0$253,548$0$0$0
Joshua A Trapani
Public Analyst$130,238$0$0$0$265$0$0$0$21,865$0$152,368$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1aThe president of the association per the employment contract receives a housing allowance and an automobile allowance. The president travels via business or first class per terms of the employment contract (president Rawlins is 6 foot 7 inches tall).
Part I, Line 4aHUNTER RAWLINGS RECEIVED SEVERANCE AND WITHDREW FUNDS FROM THE 457(F) RETIREMENT PLAN: sEVERANCE - $221,400 457(F) - $87,138

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxtTransactionTransactionAmtTransactionTransactionDescSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Elizabeth T Rawlings
Spouse of Hunter T. Rawlings III (president thru March 2016)$25,000employee compensation: Elizabeth Rawlings is a part-time employee; responsibilities include (but not limited to) the semi-annual partners' meetings held in conjunction with the membership meeting, program, agenda, and function location(s).0
ken coleman
spouse of mary sue coleman (president beg June 2016)$25,000employee compensation: Ken Coleman is a part-time employee; serves as senior advisor to the president of AAU on a wide range of matters and helps represent the AAU to a broad array of external and internal constituents, either independently, or in concert with the AAU president. takes primary responibility for providing, planning, leadership, and staff support for the AAU partners council.0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1AAU HAS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT EXERCISES THE POWERS OF THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DURING INTERVALS BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS, AND WHEN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE A MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD IMPRACTICAL. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF THE FOUR PRIMARY OFFICERS OF AAU: THE CHAIR, THE VICE-CHAIR, THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, AND THE PRESIDENT.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6AAU'S MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF UNIVERSITIES OR MAJOR CAMPUSES OF MULTI-CAMPUS UNIVERSITIES. THE CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION ARE: HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP; UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF FIELDS; AND GENERAL RECOGNITION THAT SUCH MEMBER IS OUTSTANDING BY REASON OF THE EXCELLENCE OF ITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. EACH MEMBER IS REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aaau's board of directors consists of a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Past Chair, the AAU President (nonvoting), and seven additional Directors, who are elected by AAu's membership from among the Member Representatives at large. the president is elected by the Board, while the vice chair is elected by the membership.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7bAAU's Board does not have the power to alter or amend any actions of the membership taken in a meeting of the Members, nor does it have the authority to elect or remove any Member Representative, adopt a plan of merger, or authorize the voluntary dissolution of the Corporation. additionally, the board does not have the authority to nominate or remove members; that power is held by the membership. The Board keeps a record of its proceedings, which are then reported to the Members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11the form 990 is prepared by AAU's auditors, and reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer. The 990 is then forwarded to the board of directors, who may make comments and/or ask questions prior to filing the return.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12call officers, directors, key employees, and other employees are required to file an annual "conflict of interest" form with their signature, stating any conflicts or lack thereof. All have been instructed to update the statement should anything occur that would hcange their status in regards to the conflict of interest policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15athe organization participates annually in a survey (salary & benefits of CEO and Key Employees), conducted by an independent firm, of similar organizations. Additionally, information is gathered from 990s of similar organizations. THe board of directors sets the compensation of the CEO (President) and approves the salary pool for the president to use for all other employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The organization provides copies to the public of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:the process has not changed from the prior year.

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