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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (EIN 36-2166947)
Tax period
2011-09-01 to 2012-08-31
Filed
2013-06-05
IRS object ID
201311579349300411
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2013-06-05T13:33:44-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-08-31TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-09-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN362166947EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlAMERNameControl
Phone3122804253Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line150 East Huron StAddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code606112795ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameKeith FielsName
TitleExecutive DirectorTitle
Phone3122804253Phone
Date Signed2013-06-06DateSigned
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Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-03-07 17:11:31ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer PersonKeith FielsNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

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Address Line150 East Huron StreetAddressLine1
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Gross Receipts80116847GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web Siteala.orgWebSite
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Year Formation1876YearFormation
State Legal DomicileMAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionThe mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information to all.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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DescriptionMutual, membership benefit programs, general/other-membership services provided in conjunction with member participation, personal and organizational members totaled 57,500 members as of August 31, 2012.Description

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DescriptionMutual, membership benefit programs, general/other-Conferences enable members to keep abreast of the latest technological capabilities, new publications and trends in the profession. Four major conferences, several national forums and a variety of institutes were held during the year.Description

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DescriptionPublishing-publishing of trade journals and books to aide the profession. Published 12 trade journals and an estimated 50 books on a variety of topics of interest to the profession during the year.Description

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21876800Mutual, Membership Benefit Programs, General/Other: Round table discussions and activities (20 Round Tables).
114099211409920Mutual, Membership Benefit Programs, General/Other: Programs related to grants and awards as per donors requirements (466 Beneficiaries).
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

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Courtney Young
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Sylvia Norton
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Michael Porter
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Joseph Eagan
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EM Claire Knowles
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Diane Chen
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year15454400CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year15558659CurrentTaxYear
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year22060327CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
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Total0Total

Value Of Svcs Fclts Furnishd By Govt ValueOfSvcsFcltsFurnishdByGovt

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total0Total

Total509 Total509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years49557598CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years46879095CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years45408295CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year37514727CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year39372708CurrentTaxYear
Total218732423Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total0Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total0Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year0CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year0CurrentTaxYear
Total0Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509218732423PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years1938694CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2333210CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2049079CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year3641397CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year3546210CurrentTaxYear
Total13508590Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years1938694CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2333210CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years2049079CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year3641397CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year3546210CurrentTaxYear
Total13508590Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years73406CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years-89354CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years-25935CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year-41479CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year-24536CurrentTaxYear
Total-107898Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total0Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years51569698CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years49122951CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years47431439CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year41114645CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year42894382CurrentTaxYear
Total232133115Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage5090.94227PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage0.95717PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage0.05819InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage0.04274PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals221760FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals221760FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals44498297FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals44720057FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals1000000FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals250000FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals0FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus31000000CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus21000000CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus11000000CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year1000000CurrentYear
Total4000000Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$6,000,000LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3503747CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2403921CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1274374CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year221760CurrentYear
Total1403802Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3250000CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2250000CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1250000CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year250000CurrentYear
Total1000000Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$1,500,000GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus30CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus20CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus10CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year0CurrentYear
Total0Total

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance14399308BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions3428Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses409394InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures231229OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance14580901EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance14021075BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions2878Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses848928InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures473573OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance14399308EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance13544838BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions2921Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses669778InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures196462OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance14021075EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance14924681BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions2089Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses-1274828InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships0GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures107104OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses0AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance13544838EndOfYearBalance
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance0.8802BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance0.0353PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance0.0845TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis2443394OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value2443394BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis13858689OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation8178830Depreciation
Book Value5679859BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis17086932OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation13097570Depreciation
Book Value3989362BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis3747712OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation1693322Depreciation
Book Value2054390BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings14167005TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability0FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionPostretirement benefitsDescription
Amount$17,126,536Amount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts17126536TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue48793543TotalRevenue
Total Expenses49534877TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year-741334ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments1004400NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities0DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Investment Expenses0InvestmentExpenses
Prior Period Adjustments0PriorPeriodAdjustments
Other$82,392OtherAmount
Total Adjustments1086792TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS345458ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt50740608TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments1004400NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities0DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants0RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues942665OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F9901947065RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal48793543RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included0InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included0OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99048793543TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt50395150TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities0DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments0PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported0LossesReported
Other Expenses Included860273OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990860273ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal49534877ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included20InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included0OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99049534877TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
SchD_P05_S00_L04Schedule D, Part V, Line 4To hold, invest, reinvest and disburse funds to further the mission of the Association.
SchD_P11_S00_L08Schedule D, Part XI, Line 8Change in fair value of swap, $38,099, change in value of related party investment, $3,538 and ALA Allied Professional Association net revenues, $40,755.
SchD_P12_S00_L02dSchedule D, Part XII, Line 2dChange in fair value of swap agreement, $38,099, change in value of related party investment, $3,538, ALA Allied Professional Association revenues, $168,759 and cost of goods sold, $732,269.
SchD_P13_S00_L02dSchedule D, Part XIII, Line 2dALA Allied Professional Association expenses, $128,004 and cost of goods sold, $732,269.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (66 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrantNumber Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipientsAmount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
OFHRD Emerging Leaders11000
Campaign for America's Libraries13000
PLA Service to Members22000
PLA Partners45000
ACRL RBMS Awards2225625
AASL Awards54045
ALCTS Services to Members1028563
RUSA Awards2335005
ALTAFF Awards86450
LITA Membership Promotion713244
ALSC Services to Members24000
YALSA Teen Read Week Awards1530000
FAFLRT Administration Awards22640
NMRT Officer Support Awards33000
LIRT Officers/Committee Awards41000
RMRT Administrative Award11000
GLBTRT Awards64150
William Gordon Scholarship35250
Betty Turock Scholarship35250
Spectrum Diversity Scholarships90230750
Baber Award11500
Haycock Award11000
Boyd Military Award15000
Schneider Family Book Award315000
Lippincott Award11000
Carnegie Whitney Award1527838
Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award13019
Melcher Scholarship717250
Distinguished Service Award11000
General Scholarship Awards913707
Clift Scholarship11500
Futas Scholarship11000
Hornback Scholarship11500
Fyan Award25000
Olofson Award11000
IMLS Library Staff Awards122425
Lyman Sage Scholarship11250
Dollar General Beyond Words9100000
Carnegie Medal Awards616000
Dollar General Everyone Reads6666000
I Love My Librarian1156396
OLPR Awards11000
Cicely Pippen Marks Scholarship11500
Greenwood Award15000
HW Wilson Award13500
EBSCO Scholarship1313525
NSLMPY Award220000
Scholarship Bash25000
Beta Phi Mu Award11000
Equality Award11000
BWI Award13000
Gale Research Financial Development Award12500
Grolier Foundation Award11000
Dewey Medal12000
Info Today Library Future Award21500
Excellence in Library Service Award12000
Degruyter Librarian Travel Grant13000
Century Scholarship11793
Putnam Grosset Award42400
Maureen Hayes Award14000
Friends of YALSA Awards85850
International Book Fair919100
LITA External Relations Awards27200
Pitney Bowes Disaster Relief Grant1035000
Indearc Verizon Award122500
Coretta Scott King Awards33500

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchI_P01_S00_L02Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2ReturnReference
ExplanationRecipients of disbursements from the American Library Association are those individuals and units engaged in the furtherance of the dissemination of information of value to the profession. The disbursements are authorized by officers, division heads and unit heads and are in compliance with the rules laid down by the Executive Board, Council and rules and by-laws of the Association. Recipients, where appropriate, report to the Association on the progress of their studies and completion of projects.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsXForm990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org0CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs0CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (5 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Keith Fiels
22614600000323390783802663230
Mary Ghikas
194005000001377001186502196400
Gregory Calloway
176999000001165501458302032370
Emily Sheketoff
14371000000101930783501617380
Don Chatham
13509700000954601707201617150

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonPatricia SchumanNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipFormer pres/treasurerRelationship
Amount Of Transaction7058918AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionAcquisition-Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc.DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchL_P04_S00_L00Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule L, Part IVReturnReference
ExplanationOn December 23, 2011, the Association acquired all of the net assets of Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc. for a total purchase price of $7,058,918. The co-owner of the acquired company, Patricia Schuman, is a former President (1991-1992) and Treasurer (1984-1988) of the American Library Association.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L06Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6The organization is a stock-less corporation governed by its membership.
F990_P06_S0A_L07aForm 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aThe organization's members elect the governing body, the Executive Board.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bForm 990 is provided electronically in PDF format to the Executive Board for review prior to filing.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cExecutive Board members are required annually to sign and submit a conflict of interest policy. All Association employees including key employees are required to sign a conflict of interest statement upon employment. An annual affirmation of the policy is planned.
F990_P06_S0B_L15Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15The compensation levels for the Executive Director, key employees and all other staff are approved by the Executive Board in the annual budget process. The Executive Director has a written employment contract. Compensation levels are determined with reference to other compatible organizations through a review of Form 990 and existing compensation surveys/studies. The compensation level is approved by the Executive Board.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The organization makes its governing documents available on-line via its web site. Forms 990, 990T, the financial statements and the conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon receipt of a written request.
F990_P11_S00_L05Form 990, Part XI, Line 5Unrealized gains, $1,004,400, change in the value of swap agreement, $38,099 and change in the investment in related party, $3,538.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1ALA Allied Professional AssociationBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line150 East Huron StAddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code606112795ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN320077152EIN
Primary ActivitiesPromotion of LibrariansPrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile StateILLegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section501 (C) (6)ExemptCodeSection
Direct Controlling Entity NAN/ADirectControllingEntityNA
Controlled Org1ControlledOrg
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties1ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs1PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities1SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees1SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeAmount InvolvedAmountInvolvedMethod Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
ALA Allied Professional Association
n40540FMV
ALA Allied Professional Association
a-i7560FMV