NonprofitsHoratio Alger Association Of Distinguished Americans Inc

Education

Horatio Alger Association Of Distinguished Americans Inc

ALEXANDRIA, VA

Total revenue

$30.4M

Total expenses

$34.0M

Net assets

$13.0M

Grants received

$19.4M

161 grants

EIN

131669975

Tax year

2024

Mission

The primary exempt purpose of the association is two fold : (1) to provide scholarship assistance to help promising high school students (who fit the horatio alger profile) attend college, and (2) to spread the message that america's free enterprise system provides the greatest opportunities in the world for personal achievement and success. The association was founded more than 70 years ago to combat a growing attitude among young people that economic opportunity was a thing of the past. The association strives to motivate and educate our nation's young people to the economic and personal opportunities afforded them by the promise of the american free-enterprise system. The association brings the "horatio alger heroes" of today together with those of tomorrow by bestowing the horatio alger award annually; hosting career, public service, and community service seminars; sponsoring free-enterprise forums; awarding scholarships each year; and providing an internship program.

Programs

9 programs

Membership and induction: the horatio alger award (the award) is recognized as one of the nation's most prestigious honors. The award is presented during the annual membership program and induction ceremonies held in washington, d.c., each year during a multi-day program for members, life partners and friends of distinction, held concurrently with the national scholars' conference. The programs focus on member achievements, interviews with new members, opportunities for member networking, mentoring of the national scholars and educational programs regarding the future of the american dream.

Expenses: $9.6M

Member support and meetings: the association convenes the lifetime members and life partners to advance the mission, programs and services of the association on a regular basis including, but not limited to, the annual board of directors meeting, annual awards week in washington and at specialized forums, such as the international forum, alumni summits and regional convenings. These activities include ongoing communications with members, such as forum; the biennial report; only in america; and other online and printed materials that keep the members connected to the associations mission and work.

Expenses: $3.0MGrants: $50K

National scholars' conference

Expenses: $2.3M

Scholar services and support

Expenses: $1.4MGrants: $527K

Educational media and publications

Expenses: $633K

Research

Expenses: $410K

American enterprise summit

Expenses: $614K

Scholars alumni programs

Expenses: $196KGrants: $20K

Field directors meeting

Expenses: $226K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$29.5M
Program service revenue$57K
Investment income$892K
Other revenue
Total revenue$30.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$11.5M
Salaries & benefits$4.2M
Fundraising$621K
Other expenses$18.4M
Total expenses$34.0M
Total assets$39.7M
Net assets$13.0M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

TERRENCE J GIROUX

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$835K

28.5 hrs/wk

LESLEY ALBANESE BEG 042024

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$438K

28.5 hrs/wk

CONSTANTINE G KATSARASKIS

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Board

$358K

31.5 hrs/wk

JOHN B THORNBURG

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$260K

26.5 hrs/wk

JOSEPH NEUBAUER

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID L SOKOL

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Board

1 hrs/wk

BYRON D TROTT

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Board

1 hrs/wk

DENNIS R WASHINGTON

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Board

1 hrs/wk

GEORGE L ARGYROS SR

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Board

1 hrs/wk

WANDA M AUSTIN

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MIKE JACKSON

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

NIDO R QUBEIN

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LINDA D RABBITT

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GLENN B STEARNS

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRIS SULLIVAN

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHARLES C ANDERSON SR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEE R ANDERSON SR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAMES W AYERS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RONALD M BERGERON SR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DONALD T BOYSIE BOLLINGER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROBERT J BROWN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RITA LCASE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEON G COOPERMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DON R DASEKE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARK E DAVIS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM J DORE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ARTHUR J FALCONE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM F FARLEY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAMES B FREEDMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TERRY M GILES

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACK M GILL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSEPH M GRANT

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EDMUND A HAJIM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CRAIG HALL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HAROLD HAMM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RONALD G HARRINGTON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID HOFFMANN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALPHONSO R JACKSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MELVYN N KLEIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KEITH T KOENIG

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STANLEY KROENKE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RONALD J KRUSZEWSKI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PATRICK P LEE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GILBERT EDWARD LEVASSEUR JR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN C MAXWELL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CRAIG O MCCAW

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HOWARD M MEYERS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KRISTEN R LAW

DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL AND

Staff

$240K

37.5 hrs/wk

W AARON HOUSE

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SCHO

Staff

$152K

37.5 hrs/wk

DEBRA J STANCIL

MANAGER OF NOMINATIONS

Staff

$131K

36.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

LINDER GLOBAL EVENTS

EVENT MANAGEMENT

$1.1M

TODO PRODUCTIONS LLC

EXECUTIVE EVENT PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMEN

$877K

THEATRICAL RESOURCES

EVENT MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIONS

$845K

DESIGN FOUNDRY

EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND STORAGE

$774K

RED BANK PRODUCTIONS

CONSULTING SERVICES AND EVENT PRODUCTION

$542K

Grants received

Showing 161 of 161

FromAmountPurposeYear
$388K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$328K
SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$275K
GRANT DISTRIBUTION FOR 2024 HORATIO ALGER AWARDS SPONSORSHIP
2024
$200K
ANNUAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2024
$115K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$78K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$55K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$50K
ILLINOIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
2024
$20K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$15K
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
$10K
Education
2024
$525K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$495K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$375K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$239K
GRANT DISTRIBUTION
2023
$200K
EDUCATION FUNDING
2023
$196K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2023
$136K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$130K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$125K
COMMUNITY CENTERS & PROGRAMS
2023
$122K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
ANNUAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT
2023
$100K
Program Assistance
2023
$100K
GENERAL
2023
$100K
GRANT DISTRIBUTION
2023
$92K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$53K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$50K
ILLINOIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2023
$30K
W70 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
2023
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$20K
PROJECT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$20K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$20K
2023 SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2023
$18K
HUMAN SERVICE
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
$390K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$265K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$195K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$150K
EDUCATION FUNDING
2022
$128K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$125K
SUPPORT CONSERVATION
2022
$124K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2022
$110K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$100K
GRANT DISTRIBUTION
2022
$100K
GENERAL
2022
$95K
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERPRIVILGED YOUNG ADULTS
2022
$50K
ILLINOIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2022
$38K
GRANT DISTRIBUTION FOR HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION'S WORK IN CANADA
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$28K
HUMAN SERVICE
2022
$22K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$20K
Rita Case Career & Technical Scholarship Program
2022
$20K
W70 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
2022
$20K
PROJECT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$8K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$680K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT.
2021
$250K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$200K
GENERAL
2021
$170K
EDUCATION FUNDING
2021
$109K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2021
$100K
THE HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS, INC., A 501(C) (3) NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1947 TO DISPEL THE MOUNTING BELIEF AMONG OUR NATIONS YOUTH THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM WAS NO LONGER ATTAINABLE. THE ASSOCIATION BEARS THE NAME OF THE RENOWNED AUTHOR HORATIO ALGER, JR., WHOSE TALES OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY THROUGH UNYIELDING PERSEVERANCE AND BASIC MORAL PRINCIPLES CAPTIVATED THE PUBLIC IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. THE ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDER, DR. KENNETH BEEBE, IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE, HOPED TO INSPIRE INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL, THEREBY STRENGTHENING AMERICAN SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THEY CREATED THE ASSOCIATION TO RECOGNIZE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AS A WAY TO REMIND AMERICANS OF THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES THAT EXIST THROUGH THE FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
2021
$95K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO WWII MUSEUM TO BUILD BRIDGE HONORING ALL HAA VETERANS
2021
$58K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$40K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$40K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$15K
W70 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
2021
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2021
$10K
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2021
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2021
$370K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$250K
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
2020
$250K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$100K
General support
2020
$100K
GENERAL
2020
$70K
EDUCATION FUNDING
2020
$65K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$50K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$50K
ILLINOIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2020
$40K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$20K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO WWII MUSEUM TO BUILD BRIDGE HONORING ALL HAA VETERANS
2020
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$15K
SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2020
$10K
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
2020
$10K
W70 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
2020
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2020
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$5K
PUBLIC AND SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$3K
GENERAL/OPERATING
2020
$2K
CHARITABLE
2020
$260
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$372K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$360K
Program Support
2019
$245K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$175K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$104K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2019
$50K
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERPRIVILEDGED COLLEGE STUDENTS.
2019
$21K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$20K
HUMANITARIAN
2019
$10K
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2019
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$2.3M
FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
2018
$851K
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERPRIVILEDGED COLLEGE STUDENTS
2018
$250K
CCS Designation-Education; Private Campaign-Education
2018
$175K
GENERAL SUPPORT.
2018
$131K
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERPRIVILEDGED COLLEGE STUDENTS
2018
$110K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$104K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. NO BENEFITS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THIS GRANT.
2018
$100K
GENERAL
2018
$100K
EDUCATION FUNDING
2018
$50K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO WWII MUSEUM TO BUILD BRIDGE HONORING ALL HAA VETERANS
2018
$25K
General Support
2018
$250K
Private Campaign-Education
2017
$175K
GENERAL SUPPORT.
2017
$74K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2017
$35K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017
$25K
DESIGNATED GIFT
2017

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$19.4M from 64 funders · 161 grants · 2017–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$2.5M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Knights Of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation

$2.3M · 1 grant · 2018

High Point University

$1.6M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Liautaud Family Foundation

$1.0M · 3 grants · 2018–2019

Jewish Communal Fund

$1.0M · 5 grants · 2018–2023

Fred B Luddy Family Foundation Inc

$883K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Community Fdn Of Greater Des Moines

$752K · 5 grants · 2022–2024

Communities Foundation Of Texas Inc

$714K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Details

EIN131669975
NTEE codeB82Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1952-10
Formed1951
Employees19
Volunteers160
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