African Studies Association
The learned society that convenes and defines the field of African studies in North America, the reference point through which scholarship about an entire continent is produced, judged, and passed on.
Financial profile
African Studies Association · EIN 58-1832301 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $818,381 | $341,436 | $403,597 | $1,018,931 | $2,057,169 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $1,675,267 | $1,237,005 | $405,819 | $812,859 | $2,187,203 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $721,227 | $266,652 | $305,309 | $716,472 | $1,700,123 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $815,949 | $416,815 | $322,981 | $806,556 | $1,711,437 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $892,505 | $407,252 | $439,129 | $1,036,132 | $1,390,057 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $879,609 | $391,062 | $463,269 | $1,091,361 | $1,321,326 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies African Studies Association is read alongside.
LASA
Latin American Studies Association
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12 companies named
MESAN
Middle East Studies Association of North America
A learned society for Middle East studies that both advances the scholarship and defends the freedom to…
17 companies named
ASEEE
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
The central scholarly society for the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, a…
20 companies named
ASA
American Studies Association
The oldest and largest association for the interdisciplinary study of U.S. culture and history in global…
5 companies named
ASAAL
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
The body Carter G. Woodson founded to research and broadcast Black history, the originator of what became…
19 companies named
Who backs ASA
Every company African Studies Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| De Gruyter Brill | Exhibitor | ACLA APSA ASOR ASIL AIA +3 |
| The Scholar’s Choice | Exhibitor | ACLA AMS ASEH ASA CAA +3 |
| Palgrave MacMillan | Exhibitor | AMS APSA AIA CAA IORMS +2 |
| Routledge, Taylor & Francis | Exhibitor | AACU AMS ASOR AECT CAA +1 |
| East View Information Services | Exhibitor | LASA MESAN |
| Coherent Digital | Exhibitor | NASIG |
| Pathfinder Press | Exhibitor | MESAN |
| Africa World Press, Inc | The Red Sea Press, Inc | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Clarke’s Bookshop | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Hogarth Representative Ltd. | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Lynne Rienner Publishers | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Susanne Bach – Lusophone Books | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| The Africa Report | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Village Boutique | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
| Zed Books | Exhibitor | Only African Studies Association, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2025 ASA Exhibitors, Advertisers, & Sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. 2025 Annual Meeting exhibitors, advertisers and sponsors in one combined list; university presses, universities, institutes, museums and nonprofits left out.
Who backs African Studies Association's peers, but not African Studies Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of African Studies Association's five peer societies, and not found in African Studies Association's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The learned society that convenes and defines the field of African studies in North America, the reference point through which scholarship about an entire continent is produced, judged, and passed on.
- Authority
- Build
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Republic, The Village and The Legacy.
Strengths
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