American Academy of Religion
The scholarly home that gave the study of religion a place to stand apart from the practice of it, and then kept that place open to every tradition at once.
Financial profile
American Academy of Religion · EIN 20-5478525 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $3,224,228 | $235,468 | $2,454,752 | $3,347,333 | $9,451,217 | Jun 2023 |
| FY2022 | $2,958,298 | $242,792 | $2,016,795 | $3,329,930 | $9,090,051 | Jun 2022 |
| FY2021 | $1,627,436 | $55,388 | $1,124,959 | $2,549,774 | $11,310,388 | Jun 2021 |
| FY2020 | $3,774,043 | $1,064,136 | $2,317,539 | $3,164,041 | $10,244,264 | Jun 2020 |
| FY2019 | $2,769,750 | $25,784 | $2,238,985 | $3,298,922 | $9,720,853 | Jun 2019 |
| FY2018 | $3,215,210 | $64,349 | $2,648,148 | $3,237,108 | $9,946,758 | Jun 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies American Academy of Religion is read alongside.
SBL
Society of Biblical Literature
The oldest and largest learned society for the critical academic study of the Bible, running a major annual…
42 companies named
SSSR
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
An interdisciplinary scholarly society applying social-scientific methods to the study of religion, organized…
ETS
Evangelical Theological Society
A scholarly society fostering conservative biblical scholarship on a defined doctrinal basis, providing a…
14 companies named
ASR
Association for the Sociology of Religion
A learned society that grew out of Catholic sociology into a broad scholarly home for the study of religion…
1 companies named
ASCH
American Society of Church History
A community of scholars studying the history of Christianity in its full cultural breadth, holding a journal…
Who backs AAR
Every company American Academy of Religion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MDPI | Exhibitor | ACS APHA ASV ASHG ABS +3 |
| Springer Nature | Exhibitor | ALAO ACS AAPS ALA APHA +3 |
| W. W. Norton & Company | Exhibitor | AAP AAG AMS APSA AWWP +3 |
| Bloomsbury | Exhibitor | ACLA APSA APA FACRL IAAP +2 |
| ISD | Exhibitor | AMS ASOR AIA MESAN SAA |
| Ingram Academic & Professional | Exhibitor | ASEH ASA AAUP CAA |
| Baker Academic | Exhibitor | ETS WTS |
| Accordance Bible Software | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Biblingo | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Logos | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Mohr Siebeck | Exhibitor | SPEP |
| Peeters Publishing | Exhibitor | AIA |
| Routledge- Taylor & Francis Group | Exhibitor | ALA |
| Shambhala Publications | Exhibitor | MPIBA |
| Wipf and Stock Publishers | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Zondervan Academic | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Zondervan Bibles | Exhibitor | ETS |
| Academy International Travel Services | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Cross Bible | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| DeGruyter Brill | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Gorgias Press | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Hendrickson Publishers | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Kregel | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Lutterworth Press/James Clarke & Co | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| ManuscriptShop.com | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Oneworld Academic | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Tutku Educational Tours | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
| Two Cities Press | Exhibitor | Only American Academy of Religion, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2026 November Annual Meeting exhibitor list (as of 6/11/26). Read September 27, 2026. Exhibitors only, preliminary list as of June 11, 2026, linked from the November Annual Meeting page. University presses, church and ministry publishers, religious organizations, foundations, societies and other nonprofits not recorded.
Who backs American Academy of Religion's peers, but not American Academy of Religion
Companies named publicly by at least one of American Academy of Religion's five peer societies, and not found in American Academy of Religion's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The scholarly home that gave the study of religion a place to stand apart from the practice of it, and then kept that place open to every tradition at once.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
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 Parliament, The Republic and The Legacy.
Strengths
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