History of Economics Society

“A business manager keeps track of data on the number of members and conference participants, journal subscriptions, and venues for the annual conference.”

“We are an academic society with members primarily drawn from universities and other research institutions.”

“The association has members who elect the governing body.”

“Members may propose (by petition) amendments to the Constitution. They also must approve any such amendments by a two-thirds vote.”

“Evelyn Forget (President), Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3, Canada; Marianne Johnson (secretary), college of Business, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901.”

“There is no process to review the form 990.”

“The governing documents are available on the society's website. A financial report is made available to the members at the annual meeting each June.”

“We have begun a "New Initiatives" grants program, to provide seed money for conferences, podcasts, the creation of historical archives, and other activities that support the history of economic thought. This was done occasionally in the past in an ad hoc way. As of FY 2017, this is an established category of our activities.”

“$18,909 in expenses for the Journal of the History of Economic Thought (an academic journal supported by the society). $3,246 in expenses for academic awards. Both are functional activities listed in Part III.”

“Two errors were made in last year's assets which are being rectified here. First, a CD held at C. Schwab was double counted last year, once as cash and once as a publicly traded security. This overstated our assets by $13,104. Additionally, deposits at an account in the process of being closed were reported as $3,778 when in fact they were $3,881. This sums to a total overstatement last year of $13,104+($3,778-$3,881)=$13,001.”