The Ahla Foundation: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 13-6095316)

Provides academic and travel scholarships to help students, particularly from underrepresented communities, pursue careers and professional development opportunities in the lodging and hospitality industry.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Apprenticeship

The ahla foundation has two federally registered apprenticeship programs: the lodging manager track, which was approved in 2017, and the hotel cook track, approved in 2020. These programs attract, upskill and help retain talent within the industry through a combination of on-the-job training and related instruction.

$1.1Mprogram expense

02

Scholarships

The ahla foundation awarded $548,608 to 310 academic scholarship recipients at universities across the country. Additionally, 171 hotel employees received $97k in professional development scholarships for certification and distance learning.

$549Kprogram expense

03

Research and Project Funding Program

One grant was awarded in 2020 to evaluate current levels of diversity and inclusion in the us hotel and lodging industry from the data supplied by employers. There is a second half of the study to be conducted soon which will capture hospitality employee views on diversity and inclusion.

$39Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$20K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

Grants paid · 57 grants · $7.5M · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$843,351

University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation INCMD · FY2024$302,600

Restore Nyc INCNY · FY2024$150,000

Rebecca Bender InitiativeTX · FY2024$150,000

New Friends New LifeTX · FY2024$100,000

Empower Her Network INC DBA Empowered NetworkCT · FY2024$100,000

3strands Global FoundationCA · FY2024$100,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$60,066

Businesses Ending Slavery and TraffickingWA · FY2024$60,000

Safe House Project INCVA · FY2024$50,000

University of South CarolinaFY2024$48,299

Skillpoint AllianceTX · FY2024$40,000

The Pennsylvania State UniversityFY2024$36,893

Soledad Enrichment Action INCCA · FY2024$35,000

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida INCFL · FY2024$35,000

Los Angeles Lgbt CenterCA · FY2024$25,000

Entrenous Youth Empowerment Services INCCA · FY2024$25,000

Central Texas Food Bank INCTX · FY2024$25,000

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.7M

Ln 12

Investment incomeLn 3$1.9M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$904K

Money outPt IX

$2.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.6M

Managementcol C$493K

Fundraisingcol D$337K

Owns and owesPt X

$35.8M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M

Total assetsLn 16$36.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$449K

PeoplePt VI, VII

22

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a19

IndependentVI 1b19

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$904K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$333K

Investment incomeLn 3$1.9M

Gains on assetsLn 7$1.4M

Total revenueLn 12$2.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$729K

SavingsLn 2$1.5M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M

Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$841K

Accounts receivableLn 4$153K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$424K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$32.3M

Intangible assetsLn 14$189K

Other assetsLn 15$120K

Total assetsLn 16$36.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$449K

Net assetsLn 32$35.8M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 6112

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3More from this return

Investment feesPt IX, Sch D

Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$90K

Share of the $10.8M endowmentSch D 1g0.83%

Typical, median of 2,202 orgs0.44%

EndowmentSch D · Pt V

Line	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16
End of yearLn 1g	$10.8M	$9.6M	$8.3M	$8.9M	$7.9M
AddedLn 1b			$450K	$100K	$2K
SpentLn 1d–1f	$191K	$570K	$541K	$290K	$287K

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.3M	$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$29.9M	$32.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$34.7M	$36.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.0M	$449K
Net assetsLn 32	$33.7M	$35.8M

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$220K	$220K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$621K	$621K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$694K	$410K	$123K	$161K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$15K	$355	$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$59K	$41K	$4K	$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$50K	$31K	$7K	$12K
Legal feesLn 11b	$7K		$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$71K		$71K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$90K		$90K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$86K	$86K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$25K	$2K	$23K
Office expensesLn 13	$130K	$23K	$107K
OccupancyLn 16	$64K	$51K	$13K
TravelLn 17	$15K	$7K	$8K	$101
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$19K		$17K	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$36K	$583	$35K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$275K	$153K	−$25K	$147K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.5M	$1.6M	$493K	$337K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025	$5.5M	$7.9M	−$2.4M	$31.1M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2024	$5.9M	$7.0M	−$1.0M	$32.7M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 23, 2023	$5.4M	$6.1M	−$685K	$30.7M	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022	$6.8M	$4.1M	$2.7M	$38.1M	990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 8, 2021	$2.7M	$2.5M	$196K	$35.8M	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,671,648 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,351,949$904,110

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $908,056$1,914,409

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$141,045−$146,871

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,118,960$2,671,648

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,908,036$840,224

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $739,523$818,219

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $965,525$816,945

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,613,084$2,475,388

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,494,124$196,260

Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19

VI-1b Independent voting members19

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,671,648 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$333,050

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$571,060

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$904,110

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $547,316$547,316

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,367,093$1,367,093

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$146,871−$146,871

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,767,538$2,671,648

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,475,388 across 17 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $219,616$219,616

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $620,608$620,608

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $410,142 · Management $122,526 · Fundraising $161,292$693,960

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $355 · Management $14,148$14,503

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $40,790 · Management $3,510 · Fundraising $14,964$59,264

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $31,374 · Management $6,779 · Fundraising $12,339$50,492

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $7,455$7,455

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $70,750$70,750

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $89,632$89,632

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $85,722$85,722

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,296 · Management $22,593$24,889

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,297 · Management $106,563$129,860

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $50,763 · Management $12,848$63,611

IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,116 · Management $7,920 · Fundraising $101$15,137

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $17,495 · Fundraising $1,070$18,565

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $583 · Management $35,377$35,960

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $152,690 · Management −$24,631 · Fundraising $147,305$275,364

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,645,352 · Management $492,965 · Fundraising $337,071$2,475,388

Part X · Balance sheet $36,231,203 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,116,780$729,339

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,201,479$1,466,854

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,904,253$840,653

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $436,544$153,422

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $109,546$424,435

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $29,872,772$32,308,043

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $94,907$188,666

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$119,791

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $34,736,281$36,231,203

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $504,505$402,419

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $30,230$46,800

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $470,804$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,005,539$449,219

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $22,597,647$23,922,734

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,133,095$11,859,250

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $33,730,742$35,781,984

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $34,736,281$36,231,203

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $35,781,984 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,671,648

XI-2 Total expenses$2,475,388

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$196,260

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$33,730,742

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,854,982

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$35,781,984

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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