Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1992.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Educates and attracts talent to the surplus lines insurance industry through programs and scholarships.
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Education and Technical Training Programs
The organization supports the associate in surplus lines (asli) designation program that was developed in conjunction with the institutes and provides a professional designation for insurance professionals in the wholesale, specialty, and surplus lines industry.
Symposiums
The organization sponsors three (3) college extreme risk takers symposiums each year at various geographical locations. The organization is also a sustaining partner for the gamma iota sigma, an international risk management insurance and actuarial science collegiate fraternity, that serves over 4,000 student members and faculty from 76…
Scholarships
The organization provides scholarships for college and university students to encourage, support and reward exceptional students who are studying risk management and insurance and express an interest in the surplus lines industry.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $294K | $52K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $15.6M | $16.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $16.0M | $17.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $709K | $58K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $15.3M | $17.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $135K | $135K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $322K | $322K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $7K | $7K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $22K | $22K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $56K | $56K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $56K | $56K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $4K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $34K | $34K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $348K | $318K | $30K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $58K | $58K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.0M | $865K | $177K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $1.9M | $1.0M | $853K | $17.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.2M | $943K | $1.2M | $15.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.4M | $931K | $464K | $13.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.2M | $764K | $416K | $12.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $1.0M | $1.6M | −$605K | $14.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $730K | $455K | $275K | $13.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $1,894,901 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 19 of 20 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,894,901 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,041,457 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $17,073,419 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,015,225 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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