2026-01-26T14:18:50+00:00 2025-06-30 580692043 MAULDIN & JENKINS LLC 200 Galleria Parkway Suite 1700 Atlanta GA 30339 990 2024-07-01 236390716 Society of Biblical Literature SOCI 4047273100 825 Houston Mill Road NE Suite 350 Atlanta GA 30329 Steed Davidson Executive Director 4047273100 2026-01-26 true Mary Jo Alexander P00002534 7709558600 2025-12-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Steed Davidson 825 Houston Mill Road NE Suite 350 Atlanta GA 30329 7386985 false X WWW.SBL-SITE.ORG X 1980 VA THE ORGANIZATION MISSION IS TO FOSTER BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP. WE PROVIDE MEMBERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT, INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 15 14 20 1200 6329 3344 56207 50485 2353646 2670744 144537 1009052 525633 557817 3080023 4288098 42570 38563 0 0 1775554 1823940 0 0 4322 1702995 1839881 3521119 3702384 -441096 585714 11508511 12237769 1919667 1981660 9588844 10256109 X FOSTER ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP IN BIBLICAL STUDIES AND COGNATE AREAS ACROSS GLOBAL BOUNDARIES. false false 1485637 777315 PRESS. SBL PRESS, THE PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY, IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES, AND PUBLISHES PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS AND JOURNALS FOR THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND LIBRARIES. THE PRESS ACQUIRES, DEVELOPS, PRODUCES, AND MARKETS 22 BOOK SERIES, THE FLAGSHIP JOURNAL OF THE FIELD, AND A JOURNAL FOR BOOK REVIEWS. TO DO SO THE PRESS HAS PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND OVER 130 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS WHO SERVE AS GENERAL EDITORS, AS SERIES EDITORS, AND ON EDITORIAL BOARDS. SBL PRESS'S ANNUAL BOOK OUTPUT IS 35 TITLES, IN ADDITION TO THE TWO MAJOR JOURNALS. THE PRESS ALSO PARTNERS WITH OTHER PRESSES TO PUBLISH MAJOR RESOURCES AND REFERENCE WORKS. PRESS ALSO MAINTAINS THE BIBLE ODYSSEY WEBSITE WHICH IS USED TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIBLE, ITS CONTENTS, BACKGROUND AND CULTURAL IMPACT. 1315143 1537857 CONFERENCES. SBL ORGANIZES THREE MAJOR ANNUAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR, ONE IN THE UNITED STATES, ONE OUTSIDE THE U.S, AND ONE VIRTUAL GLOBAL CONFERENCE. THE MAJOR U.S. MEETING BRINGS TOGETHER MORE THAN HALF OF ITS MEMBERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS TO PRESENT OVER 1,000 SCHOLARLY PAPERS OF NEW RESEARCH IN HUNDREDS OF PROGRAM UNIT SESSIONS. THE CONFERENCE ALSO PROVIDES AN EXHIBIT HALL FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS AND A JOB SERVICE FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WHO INTERVIEW AND HIRE MEMBERS. THESE ANNUAL CONFERENCES ARE HELD IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH SBL'S STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENTS: ORGANIZING CONGRESSES FOR SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE; FACILITATING BROAD AND OPEN DISCUSSION FROM A VARIETY OF CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; AND PROMOTING COOPERATION ACROSS GLOBAL BOUNDARIES. 502581 38563 71833 PROFESSIONS. SBL OFFERS A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT ITS MEMBERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE ACADEMIC FIELD IN HIGHER EDUCATION. IT HOSTS AN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, PROVIDES WORKSHOPS AT ITS MEETINGS, PARTNERS WITH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS, COLLABORATES WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN HUMANITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION (SUCH AS THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE AND THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES), AND FOSTERS PARTICIPATION THROUGH PROGRAM UNITS THAT ENLIST OVER 3,000 OF ITS MEMBERS AS CHAIRS, PRESENTERS, PRESIDERS, OR PANELISTS. 209603 658013 THE SOCIETY HAS APPROXIMATELY 7,500 MEMBERS. THE MEMBERSHIP FEE PROVIDES A MYRIAD OF MEMBER SERVICES. MEMBERS RECEIVE DISCOUNTS ON JOURNALS, MEETING REGISTRATIONS, AND BOOKS. MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNANCE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION THROUGH THEIR WORK ON COMMITTEES. OVER 3,000 MEMBERS PARTICIPATE AS CHAIRS, PRESENTERS, PRESIDERS, OR PANELISTS AT THE ELEVEN REGIONAL MEETINGS, THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AND THE ANNUAL MEETING; OVER 5,700 MEMBERS ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE IS MADE UP OF A COMMUNITY OF MEMBER SCHOLARS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO FURTHER BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND TO PASS ALONG THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. 209603 658013 3512964 true false false false false false false false true true true false false true false true true false false false true false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 127 0 true 20 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 false false false false true true false true true false false false true true true true true true true false false false GA X X PAM KENNEMORE 4047273103 825 HOUSTON MILL ROAD STE 350 ATLANTA GA 30329 Ehud Ben Zvi President 1.0 X X 0 0 0 Hugh Rowland Page Jr Chairman 2.0 X X 0 0 0 Steed V Davidson Treasurer, Exec Director 45.0 X X 220048 0 48094 Tamara Cohn Eskenazi President 1.0 X X 0 0 0 Tina Pippin Vice-President 1.0 X X 0 0 0 Alice Yafeh-Deigh Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Christian Brady Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Dalit Rom-Shioni Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Jeremy Punt Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Joseph Lam Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Juan Manuel Tebes Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Kristin DeTroyer Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Margaret Aymer Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Stephanie Buckanon Crowder Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Stephen Cook Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Tammi Schneider Secretary 2.0 X 0 0 0 Yi Jin Lan Member 1.0 X 0 0 0 Pam Kennemore Director Finance/Admin 45.0 X 127511 0 29252 Robert Buller Director Press 60.0 X 104588 0 23205 452147 0 100551 3 false true false Cogent Global Solutions 1550 Larimer St Suite 1082 Denver CO 80202 Audio Visual Services 306010 2 50485 50485 CONGRESSES 611600 1537857 1537857 MEMBERSHIP DUES 611600 689413 658013 31400 PRESS 323100 371641 343321 28320 PROFESSIONS 541900 71833 71833 0 0 0 0 2670744 299193 6329 292864 139260 139260 145332 160769 -15437 0 -15437 -15437 3638806 2906165 22783 732641 -22783 709859 709859 443164 9170 433994 433994 0 0 0 0 0 4288098 3045018 6329 1186266 16484 16484 22079 22079 270584 245041 25543 1112590 1084030 28330 230 105163 102477 2664 22 242324 238096 4184 44 93279 89885 3378 16 2421 2195 226 21800 21800 58622 58622 79102 74154 4564 384 6231 6231 123983 121450 1906 627 238079 225700 11563 816 18608 18608 66000 59400 6600 119972 114234 5334 404 482362 481422 940 245970 243051 1775 1144 19924 18515 1409 PUBLISHING COSTS 324892 324892 DUES, MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 18810 15774 2401 635 MOVING EXPENSES 10273 9246 1027 OTHER 2832 2832 0 0 0 0 3702384 3512964 185098 4322 1261684 1869977 30028 126131 224525 239680 0 0 0 0 37733 33438 204767 70327 165772 147297 19673 18475 6662320 7583153 321026 164622 0 547227 633326 2199528 1498640 11508511 12237769 325062 428036 1594062 1552260 543 1364 0 0 0 0 1919667 1981660 X 7607398 8196102 1981446 2060007 9588844 10256109 11508511 12237769 585714 81551 0 X X false true true false X 669324 423551 82793 56207 50485 1282360 2017304 2610827 2793396 2777512 3045188 13244227 42107 80296 64242 51028 59720 297393 0 0 2728735 3114674 2940431 2884747 3155393 14823980 5700 5395 17130 5750 8975 42950 0 0 0 0 0 0 5700 5395 17130 5750 8975 42950 14781030 421241 678110 573411 485538 740558 2898858 7999 4151 5446 10666 6329 34591 429240 682261 578857 496204 746887 2933449 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3157975 3796935 3519288 3380951 3902280 17757429 0.83239 0.83640 0.17 0.1492 X true -544 15569 13662 1363 true X 1684725 2050 201944 143068 5944 1739707 1406708 18 280319 2320 1684725 1212739 1050 195382 1000 1463 1406708 1407980 10500 -201420 2000 2321 1212739 1024826 275 385063 1000 1184 1407980 0.0 0.19 0.81 false false 165772 147297 18475 18475 LUCE CENTER ENDOWMENT FUND 651562 LUCE CENTER FIXED ASSETS 847078 1498640 0 X 4387475 81551 0 81551 4305924 58622 -76448 -17826 4288098 3720210 76448 76448 3643762 58622 0 58622 3702384 Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1b Agent, trustee, custodian, or other intermediary arrangement SBL SELLS PUBLICATIONS FOR BROWN JUDAIC STUDIES, WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PRESS,SHEFFIELD PHOENIX AND NIDA. FUNDS FROM THESE SALES, NET OF FEES, ARE REMITTED TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON VARYING SCHEDULES, USUALLY QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY. THE FUNDS OF THESE VARYING ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT BELONG TO SBL AND ARE THUS, NOT INCLUDED IN THE SBL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Schedule D, Part IV, Line 2b Explanation of escrow agreement SBL SELLS PUBLICATIONS FOR BROWN JUDAIC STUDIES, WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PRESS,SHEFFIELD PHOENIX AND NIDA. FUNDS FROM THESE SALES, NET OF FEES, ARE REMITTED TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON VARYING SCHEDULES, USUALLY QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY. ENDOWMENT IS HELD FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LUCE CENTER BUILDING WHICH IS JOINTLY OWNED WITH AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION. ONLY THE PORTION ATTRIBUTABLE TO SBL IS INCLUDED HERE AND IN SBL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SECOND ENDOWMENT IS HELD FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP. THIRD ENDOWMENT IS HELD TO PUBLISH CONTENT TO OUR BIBLE ODYSSEY WEBSITE. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote MANAGEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SOCIETY DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATED UNRECOGNIZED BENEFITS THAT MATERIALLY IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR RELATED DISCLOSURES. 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X false false false false false false false true false Steed V Davidson Treasurer, Exec Director 219280 0 768 0 0 0 22613 0 25481 0 268142 0 0 0 Pam Kennemore Director Finance/Admin 126699 0 812 0 0 0 13069 0 16183 0 156763 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments STEED DAVIDSON RECEIVED A $768 BONUS REPORTED ON HIS 2024 W-2, PAM KENNEMORE RECEIVED A $812 BONUS REPORTED ON HER 2024 W-2, AND ROBERT BULLER RECEIVED A $816 BONUS REPORTED ON HIS 2024 W-2. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a-4c Description of program services (Expenses $ 209,603 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 658,013) THE SOCIETY HAS APPROXIMATELY 7,500 MEMBERS. THE MEMBERSHIP FEE PROVIDES A MYRIAD OF MEMBER SERVICES. MEMBERS RECEIVE DISCOUNTS ON JOURNALS, MEETING REGISTRATIONS, AND BOOKS. MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNANCE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION THROUGH THEIR WORK ON COMMITTEES. OVER 3,000 MEMBERS PARTICIPATE AS CHAIRS, PRESENTERS, PRESIDERS, OR PANELISTS AT THE ELEVEN REGIONAL MEETINGS, THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AND THE ANNUAL MEETING; OVER 5,700 MEMBERS ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE IS MADE UP OF A COMMUNITY OF MEMBER SCHOLARS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO FURTHER BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND TO PASS ALONG THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders THE SOCIETY HAS 7,617 MEMBERS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body MEMBERS JOIN THE SOCIETY THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF A MEMBERSHIP. EACH YEAR AT THE ANNUAL MEETING THERE IS A BUSINESS MEETING AT WHICH THE MEMBERS HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW MEMBERS TO COUNCIL. THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THEN GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FINANCE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO FILING TO ENSURE THAT NO OBVIOUS MISTAKES OR MISSTATEMENTS OCCUR. THE FORM 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED BY ONE OF TWO METHODS. EITHER IT WILL BE UPLOADED TO A WEBSITE THAT ONLY THE BOARD HAS ACCESS TO OR THEY WILL BE SENT A PASSWORD PROTECTED ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE RETURN. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy THE GOVERNING BODY IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A STATEMENT REGARDING CONFLICT OF INTERESTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. LISTS OF STATEMENTS SENT OUT ARE MAINTAINED AND CHECKED OFF AS THE STATEMENT IS RECEIVED. EACH STATEMENT IS REVIEWED FOR CONFLICTS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official SBL USES COMPARABLE DATA FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR INDUSTRY TO BENCHMARK PAY, INCLUDING COMPENSATION SURVEYS OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFITS, IN ORDER TO MATCH STAFFING AND FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES. DATA FROM THESE MARKET SEGMENTS ARE USED TO FORM A "MARKET COMPOSITE" TO ASSESS THE COMPETITIVENESS OF COMPENSATION. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY IS ADMINISTERED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY CHANGES TO COUNCIL (BOARD OF DIRECTORS) AS APPROPRIATE. FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL ALSO REVIEW AND APPROVE BASE SALARIES, ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS, INCENTIVE AND BONUS PAY, AND OBJECTIVES AND GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR'S ANNUAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY ON THE SBL WEBSITE, GUIDESTAR, AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c Change of oversight process or selection process THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AUDITORS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.