American Association of Individual Investors
Donations deductibleRevenue
$5.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$5.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.3m
$13.9m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $12.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
5.8 years on average
Staff
37
242 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
John Markese
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
American Association of Individual Investors' network
5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Markese Chair | Chairman | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Elizabeth Huldin | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| JIA Peng | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Bajkowski | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Lloyd Shefsky | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
15 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Pfeffer | Marketing | 2019 |
| Appaiah Kuppanda | Software Product Specialist | 2023 |
| Charles Rotblut | VP Editor | since 2019 |
| Derek Hageman | Finiancial Analyst/Editor | 2022 |
| Donna Carone | Controller | since 2019 |
| Harry Madorin | VP Operations | since 2019 |
| Jean Henrich | Managing Editor | since 2020 |
| Korbert Smith | Marketing Director | 2024 |
| Mohan Perera | Web Diveloper | 2022 |
| Mohan Rambukkana Maggana | Web Developer | 2024 |
| Mohan Rambukkana Magganage | Web Developer | 2023 |
| Nick Powell | It Director | since 2019 |
| Peter Nguyen | Web Manager | since 2019 |
| Ryan Siska | Product Manager | 2023 |
| Wayne Thorp | VP Sr Financial Analyst | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Rotblut | VP Editor | 0 | $179k | $24k | |
| John Bajkowski | President | 0 | $177k | $30k | |
| Donna Carone | Controller | 0 | $161k | $14k | |
| Nick Powell | It Director | 0 | $155k | $28k | |
| Wayne Thorp | VP Sr Financial Analyst | 0 | $150k | $8k | |
| Korbert Smith | Marketing Director | 0 | $123k | ||
| Mohan Rambukkana Maggana | Web Developer | 0 | $118k | $12k | |
| Jean Henrich | Managing Editor | 0 | $106k | $29k | |
| John Markese | Chairman | 0 | $0 | ||
| Lloyd Shefsky | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jia Peng | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Huldin | Director | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- American Association of Individual Investors
- EIN
- 362976274
- Address
- 625 N Michigan Ave Ste 1720, Chicago, IL, 60611-3175
- State
- Illinois
- Mission
- The american association of individual investors is an independent nonprofit corporation formed in 1978 for the purpose of assisting individuals in becoming effective managers of their own assets through programs of education information and research. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- W60 Public and societal benefit
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Public & Societal Benefit
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1978
- Principal officer
- John Bajkowski (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 2017
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsJohn Markese
≥7years on the filingsJohn Bajkowski
≥7years on the filingsLloyd Shefsky
≥4years on the filingsJIA Peng
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.3m
- Total liabilities
- $13.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $12.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $144k
- Program service revenue
- $5.2m
- Employees
- 37
- Volunteers
- 242
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9m | $5.8m | $117k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.