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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,133,153
Total expenses
$2,588,022
Contributions and grants received
$2,170,658
Grants paid
$60,708
Program service revenue
$162,056
Investment income
$800,239
Other revenue
$200
Total assets, end of year
$18,356,836
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,983,487
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,373,349
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,037,826
Management and general expenses
$399,642
Fundraising expenses
$150,554
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,037,826

Program services were 78.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $754,660

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $982,657

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $433,341

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLIC POLICY DICSUSSIONS

    total $162,056 · related or exempt $162,056

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $491,775 · excluded $491,775

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,979,392

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,670,928

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $308,464

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $308,464 · excluded $308,464

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $321,257

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $982,657

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $321,257

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $200 · excluded $200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $32,000 · program services $32,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $28,708 · program services $28,708

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $794,789 · program services $640,824 · management and general $92,379 · fundraising $61,586

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $394,641 · program services $334,467 · management and general $22,130 · fundraising $38,044

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,286 · program services $10,371 · management and general $844 · fundraising $1,071

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,071 · program services $56,024 · management and general $6,189 · fundraising $5,858

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,497 · program services $59,448 · management and general $7,249 · fundraising $5,800

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,098 · management and general $17,098

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $93,856 · management and general $93,856

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $90,615 · management and general $90,615

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,388 · program services $40,540 · management and general $8,848

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,057 · program services $39,407 · management and general $4,805 · fundraising $3,845

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $63,844 · program services $52,352 · management and general $6,384 · fundraising $5,108

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $254,283 · program services $208,512 · management and general $25,428 · fundraising $20,343

  • 17 · Travel

    total $363,939 · program services $346,582 · management and general $14,602 · fundraising $2,755

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,521 · program services $23,387 · management and general $2,852 · fundraising $2,282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,593 · program services $4,586 · management and general $560 · fundraising $447

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM

    total $140,857 · program services $140,857

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $24,100 · program services $19,761 · management and general $2,412 · fundraising $1,927

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $2,665 · management and general $1,602 · fundraising $1,063

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,214 · management and general $1,789 · fundraising $425

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $578,942 · end of year $582,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $365,703 · end of year $92,765

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $106,541 · end of year $109,831

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,139 · end of year $2,862

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $224,131

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $64,844

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $182,185 · end of year $159,287

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,137,643 · end of year $15,593,353

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,980,474 · end of year $1,816,463

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $156,637 · end of year $112,748

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $17,933 · end of year $2,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $267,897 · end of year $1,450

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,031,016 · end of year $1,867,289

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,656,477 · end of year $16,133,387

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $289,667 · end of year $239,962

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY (ACG) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1952 TO STRENGTHEN GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS. THROUGH A RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, THE ACG WORKS ACROSS GENERATIONS TO PROVIDE A DEEPER, MORE NUANCED UNDERSTANDING ABOUT GERMANY, EUROPE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED TO STRENGTHEN GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS.

  • CONFERENCES: THE ACG ORGANIZES POLICY CONFERENCES TO BRING TOGETHER POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, JOURNALISTS, AND ANALYSTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE AND EXCHANGE PERSPECTIVES ON ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY CONCERN. THESE CONFERENCES PROMOTE TRANSATLANTIC UNDERSTANDING AND STRIVE TO FACILITATE MORE EFFECTIVE POLICY COORDINATION. THE CONFERENCES HAVE BOTH TAKEN A WIDE VIEW OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AND HAVE FOCUSED ON A RANGE OF ISSUES. IN 2024, THE ACG HELD A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC ON "THE NEW REALITIES FOR DEMOCRACY AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS IN AN ELECTION YEAR UNLIKE ANY OTHER AND A SYMPOSIUM IN NEW YORK ON THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY AFTER THE U.S. ELECTION.

    Expenses $1,481,066

  • POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND NATIONAL OUTREACH:THROUGH A RANGE OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY EXPOSES A BROAD AUDIENCE TO ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. THE ACG HOSTS REGULAR POLICY DISCUSSIONS VIRTUALLY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND AT ITS ERIC M. WARBURG CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE ACG WORKS ACROSS SECTORS AND GENERATIONS TO PROVIDE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, POLICYMAKERS, JOURNALISTS, AND ACADEMICS WITH DEEP AND NUANCED INSIGHTS CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMANY, EUROPE, AND AROUND THE WORLD AND HOW THEY IMPACT THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP. THE ERIC M. WARBURG CHAPTERS WERE LAUNCHED IN 1992 TO OFFER ACG MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES A DYNAMIC FORUM FOR GERMAN AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS, POLICY ANALYSTS, ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS, BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA. IN ADDITION, WARBURG CHAPTERS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXAMINE HOW GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS ON TRADE, FOREIGN POLICY, AND DEFENSE, TO NAME JUST A FEW, IMPACT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $313,541 · Revenue $59,258

  • YOUNG LEADERS:THE ACG'S ANNUAL AMERICAN-GERMAN YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE CONVENES EMERGING LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, JOURNALISM, ACADEMIA, THE MILITARY, AND THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR. OVER THE COURSE OF ONE WEEK, THESE BRIGHT MINDS ENGAGE IN HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON PRESSING DOMESTIC, BILATERAL, AND GLOBAL ISSUES IMPACTING BOTH COUNTRIES. THE CONFERENCE IS DESIGNED TO DEEPEN MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND FOSTER COLLABORATION AMONG THE NEXT GENERATION OF DECISION-MAKERS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY.PARTICIPANTS MEET WITH TOP OFFICIALS FOR INSIDER PERSPECTIVES, ENGAGE IN THOUGHT-PROVOKING WORKING GROUPS, AND PARTICIPATE IN IMPACTFUL PLENARY SESSIONS TO BRAINSTORM INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S COMPLEX POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES.4B POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND NATIONAL OUTREACH:THROUGH A RANGE OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY EXPOSES A BROAD AUDIENCE TO ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. THE ACG HOSTS REGULAR POLICY DISCUSSIONS VIRTUALLY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND AT ITS ERIC M. WARBURG CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $142,951 · Revenue $95,869

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $100,268 · Grants $60,708 · Revenue $6,929

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • John B Emerson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William R Harman Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Stewart Atkins Esq

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frances A Devlin

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale L Ponikvar Esq

    COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monu Joseph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Casciano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Jr Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Gundlach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ludwig Willisch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Andre Kelleners

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr John Lipsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph McLaughlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Franklin W Maddux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cassidy Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elke Rehbock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christiana Riley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Markus Reinisch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Linn Teigland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Heinz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Hariharan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christoph Heusgen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ferdinand G Jahnel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren K Day

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stanford S Warshawsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Alvarez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sasha Buhler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karl Geercken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Hackley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Kupchan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bettina Warburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven E Sokol

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $432,574
    From this org
    $401,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,929
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,845
    Filer's total
    $432,574

  • Richard Fisher

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Fleischmann

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Kolz

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan MacDonald

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed McFadden

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tammy Murphy

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Furey

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $243,284
    From this org
    $220,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,880
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,924
    Deferred
    $6,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,430
    Filer's total
    $243,284

  • Robert L Fenstermacher

    CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $178,930
    From this org
    $156,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,510
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,420
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,430
    Filer's total
    $178,930

  • Michele R Steinbuch

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $156,826
    From this org
    $135,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,157
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,431
    Filer's total
    $156,826

  • Robin Cammarota

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,430
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,430
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502789349300400

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