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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,199,958
Total expenses
$2,925,326
Contributions and grants received
$3,197,790
Grants paid
$154,604
Program service revenue
$4,000
Investment income
-$2,142
Other revenue
$310
Total assets, end of year
$3,928,161
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,840,221
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,087,940
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,367,328
Management and general expenses
$439,415
Fundraising expenses
$118,583
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,367,328

Program services were 80.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $9

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,197,781

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,666

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $4,000 · related or exempt $4,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,282 · excluded $4,282

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,687

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

    securities $17,111

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,424

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,424 · excluded -$6,424

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $225

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $225 · related or exempt $225

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $85 · related or exempt $85

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $85

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $154,604 · program services $154,604

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $736,408 · program services $571,402 · management and general $112,384 · fundraising $52,622

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $704,694 · program services $554,552 · management and general $126,386 · fundraising $23,756

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,939 · program services $16,546 · management and general $393

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $108,531 · program services $95,807 · management and general $9,934 · fundraising $2,790

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $100,728 · program services $78,107 · management and general $17,736 · fundraising $4,885

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,232 · management and general $31,232

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,596 · management and general $69,596

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $317,045 · program services $304,312 · management and general $12,224 · fundraising $509

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,074 · program services $994 · management and general $43 · fundraising $37

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $114,640 · program services $102,401 · management and general $6,423 · fundraising $5,816

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,928 · program services $27,036 · management and general $3,069 · fundraising $823

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $420 · program services $383 · management and general $20 · fundraising $17

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $166,389 · program services $138,273 · management and general $20,946 · fundraising $7,170

  • 17 · Travel

    total $204,466 · program services $180,833 · management and general $11,100 · fundraising $12,533

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $77,399 · program services $69,822 · management and general $3,669 · fundraising $3,908

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,323 · management and general $3,323

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,552 · program services $61,083 · management and general $9,311 · fundraising $3,158

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,035 · program services $10,879 · management and general $1,610 · fundraising $546

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $323 · program services $294 · management and general $16 · fundraising $13

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $736,249 · end of year $803,149

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $368,326 · end of year $384,212

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $188,850 · end of year $487,100

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,571 · end of year $4,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,026 · end of year $30,016

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

    $3,381,637

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

    $1,166,620

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,286,980 · end of year $2,215,017

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,071 · end of year $4,667

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,067 · end of year $96,662

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,803,980 · end of year $1,753,431

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year -$11,282 · end of year -$9,872

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $632,264 · end of year $430,748

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,181,044 · end of year $1,657,192

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AFPC'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO BRING INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO MAKE OR INFLUENCE THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARRANGE MEETINGS AND FACILITATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMERICAN STATESMEN AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REFER TO FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1

  • PUBLIC DIPLOMACY - AFPC HOLDS MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ABROAD, THAT BRING TOGETHER THOSE WHO MAKE OR INFLUENCE FOREIGN POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $737,685 · Revenue $4,000

  • BULLETINS AND PUBLICATIONS - AFPC RESEARCHES, PREPARES, AND PUBLISHES NUMEROUS BULLETINS AND PUBLICATIONS WITH THE INTENT TO PROVIDE A TIMELY AND INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS ON ISSUES OF FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.

    Expenses $746,924

  • CENTRAL ASIA-CAUCASUS INSTITUTE - AFPC PROVIDES INFORMATION, RESEARCH, AND ANALYSIS ON THE VAST TERRITORY OF CENTRAL EURASIA STRETCHING FROM TURKEY TO WESTERN CHINA, WITH THE AIM TO HELP BRING GREATER ATTENTION TO THESE REGIONS AMONG OFFICIALS AND POLICYMAKERS.

    Expenses $773,561 · Grants $154,604

  • POLICY OUTREACH AND CONFERENCES - AFPC PROVIDES INFORMATION AND FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS TO THE MEDIA, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND KEY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION EXPERTS IN MEETINGS, WEBINARS, AND PODCASTS, AND THROUGH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. AFPC ATTENDS CONFERENCES ON FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY THAT ARE HOSTED BY THIRD PARTIES TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.

    Expenses $109,158

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Herman Pirchner Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $258,613
    From this org
    $240,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,043
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,672
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,371
    Filer's total
    $258,613

  • Christopher Manion

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Miller Coleman

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Hannan Jr

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Etherton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael W Gleba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Dryer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ilan Berman

    SENIOR VP & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $268,017
    From this org
    $224,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,773
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,244
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,173
    Filer's total
    $268,017

  • Rich Harrison

    VP OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $209,778
    From this org
    $182,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,510
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,268
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,910
    Filer's total
    $209,778

  • Calnen Annie Swingen

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELAT

    Total calculated
    $155,402
    From this org
    $135,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,078
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,324
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,391
    Filer's total
    $155,402

  • David Soumbadze

    RUMSFELD FELLOWSHIP DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $146,688
    From this org
    $106,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,171
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PAID $3,395 FOR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP CLUB DUES ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF NETWORKING AND MAINTAINING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • S FREDERICK STARR FOUNDATION FOR STUDY OF CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

    501(C)(3) · CONDUCT, SUPPORT & ADVANCE RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP ON CNTRL ASIA & CAUCASUS · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531489349301228

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