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← AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,626,259
Total expenses
$10,213,175
Contributions and grants received
$6,533,368
Grants paid
$440,600
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,118,918
Other revenue
$973,973
Total assets, end of year
$85,207,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,470,441
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,736,897
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,570,110
Management and general expenses
$3,006,219
Fundraising expenses
$1,636,846
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,570,110

Program services were 54.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,533,368

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $691,419

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,665,549 · unrelated business -$55,099 · excluded $1,720,648

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,275

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,275

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $9,275 · unrelated business $9,275

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $48,332,999

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

    securities $46,879,630

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,453,369

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,453,369 · excluded $1,453,369

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $862,488 · excluded $862,488

  • 11b · Other revenue: CATERING REVENUE

    total $72,600 · unrelated business $72,600

  • 11c · Other revenue: ADVERTISING INCOME

    total $29,610 · unrelated business $29,610

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $964,698

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $440,600 · program services $440,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,164,350 · program services $609,310 · management and general $332,531 · fundraising $222,509

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,335,740 · program services $1,823,410 · management and general $720,131 · fundraising $792,199

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $94,148 · program services $50,896 · management and general $22,023 · fundraising $21,229

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $533,600 · program services $288,461 · management and general $124,820 · fundraising $120,319

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,779 · management and general $47,779

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $190,933 · management and general $190,933

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $114,210 · fundraising $114,210

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,003,621 · management and general $1,003,621

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,003,135 · program services $638,928 · management and general $265,363 · fundraising $98,844

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $94,655 · program services $69,000 · management and general $17,241 · fundraising $8,414

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $173,593 · program services $105,817 · management and general $37,011 · fundraising $30,765

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $308,157 · program services $248,725 · management and general $32,160 · fundraising $27,272

  • 17 · Travel

    total $389,832 · program services $235,324 · management and general $71,013 · fundraising $83,495

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $263,284 · program services $253,829 · management and general $6,417 · fundraising $3,038

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $67,592 · program services $49,150 · management and general $5,080 · fundraising $13,362

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $306,668 · program services $281,014 · management and general $13,950 · fundraising $11,704

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATION

    total $306,599 · program services $267,157 · management and general $6,637 · fundraising $32,805

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $285,582 · program services $163,157 · management and general $82,762 · fundraising $39,663

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $89,097 · program services $45,332 · management and general $26,747 · fundraising $17,018

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $796 · end of year $1,540

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,074,754 · end of year $2,116,309

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,548,783 · end of year $4,761,340

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $252,854 · end of year $317,182

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

    $9,685,332

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

    $7,984,144

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,697,447 · end of year $1,701,188

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,772,291 · end of year $16,727,686

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $49,769,589 · end of year $59,290,368

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,851,803 · end of year $291,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $761,542 · end of year $702,796

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $328,784 · end of year $767,645

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,717,515 · end of year $34,240,977

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,160,476 · end of year $49,495,920

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN IS AN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED WORKS IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY. THE ACADEMY'S GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING DEEPER TIES IN THESE AREAS BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE U.S.A.

  • THE ACADEMY FOSTERS TRANSATLANTIC EXCHANGE AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LEADING SCHOLARS AND ARTISTS BY SPONSORING A RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED INDEPENDENT WORK IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC POLICY; THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS THAT PROMOTE THE WORK OF FELLOWS AND GERMAN-AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE; AND THROUGH A SHORT-TERM DISTINGUISHED VISITOR PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS OUTSTANDING AMERICANS FROM A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES TO GERMANY FOR A ROBUST EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.THE RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE FORUM IS AN ONGOING SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS CONVENED BY THE ACADEMY AND ITS RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE FELLOWS.

    Expenses $5,570,110 · Grants $440,600

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra E Peterson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Von Holtzbrinck

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hans-Michael Giesen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Joy Zell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Asenkerschbaumer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Klaus Biesenbach

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Manfred Bischoff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leon Botstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Brand

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gahl Hodges Burt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mathias Doepfner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Florian Henckel V Donnersmarck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benno Dorer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marina Kellen French

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Mark Goldberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew S Gundlach

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Gutmann From Fall 2024

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Haber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timotheus Hoettges

    BOARD MEMBER (TO FALL 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Johannes Huth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dirk Ippen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wolfgang Ischinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Kaeser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Kellen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Klein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Koerner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold Hongju Koh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Regine Leibinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tess Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kati Marton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Mehretu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey A Rosen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Volker Schloendorff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christoph Schweizer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Sen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Kahn Strauss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Vieira From Fall 2024

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine I Wallich

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caroline Wamsler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kai Wegner Ex-Officio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Chatterton Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Wylie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Benjamin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $685,087
    From this org
    $602,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,496
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $602,591
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $82,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $685,087

  • Christian Diehl

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $426,459
    From this org
    $426,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $426,459
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $426,459

  • Emily Carey

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $261,808
    From this org
    $261,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $261,808

  • Chris Hardy

    DIRECTOR, FELLOWS SELECTION & ALUMNI AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $158,244
    From this org
    $158,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,244
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,244

  • Ana Ramic

    VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $201,534
    From this org
    $201,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,534
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $201,534

  • Coralie Worner

    DIRECTOR, PERSONNEL & LEGAL

    Total calculated
    $126,325
    From this org
    $126,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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.

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.

  • STIFTUNG FUER DIE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN

    N/A · SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN GMBH · GM · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN GMBH

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN GMBH

    PROGRAM SERVICE · GM · income $1,923,932 · assets $4,305,642

    Directly controlled by AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611279349300931

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