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SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC

EIN 04-2200147 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$16,474,201
Expenses 2024
$13,955,317

Program services were 81.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V200
Classification
2000
Street
1541 14TH ST NW STE 2 WEST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SALZBURG GLOBAL IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CREATING SPACES THAT OVERCOME BARRIERS AND OPEN UP A WORLD OF BETTER POSSIBILITIES. SINCE 1947, WE HAVE GATHERED OVER 40,000 FELLOWS FROM 170 COUNTRIES FOR 1,100 SESSIONS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERS OF EVERY KIND TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION ON THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GATHERING OPEN-MINDED LEADERS FOR BREAKTHROUGH CONVERSATIONS TO OPEN UP A WORLD OF BETTER POSSIBILITIES.

  • SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR, INC. ("SGS") IS AN INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND BASED AT SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA. SGS WAS FOUNDED IN 1947 BY THREE YOUNG VISIONARIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AS THE "SALZBURG SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES" TO ENCOURAGE THE REVIVAL OF INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE IN POST-WAR EUROPE. SGS CONVENES OUTSTANDING TALENT ACROSS GENERATIONS, CULTURES AND SECTORS TO INSPIRE NEW THINKING AND ACTION, AND TO CONNECT LOCAL INNOVATORS WITH GLOBAL RESOURCES. OUR PROGRAMS COVER CHALLENGES FACING THE WORLD IN EDUCATION, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, FINANCE, RULE OF LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA AND THE ARTS. WE FOSTER LASTING NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR CREATIVE, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. OVER 40,000 FELLOWS FROM MORE THAN 170 COUNTRIES HAVE COME TOGETHER THROUGH OUR WORK, WITH MANY RISING TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. OUR HISTORIC HEADQUARTERS AT SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, BUILT IN 1736 BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, RESTORED BY THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL'S CO-FOUNDER MAX REINHARDT, USED BY HOLLYWOOD FOR SETS IN THE SOUND OF MUSIC, AND NOW AN AWARD-WINNING HOTEL ALLOWS US TO WELCOME ALL PARTICIPANTS IN CONDITIONS OF TRUST AND OPENNESS.

    Expenses $11,381,881 · Grants $157,025 · Revenue $544,369

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MARTIN WEISS

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $512,810
    From this org
    $427,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,477
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $379,310
    Bonus
    $48,023
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,023
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,454
    Filer's total
    $512,810

  • VICTORIA MARS

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADENA TESTA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BYRON L BOSTON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER F LEE

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD ABRAMSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN B BELLINGER III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRANT CAMBRIDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA A DARLING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA ELIASI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM G ELLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE GATES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT HOLZMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB HOYT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAWID JUSTUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDRE KELLENERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTORIA KENNEDY

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 02/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TALHA KHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARJORIE LAYDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • B THOMAS MANSBACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WIM MIJS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIELE MMINELE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT H MUNDHEIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEBASTIENNE MUNDHEIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY MYERBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $16,474,201
    Expenses
    $13,955,317
    Contributions
    $9,186,468
    Grants paid
    $157,025
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,991,239
    Expenses
    $12,995,658
    Contributions
    $10,755,571
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,213,602
    Expenses
    $11,064,294
    Contributions
    $11,603,560
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,213,602
    Expenses
    $11,064,294
    Contributions
    $11,603,560
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,223,721
    Expenses
    $8,394,808
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,915,580

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,107,928
    Expenses
    $7,561,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,557,949

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,836,708
    Expenses
    $9,782,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,039,099

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,031,623
    Expenses
    $10,026,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,639,334

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,947,104
    Expenses
    $9,275,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,419,464

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,782,695
    Expenses
    $8,340,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,386,424

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR AUSTRIA

    FELLOW PROGRAMS · AU · controlled entity

  • FRIENDS OF SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON

    EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS · AU · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.