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GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE US

EIN 52-0954751 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$38,434,390
Expenses 2024
$42,777,756

Program services were 61.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q050
Classification
1300
Street
1744 R ST NW

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

THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES (GMF) STRIVES TO CHAMPION DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE BY STRENGTHENING CIVIL SOCIETY, FORGING BOLD AND INNOVATIVE POLICY IDEAS, AND DEVELOPING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS TO TACKLE GLOBAL CHALLENGES. GMF DELIVERS HOPE BY UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND DEFENDING FREEDOM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MARSHALL PLAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES (GMF) IS AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION THAT STRENGTHENS TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION ON REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MARSHALL PLAN.

  • DEMOCRACY - AS MANY COUNTRIES IN THE TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNITY AND BEYOND HELD ELECTIONS IN 2024, GMF DEMOCRACY FOCUSED ITS WORK ON COMBATING THREATS TO DEMOCRACY AND THE ABUSE OF RECENT TECHNOLOGIES. BOTH ISSUES POSE CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES, IN PARTICULAR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. GMF DEMOCRACY SHED LIGHT ON WIDESPREAD EFFORTS TO MANIPULATE ONLINE INFORMATION AND INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS WHILE HELPING TO SECURE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.

    Expenses $14,303,068 · Grants $8,663,386 · Revenue $2,930,738

  • GEOSTRATEGY - GMF PROVIDES POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC WITH IN-DEPTH AND COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSES OF THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND STRATEGIC TRENDS THAT IMPACT THEM. GMF GEOSTRATEGY FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS WHOSE AUDIENCES REQUIRE HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT THAT INTEGRATES POLICY PLANNING AND RESILIENCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT INCREASINGLY DEFINED BY GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION, ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS, AND HYBRID THREATS.

    Expenses $6,458,514 · Grants $188,717

  • STRATEGIC ENGAGMENT - GMF CONVENES GLOBAL LEADERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND EXPERTS ACROSS SECTORS TO SHAPE THE TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA AND DEBATE THE MOST PRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES. GMF OFFERS RISING AND ESTABLISHED LEADERS DYNAMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD TRANSATLANTIC BRIDGES.

    Expenses $2,898,237

  • INNOVATION - GMF INNOVATION ADVANCES NEW THINKING BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PROJECTS, AND DEVELOPING INITIATIVES, THROUGH ITS TWO KEY DIVISIONS GMF CITIES AND GMF TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $2,787,935 · Grants $314,750

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.

  • J Robinson West

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD (THRU 5/24), TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Schroeder

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD (BEG 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annie Maxwell

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD (BEG 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Friedman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Heitkamp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Lamkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Emerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joyce Chang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Biegun

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Thornberry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Turner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susannah Gray

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Kelly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helene Cooper

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Curtis Scaparotti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margit Wennmachers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Green

    TRUSTEE (BEG. 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Hariharan

    TRUSTEE (BEG. 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Conley

    PRESIDENT (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $530,021
    From this org
    $476,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,255
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $444,995
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $1,771
    Deferred
    $26,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,613
    Filer's total
    $530,021

  • Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer

    ACTING PRESIDENT (BEG 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $404,537
    From this org
    $284,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $120,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,199
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $120,338
    Filer's total
    $404,537

  • Roby Jacob

    VP & CFO (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $135,431
    From this org
    $110,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,960
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roseanne Thornton

    VP & CFO (BEG 9/24), TREAS.

    Total calculated
    $115,968
    From this org
    $107,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,001
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jared Janeczko

    COO, PRESIDENT (BEG 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $304,239
    From this org
    $295,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,533
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,314
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,392
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,533
    Filer's total
    $304,239

  • Laura Hope Gammell-Ibanez

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $133,904
    From this org
    $101,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,024
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joerg Forbig

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSATLANTIC TRUSTS

    Total calculated
    $200,481
    From this org
    $183,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,836
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,645
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,836
    Filer's total
    $200,481

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
    $38,434,390
    Expenses
    $42,777,756
    Contributions
    $29,550,039
    Grants paid
    $9,166,853
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,516,981
    Expenses
    $43,804,573
    Contributions
    $26,228,013
    Grants paid
    $9,889,203
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $29,787,853
    Expenses
    $40,047,340
    Contributions
    $23,037,804
    Grants paid
    $10,568,969

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,233,944
    Expenses
    $22,704,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,998,480

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,725,549
    Expenses
    $30,807,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,871,420

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,501,360
    Expenses
    $34,386,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $165,974,636

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,977,507
    Expenses
    $32,175,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $177,545,271

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,328,045
    Expenses
    $28,626,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $186,584,115

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

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

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • 1700 18TH STREET LLC - SINGLE MEMBER LLC

    REAL ESTATE · DC · income $0 · assets $8,573,157

  • THE TRANSATLANTIC FOUNDATION

    PROMOTE GREATER COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND EUROPE · BE · income $3,016,063 · assets $284,352

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.