- Revenue 2024
- $1,748,692
- Expenses 2024
- $1,450,189
Program services were 62.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- Q055
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 320 PARK AVENUE
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 NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, INC. (NCAFP) IDENTIFIES, ARTICULATES, AND HELPS ADVANCE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS FROM A NONPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF POLITICAL REALISM. FOUNDED IN 1974 BY PROFESSOR HANS J. MORGENTHAU AND OTHERS, THE NCAFP IS A NONPROFIT POLICY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS THAT THREATEN U.S. INTERESTS. THE NCAFP FULFILLS ITS MISSION THROUGH TRACK I AND II DIPLOMACY-CLOSED-DOOR AND OFF-THE-RECORD CONFERENCES THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIOR U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SUBJECT EXPERTS, AND SCHOLARS TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS DESIGNED TO DEFUSE CONFLICT, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS. BELIEVING THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS VITAL TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE NCAFP ALSO OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ISSUES A VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS THAT ADDRESS SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING THE UNITED STATES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE NCAFP IDENTIFIES, ARTICULATES, AND HELPS ADVANCE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS FROM A NONPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF POLITICAL REALISM.
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THE NCAFP CONDUCTS REGULAR CONFERENCES ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH OFFICIALS, FORMER OFFICIALS, AND EXPERTS FROM BOTH SIDES AND HAS INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY CHINESE THINK TANKS AND SCHOLARS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THESE DIALOGUES INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS ON REGIONAL SECURITY IN NORTHEAST ASIA FOCUSED ON NORTH KOREA. THESE FRANK DISCUSSIONS (TRACK II) BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA AND AMONG THE U.S., CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND RUSSIA PRODUCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS STRATEGIC MISTRUST AND BUILD ON U.S. INTERESTS IN A STABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND PEACEFUL EAST ASIA.
Expenses $415,239
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BELIEVING THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS VITAL TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE NCAFP OFFERS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES TOPICS SUCH AS US-JAPAN RELATIONS, US-KOREA RELATIONS, TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST AND NUCLEAR DETERRENCE. THE NCAFP ALSO IDENTIFIES, TRAINS AND PROMOTES THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOREIGN POLICY PROFESSIONALS BY CREATING PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY CONNECT EMERGING LEADERS TO THE NCAFP'S NETWORK OF SENIOR SCHOLARS AND DIPLOMATS SO THAT EACH GENERATION CAN LEARN FROM THE OTHER. THESE NEXT GENERATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA. THE KOREAN PENINSULA PROGRAM INCLUDES SCHOLARS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
Expenses $231,284
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THE NCAFP REGULARLY BRINGS TOGETHER AUTHORITATIVE PARTICIPANTS FROM TAIWAN, MAINLAND CHINA, AND THE UNITED STATES TO DISCUSS CROSS-TAIWAN STRAIT RELATIONS IN OFF-THE-RECORD (TRACK II) CONVERSATIONS. THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE A CRITICAL CHANNEL TO ADDRESS MISPERCEPTIONS AND TO EXPLORE PEACEFUL DIPLOMATIC RESOLUTIONS TO CROSS-STRAIT CHALLENGES.
Expenses $257,081
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.
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HONORABLE JEFFREY R SHAFER
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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HONORABLE NANCY E SODERBERG
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $178,001
- From this org
- $178,001
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $178,001
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $178,001
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THOMAS S HEXNER
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICHARD R HOWE ESQ
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DONALD S RICE ESQ
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHARLES LANDOW
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR GEORGE D SCHWAB
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GRACE KENNAN WARNECKE
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RAY EASON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID ADELMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANDREW L BUSSER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN V CONNORTON ESQ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JACQUELINE ADAMS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KARL W EIKENBERRY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRIDGET FOLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID LAKHDHIR ESQ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KIMBERLY KRIGER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRENDAN R MCGUIRE ESQ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
THOMAS PICKERING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALEXANDER ROBINSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HARRY K THOMAS JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NICHOLAS THOMPSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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HONORABLE SUNG KIM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $1,748,692
- Expenses
- $1,450,189
- Contributions
- $1,684,196
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,169,175
- Expenses
- $1,433,456
- Contributions
- $1,126,769
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,070,746
- Expenses
- $1,191,121
- Contributions
- $2,049,008
- 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
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $965,675
- Expenses
- $1,059,750
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,523,799
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $833,826
- Expenses
- $988,578
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,552,172
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,454,992
- Expenses
- $1,061,274
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,784,929
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,351,723
- Expenses
- $1,128,642
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,365,272
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,235,705
- Expenses
- $1,163,837
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,096,470
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,210,330
- Expenses
- $1,148,320
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,259,208
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,050,131
- Expenses
- $1,110,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,029,148
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $913,499
- Expenses
- $1,054,591
- Assets (EOY)
- $965,663
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $783,848
- Expenses
- $1,001,432
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,087,237
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,369,795
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,436,585
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
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$34,587
2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$9,000
2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.