New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,172,819 to it, the largest being ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC C/O JOEL E SAMMET & CO LLP ($540,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $16M
What American Council on Germany Inc does
Mission
The american council on germany (acg) is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization that was founded in 1952 to strengthen german-american relations. Through a range of programs and activities, the acg works across generations to provide a deeper, more nuanced understanding about germany, europe, and the importance of the transatlantic partnership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences: the acg organizes policy conferences to bring together policymakers, business leaders, journalists, and analysts to share their expertise and exchange perspectives on issues of contemporary concern. These conferences promote transatlantic understanding and strive to facilitate more effective policy coordination. The conferences have both taken a wide view of transatlantic relations and have focused on a range of issues. In 2024, the acg held a conference in washington dc on "the new realities for democracy and transatlantic relations in an election year unlike any other and a symposium in new york on the transatlantic economy after the u.s. Election.
$1,481,066 spent73% of program spendingPolicy discussions and national outreach:through a range of events and activities, the american council on germany exposes a broad audience to economic, political, and social issues of common concern on both sides of the atlantic. The acg hosts regular policy discussions virtually, in new york city, and at its eric m. Warburg chapters across the country. The acg works across sectors and generations to provide the business community, policymakers, journalists, and academics with deep and nuanced insights concerning the developments in germany, europe, and around the world and how they impact the transatlantic partnership. The eric m. Warburg chapters were launched in 1992 to offer acg members and friends across the united states a dynamic forum for german and american government officials, journalists, policy analysts, academics and students, business and civil society representatives, and other professional practitioners to engage with one another to discuss economic, political, and social issues on the transatlantic agenda. In addition, warburg chapters provide opportunities to examine how german-american relations on trade, foreign policy, and defense, to name just a few, impact…
$313,541 spent$59,258 earned by the program15% of program spendingYoung leaders:the acg's annual american-german young leaders conference convenes emerging leaders from government, business, journalism, academia, the military, and the non-profit sector. Over the course of one week, these bright minds engage in high-level discussions on pressing domestic, bilateral, and global issues impacting both countries. The conference is designed to deepen mutual understanding and foster collaboration among the next generation of decision-makers from the united states and germany.participants meet with top officials for insider perspectives, engage in thought-provoking working groups, and participate in impactful plenary sessions to brainstorm innovative solutions to today's complex political, economic, and social challenges.4b policy discussions and national outreach:through a range of events and activities, the american council on germany exposes a broad audience to economic, political, and social issues of common concern on both sides of the atlantic. The acg hosts regular policy discussions virtually, in new york city, and at its eric m. Warburg chapters across the country.
$142,951 spent$95,869 earned by the program7% of program spendingSupplemental fellowships:the american council on germany's fellowships provide an opportunity for american and german journalists, scholars, and professionals to embark on a transformative journey across the atlantic. These fellowships offer a chance to explore how key issues are tackled in different cultural and political contexts, fostering valuable insights that span continents. Since 1976, over 1,200 individuals have expanded their horizons both personally and professionally through the council's prestigious fellowship programs.mccloy fellowships on global trends focus on crucial topics such as national security, urbanization, climate change, sustainability, digitalization, public health, and vital financial issues like inflation, trade, and global supply chains. Fellows engage in cutting-edge research, exploring the shared concerns of both sides of the ocean.dr. Richard m. Hunt fellowships for the study of german politics, society, and culture are designed to support outstanding american academics whose research shapes the understanding of contemporary german society, politics, and cultural history. Anna-maria and stephen m. Kellen fellowships give berlin-based journalists…
$100,268 spentof which $60,708 as grants$6,929 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,037,826.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $17M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
69% of AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Steven E Sokol
President and CEO
Board chair
John B Emerson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $164k → $311k.
11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $887k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Pittsburgh Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 35% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 35% · 2022 21% · 2023 37% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $696k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC?
- AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,172,819 to it, the largest being ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC C/O JOEL E SAMMET & CO LLP ($540,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,172,819 in grants to AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC?
- ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION INC C/O JOEL E SAMMET & CO LLP is the largest funder on record, with $540,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing