Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,057 to it, the largest being COBB FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($265,307). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $810k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What Council of American Ambassadors does
Mission
To advance public understanding of the role of the ambassador and the embassy team in carrying out u.s. Foreign policy and to develop young leaders for service to the nation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Bi-annual conferences: meetings that provide a forum for the discussion of salient issues of the day with the leadership of the administration and representatives of the foreign affairs community.
$142,020 spent37% of program spendingPublications and podcasts - the council publishes a foreign affairs journal, 'the ambassadors review,' administers 'ambassadors perspectives,' an on-line forum for foreign affairs commentary, and issues reports on conferences and international missions to promote an informed citizenry. The council also hosts the podcast series, "caa live!"
$96,566 spent25% of program spendingFellowships (international affairs and public diplomacy) - these programs combine mentoring by former ambassadors, practical training and academic study to develop young leaders in international affairs and public diplomacy.
$90,898 spentof which $73,726 as grants24% of program spendingAmbassadors roundtable - this program enables council members to engage in off-the record dialogues with chiefs of mission accredited to the white house.
$52,278 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,762.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.3M to $7.1M (−15%).
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.
32% of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Joyce Chadran
Executive director
Board chair
Timothy A Chorba
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $18k → $28k.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 35% · 2019 25% · 2020 85% · 2021 21% · 2022 85% · 2023 16% — diversifying over time.
“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
35% of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,527 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,527 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS?
- COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,057 to it, the largest being COBB FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($265,307). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $448,057 in grants to COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS?
- COBB FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $265,307 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 30 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing