Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,255,824 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,340,270). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $19M
What International Citycounty Management Association does
Mission
The international city/county management association (icma) is the world's premier local government leadership and management organization. Founded in 1914 by visionary reformers who sought to end municipal corruption and bring professionalism and transparency to local governance, icma strives to build better, more livable communities by advancing the professional management of local governments worldwide. Icma's core values continue to be rooted in our stringently enforced code of ethics and commitment to representative democracy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Improving local government management globally:before usaid funding was withdrawn in early 2025, icma supported local government leaders, managers, and staff in indonesia, philippines, dominican republic, and the central tibetan administration in india. The clean cities blue oceans (ccbo) partnership successfully concluded in early fy 2025 prior to the cancellation of usaid funding. Each of these programs strengthened the managerial and service delivery capacity of local jurisdictions.- through the local governance enabling environment (erat) program, icma and the asia foundation worked in 30 district governments across six provinces in indonesia, training more than (see schedule o)1,100 local government professionals in fiscal management, decentralization, and overall local government management skills. Icma helped design 38 different policy and service innovations, such as working with local governments to develop a mobile-based application that enabled parents to get their newborns a legal identity and health insurance.- icma has worked on funded projects intermittently in the philippines since the late 1970s. The cities for enhanced engagement and governance (change) program…
$9,906,370 spentof which $2,238,542 as grants$392,282 earned by the program43% of program spendingProfessional and leadership development:leadership and professional development remain central to building the capacity of icma members and those aspiring to lead local governments around the world. Among our most significant recent accomplishments are the implementation and relaunch of major programs:- leadership icma relaunch (april 2025): icma announced the relaunch of leadership icma, an intensive, year-long program designed to cultivate essential leadership competencies for professionals in local government management. After a two-year pause, the program returnedwith the 2025 class, a 40-member cohort of aspiring local government leaders. Participants engage in instructor-led (see schedule o)courses, self-paced learning modules, in-person sessions, and will culminate their experience with a capstone project in march 2026.- tax increment financing guide: icma published tax increment financing: a practical guide for analyzing tif risks, benefits, and outcomes. The guide includes case studies and examples highlighting both successful tif projects and those that encountered challenges. As a companion to the publication, icma produced a three-part webinar series hosted by the…
$6,943,145 spent$4,697,755 earned by the program30% of program spendingMembership:- icma continued its growth trajectory, reaching a total of 13,469 members by the end of fiscal year 2025. During the year, icma added 442 new full members and 838 affiliate members, achieving an overall retention rate of 90.3% for full members and 73.2% for affiliate members.- icma's members in transition (mit) program provides support for members who have been fired, forced to resign or otherwise involuntarily separated. In 2024, the mit program provided complimentary registration to 30 mits, allowing them to attend the icma annual conference in pittsburgh. Approximately 10 of (see schedule o)these members also received stipends for travel and lodging. In fy 2025, 143 members enrolled in the mit program.- the local government management fellowship program allows mpa graduates to receive early career experience and mentorship, fostering the next generation of local government professionals. For the 2024- 2025 cohort of the lgmf program, icma placed 36 fellows in 25 hostcommunities.- thanks to funding provided by former icma member james kean, icma facilitated its second pilot program aimed at introducing students to local government as a viable career path. In summer…
$2,950,450 spent$6,066,433 earned by the program13% of program spendingTo advance our goals of ensuring future-ready leaders and positioning icma as a thought leader, we continued to focus on creating more engaging content to attract members and their staff and expand our outreach on priority topic areas. Examples include:- in january 2025, icma relaunched the academic matters newsletter, featuring articles from academics and managers who teach. With more than 1,700 subscribers, this monthly e-newsletter provides readers with perspectives, advice, and information from the icma graduate education committee, authors, professors, and other experts in the field.- in april 2025, icma launched the icma smartbrief on public safety, a weekly e-newsletter focusing on the key trends, news, emerging technologies, and government regulations that impact the public safety sector.- in april 2025, in collaboration with the national association of county administrators, icma launched its second county management edition of pm magazine, to amplify the voices of county professionals globally. - in june 2025, icma published the manager evaluations guide, a handbook providing local government managers and their elected bodies with tools and resources to support their…
$3,465,776 spent$1,170,912 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,265,741.
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 $27M to $34M (+23%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 54% · 2018 42% · 2019 37% · 2020 40% · 2021 42% · 2022 37% · 2023 27% · 2024 31% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $994k → $855k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION’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
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 31% · 2020 49% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
33% of INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $11M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
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
74% 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 17 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Missionsquare Retirement · exempt
- Icma Europe · exempt
- Center for Public Administration and Service Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION?
- INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,255,824 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,340,270). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $11,255,824 in grants to INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,340,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL CITYCOUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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