New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,112,787 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($1,675,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What National Committee on American Foreign Policy Inc does
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$713,039 spent77% of program spendingBelieving that an informed public is vital to a democratic society, the ncafp also offers public and private educational programs on a wide variety of foreign policy issues. The focus of this programming includes topics such as u.s.-korea relations, transatlantic relations, 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.
$102,380 spent11% of program spendingThe 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.
$105,043 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $920,462.
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 $1.5M to $2.3M (+54%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% 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.
Chief executive
Honorable Susan M Elliott
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $240k → $632k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC’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
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 39% · 2019 55% · 2020 71% · 2021 34% · 2022 25% · 2023 37% — 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
56% of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
71% of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 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. $353k 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
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
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 NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC?
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,112,787 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($1,675,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $4,112,787 in grants to NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $1,675,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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