Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Public Affairs Council
Public Affairs Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ($13,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Public Affairs Council does
Mission
Our mission is to advance the field of public affairs and provide tools and resources that enable public affairs executives and managers to achieve their business and professional goals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and Education: The Council sponsors more than 60 major conferences, on a variety of topics, to promote the professional development of public affairs professionals.
$3,470,434 spent$6,807,401 earned by the program63% of program spendingCommunications: The Council maintains a website that contains in-depth information on a variety of program areas within public affairs. Members can participate in a number of peer-to-peer discussion groups in their practice areas. The Council offers its members subscriptions to a twice-monthly electronic newsletter covering major news stories about trends affecting the public affairs community.
$1,252,847 spent23% of program spendingPublications: In conjunction with the Foundation for Public Affairs, the Council produces numerous high-impact publications annually. Members of the Council receive a complimentary subscription to "Impact," the Council's newsletter.
$496,437 spentof which $150,000 as grants$19,682 earned by the program9% of program spendingConsulting Services: The Council professional staff is available to member companies to answer questions and provide information, research, and other resources on a variety of topics, including grassroots advocacy, community involvement, federal and state lobbying, and general public affairs issues.
$252,633 spent$61,260 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,472,351.
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.
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 $12M to $16M (+34%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Nneka Chiazor
President & CEO (From 01/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $7k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $38k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Edison Electric Institute Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Public Affairs Council raised.
From the IRS filings of Public Affairs Council’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
Public Affairs Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 Public Affairs Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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.
Where its funders are
53% of Public Affairs Council's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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.
Government funding Public Affairs Council receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $129 on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$129
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Public Affairs Council
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Foundation for Public Affairs · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Public Affairs Council: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Public Affairs Council?
- Public Affairs Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ($13,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Public Affairs Council have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,500 in grants to Public Affairs Council, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Public Affairs Council?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $13,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Public Affairs Council 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 3 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