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German Marshall Fund (GMF)

GMF is a foreign exchange based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1972. As of 2019 they had $23 million in revenue and $177 million in assets.

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a non-partisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting better understanding and cooperation between North America and Europe on transatlantic and global issues.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: The German Marshall Fund Of The United States.

EIN:

52-0954751

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Website:

gmfus.org

Phone:

+32 (0)2 238 5274

Facebook:

facebook.com/gmfus

Twitter:

@gmfus

Founded:

1972

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

Q20: International cultural and student exchange programs

Revenue:

$23,977,507

Assets:

$177,545,271

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

May

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at GMF

Policy - gmf provides effective ways forward to solving today's transatlantic policy issues.

Leadership - gmf offers rising and established leaders dynamic opportunities to build transatlantic bridges.

Civil society - gmf supports civil society by fostering democratic initiatives, rule of law and regional cooperation.

Form 990s for GMF

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-05	Aug 27, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-05	May 14, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-05	Dec 26, 2017	990	View PDF
2016-05	Aug 3, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-05	Jul 26, 2016	990	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for GMF

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$6,673,880	$7,910,374	-15.6%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$14,343,875	$13,752,728	4.3%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$21,017,755	$21,663,102	-3.0%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$21,017,755	$21,663,102	-3.0%
Program services	$1,208	$28,254	-95.7%
Investment income and dividends	$1,637,976	$1,718,371	-4.7%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$72	$0	999%
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$1,293,401	$881,643	46.7%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$27,095	$36,675	-26.1%
Total revenues	$23,977,507	$24,328,045	-1.4%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$100,000	$100,000
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$6,056,354	$4,363,104	38.8%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$2,759,392	$1,917,293	43.9%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$9,327,078	$7,905,347	18.0%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$227,516	$362,336	-37.2%
Other employee benefits	$1,712,545	$778,019	120.1%
Payroll taxes	$321,011	$1,318,430	-75.7%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$57,051	$45,845	24.4%
Accounting fees	$160,910	$178,968	-10.1%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$189,917	$210,144	-9.6%
Other fee-for-service	$1,255,947	$1,790,552	-29.9%
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$885,956	$762,830	16.1%
Information tech. expenses	$574,140	$454,199	26.4%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$1,644,627	$1,433,676	14.7%
Travel	$4,287,254	$3,852,107	11.3%
Public official travel and entertainment	$107,319	$120,460	-10.9%
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$829,151	$1,599,251	-48.2%
Interest	$281,398	$249,518	12.8%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$716,090	$775,701	-7.7%
Insurance	$167,387	$161,187	3.8%
All other expenses	$514,345	$247,445	107.9%
Total expenses	$32,175,388	$28,626,412	12.4%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$1,133	$5,437	-79.2%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$9,827,799	$15,771,110	-37.7%
Pledges and grants receivable	$5,689,735	$9,391,111	-39.4%
Accounts receivable	$65,317	$304,801	-78.6%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$579,894	$384,593	50.8%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$18,399,320	$18,958,938	-3.0%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$49,170,783	$56,053,036	-12.3%
Investments, other securities	$93,680,712	$85,255,716	9.9%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$130,578	$459,373	-71.6%
Total assets	$177,545,271	$186,584,115	-4.8%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$2,276,892	$1,793,432	27.0%
Grants payable	$422,169	$945,054	-55.3%
Deferred revenue	$3,622,725	$3,255,012	11.3%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$9,149,557	$9,134,864	0.2%
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$15,471,343	$15,128,362	2.3%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$154,322,657	$162,353,127	-4.9%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$7,751,271	$9,102,626	-14.8%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for GMF

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
RSM Us LLP	Tax accounting; Audit accounting; Audit Tax Services	$139,790	2020-10-26
██████	Content management system software		2020-02-20
█████████	Content management system software		2020-02-20
█████ ███ ████████ ██████ ███	Consulting Services	$143,561	2019-05-01
███ ███████ ██ █████ █ █████	Consulting for Events	$189,444	2019-05-01
█████ ██████████████	Consulting Services	$266,698	2019-05-01
█████ █████████████ ██████████	Consulting for Events	$113,117	2019-05-01

Personnel at GMF

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Deborah Iwig	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$232,743	May 31, 2018
Tim Childress	Chief Financial Officer	$227,831	Oct. 28, 2020
███ █████████ ███████ ███	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$0	May 31, 2018
█████ ████████ ███████	Vice President , External Relations	$189,780	May 31, 2019
███ ██████	Vice President , Brussels	$333,725	May 31, 2019
██████ ████████████████	Vice President , Berlin Office	$203,136	May 31, 2018
█████ ███████████	Executive Director , Asd and SR Fellow	$160,815	May 31, 2019
████ ███████	Director , Human Resources	$152,418	May 31, 2018
█████████ ██ ████ ████████	Director , Paris	$171,267	May 31, 2018
█████ ███	Director , Future of Geopolitics and Asia Program	$165,691	May 31, 2019
...and six more key personnel

Peer international cultural and student exchange programs

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Middle East Media and Research Institute	501(c)(3)	$6.2 million	Washington, DC
2	Meridian International Center	501(c)(3)	$41 million	Washington, DC
3	Global Integrity	501(c)(3)	$9.5 million	Washington, DC
4	American Councils for International Education	501(c)(3)	$84 million	Washington, DC
5	International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)	501(c)(3)	$85 million	Washington, DC
6	The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars	501(c)(3)	$21 million	Washington, DC
7	Pyxera Global	501(c)(3)	$14 million	Washington, DC
8	Americas Society Council of the Americas (ASCOA)	501(c)(3)	$9.6 million	New York, NY
9	American Academy in Berlin	501(c)(3)	$10 million	New York, NY
10	The Asia Society	501(c)(3)	$35 million	New York, NY
11	Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)	501(c)(3)	$28 million	Little Rock, AR
12	East-West Center / Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange Btwn East & West (EWC)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Honolulu, HI
13	United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia	501(c)(3)	$8.6 million	New York, NY
14	Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	501(c)(3)	$45 million	Washington, DC
15	American Center for International Labor Solidarity	501(c)(5)	$32 million	Washington, DC
16	The Fund for American Studies	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Washington, DC
17	Amideast (AMIDEAST)	501(c)(3)	$65 million	Washington, DC
18	Youth For Understanding USA (YFU USA)	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Washington, DC
19	Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated	501(c)(3)	$7.6 million	Philadelphia, PA
20	American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)	501(c)(3)	$65 million	Arlington, VA
21	Global Citizen Year	501(c)(3)	$6.3 million	Oakland, CA
22	PH International	501(c)(3)	$7.6 million	Waitsfield, VT
23	Cultural Vistas	501(c)(3)	$20 million	New York, NY
24	Bancroft Global Development	501(c)(3)	$29 million	Washington, DC
25	Evidence Action	501(c)(3)	$35 million	Washington, DC

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