EIN 36-2167755

International Citycounty Management Association

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
100
Year formed
1914
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
ICMA advances professional local government worldwide through leadership, management, innovation, and ethics, with a priority focus on attracting and retaining members.
Total revenues
$26,533,226
2022
Total expenses
$24,988,708
2022
Total assets
$27,369,951
2022
Num. employees
100
2022

Program areas at International Citycounty Management Association

Services to local governments:- the fema funded planning for economic recovery training program was completed after training several hundred local practitioners.- through the usaid funded erat program, icma's jakarta-based technical experts have facilitated workshops on best practices in smart city methodology and improving performance Management, and our district-level staff have organized forums and provided technical assistance on public financial Management and local government service delivery.- as a subcontractor to ndi, icma continues to support the central tibetan administration's efforts in india. In october 2022, icma's d.c. and field office staff met with the dalai lama, who expressed gratitude for icma's activities thus far, echoing praise shared by the rest of the cta. The icma team is in the process of developing institutional development indices for several cta departments, developing gis maps for tibetan settlements, and assessing cta's data and human resource Management systems.- icma continues to implement the cities for enhanced engagement project (change) in the philippines. Icma staff have provided input to amend national guidelines for civil society representation on local special bodies. As a result, hundreds of civil society organizations (csos) have become accredited by local governments to participate in local decision-making and planning. Change also supported the establishment of a cso desk in local governments and the formation of people's councils to represent civil society concerns and demands.- icma continues to implement the department of energy funded solar@scale. Working with the american planning Association, solar@scale will launch in dec. 2022 an updated solar scale: a local government guidebook for improving large-scale solar development outcomes. In addition to the guidebook update, solar@scale is deploying workshops and conference sessions for local government leaders across the u.s. on large-scale solar-related topics. - icma continues to work with tetra tech on the usaid program clean cities, blue oceans (ccbo), providing solid waste and recycling guidance and technical assistance to cities in seven countries on preventing plastics from reaching the ocean. Icma's role is to increase capacity and governance in this important area. - after a two-plus year break, icma resumed the yseali professional fellows program, welcoming 48 fellows to the u.s. In 2022. Fellows were placed in 23 icma member communities. - through the department of state (dos) funded program, icma partnered with a software company (arkkosoft) and the ministry of finance (mof) in costa rica in the development of an open procurement observatory platform (oppo). The platform has been highlighted as an exemplary project in the region. Conversations were held with the government of honduras, el salvador and other government agencies in costa rica.- since 2017, icma has supported the nyu school of medicine through funding from the robert wood johnson foundation as a bridging partner for the city health dashboard. The dashboard, launched in 2018, now offers data on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 900 cities across the u.s. icma's role is to increase local government engagement and assist in identifying potential new measures and features. - with funding from usepa, icma provides technical assistance to communities in the southeastern united states on brownfields cleanup, redevelopment, financing, community engagement and more. For more information, please refer to icma's fy 2022 annual reports, which can be found here: https://icma.org/annual-reports
Membership:- attracting and retaining members remains a core priority for icma. The icma executive board approved a new dues structure in february 2022, which lowered dues for full members and added a discount for managers and assistants working in small communities. - efforts to recruit new members continued working in partnership with state associations and leveraging icma events and content. We added 1289 new members in fy22, including 491 new full members, 328 department directors affiliate members, and 470 entry- to mid-level affiliate members. We began the year with 12,024 and ended with 12,697, a change of 5.60%. - supporting members during the unprecedented challenges of managing local governments in a pandemic was a critical focus of our efforts in fy22. Recognizing the challenges of the profession, icma launched a new member benefit, equilibrium. The program provides tailored services designed to support the personal well-being of managers, assistant managers and members in transition and their families. Icma's welcome ambassador committee launched a pilot program to invite new members to zoom meetups to enhance the onboarding experience and encourage networking and information sharing. - the senior advisor program continued to provide invaluable support to first-time administrators, members in transition, and professionals seeking advice. Based in 29 states, the 114 advisors are available to 88% of the members in service- icma's coaching program is committed to providing tools that help our members achieve their professional career goals. We are renewing promotion efforts of our coachconnect coaching webinar programs to ensure that members are aware of these two fantastic tools that are available to them free of charge. In fy 2022, 149 learners and 24 coaches joined the coachconnect program, and we have 280 active learners and 270 active coaches. Our members remained active in the platform, scheduling 352 coaching sessions in 2022. Individual coaching was supplemented with the 6 complimentary coaching webinars offered by practitioners on a variety of topics selected in collaboration with our coaching partners. Each webinar had an average of 1248 registrants and 341 attendees.- icma's military programs continue to thrive and grow with over 100 vlgmf host locations and 34 fellows placed in 2022, nine of whom accepted local government positions. Our partnership with the army now includes a routine invite to speak at their institutional school for installation Management and the continuing city Management senior fellowship, which has 16 cohort 2022 fellows. We are also focusing on building our relationship with colleges and universities to promote local government career opportunities to students who are using their gi bill. This group is mainly veterans but also includes many family membersall who find value in their careers in public service.- icma's ethics program focused on providing advice, training, and content to address issues faced by members at all levels and aspects of local government. To that end, there were 11 editions of ethics matter, the monthly column in icma's pm magazine; unique content developed for the march edition of pm to celebrate ethics awareness month; presentations developed and delivered at state Association meetings; a session at the icma annual conference on navigating ethical issues in the organization when the source is an elected officials; content for two icma publications, effective supervisor practices and the effective local government manager; and training sessions for local government leadership and staff. - icma continued to recognize members for their individual accomplishments, career milestones and programs strengthening local government programs and services. Awards are promoted and celebrated in the september edition of icma's pm magazine, at the annual conference, on the website and via social media. - on International women's day (march 8), icma and the league of women in government hosted the second annual sheleadsgov virtual forum, resilience 2.0: redefining resilient women in local government. Created by icma and the league of women in government, along with event sponsor and icma strategic partner cigna, more than 450 women and men attended the day of inspiration filled with thought-provoking and motivational speakers and panelists. - the assistant chief administrative officers (acao) committee produced and published the acao guidebook and authored a monthly article in pm magazine focused on the personal and professional approach to the role. This effort is part of icma's overall strategy to build cohorts at the functional level to support personal and professional career advancement. - at the direction of the icma executive board, a review of the code of ethics to better integrate the profession's ethical commitment to racial justice and equity into the very fiber of the 12 tenets of our code was launched. This was one of the six action steps taken by the board in june 2020. Through a competitive procurement process, icma hired the school of government at the university of north carolina-chapel hill to assist with this effort. The unc team will provide research and technical assistance support to conduct an environmental scan to learn how other professional associations are addressing equity and racial justice in their codes, lead member focus groups, and develop a member survey. Icma engaged in a vigorous member feedback effort during the fiscal year that involved 17 events: two focus groups in the summer of 2021; feedback sessions at the annual conference in portland and all five 2022 regional conferences; three virtual events held between january and april of this year; and several in-person and zoom sessions at state Association meetings. This feedback informed the survey we sent to all members in june. Using the survey results, input from staff, unc and the committee on professional conduct, the final proposal will be presented to the icma board in september 2022.
Professional development: - leadership and professional development are key to building capacity in our members and those hoping to lead local governments throughout the world. Among significant program accomplishments are:- offered professional development offerings catered to various career stages, from coaching programs to leadership and mentorship programs. - icma university's emerging leaders development program welcomed 50 new participants into the fall class, including 15 who were not icma members until they registered for the program. - icma university inaugurated its online workshop program delivering 6, three-hour workshops.- icma university delivered a successful icma gettysburg leadership institute with 37 participants.- icma university online learning: - delivered 22 webinars; - had 38 jurisdictions register for a webinar subscription; - launched the brand-new 6-part council orientation series to help onboard new elected officials to local governing bodies - delivered the budgeting guide 3- part webinar series - delivered the effective supervisory practices webinar series to more than 800 local government professionals - hosted the solar@scale webinar series. - developed a 12-part "fundamentals in local government" blended learning experience (asynchronous online + live/online workshops) for a pilot cohort of local government managers from romania and moldova. Topics ranged from ethics to budgeting to community engagement.learning and networking opportunities through conferences:to serve the leadership and professional development needs of the local government community, icma held its 107th annual conference "restart", october 2-6, 2021, in portland, or. There was an in-person option, as well as a digital component, of more than 232 learning opportunities, including access to more than 25 live-streaming sessions (including all four general sessions as well as education sessions). Icma had more than 3,900 attendees of the in-person and digital components for this event. The 2022 icma regional conferences brought members and nonmembers together from around the five icma regions for these five events held in march and april 2022. Attendees discovered new leadership skills, strategies, and innovative solutions to help power their organizations and staff members to deliver success to their residents and communities. The 2nd icma equity summit, "ready or not! Moving from discourse to action," was held virtually on july 28-29, 2022. Attendees participated and engaged in conversations during the two-day event that provided deep dives on everything equity from accountability to zip codes. Participants were exposed to tools, ideas, and institutions to deepen strategies, shape actions, and create solutions. The event attracted 402 participants from 40 u.s. states and canada.
Research and publications: icma continues to be second only to the federal government in collecting and analyzing local government research. The following projects have been completed or started during the fy22 fiscal year:- published the fourth edition of the book managing local government services: the challenge of change- finalized the narrative for the fourth edition of the forthcoming book the effective local government manager- icma was awarded a grant from the bill and melinda gates foundation to build local governments' capacity for advancing economic mobility and opportunity for all residents of their communities. Throughout 2023, icma will create and share knowledge resources, host virtual and in-person open-access trainings and facilitate a peer learning cohort for a select group of highly motivated local government stakeholders.- with funding from the chesapeake bay trust, icma released financing green infrastructure: lessons from the chesapeake bay watershed. This report introduces definitions, benefits, and challenges of developing stormwater Management strategies that complement gray infrastructure and uses case studies from the chesapeake bay region to illustrate how to finance and evaluate these approaches in communities nationwide.- icma research fellow and member dr. stephanie davis (Virginia tech university) published strategic planning in small communities: a manager's manual, offering guidance from and for local government managers on making strategic planning work in places with less capacity and resources. It includes case studies from communities with populations ranging from less than 2,000 to 20,000.- working with apolitical and the robert wood johnson foundation, icma supports a virtual learning cohort on creating more sustainable communities.outreach:to achieve 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:- published 45 issues of leadership matters, with open rates of 32% for the member edition and 15% for the nonmember edition and average click-through rates of 29% for the member edition and 10% for the nonmember edition. The total number of subscribers is 24,660.- published 13 issues of the pm magazine monthly e-newsletter with over 8,500 subscribers, with an open rate of 30% and a click-through rate of 11%.- had 770 media placements, in which icma was either the primary focus of the article or had a quote or mention resulting in 2.42 billion impressions. - the icma website had over 5.1 million pageviews and 1m visitors.- social media audience grew to 99,900 with 75,876 engagements and 91,199 referrals to icma.org.- icma's media outreach efforts have resulted in successful coverage, including commentary from icma on pandemic relief and the recovery of our communities, commentary in the portland press herald from marc ott on the topic of social justice, and the topic of the council-manager form of government. - the icma blog received 198,000 page views. Blog posts focused on the following core content priority areas: racial equity and social justice, crisis Management, ethics, innovation, Management, and leadership.- the icma connect community had 11,465 total logins, 950 total discussion posts, and 341 new threads.

Grants made by International Citycounty Management Association

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
American Planning AssociationStrengthening Urban Resilience for Growth With Equity (Surge) Program$102,972
International Economic Development CouncilImplementation of the Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP)$70,744
National Civic LeagueImplementation of the Sparc Program Designed To Establish An Innovative and Prominent National Recognition Program That Energizes Local Solar Marketplaces and Advances Sunshot Goals By Recognizing Communities for Their Efforts in Strengthening Local Solar Environments Through Best Practice Adoption.$64,998
...and 1 more grant made

Who funds International Citycounty Management Association

Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
U. S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS OVERSEAS$3,808,091
U. S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS OVERSEAS$840,034
U. S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS OVERSEAS$549,958
...and 13 more federal grants / contracts

Personnel at International Citycounty Management Association

NameTitleCompensation
Marc OttChief Executive Officer and Executive Director$592,071
Sabina AgarunovaChief Financial Officer$210,239
Raymond BarayChief of Staff$232,850
Priscilla WilsonChief People Officer$205,090
John CookDirector , Technology Operations$148,008
...and 21 more key personnel

Financials for International Citycounty Management Association

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$12,095,556
Program services$11,146,329
Investment income and dividends$737,824
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$2,774,384
Net rental income$-501,475
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$148,542
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$132,066
Total revenues$26,533,226

Form 990s for International Citycounty Management Association

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-08990View PDF
2020-062021-05-11990View PDF
2019-062021-01-28990View PDF
2018-062019-06-19990View PDF
2017-062018-05-14990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
July 6, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 20 new personnel
June 26, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 5 new vendors, including , , , , and
May 14, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 8 new vendors, including , , , , , , , and
January 4, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Professional associationsBusiness and community development organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Foreign affairsBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacyLobbyingOperates internationallyNational levelReceives government fundingManagement and technical assistanceCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
777 North Capitol St Ne 500
Washington, DC 20002
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
icma.org/ 
Phone
(202) 962-3680
Facebook page
ICMAORG 
Twitter profile
@icma 
IRS details
EIN
36-2167755
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1914
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S41: Promotion of Business
NAICS code, primary
813920: Professional Associations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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