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Public Affairs Council

Public Affairs Council is a trade / professional association based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1960. As of 2019 they had $6.4 million in revenue and $9.2 million in assets.

To promote responsible and effective political and community involvement by businesses and their employees. To promote responsible and effective political and community involvement by businesses. Our mission is to advance the field of public affairs a...

EIN:

13-1790733

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

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

Website:

pac.org

Twitter:

@pacouncil

Founded:

1960

Type:

501(c)(4)

NTEE:

S41: Trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce

Revenue:

$6,411,379

Assets:

$9,215,341

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Public Affairs Council

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.

Publications: 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.

Communications: 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.

Form 990s for Public Affairs Council

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Jun 19, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-12	Aug 23, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-12	Sep 8, 2017	990O	View PDF
2015-12	Dec 27, 2016	990O	View PDF
2014-12	Aug 10, 2015	990O	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Public Affairs Council

Field	2018	2017
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Program services	$5,982,721	$5,637,567	6.1%
Investment income and dividends	$156,656	$138,558	13.1%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$72,018	$62,289	15.6%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$199,984	$77,888	156.8%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0
Total revenues	$6,411,379	$5,916,302	8.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$879,251	$747,527	17.6%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$1,387,919	$1,427,162	-2.7%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$114,095	$104,349	9.3%
Other employee benefits	$151,331	$219,999	-31.2%
Payroll taxes	$136,631	$135,033	1.2%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$5,551	$1,772	213.3%
Accounting fees	$32,571	$30,918	5.3%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$35,174	$30,251	16.3%
Other fee-for-service	$707,156	$702,203	0.7%
Advertising and promotion	$144,141	$0	999%
Office expenses	$489,297	$321,850	52.0%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$516,960	$522,091	-1.0%
Travel	$941,348	$68,632	1271.6%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$760,277	-100%
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$130,367	$127,843	2.0%
Insurance	$25,407	$22,633	12.3%
All other expenses	$67,350	$61,749	9.1%
Total expenses	$5,764,549	$5,284,289	9.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$453,764	$25,924	1650.4%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$854,876	$793,812	7.7%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$195,283	$259,334	-24.7%
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	$261,688	$329,099	-20.5%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$229,275	$323,034	-29.0%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$6,432,111	$6,891,715	-6.7%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$788,344	$720,455	9.4%
Total assets	$9,215,341	$9,343,373	-1.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$494,577	$541,637	-8.7%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$2,555,359	$2,457,859	4.0%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
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	$870,319	$917,023	-5.1%
Total liabilities	$3,920,255	$3,916,519	0.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$5,295,086	$5,426,854	-2.4%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Public Affairs Council

Vendor	Services	Date
Kimbia	Fundraising software	2019-12-04
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing	2019-12-04
█████████	Content management system software	2019-12-04
██████ ███ ███████ ████	Tax accounting	2019-04-24
█████████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██	Tax accounting	2013-11-11

Personnel at Public Affairs Council

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Reggie Nance	Vice President of Finance and Administration	-	June 1, 2020
Andras Baneth	Managing Director, European Office	-	June 1, 2020
█████ ████████ ███	Senior Director, Marketing and Communications	$171,811	June 1, 2020
████ ███████	Director of Digital and Policy Communications	-	June 1, 2020
█████ ████████	Senior Director	$121,688	June 1, 2020

Peer trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Ripon Society	501(c)(4)	$4.4 million	Washington, DC
2	The Links	501(c)(4)	$3.2 million	Washington, DC
3	National League of Cities (NLC)	501(c)(4)	$24 million	Washington, DC
4	US Global Leadership Campaign	501(c)(4)	$1.7 million	Washington, DC
5	Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)	501(c)(4)	$3.0 million	Washington, DC
6	American Motorcyclist Association	501(c)(4)	$11 million	Pickerington, OH
7	Republican Main Street Partnership	501(c)(4)	$2.0 million	Washington, DC
8	Better Medicare Alliance (BMA)	501(c)(4)	$9.5 million	Washington, DC
9	National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center	501(c)(4)	$2.1 million	Washington, DC
10	National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems	501(c)(4)	$3.4 million	Washington, DC
11	National Congress of American Indians	501(c)(4)	$3.5 million	Washington, DC
12	National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA)	501(c)(4)	$5.3 million	Washington, DC
13	National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)	501(c)(4)	$10 million	Washington, DC
14	Association of Washington Cities (AWC)	501(c)(4)	$11 million	Olympia, WA
15	Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC)	501(c)(4)	$2.4 million	Sacramento, CA
16	Association of County Commissions of Alabama	501(c)(4)	$2.4 million	Montgomery, AL
17	Association of County Commissioners	501(c)(4)	$2.3 million	Oklahoma City, OK
18	League of Nebraska Municipalities (LNM)	501(c)(4)	$1.7 million	Lincoln, NE
19	Zonta International	501(c)(4)	$2.5 million	Oak Brook, IL
20	The Congressional Institute	501(c)(4)	$3.1 million	Alexandria, VA
21	California School Boards Association	501(c)(4)	$17 million	West Sacramento, CA
22	New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM)	501(c)(4)	$4.3 million	Trenton, NJ
23	Ohio Township Association (OTA)	501(c)(4)	$2.4 million	Blacklick, OH
24	Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)	501(c)(3)	$18 million	Washington, DC
25	Council for Opportunity in Education	501(c)(3)	$6.8 million	Washington, DC

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