2024-05-13T10:05:12-05:00 2023-12-31 541468448 BRUCE W ROBINETTE CPA 449-A CARLISLE DRIVE HERNDON VA 20170 990 2023-01-01 270450414 THE POTSDAM FOUNDATION INC POTS 2026865753 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 THERESA SANDWITH CORPORATE DIRECTOR 2026865753 2024-05-08 1 THERESA SANDWITH XXX-XX-XXXX 0 BRUCE W ROBINETTE P00042686 7038346686 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z THERESA SANDWITH C/O HUGHES 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 67842 0 X N/A X 2009 DC ADVANCE THE GOAL OF IMPROVED TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0) WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BRITISH-AMERICAN AND GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER COMMUNIST STATES OF EAST GERMANY, THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COMMON INTERESTS. 2 0 0 0 0 0 13916 5016 0 0 5279 -9930 0 0 19195 -4914 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67278 79457 67278 79457 -48083 -84371 178998 94627 0 0 178998 94627 X THE MISSION OF THE POTSDAM FOUNDATION IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP HAS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SINCE THE END OF WW II, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0)AND THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF US RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN, GERMANY AND EUROPE FOR MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. ITS PURPOSE IS, THEREFORE, TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF IMPROVED TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BRITISH-AMERICAN AND GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER COMMUNIST STATES OF EAST GERMANY, THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COMMON INTERESTS. 0 0 42254 PUBLIC DIALOGUE & EDUCATION -- IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSSPECIFIC SUB-PROGRAM EVENTS OF PUBLIC DIALOG ARE:1)MONTHLY ONLINE ZOOM ROUNDTABLES HOSTED BY DR THERESA SANDWITH. AVERAGE TARGET PARTICIPANTS, 24.ZOOM PROGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, IT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT COST 2500 PM, WITH EXCHANGE RATES VARYING ACROSS THE YEAR THESE PROGRAMS TYPICALLY COST $10,500 PER QUARTER.TOPICS INCLUDE:26 JANUARY - THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2023: IS GERMANY, NOT BRITAIN, THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE?28 FEBRUARY - A SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF THE 59TH MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE (MSC)16 MARCH - BIDEN'S EFFORTS TO KEEP US-GERMAN UKRAINE STRATEGIES ALIGNED: AN ANALYSIS OF FRIDAY'S BIDEN-SCHOLZ WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT27 APRIL - A DISCUSSION ON URSULA VON DER LEYEN'S EUROPEAN CHINA POLICY: MIGHT SHE BE TOO PRO-AMERICAN FOR EUROPE?25 MAY - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY KISSINGER: A LOOK AT THE LEGENDARY US DIPLOMAT'S LEGACY AS HE TURNS 10021 JUNE - MACRON'S VOLTE-FACE: WHY HE IS NOW EMBRACING EASTERN EUROPE20 JULY - THE RETURN OF GERMAN PESSIMISM: IS THIS THE END OF MODELL DEUTSCHLAND?24 AUGUST - GERMANY'S ECONOMIC PLIGHT: IS THIS THE END OF THE WIRTSCHAFTSWUNDER?25 SEPTEMBER - THE RISE OF ISOLATIONIST REPUBLICANS: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US FOREIGN POLICY?19 OCTOBER - COALITION IN DISTRESS: THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT IN GERMANY AND HOW TO CONTAIN IT16 NOVEMBER - THE IRSRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT AND ITS BROADER IMPLICATIONS: A VIEW FROM GERMANY21 DECEMBER - A YEAR IN REVIEW: LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING BACK AT US-GERMAN RELATIONS 26540 THE 58TH ANNUAL MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE (MSC-2023), 17-19 FEBRUARY 2023, MUNICH, GERMANYPOTSDAM FOUNDATION COST SHARING WITH BEBRAND & MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE FOUNDATION MSC PROGRAM COSTS: $28,814.00 (THRU THE YEAR).INCLUDING THE VON KLEIST MEMORIAL DINNER (AT ZUM FRANZISKANER ON 18 FEB) FOR 25 PEOPLE AT 100/HEAD, THE COST OF WHICH WAS MET BY SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG STIFTUNG AS PART OF THE ONGOING CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT. 68794 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X THE FOUNDATION 2026865753 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 THERESA M SANDWITH CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS 25.00 X X 0 0 0 HAMILTON FORD CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION 10.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5016 5016 3549 3549 59277 72756 -13479 -13479 -13479 -4914 0 0 -9930 6400 6400 4221 4221 PROGRAM COSTS 68794 68794 OTHER MISC EXPENSES 24 24 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 18 18 79457 68794 10663 0 22802 5988 3952 5903 145274 75766 6970 6970 178998 94627 0 0 X 178998 94627 178998 94627 178998 94627 -84371 0 X 0 0 0 X 109292 106525 10032 13916 5989 245754 109292 106525 10032 13916 5989 245754 216017 29737 6328 2790 11397 5279 -9929 15865 261619 0.11370 0.10680 X POTSDAM FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 TRAVEL ADVANCE 6970 6970 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B REVIEWED BY OFFICERS PRIOR TO SIGNING AND FILING OF RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AFFIRMED ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST.