Nonprofit · EIN 13-1893850
GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10005
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $8,015,491 | $7,581,139 | $434,352 | $4,662,194 | $1,928,967 | $2,733,227 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $7,654,142 | $7,083,579 | $570,563 | $5,454,618 | $3,155,743 | $2,298,875 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,350,670
- of which government grants
- $2,908,520
- Membership dues
- $442,150
- Program service revenue
- $4,637,407
- Investment income
- $200
- Other revenue
- $27,214
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $632,347
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,063,538
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,662,973
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $59,160
- Occupancy
- $546,582
- Travel
- $318,100
- Depreciation
- $48,275
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,454,618
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,662,194
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,928,967
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,733,227
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $53,645
- Gross unrelated business income
- $2,185,935
- Gross receipts
- $8,192,187
- Employees
- 55
- Volunteers
- 38
- Year formed
- 1947
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susanne Gellert | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $312,709 | $59,563 | $95,680 |
| Martin Kaiser | Vice President & Treasurer Officer | 40 | $174,178 | $33,177 | $76,766 |
| Matthew Allen | Director Career & Education Highest-paid employee | 40 | $170,444 | $0 | $101,578 |
| Irene Fuchs | Director Membership/Events Highest-paid employee | 40 | $168,691 | $0 | $57,729 |
| Claus Habermeier | Director GTAI Highest-paid employee | 40 | $179,603 | $0 | $40,764 |
| Nicholas Anderson | Director IT Administration Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,333 | $16,037 | $37,789 |
| Volker Baer | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonnie Tully | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dirk Janzen | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Hilde Holland Esq | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rudiger Albers | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Attila Arian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephan Born | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christian C Brune | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Bueker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
29 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Campbell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Maysa Dahdouli | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sven Doerge | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jean-Claude Dubacher | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marc Ehrhardt | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jan Heck | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Alexander P Imberg | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christian Jagenberg | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Kasnick | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stefan Koss | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ragnar Kruse | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Uve Kupka | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lutz Labisch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lars Leitner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Lessler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Pernille Lind Olsen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sebastian Mackensen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ralph-Peter Mueller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marco Schnabl | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| James H Sullivan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Susanne von Turk | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce R White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Reinhard Wieck | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Anthony Williams | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Katrin Zimmermann | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| David Detjen | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Andreas Fibig | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Caroll H Neubauer | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stanford Warshawsky | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 46 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietmar Rieg | President & CEO Key employee | 40 | $315,263 | $60,050 | $52,870 |
| Susanne Gellert | President & CEO Key employee | 40 | $240,909 | $45,887 | $90,847 |
| Matthew Allen | Director Career & Education Highest-paid employee | 40 | $166,289 | $0 | $97,327 |
| Martin Kaiser | Vice President & Treasurer Key employee | 40 | $159,449 | $30,371 | $69,258 |
| Claus Habermeier | Director GTAI Highest-paid employee | 40 | $170,558 | $0 | $50,866 |
| Irene Fucks | Director Membership/Events Highest-paid employee | 40 | $160,118 | $0 | $56,858 |
| Nicholas Anderson | Director IT Administration Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,635 | $26,552 | $37,239 |
| Jan Heck | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonnie Tully | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christian C Brune | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Hilde Holland Esq | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rudiger Albers | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Volker Baer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Attila Arian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Campbell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sven Doerge | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Marc Ehrhardt | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jean-Claude Dubacher | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephan Born | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jaroslav Gabor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dr Alexander P Imberg | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christian Jagenberg | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rick Kasnick | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ragnar Kruse | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Uve Kupka | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lars Leitner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ralph-Peter Mueller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sebastian Mackensen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Uwe Scharfy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Marco Schnabl | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jan-Patrick Schmitz | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| James H Sullivan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christofer Von Nagel | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Susanne von Turk | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Kerstin Wagner | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce R White | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Reinhard Wieck | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Anthony Williams | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Susannne Witte-Settineri | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Katrin Zimmermann | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dr Siegfried Buschmann | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| David Detjen | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Caroll H Neubauer | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Standford Warshawsky | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Andreas Fibig | Honorary Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dirk Janzen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 120 WALL STREET 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10005-4029
- In care of
- % MARTIN KAISER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Susanne Gellert, 120 Wall Street 20th floor, New York, NY 10005
- Signed the 990
- MARTIN KAISER, Vice President & Treasurer
- Phone
- (212) 974-8847
- Website
- gaccny.com
- Return prepared by
- Aprio Advisory Group LLC
Mission
The German American Chamber of Commerce ("GACC") fosters the economic ties between Germany and the United States of America. Founded in 1947 it now also comprises of representation in Philadelphia and California. The GACC offers a wide range of services to the northeastern and western states. Benefiting from being close to Silicon Valley, the California branch mainly supports trendsetting industry sectors such as information technology, biotechnology, renewable energies, semi-conductors and nanotechnology.
Program accomplishments
- As part of our services in establishing business presence in the U.S., we offer consulting services. These services include a wide range of integrative options, from detailed market studies to business correspondence services to potential partners. We customize our services according to each client's needs so that we are able to offer the best business partner referrals and the most options for commercial trade show preparations. Furthermore, we coordinate incentive programs to facilitate companies in exporting to the U.S. we also provide support for companies in their search for qualified bilingual employees. Consulting services include: market studies; office representations; individual business partner arrangement; U.S. market development; VHP USA; and recruitment service.Expenses $1,895,325 · revenue $1,041,545
- The chamber is promoting the exchange of German and American interns to increase the mutual understanding of the two business cultures. Career services offers internship exchange programs for the U.S. and Germany and is an official department of state designated J-1 visa sponsor organization. The internship program USA promotes the placement of student and young professional trainees from Germany with companies located throughout the U.S. these trainees are highly-qualified English-speakers who are available to actively train with a host-company for up to 18 months, when sponsored by the GACC J-1 exchange visitor visa program. Please apply online at our job exchange. The internship program Germany promotes the placement of American trainees from leading universities in the U.S. with companies in Germany. GACC career services assists in the procurement of the required work and residency permits for Germany. J-1 exchange visitor visa: the GACC career services operates an official state department designated J-1 visa program, by issuing a certificate of eligibility form DS-2019. The GACC can assist companies in the U.S. who have recruited their own trainees from Germany in obtaining the necessary J-1 visa for their candidates.Expenses $1,128,134 · revenue $619,948
- The Chamber organizes and coordinates various events and seminars for young business leaders.Expenses $12,076 · revenue $6,636
- Expenses $4,348,164 · revenue $810,557
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Check at the IRS |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-1893850
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1948
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $11,322,832
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,592,356
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $8,015,491 | $7,581,139 | $4,662,194 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $7,654,142 | $7,083,579 | $5,454,618 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $7,301,963 | $7,377,522 | $4,887,127 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-1893850).
Questions about GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
- What is the EIN of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC is 13-1893850.
- Is GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1948.
- Are donations to GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Susanne Gellert.
- Who are the officers and directors of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 44 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $312,709 (Susanne Gellert, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $8,015,491, expenses of $7,581,139 and total assets of $4,662,194 at year end.
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