Nonprofit · EIN 52-1043767
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10022
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,748,692 | $1,450,189 | $298,503 | $2,651,696 | $1,224,338 | $1,427,358 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,169,175 | $1,433,456 | -$264,281 | $2,444,225 | $1,312,682 | $1,131,543 |
| May 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,070,746 | $1,191,121 | $879,625 | $2,344,159 | $42,834 | $2,301,325 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,684,196
- Membership dues
- $8,600
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $51,330
- Other revenue
- $13,166
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $171,155
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $624,589
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $75,881
- Occupancy
- $131,661
- Travel
- $368,260
- Depreciation
- $11,178
- Program services (functional)
- $903,604
- Management and general (functional)
- $402,899
- Fundraising (functional)
- $143,686
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,444,225
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,651,696
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,224,338
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,427,358
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $34,025
- Publicly traded securities
- $799,974
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,164,032
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $263,326
- Gross receipts
- $1,925,531
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1975
- State of legal domicile
- DE
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 May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $178,001 |
| HONORABLE JEFFREY R SHAFER | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| HONORABLE NANCY E SODERBERG | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS S HEXNER | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD R HOWE ESQ | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD S RICE ESQ | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES LANDOW | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DR GEORGE D SCHWAB | PRESIDENT EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GRACE KENNAN WARNECKE | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RAY EASON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID ADELMAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW L BUSSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN V CONNORTON ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE ADAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KARL W EIKENBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGET FOLEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID LAKHDHIR ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY KRIGER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRENDAN R MCGUIRE ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS PICKERING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER ROBINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HARRY K THOMAS JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS THOMPSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HONORABLE SUNG KIM | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $174,463 | $20,270 |
| HONORABLE JEFFREY R SHAFER | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE NANCY E SODERBERG | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS S HEXNER | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD R HOWE ESQ | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD S RICE ESQ | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES LANDOW | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR GEORGE D SCHWAB | PRESIDENT EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GRACE KENNAN WARNECKE | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE ADAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID ADELMAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW L BUSSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN V CONNORTON ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAY EASON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KARL W EIKENBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIDGET FOLEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID LAKHDHIR ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY KRIGER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDAN R MCGUIRE ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS PICKERING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER ROBINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HARRY K THOMAS JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS THOMPSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT | PRESIDENT AN Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $166,904 | $18,864 |
| HONORABLE JEFFREY R SHAFER | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE NANCY E SODERBERG | VICE CHAIRMA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD R HOWE ESQ | EVP & TREASU Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD S RICE ESQ | SENIOR VP Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN V CONNORTON JR ESQ | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GRACE KENNAN WARNECKE | CHAIRMAN EME Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR GEORGE D SCHWAB | PRESIDENT EM Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE ADAMS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE DAVID I ADELMAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW L BUSSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE KARL W EIKENBERRY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS S HEXNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY KRIGER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRENDAN R MCGUIRE ESQ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE THOMAS R PICKERING | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HONORABLE HARRY K THOMAS JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS R THOMPSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES LANDOW | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID LAKHDHIR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 320 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10022-6815
- In care of
- % ALTHEA OR GINNIE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOT, 400 MADISON AVENUE 16B, NEW YORK, NY 10017
- Signed the 990
- HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT, PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Phone
- (516) 403-4512
- Website
- WWW.NCAFP.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CERINI & ASSOCIATES LLP
Mission
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, INC. (NCAFP) IDENTIFIES, ARTICULATES, AND HELPS ADVANCE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS FROM A NONPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF POLITICAL REALISM. FOUNDED IN 1974 BY PROFESSOR HANS J. MORGENTHAU AND OTHERS, THE NCAFP IS A NONPROFIT POLICY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS THAT THREATEN U.S. INTERESTS. THE NCAFP FULFILLS ITS MISSION THROUGH TRACK I AND II DIPLOMACY-CLOSED-DOOR AND OFF-THE-RECORD CONFERENCES THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIOR U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SUBJECT EXPERTS, AND SCHOLARS TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS DESIGNED TO DEFUSE CONFLICT, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS. BELIEVING THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS VITAL TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE NCAFP ALSO OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ISSUES A VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS THAT ADDRESS SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING THE UNITED STATES.
Program accomplishments
- THE NCAFP CONDUCTS REGULAR CONFERENCES ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH OFFICIALS, FORMER OFFICIALS, AND EXPERTS FROM BOTH SIDES AND HAS INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY CHINESE THINK TANKS AND SCHOLARS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THESE DIALOGUES INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS ON REGIONAL SECURITY IN NORTHEAST ASIA FOCUSED ON NORTH KOREA. THESE FRANK DISCUSSIONS (TRACK II) BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA AND AMONG THE U.S., CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND RUSSIA PRODUCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS STRATEGIC MISTRUST AND BUILD ON U.S. INTERESTS IN A STABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND PEACEFUL EAST ASIA.Expenses $415,239
- BELIEVING THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS VITAL TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE NCAFP OFFERS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES TOPICS SUCH AS US-JAPAN RELATIONS, US-KOREA RELATIONS, TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST AND NUCLEAR DETERRENCE. THE NCAFP ALSO IDENTIFIES, TRAINS AND PROMOTES THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOREIGN POLICY PROFESSIONALS BY CREATING PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY CONNECT EMERGING LEADERS TO THE NCAFP'S NETWORK OF SENIOR SCHOLARS AND DIPLOMATS SO THAT EACH GENERATION CAN LEARN FROM THE OTHER. THESE NEXT GENERATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA. THE KOREAN PENINSULA PROGRAM INCLUDES SCHOLARS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.Expenses $231,284
- THE NCAFP REGULARLY BRINGS TOGETHER AUTHORITATIVE PARTICIPANTS FROM TAIWAN, MAINLAND CHINA, AND THE UNITED STATES TO DISCUSS CROSS-TAIWAN STRAIT RELATIONS IN OFF-THE-RECORD (TRACK II) CONVERSATIONS. THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE A CRITICAL CHANNEL TO ADDRESS MISPERCEPTIONS AND TO EXPLORE PEACEFUL DIPLOMATIC RESOLUTIONS TO CROSS-STRAIT CHALLENGES.Expenses $257,081
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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1043767
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1976
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q055)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,651,696
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,925,531
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $1,748,692 | $1,450,189 | $2,651,696 | XML |
| 990 | May 2024 | $1,169,175 | $1,433,456 | $2,444,225 | XML |
| 990 | May 2023 | $2,070,746 | $1,191,121 | $2,344,159 | XML |
| 990 | May 2022 | $965,675 | $1,059,750 | $1,523,799 | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2018 | – | – | – | 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 52-1043767).
Questions about NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC
- What is the EIN of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC is 52-1043767.
- Is NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1976.
- Are donations to NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 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 NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOT.
- Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $178,001 (HONORABLE SUSAN M ELLIOTT, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,748,692, expenses of $1,450,189 and total assets of $2,651,696 at year end.
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