American Council on Germany Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Supplemental fellowships: the american council on germany's fellowships provide an opportunity for american and german journalists, scholars, and professionals to embark on a transformative journey across the atlantic. These fellowships offer a chance to explore how key issues are tackled in different cultural and political contexts, fostering valuable insights that span continents. Since 1976, over 1,200 individuals have expanded their horizons both personally and professionally through the council's prestigious fellowship programs.mccloy fellowships on global trends focus on crucial topics such as national security, urbanization, climate change, sustainability, digitalization, public health, and vital financial issues like inflation, trade, and global supply chains. Fellows engage in cutting-edge research, exploring the shared concerns of both sides of the ocean.dr. Richard m. Hunt fellowships for the study of german politics, society, and culture are designed to support outstanding american academics whose research shapes the understanding of contemporary german society, politics, and cultural history. Anna-maria and stephen m. Kellen fellowships give berlin-based journalists from print, broadcast, and digital media the opportunity to travel to the united states toconduct in-depth interviews with policymakers and thought leaders, gathering insights for impactful news reports and research.study tours and fact-finding missionsfor over 30 years, the american council on germany has arranged in-depth fact-finding missions for practitioners and experts to travel across the atlantic to meet with their professional counterparts and exchange best practices. Through study tours and leadership missions, the acg provides the opportunity to engage in dialogue with officials, business leaders, journalists, and other experts and better understand the political, economic, social, and environmental landscape on either side of the atlantic. In 2025, the acg organized five immersive study tours on a range of topics, including education, agricultural policy, and social cohesion; and had a major focus on the challenges facing local communities vying to be the location for the development of semi-conductor fabrication centers.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 97%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 17.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.09; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 43.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings