Transatlantic Policy Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364813119
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024131178
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$564,556
Expenses
$554,290
Assets
$46,759
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES ELLES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • VIVIEN HAIG (BOARD MEMBER): $112,672 total reported compensation
  • JAMES ELLES (PRESIDENT): $49,070 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The transatlantic policy network (tpn) serves as a nonpartisan educational network whose overall mission is to educate individuals, academic institutions, businesses, political figures and the public at large about the benefits of a partnership between the united states (us) and the european union (eu). The tpn explores ways to deepen transatlantic relations and bring together stakeholders to educate one another about the benefits of transatlantic partnerships in various aspects. The tpn does not conduct any lobbying. Its goal is to educate and share ideas about the mutual interests, challenges and issues that impact for the us and the eu.the united states and the european union maintain the closest strategic partnership in today's world, based on joint interests, strong cultural ties, and shared values. Both sides remain each other's indispensable partners and allies on a host of political, security, and other challenges, from international terrorism and climate change to

What it reported doing in 2025

Tpn events and educational roundtables: throughout 2025, tpn delivered a comprehensive programme of in-person and virtual events, including: high-level visits and meetings in Washington dc a major policy seminar with uscib on the importance of transatlantic partnership roundtables on trade, investment, digital policy, sustainability, taxation, and security virtual discussions on trade policy, nato cooperation, and economic relations leadership meetings and strategic planning sessions these activities provided a platform for informed discussion, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration among transatlantic stakeholders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 73% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $405K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.