Public Charity

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $99.1M revenue, $104.2M expenses, $816.7M total assets. 181 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $75.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 131628168 NEW YORK, NY Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: Q05 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$99.1M
Total Expenses$104.2M
Total Assets$816.7M
Grant Records181
Funding Total$75.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (CFR) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, THINK TANK, AND PUBLISHER DEDICATED TO BEING A RESOURCE FOR ITS MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, JOURNALISTS, EDUCATORS AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Where $100 goes at Council on Foreign Relations Inc

How Council on Foreign Relations Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$32
The david rockefeller studies program
46% of program spending
$15
All other programmatic activitiescfr's website, cfr.Org, is one of the organization's primary communications channels to its various audiences
21% of program spending
$12
For over 100 years, foreign affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of american foreign policy and global affairs
18% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
VP, CORPORATE & CEO PROGRAMS Aimee Carter As Of 0125
DIRECTOR Amy Zegart
VP, GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Ben Chang As Of 112024
VICE CHAIRMAN Blair Effron
VP, EDUCATION Caroline Netchvolodoff

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$42,214,072 128 grants
International Aid & Development
$29,538,631 28 grants
Health & Medicine
$779,100 4 grants
Animal Welfare
$775,500 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$500,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $99.1M $104.2M $816.7M
2024 $79.2M $94.3M $755.5M
2023 $106.9M $83.2M $719.7M
2022 $102.6M $79.1M $674.2M
2021 $105.3M $71.9M $732.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $105.3M to $99.1M (-6%), with total assets most recently reported at $816.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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