2025-11-17T11:25:48-06:00 2024-12-31 541468448 BRUCE W ROBINETTE CPA 449-A CARLISLE DRIVE HERNDON VA 20170 990 2024-01-01 270450414 THE POTSDAM FOUNDATION INC POTS 2026865753 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 THERESA SANDWITH CORPORATE DIRECTOR 2026865753 2025-11-11 1 0 BRUCE W ROBINETTE P00042686 7038346686 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z THERESA SANDWITH C/O HUGHES 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 63235 0 X N/A X 2009 DC ADVANCE THE GOAL OF IMPROVED TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0) WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BRITISH-AMERICAN AND GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER COMMUNIST STATES OF EAST GERMANY, THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COMMON INTERESTS. 2 0 0 0 0 0 5016 5000 0 0 -9930 1545 0 0 -4914 6545 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79457 70516 79457 70516 -84371 -63971 94627 30656 0 0 94627 30656 X THE MISSION OF THE POTSDAM FOUNDATION IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP HAS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SINCE THE END OF WW II, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0)AND THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF US RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN, GERMANY AND EUROPE FOR MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. ITS PURPOSE IS, THEREFORE, TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF IMPROVED TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BRITISH-AMERICAN AND GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER COMMUNIST STATES OF EAST GERMANY, THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COMMON INTERESTS. 0 0 46665 PUBLIC DIALOGUE & EDUCATION -- IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSSPECIFIC SUB-PROGRAM EVENTS OF PUBLIC DIALOG ARE:1)MONTHLY ONLINE ZOOM ROUNDTABLES HOSTED BY DR THERESA SANDWITH.ZOOM PROGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, IT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT COST 2500 PM, WITH EXCHANGE RATES VARYING ACROSS THE YEAR THESE PROGRAMS TYPICALLY COST $10,500 PER QUARTER.TOPICS INCLUDE:25 JANUARY - THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2024: WILL 2024 BE EUROPES YEAR OF ANXIETY?28 FEBRUARY - A SUMMARY & ANALYSIS OF THE 60TH MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE (MSC)21 MARCH - THE TAURUS DILEMMA: SHOULD GERMANY GIVE UKRAINE THE "BUNKER BUSTER"?25 APRIL - NATO AT 75: THE ALLIANCE'S FUTURE LIES IN UKRAINE'S VICTORY AGAINST RUSSIA23 MAY - UKRAINE'S STALEMATE IN NATO'S STALEMATE: HOW TO END THE PARALYSIS27 JUNE - IT'S TIME FOR DECISIVE ACTION: A LOOK AHEAD TO JULY'S NATO SUMMIT25 JULY - KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2024 NATO SUMMIT29 AUGUST - VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'S REAL-WORLD SCHOOL OF FOREIGN POLICY: WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NATO AND THE UKRAINE26 SEPTEMBER - FROM CONVENTION SEASON TO THE FINAL CAMPAIGN STRETCH: A LOOK AT THE NEXT TWO MONTHS AHEAD28 OCTOBER - ECONOMISTS WARN GERMANY WILL SUFFER WITH A TRUMP RE-ELECTION: CAN ITS ECONOMIC CRISIS BE AVERTED?21 NOVEMBER - WILL THE TRUMP RESTORATION BE AN UN-MITIGATED DISASTER FOR GERMANY? HOW TARIFFS AND UKRAINE'S SURRENDER COULD SPELL DOOM19 DECEMBER - AUF WIDERSEHEN, GOODBYE... FOR THE TIME BEING 16849 THE 60TH ANNUAL MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE (MSC-2024), 16-18 FEBRUARY 2024, MUNICH, GERMANYPOTSDAM FOUNDATION COST SHARING WITH BEBRAND & MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE FOUNDATION MSC PROGRAM COSTS: $16,849 (THRU THE YEAR).INCLUDING THE VON KLEIST MEMORIAL DINNER (AT ZUM FRANZISKANER ON 16 FEB) FOR 20 PEOPLE AT 100/HEAD, THE COST OF WHICH WAS MET BY MUNCHNER ZEITUNGSVERLAG AS PART OF THE ONGOING CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT. 63514 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X THE FOUNDATION 2026865753 5118 WARREN PLACE WASHINGTON DC 20016 X THERESA M SANDWITH CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DIRECT 25.00 X X 0 0 0 HAMILTON FORD CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DIRECT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000 5000 710 710 57525 56690 835 835 835 6545 0 0 1545 2500 2500 4396 4396 6970 6970 PROGRAM COSTS 56544 56544 BANK SERVICE CHARGES 81 81 OTHER MISC EXPENSES 25 25 70516 63514 7002 0 5988 8734 5903 1040 75766 20882 6970 94627 30656 0 0 X 94627 30656 94627 30656 94627 30656 -63971 0 X 0 0 0 X 106525 10032 13916 5989 5000 141462 106525 10032 13916 5989 5000 141462 126692 14770 2790 11397 5279 -9929 1545 11082 152544 0.09680 0.11370 X POTSDAM FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B REVIEWED BY OFFICERS PRIOR TO SIGNING AND FILING OF RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AFFIRMED ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST.