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Nonprofit · EIN 04-2200147

SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC

Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20005

Financials

$14.2M$11.1M2022$15M$13M2023$16.5M$14M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$16,474,201$13,955,317$2,518,884$37,363,061$12,917,474$24,445,587
December 31, 2023990$14,991,239$12,995,658$1,995,581$34,823,974$13,310,434$21,513,540
December 31, 2022990 (amended)$14,213,602$11,064,294$3,149,308$30,912,683$14,131,019$16,781,664
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$9,186,468
of which government grants
$107,443
Program service revenue
$5,802,111
Investment income
$1,505,380
Net gain from sales of assets
$454,242
Other revenue
-$19,758

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$157,025
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,048,094
Other salaries and wages
$4,318,268
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$6,515,077
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$21,463
Accounting fees
$252,434
Travel
$1,121,265
Depreciation
$490,606
Program services (functional)
$11,381,881
Management and general (functional)
$2,213,138
Fundraising (functional)
$360,298

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$34,823,974
Total assets, end of year
$37,363,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,917,474
Net assets, end of year
$24,445,587
Land, buildings and equipment
$5,880,992
Publicly traded securities
$22,224,651
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$4,484,346
Net assets with donor restrictions
$28,929,933
Gross unrelated business income
$5,257,742
Gross receipts
$16,675,190
Employees
84
Volunteers
42
Year formed
1947
State of legal domicile
MA

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARTIN WEISSPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$427,333$85,477
BEN GLAHN DEPUTY CEOMANAGING DIRECTOR PROGRAMS
Key employee
40$277,491$64,948
KRISTINA VER FOLEYMANAGING DIRECTOR, US OFFICE
Key employee
40$161,034$31,811
DANIEL SZELEYNIMANAGING DIRECTOR SCHLOSS
Highest-paid employee
40$146,559$42,883
THOMAS BIEBLMANAGING DIRECTOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Highest-paid employee
40$139,305$42,260
BETH PERTILLERMANAGING DIRECTOR OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$126,665$38,470
MANUELA RESCH-TRAMPITSCHMANAGING DIRECTOR FINANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$123,943$38,810
CHARLES EHRLICHDIRECTOR, PEACE & JUSTICE
Highest-paid employee
40$100,517$31,639
VICTORIA MARSCHAIR OF THE BOARD
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ADENA TESTASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
BYRON L BOSTONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CHRISTOPHER F LEEVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
RONALD ABRAMSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN B BELLINGER IIIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRANT CAMBRIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
22 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MARTHA A DARLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JESSICA ELIASIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JIM G ELLISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANNE GATESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT HOLZMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BOB HOYTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAWID JUSTUSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDRE KELLENERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
VICTORIA KENNEDYDIRECTOR UNTIL 02/2024
Trustee or director
1$0
TALHA KHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARJORIE LAYDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
B THOMAS MANSBACHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WIM MIJSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DANIELE MMINELEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT H MUNDHEIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SEBASTIENNE MUNDHEIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HENRY MYERBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MAX M SCHLERETHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETRA SCHNEEBAUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ULRIKE SCHWARZ-RUNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BRIGHT SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GEOFFREY W SMITTHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 34 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARTIN WEISSPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$371,219$94,979
BEN GLAHNDEPUTY CEO AND MANAGING DI
Highest-paid employee
40$275,696$87,245
DANIEL SZELEYNIMANAGING DIRECTOR SCHLOSS
Highest-paid employee
40$148,243$55,460
THOMAS BIEBLMANAGING DIRECTOR PUBLIC A
Highest-paid employee
40$130,724$51,088
BETH PERTILLERMANAGING DIRECTOR OPERATIO
Highest-paid employee
40$104,785$44,562
MANUELA RESCH-TRAMPITSCHMANAGING DIRECTOR FINANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$100,075$46,490
KRISTINA VER FOLEYMANAGING DIRECTOR, US OFFICE
Trustee or director
40$107,099$18,836
ADENA TESTASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ANDRE KELLENERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANNE GATESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
B THOMAS MANSBACHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOB HOYTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRIGHT SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BYRON L BOSTONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CHRISTOPHER F LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAUDIO X GONZALEZVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DANIELE MMINELEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRANT CAMBRIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JESSICA ELIASIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN B BELLINGER IIIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARJORIE LAYDEN-SCHIMBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARTHA A DARLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MAX M SCHLERETHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PETER WILSON-SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT H MUNDHEIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ULRIKE SCHWARZ-RUNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VICTORIA KENNEDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VICTORIA MARSCHAIR OF THE BOARD
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JIM G ELLISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WIM MIJSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT HOLZMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SEBASTIENNE MUNDHEIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HENRY MYERBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PETRA SCHNEEBAUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 25 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
STEPHEN L SALYERPRESIDENT
Former
40$241,148$23,299
BEN GLAHNDEPUTY CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR PROGRAMS
Highest-paid employee
40$182,422$56,600
MARTIN WEISSPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$161,178$41,830
DANIEL SZELEYNIMANAGING DIRECTOR SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON
Highest-paid employee
40$128,999$45,289
THOMAS BIEBLMANAGING DIRECTOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Highest-paid employee
40$114,108$42,014
MANUELA RESCH-TRAMPITSCHMANAGING DIRECTOR FINANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$100,076$38,838
ADENA TESTASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ANDRE KELLENERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ANNE GATESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BOB HOYTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRIGHT SIMONSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BYRON L BOSTONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CHRISTOPHER F LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CLAUDIO X GONZALEZVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DANIELE MMINELEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRANT CAMBRIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JESSICA ELIASIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN B BELLINGER IIIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARJORIE LAYDEN-SCHIMBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARTHA A DARLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MAX M SCHLERETHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT H MUNDHEIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ULRIKE SCHWARZ-RUNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VICTORIA KENNEDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
VICTORIA MARSCHAIR OF THE BOARD
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1541 14TH ST NW STE 2 WEST, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-3760
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JULIE JONES, 1541 14TH STREET NW 2 WEST, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
Signed the 990
JULIE JONES, CFO
Phone
(202) 637-7683
Return prepared by
CBIZ ADVISORS LLC

Mission

SALZBURG GLOBAL IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CREATING SPACES THAT OVERCOME BARRIERS AND OPEN UP A WORLD OF BETTER POSSIBILITIES. SINCE 1947, WE HAVE GATHERED OVER 40,000 FELLOWS FROM 170 COUNTRIES FOR 1,100 SESSIONS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERS OF EVERY KIND TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION ON THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR, INC. ("SGS") IS AN INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND BASED AT SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA. SGS WAS FOUNDED IN 1947 BY THREE YOUNG VISIONARIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AS THE "SALZBURG SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES" TO ENCOURAGE THE REVIVAL OF INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE IN POST-WAR EUROPE. SGS CONVENES OUTSTANDING TALENT ACROSS GENERATIONS, CULTURES AND SECTORS TO INSPIRE NEW THINKING AND ACTION, AND TO CONNECT LOCAL INNOVATORS WITH GLOBAL RESOURCES. OUR PROGRAMS COVER CHALLENGES FACING THE WORLD IN EDUCATION, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, FINANCE, RULE OF LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA AND THE ARTS. WE FOSTER LASTING NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR CREATIVE, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. OVER 40,000 FELLOWS FROM MORE THAN 170 COUNTRIES HAVE COME TOGETHER THROUGH OUR WORK, WITH MANY RISING TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. OUR HISTORIC HEADQUARTERS AT SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, BUILT IN 1736 BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, RESTORED BY THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL'S CO-FOUNDER MAX REINHARDT, USED BY HOLLYWOOD FOR SETS IN THE SOUND OF MUSIC, AND NOW AN AWARD-WINNING HOTEL ALLOWS US TO WELCOME ALL PARTICIPANTS IN CONDITIONS OF TRUST AND OPENNESS.
    Expenses $11,381,881 · grants $157,025 · revenue $544,369

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-2200147
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
School
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1950
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Social science (V200)
Assets (IRS master file)
$37,363,061
Income (IRS master file)
$16,675,190

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$16,474,201$13,955,317$37,363,061IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$14,991,239$12,995,658$34,823,974XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$14,213,602$11,064,294$30,912,683XML
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 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 04-2200147).

Questions about SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC

What is the EIN of SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC is 04-2200147.
Is SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1950.
Are donations to SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR 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 SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JULIE JONES.
Who are the officers and directors of SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 37 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $427,333 (MARTIN WEISS, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $16,474,201, expenses of $13,955,317 and total assets of $37,363,061 at year end.

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