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US nonprofit · EIN 541629976 · Washington, DCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 541629976) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Arthur F Burns Fellowship Program Inc's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Marcus W Brauchli ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Adrienne ClarksonTrustee2020
6 yrs
Elisabeth BumillerTrustee2018
8 yrs
Frank-Dieter FreilingPresident2018
8 yrs
JD BindenagelTrustee2018
8 yrs
Melissa BellbTrustee2023
3 yrs
Phillip ZaneCorporate secretary2022
4 yrs
Rebecca Blumenstein from July 2023Trustee2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Phillip C ZaneSecretary and Legal Advisor2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Frank-Dieter FreilingPresident11.54$0
Marcus W BrauchliChairman0.2$0
Christiana RileyCo-Vice Chairman0.2$0
Stanford S WarshawskyCo-Vice Chairman0.2$0
Phillip C ZaneCorporate Secretary0.2$0
Richard BurtHonorary Chairman0.2$0
Frank E LoyHonorary Chairman0.2$0
Melissa BellTrustee0.2$0
JD BindenagelTrustee0.2$0
Elisabeth BumillerTrustee0.2$0
Elena CherneyTrustee0.2$0
Reto GregoriTrustee0.2$0
Jacob HeilbrunnTrustee0.2$0
Ben HodgesTrustee0.2$0
David KamenetzkyTrustee0.2$0
Christian LangeTrustee0.2$0
Sebastian MackensenTrustee0.2$0
Jennifer McGuireTrustee0.2$0
Sharon MoshaviTrustee0.2$0
David H PetraeusTrustee0.2$0
Goli SheikholeslamiTrustee0.2$0
Calvin SimsTrustee0.2$0
Richard SocherTrustee0.2$0
David WalmsleyTrustee0.2$0
Susanne WamslerTrustee0.2$0
Rebecca BlumensteinTrustee0.2$0
Adrienne ClarksonTrustee0.2$0
Nikhil DeogunTrustee0.2$0
Marc EhrhardtTrustee0.2$0
Barbara HumptonTrustee0.2$0
Lars LeitnerTrustee0.2$0
Asahi PompeyTrustee0.2$0
Robert SteinerTrustee0.2$0
Chrissy TaylorTrustee0.2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Arthur F Burns Fellowship Program Inc
EIN
541629976
Address
750 17th St Nw Ste 300, Washington, DC, 20006-4778
State
District of Columbia
Mission
Each year, outstanding media professionals from the united states, canada and germany are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of the arthur f. Burns fellowship program. The program offers young print and broadcast journalists from each country the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the atlantic while working... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q230 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1997
Principal officer
Frank-Dieter Freiling (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 1992
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsMarcus W Brauchli
≥8years on the filingsElisabeth Bumiller
≥8years on the filingsFrank-Dieter Freiling
≥8years on the filingsJD Bindenagel

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$169k
Total liabilities
$117k
Net assets or fund balances
$52k
Contributions and grants received
$222k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$40k
Employees
0
Volunteers
34