2022-05-09T12:34:10-05:00 2021-12-31 366055558 GRANT THORNTON LLP 2001 MARKET STREET SUITE 700 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990PF 2021-01-01 711048702 BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION (NA) INC BERT 2023841980 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 JOZEFINA IRENE BRAAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2023841980 2022-05-09 1 JOZEFINA IRENE BRAAM 999009999 ALYCIA SOLECKI P01272637 2155614200 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X 1874709 X 2574328 0 0 17954 0 17954 2592282 0 17954 350924 0 0 350924 733898 0 0 719649 207558 0 0 207558 12449 0 0 15669 26248 0 0 26248 173767 0 0 179767 78157 0 0 78157 191591 0 0 22420 0 0 22420 65870 0 0 65870 20492 0 0 20492 712311 0 0 723409 2595685 0 0 2410163 49529 49529 2645214 0 0 2459692 -52932 0 17954 1489228 1634819 1634819 59664 9398 9398 1118527 888035 384819 230492 230492 1933711 1874709 1874709 139472 133402 139472 133402 X 1794239 1741307 1794239 1741307 1933711 1874709 1794239 -52932 0 1741307 0 1741307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 DC 0 1 0 0 0 1 WWW.BFNA.ORG FAITH GRAY 2023841980 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 LIZ MOHN 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 JOZEFINA IRENE BRAAM 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR & FIRST VP 35.00 350924 48925 0 RALPH HECK 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 STEPHEN SZABO 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 PHILIPP ROESLER 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR (THRU 09/21) 1.00 0 0 0 WILFRIED UHR 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR & SECRETARY/TREASURER 1.00 0 0 0 FAITH GRAY 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 DIRECTOR ADMIN 35.00 175732 40214 0 ANTHONY SILBERFELD 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 TRANSATLANTIC REL DR 35.00 171831 22290 0 SAMUEL PUTTER-GEORGE 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 GLOBAL/DIGITAL ADVIS 35.00 97360 21371 0 BRANDON BOHRN 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 TRANSATLANTIC REL MA 35.00 66060 12899 0 MEGAN LONG 1108 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20036 ADMIN ASSISTANT 35.00 63272 12242 0 0 CRITERIA COMMUNICATIONS CALLE 50 Y 64 ESTE SAN FRANCISCO OF 207 PANAMA PM VIDEO & ANIMATION CONTENT 133900 FINITY SA INNOVATION PARK BLDG C EPFL LAUSANNE SZ 10115 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 82500 ANDREW KEEN PRODUCTIONS 1937 CARLETON STREET UNIT C BERKELEY CA 94704 VIDEO FILMING & PRODUCTION 70000 THEOHARIS MANAGEMENT 5724 GENERAL WASHINGTON DRIVE ALEXANDRIA VA 22312 BLDG OPER. 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DEPRECIATION EXPENSE FORM 990-PF, PART I, LINE 19 DEPRECIATION STATEMENT:FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT $42,692COMPUTER SOFTWARE $58,130LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS $90,769 ---------DEPRECIATION EXPENSE $191,591 ========= FORM 990-PF, PART VIII-A, LINE 1: ADMINISTRATION:HOW TO FIX DEMOCRACYSINCE ITS ORIGINS, DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND TODAY, MANY QUESTION ITS RESILIENCE. IN RESPONSE, THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION TEAMED UP WITH HUMANITY IN ACTION TO LAUNCH A VIDEO AND PODCAST SERIES THAT EXPLORED SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES DEMOCRACY FACES AROUND THE WORLD. HOST ANDREW KEEN INTERVIEWED PROMINENT ECONOMISTS, POLITICIANS, AUTHORS, ACADEMICS, AND LEADERS AS THE SERIES SOUGHT THE ANSWERS TO HOW TO FIX DEMOCRACY. IN 2021, SEASON THREE TURNED TO THE MEANING OF CITIZENSHIP, EXPLORING QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW ARE GOOD CITIZENS FORMED; WHAT DOES THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENSHIP MEAN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE; AND HOW CAN POSITIVE, INCLUSIVE CONCEPTS BE ENCOURAGED? THE THIRD SEASON FEATURED INTERVIEWS WITH AMONG OTHERS TOM MALINOWSKI, MARGARET ATWOOD, ERIC LIU, CLAUDIA CHWALISZ, AND PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE.VIDEOS/NO COLLAR ECONOMYTHE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS WORK IN THE DOCUMENTARY FILM SPHERE WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND DIGITAL ISSUES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WHERE THOSE ISSUES OVERLAP. SPECIFICALLY, THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION WROTE, EDITED AND PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTARY FILM OUT TO VOTE, A FILM ABOUT FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BECOME LEADERS FOR VOTING RIGHTS IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND. THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION ALSO FILMED, WROTE, AND EDITED A DOCUMENTARY FILM FOCUSED ON AN URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE IN THE UNITED STATES, AS TOLD THROUGH THE LENS OF STEELWORKERS ON STRIKE IN WESTERN, PENNSYLVANIA. ADDITIONALLY, THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION FILMED AND BEGAN TO EDIT A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BARRY FARMS, A PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX IN WASHINGTON, DC THAT HAS CRITICAL LONG TERM HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL VALUE TO THE CITY. THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION ALSO BEGAN FILMING A DOCUMENTARY IN THE BALKANS THAT CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF CHINESE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN THAT REGION, AS WELL THOSE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BALKANS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES. FINALLY, THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION NO COLLAR ECONOMY INITIATIVE ALSO FOCUSED ON OUTREACH FOR ITS CONTENT, HOLDING OVER 30 SCREENING EVENTS WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, THINK-TANKS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GROUPS AND FILM FESTIVALS. THESE SCREENING EVENTS WERE ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSIONS FEATURING EXPERTS AND WELL AS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. WASHINGTON SYMPOSIUMTHE WASHINGTON SYMPOSIUM IS AN ANNUAL GATHERING OF POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND BUSINESS LEADERS, CONVENED BY THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION IN WASHINGTON, DC. EACH YEAR, THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION CHOOSES A THEME OF PRESSING TRANSATLANTIC INTEREST AND INVITES APPROXIMATELY 30 HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED EXPERTS ON THAT YEAR'S TOPIC. IN 2021, THE FOUNDATION WAS UNABLE TO HOST THE GATHERING DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS. IN LIEU OF THE IN-PERSON EVENT, BFNA RELEASED A COMPILATION OF ESSAYS THAT EXAMINED THE FUTURE OF TRANSATLANTIC VALUES AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE CHALLENGES FACING POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. FROM EXPLORING THE PERSPECTIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GREW UP LONG AFTER THE BERLIN WALL CRUMBLED TO DISSECTING CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES IN GERMAN AND AMERICAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES, TO ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND JOINTLY PREPARING FOR PANDEMIC DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS, THIS FORWARD-LOOKING PUBLICATION AIMED TO REDEFINE A RELATIONSHIP THAT, FOR MANY, HAS BECOME SCLEROTIC IN RECENT YEARS. FUTURE PROJECTS WILL BUILD ON SOME OF THE THEMES HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COURSE OF THIS WORK.SEE ATTACHMENT BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION PROJECT SUMMARIES (2021) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. FORM 990-PF, PART VIII-A, LINE 2: TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS:THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS PROGRAM AIMED TO FOSTER DISCUSSION AND DEBATE AROUND THE MOST PRESSING POLICY AREAS CONFRONTING THE US AND EUROPE TODAY. IN 2021, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS ONGOING EXAMINATION OF THIS PIVOTAL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH A TECHNOLOGICAL LENS BOTH IN SUBSTANCE AND DELIVERY OF OUR PROJECTS. CEPITHE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS PROGRAM AIMED TO STRENGTHEN THE TIES AMONG US LEGISLATIVE BODIES, GERMAN BUNDESTAG, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (EP) AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. DISRUPTING DEMOCRACYDISRUPTING DEMOCRACY FOCUSED ON HOW THREE UNDEMOCRATIC REGIMES UNDERMINE THE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. FUTURE OF WORKBASED ON ITS INITIAL CASE STUDY FINDINGS, AND THE EMERGENCE OF COVID-19, THE FUTURE OF WORK PROJECT SOUGHT TO BOOST THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC POLICY AROUND THE FUTURE OF WORK. .NEWPOLITIK/US-GERMAN RELATIONSOUR TRADITIONAL BI-LATERAL FOCUS ON THE US-GERMAN RELATIONSHIP WAS BROADENED INTO A MORE MULTILATERAL APPROACH GIVEN THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION'S FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTIPLE EUROPEAN PARTNERS AND THE EU INSTITUTIONS. LEADERSHIP IN ACTIONTHE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH THE ASPEN MINISTERS FORUM TO CREATE A NEW ANIMATED VIDEO SERIES THAT LEVERAGED THE EXPERIENCE OF FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. THE NEW GENERATION VOICES THE NEW GENERATION VOICES PROJECT, CARRIED OUT BY THE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HUMANITY IN ACTION DEUTSCHLAND E.V., WAS A MULTIMEDIA PROJECT FOCUSING ON FOUR FUTURE CHALLENGES: SOCIAL COHESION, CLIMATE CHANGE, DIGITAL REVOLUTION, AND FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE EYES OF FOUR YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS (TWO AMERICANS AND TWO GERMANS) WHO ARE RISING TO THESE CHALLENGES BY SPEAKING UP ON BEHALF OF THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATED HOW A YOUNG GENERATION OF ACTIVISM HAS THE CAPACITY TO HELP MAKE SOCIAL CHANGE. THE TRANSITIONFOLLOWING THE 2020 ELECTION, THE FOUNDATION IDENTIFIED FORWARD-LOOKING ISSUES THAT WERE RIPE FOR TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION, AS THE NEW PRESIDENT TOOK HIS SEAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WITH SO MANY OTHER THINK TANKS PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, WE TOOK A UNIQUE APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT. WE PROVIDED EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON CUTTING-EDGE ISSUES INCLUDING GLOBAL PANDEMICS, GREEN SHIPPING AND CYBERSECURITY, AND PRESENTED THIS CONTENT IN INNOVATIVE WAYS. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL WRITTEN POLICY BRIEFS FOR EACH TOPIC, WE DEVELOPED A RANGE OF PRODUCTS INCLUDING VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH 3D ANIMATED ENVIRONMENTS, PODCASTS AND INFOGRAPHICS. THIS PROJECT RELEASED ONE THEMATIC TOPIC PER MONTH AND CULMINATED WITH A COMPENDIUM PUBLICATION IN APRIL 2021, MARKING THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION.TRANSATLANTIC PERISCOPETHE FOUNDATION COMPLETED THE BETA DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSATLANTIC PERISCOPE, A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT IDENTIFIES TRENDLINES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EACH OF THE 27 EU MEMBER STATES (PLUS THE UNITED KINGDOM). IN 2021, THE FOCUS WAS TO RECRUIT INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS TO SERVE AS CURATORS FOR THE BILATERAL COUNTRY MODULES THAT POWER THE SITE. TO DATE, WE HAVE SECURED THREE PARTNERS FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDING REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO (SPAIN), BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG (GERMANY) AND THE GERMANY MARSHALL FUND PARIS (FRANCE). WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT NEW PARTNERS, AND WILL GO LIVE WITH THE SITE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.SEE ATTACHMENT BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION PROJECT SUMMARIES (2021) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 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