Council of the Americas Inc
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What it says it does
COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS IS A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION WHOSE MEMBERS SHARE A COMMON COMMITMENT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OPEN MARKETS, THE RULE OF LAW, AND DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS. THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF LEADING COMPANIES REPRESENTING A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SECTORS WITH SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THE REGION. THROUGH ITS OFFICES IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, AND MIAMI, THE COUNCIL CONVENES MEETINGS, PROGRAMS, AND CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS TO UNITE OPINION LEADERS FROM BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND CREATE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE REGION. COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS WHO SHARE A COMMON COMMITMENT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OPEN MARKETS, FREE TRADE, THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY.
- Income
- $9.1 million
- Spending
- $9.1 million
- Employees
- 27
- Volunteers
- 61
- Highest pay
- $363,756, vp, washington
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- IN 2024, COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS HOSTED IN-PERSON, HYBRID, AND VIRTUAL HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMS WITH AUDIENCES ACROSS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO FOSTER DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE COUNCIL CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS MISSION BY STRENGTHENING HEMISPHERIC TIES THROUGH BOTH PUBLIC FORUMS AND PRIVATE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THROUGH ITS ONLINE CONTENT SUCH AS PODCASTS, EXPLAINERS, POLL TRACKERS, AND A GUIDE TO 2024 LATIN AMERICAN ELECTIONS. IN 2024, COA'S PROGRAMMING COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF THEMES, INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNOLOGY, ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, REGIONAL RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, ELECTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROSPECTS IN THE AMERICAS. THE ORGANIZATION LIVESTREAMED 12 PROGRAMS.THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, COA COHOSTED AND CONTINUED TO OFFER AN UNPARALLELED PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCHANGES WHERE TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND INVESTORS DISCUSSED SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING THE REGION. HELD IN PERSON, THE CONFERENCES FOCUSED ON CHILE, MEXICO, ARGENTINA, GUATEMALA AND BRAZIL. THEY FEATURED KEYNOTE REMARKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS ENERGY TRANSITION, JOB CREATION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THROUGH FOREIGN INVESTMENT. PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCES INCLUDED MINISTERS, GOVERNORS, AMBASSADORS, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, CEOS, AND LEADING ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS. AMONG THE TOP OFFICIALS FEATURED AT THE 2024 LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES WERE GUATEMALA'S PRESIDENT BERNARDO AREVALO; GUATEMALA'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY GABRIELA GARCIA-QUINN; GUATEMALA'S MINISTER OF PUBLIC FINANCES JONATHAN MENKOS; MEXICO'S THEN-SECRETARY OF ECONOMY RAQUEL BUENROSTRO; MEXICO'S THEN-SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT ROGELIO RAMIREZ DE LA O; CHILE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE MARIO MARCEL; CHILE'S THEN-U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHILE BERNADETTE M. MEEHAN; CEO OF PRIME ENERGIA CHILE JOSE AROSA; PRESIDENT OF BANCO DO BRASIL TARCIANA MEDEIROS; BRAZIL'S EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN MARIA HELENA GUAREZI; ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI; ARGENTINA'S MINISTER OF SECURITY PATRICIA BULLRICH; AND ARGENTINA'S CHIEF OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS GUILLERMO FRANCOS.THE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCE BUENOS AIRES WAS COA'S MOST-ATTENDED CONFERENCE IN THE REGION, WITH 871 PEOPLE AT THE EVENT.IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, THE COUNCIL ORGANIZED AND HOSTED SEVERAL INVITATION-ONLY ELITE EVENTS TO CONVENE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE MEMBERS AND GUESTS WITH SENIOR HEMISPHERIC OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS FOR INTIMATE, OFF-THE-RECORD PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE AN IDEAL SETTING FOR COA'S MEMBERS AND CONSTITUENTS TO ENGAGE WITH INVITED GUESTS ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CRITICAL HEMISPHERIC ISSUES. ALSO IN 2024, COA COHOSTED AN EXCLUSIVE PROGRAM IN MEXICO CITY WITH THEN-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, WHO SPOKE ABOUT HER ECONOMIC PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY AND HER VISION FOR INVESTMENT, JOB CREATION, AND SECURITY.AS PART OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAS SERIES, COA HOSTED PROGRAMS FOR LATIN AMERICAN HEADS OF STATE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THEIR COUNTRIES' INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CURRENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS. IN 2024, COA COHOSTED PRIVATE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS WITH PANAMA'S PRESIDENT JOSE RAUL MULINO; PARAGUAY'S PRESIDENT SANTIAGO PENA; SURINAME'S PRESIDENT CHAN SANTOKHI; GUYANA'S PRESIDENT IRFAAN ALI; ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT DANIEL NOBOA; GUATEMALA'S PRESIDENT BERNARDO AREVALO; EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE; COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S PRESIDENT LUIS ABINADER. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS' ANNUAL WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS HAS BEEN THE PREMIER EVENT ON THE REGION, BRINGING TOGETHER PRESIDENTS, SECRETARIES AND MINISTERS, AND SENIOR LEADERS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. IN 2024, TO KICK-OFF THE 54TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS, COA HOSTED ITS TRADITIONAL BY-INVITATION-ONLY KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ON MAY 7 AT THE HISTORIC BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STATE DINING ROOM IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN.THE DAY AFTER, MAY 8, THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE AT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN STATES. ITS FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDED THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S PRESIDENT LUIS ABINADER; THEN-U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S THEN-SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FOR THE AMERICAS CHRISTOPHER DODD; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S THEN-ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS BRIAN NICHOLS; COLOMBIA'S THEN-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LUIS GILBERTO MURILLO; WORLD BANK'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CARLOS FELIPE JARAMILLO; AND UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY JOSE MANUEL SALAZAR-XIRINACHS.THE CONFERENCE, WITH AN ATTENDANCE OF 225 PEOPLE, GARNERED OVER 350 MEDIA MENTIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.IN 2024, COA CONTINUED THE COA SYMPOSIUM AND BRAVO HYBRID SERIES, WHICH FOCUSED ON THE MOST RELEVANT AND NEWSWORTHY MATTERS IMPACTING BUSINESS IN THE REGION. ONE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS FOCUSED ON INTER&CO'S TRANSFORMATION INTO A DIGITAL POWERHOUSE, INCLUDING ITS INTRODUCTION OF LATIN AMERICA'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL SUPER APP, ITS EXTENSION OF SERVICES ACROSS THE AMERICAS, AND ITS EXPANSION INTO THE UNITED STATES. THE SERIES ALSO INCLUDED A VIRTUAL PROGRAM TO EXPLORE KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE G20'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA, AS WELL AS HOW BUSINESSES IN THE AMERICAS CAN COLLABORATE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS.IN ADDITION, THE SERIES FEATURED AN ONLINE PRESENTATION ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AN IN-PERSON DISCUSSION AROUND THE CHILEAN BANCO DE CREDITO E INVERSIONES AND ITS DIGITAL INNOVATION AND GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES. NOTABLE BRAVO LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION S
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1948.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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