American Council of Life Insurers
The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association and, according to its filing, a Form 990 (a public charity). It advocates for its member companies and for policies related to financial protection and retirement security.
American Council of Life Insurers at a glance
In short: American Council of Life Insurers gave $353K across 9 grants in 2024 (avg $39K), top state District of Columbia. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $353,324
- -13.7% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 9
- -18.2% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $39,258
- +5.4% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $25,000
- Total assets
- $78,390,116
- +21.2% vs 2023
- Primary geography
- District of Columbia (47% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.
How to apply to American Council of Life Insurers
- Contact
Mailing address: 300 New Jersey Avenue Nw 10, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 624-2000
Website: https://acli.com
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who American Council of Life Insurers funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 9 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Junior Achievement USA ($161K). Together the top 9 received $353K.
Grant Size Distribution
51 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 43 grants of 51 (84%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The listed 2022 grantees were based in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; and Seattle, Washington. These examples do not establish a broader geographic focus.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.
Cities
How American Council of Life Insurers gives
- Giving grew 51% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $186K (2020) to $410K (2023). In 2024 it made 9 grants totaling $353K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement USA Colorado Springs, CO | General Support | $161,324 |
| Engage Promoting Women's Economic Security Washington, DC | General Support | $75,000 |
| Fords Theater Washington, DC | General Support | $25,000 |
| Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement Washington, DC | General Support | $25,000 |
| Bipartisan Policy Center Washington, DC | General Support | $25,000 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies Association Mt Vernon, VA | General Support | $15,000 |
| Society for Financial Education and Professional Development Inc Alexandria, VA | General Support | $10,000 |
| US Capitol Historical Society Washington, DC | General Support | $10,000 |
| National Association of Insurance Commissioners Washington, DC | General Support | $7,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $78,390,116 | $77,275,837 | $60,252,412 | $353,324 | 9 | $1,852,163 |
| 2023 | $64,683,733 | $53,416,098 | $52,048,437 | $409,632 | 11 | $1,055,244 |
| 2022 | $61,935,282 | $44,892,044 | $49,030,027 | $312,525 | 12 | $-5,192,159 |
| 2021 | $64,566,839 | $48,848,420 | $47,778,404 | $234,500 | 9 | $357,659 |
| 2020 | $61,354,571 | $47,994,200 | $45,638,050 | $186,000 | 10 | $399,413 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
In its 2024 filing, ACLI says it provides a unified membership association to advance the common interests of the life insurance industry. It describes its work as including advocacy on retirement security, tax policy, and international trade; raising awareness of life insurers’ products; and researching and compiling industry statistics. On its website, ACLI says it seeks to promote access to affordable financial protection products.
The 2022 grants listed include organizations with varied missions. Junior Achievement USA says its mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. The Bipartisan Policy Center says it works to promote bipartisan solutions through analysis, negotiation, and dialogue. The American Council for Capital Formation describes its mission as advocating for higher levels of saving and investment. The Congressional Management Foundation says it works to help Congress become more productive and effective and to educate citizens on communicating with elected officials. The Global Child Nutrition Foundation says it works with government leaders and partners to support sustainable, nutritious school meal programs.
ACLI also announced a nonprofit investment partnership in 2022 focused on community development and sustainable, affordable housing, with particular attention to communities of color. The announcement describes the partnership as an ACLI affiliate.
Grantmaking
The filings report 12 grants totaling $312,525 in 2022. No grants are reported for 2023 or 2024. The reported 2022 total divided by the grant count is an average of $26,043.75 per grant. Its 2024 filing, the latest on this page, reports 9 grants totaling $353,324.
Among the 2022 recipients, Junior Achievement USA received $57,525; the Bipartisan Policy Center received $25,000; the American Council for Capital Formation and the Congressional Management Foundation each received $15,000; and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation received $10,000.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Rich Bielen as chair; Teresa Rasmussen as chair-elect; Andrew McMahon as chair-elect designate; and Paul Quaranto Jr. as immediate past chair. It also lists Allan Levine, Brooks Tingle, Caroline Feeney, Craig DeSanto, Dan Houston, and Darryl Button as directors.
American Council of Life Insurers is led by Susan Neely, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; 16 of 55 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Susan Neely
President & CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$2.6M (2020) → $5M (2024)
David C. Chavern
President & CEO
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$1.1M (2024)
Rich Bielen
Chair
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Steigerwalt
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Esfand Dinshaw
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gary C. Bhojwani
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
J. Scott Davison
Director
Immediate Past Chairman → Immediate Past Chair, 2023
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Monk
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Hogan
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Meister
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Neil Sprackling
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Schaefer
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ramy Tadros
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard McKenney
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger Crandall
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Wheeler
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jasmine Jirele
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Prieskorn
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marc-Andre Giguere
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Will Fuller
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allan Levine
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Craig Desanto
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darryl Button
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ellen Cooper
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brooks Tingle
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Frederick Crawford
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gumer Alvero
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mehran Assadi
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nick Lane
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Reed Jr.
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ronald Herrmann
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Feeney
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Houston
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Grant Kvalheim
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Lavallee
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Gerend
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Virgil Miller
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Zarifa Brown Reynolds
Director
New on the 2024 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David C. Turner
COO & Corporate Secretary
Corporate Secretary → COO & Corporate Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$820K (2020) → $960K (2024)
Donald L. Walker
Senior Vice President, Administration & CFO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$587K (2020) → $481K (2024)
Howard M. Bard
Senior Vice President & Principal Dep General Counsel
Vice President, Taxes & Retirement Security → Vice President & Prncpl Deputy General Counsel, 2023
Vice President & Prncpl Deputy General Counsel → Senior Vice President & Principal Dep General Counsel, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$326K (2020) → $408K (2024)
Jill A. Kozeny
Executive Vice President & Chief Advocacy Officer
Executive Vice President, Communictns & Public Affairs → Executive Vice President, Committee & Public Affairs, 2023
Executive Vice President, Committee & Public Affairs → Executive Vice President & Chief Advocacy Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$426K (2020) → $825K (2024)
Joyce Y. Meyer
Executive Vice President & Government Relations
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$873K (2020) → $540K (2024)
Regina Y. Rose
Senior Vice President & Tax Policy
Senior Vice President, Taxes & Retirement Security → Senior Vice President, Taxes & Retirement Se, 2022
Senior Vice President, Taxes & Retirement Se → Senior Vice President & Tax Policy, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$434K (2020) → $559K (2024)
Leah J. Walters
Senior Vice President & State Relations
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$355K (2021) → $492K (2024)
Cynthia L. Goff
Vice President, Supplemental Products & Group Insurance
Vice President, Supp Products & Group Insuran → Vice President, Supp Products & Group, 2023
Vice President, Supp Products & Group → Vice President, Supplemental Products & Group Insurance, 2024
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$370K (2022) → $398K (2024)
Mariana E. Gomez
Senior Vice President & Policy Development
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$317K (2022) → $444K (2024)
Jillian E. Froment
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$549K (2023) → $722K (2024)
Jessica B. Mancari
Senior Vice President & Public Affairs
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$395K (2024)
Kathleen A. Coulombe
Senior Vice President & Federal Relations
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$446K (2024)
Nancy B. Moon
Senior Vice President, Member Relations & Dep Corp Secretary
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$391K (2024)
Scott Dixon
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2024 filing
40 hrs/week
$414K (2024)
Andrew McMahon
Chair-Elect Designate
Director → Chair-Elect Designate, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Quaranto Jr.
Immediate Past Chair
Chairman-Elect → Chair, 2023
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Teresa Rasmussen
Chair-Elect
Director → Chair-Elect Designate, 2023
Chair-Elect Designate → Chair-Elect, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (36)
- Former: Andrew Sullivan (2020–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Brandon Carter (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Daniel J. Houston (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jean Francois Poulin (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: John Carter (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: John Schlifske (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Marianne Harrison (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Fosbury (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Patrick C. Reeder (2020–2023) — Vice President, Dgc, External & Reg Affairs
- Former: Paul S. Graham (2020–2023) — Senior Vice President & Policy Development
- Former: Richard Bielen (2020–2023) — Chair-Elect
- Former: William Lester (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Kimberly W. Ross (2021–2023) — Senior Vice President & Federal Relations
- Former: Thomas Swank (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Dennis Glass (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: J. Bruce Ferguson (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & Economic Empowerment
- Former: James Hohmann (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: John R. Woerner (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Julie A. Spiezio (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel
- Former: Theodore A. Mathas (2020–2022) — Immediate Past Chairman
- Former: Barbara Turner (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Douglas Chittenden (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: James Morris (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jess Merten (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Mullin (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Michael Falcon (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Roger Ferguson (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Walter White (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Deanna Mulligan (2020) — Director
- Former: Joann M. Martin (2020) — Immediate Past Chairman
- Former: John F. Barrett (2020) — Director
- Former: Kathleen F. Kiernan (2020) — Vice President, Deputy & Policy Development
- Former: Mark A. Haydukovich (2020) — Director
- Former: Mary Jane Fortin (2020) — Director
- Former: Roberta B. Meyer (2020) — Vice President & Senior Associate General Counsel
- Former: Thomas Leonardi (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $5.0M, to Susan Neely (President & CEO). 16 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about American Council of Life Insurers
How much does American Council of Life Insurers give each year?
American Council of Life Insurers gave $353K across 9 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $410K across 11 grants.
What is American Council of Life Insurers's typical grant size?
American Council of Life Insurers's median grant in 2024 was $25,000, and its average grant was $39,258, across 9 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Where does American Council of Life Insurers give grants?
American Council of Life Insurers's top state is District of Columbia, with 47% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Colorado (46%) and Virginia (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (6 grants).
Does American Council of Life Insurers give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of American Council of Life Insurers's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (9 of 9) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990.
Who are American Council of Life Insurers's largest grantees?
American Council of Life Insurers's largest 2024 grantees include Junior Achievement USA ($161,324), Engage Promoting Women's Economic Security ($75,000) and Fords Theater ($25,000), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 74% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is American Council of Life Insurers?
American Council of Life Insurers reported $78.4M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $77.3M.
What does American Council of Life Insurers fund?
In its 2024 filing, ACLI says it provides a unified membership association to advance the common interests of the life insurance industry. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from American Council of Life Insurers?
American Council of Life Insurers has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check acli.com for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is American Council of Life Insurers's EIN?
American Council of Life Insurers's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1044350. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 15, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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