Association of Corporate Counsel
ACC promotes the common professional and business interest of in-house counsel who work for corporations, associations and other private-sector organizations through information, education, networking opportunities, and advocacy initiatives.
Association of Corporate Counsel at a glance
In short: Association of Corporate Counsel gave $55K across 7 grants in 2025 (avg $8K), top state California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $54,773
- -32.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 7
- -22.2% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $7,825
- -13.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $7,913
- Total assets
- $29,304,133
- -4.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (26% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Association of Corporate Counsel funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 7 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was ACC Michigan Chapter ($13K). Together the top 7 received $55K.
Grant Size Distribution
24 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 24 grants of 24 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 7 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Association of Corporate Counsel gives
- Giving grew 128% from 2022 to 2025. 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 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2020) to $82K (2024). In 2025 it made 7 grants totaling $55K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| ACC Michigan Chapter Okemos, MI | Chapter Assistance Grant | $12,864 |
| ACC Southern California Chapter Huntington Beach, CA | Chapter Assistance Grant | $8,000 |
| ACC Central Florida Chapter Belle Isle, FL | Chapter Assistance Grant | $7,996 |
| ACC Western Pennsylvania Chapter Pittsburgh, PA | Chapter Assistance Grant | $7,913 |
| ACC Kentucky Chapter Louisville, KY | Chapter Assistance Grant | $6,000 |
| ACC Louisiana Chapter Metairie, LA | Chapter Assistance Grant | $6,000 |
| ACC San Francisco Bay Chapter Santa Clara, CA | Chapter Assistance Grant | $6,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $29,304,133 | $27,003,688 | $27,513,743 | $54,773 | 7 | $1,487,322 |
| 2024 | $30,518,130 | $24,885,400 | $26,243,036 | $81,578 | 9 | $1,154,312 |
| 2023 | $28,721,507 | $24,248,976 | $27,561,208 | $38,107 | 4 | $963,898 |
| 2022 | $25,140,539 | $18,237,418 | $21,938,581 | $24,000 | 2 | $444,785 |
| 2021 | $26,319,803 | $22,303,593 | $20,853,394 | $18,000 | 2 | $731,404 |
| 2020 | $26,083,997 | $23,244,044 | $22,803,510 | $12,000 | 1 | $379,814 |
| 2019 | $29,654,980 | $26,305,569 | $25,380,657 | $46,500 | 5 | $1,319,974 |
About Association of Corporate Counsel
Based on IRS filings
Association of Corporate Counsel is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $29.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 7 grants totaling $55K. Net investment income was $1.5M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Association of Corporate Counsel is led by Veta T Richardson, President & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 12 of 37 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Veta T Richardson
President & CEO
President → President & CEO, 2023
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$566K (2019) → $584K (2025)
Cristina Gonzalez
Chair
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean-Baptiste Pessey
Agc, Director & Legal Resources
Associate Gc & Director of Legal Resources → Agc, Director & Legal Resources, 2025
On filings since 2020
37.5 hrs/week
$196K (2020) → $220K (2025)
Paul Oliver
Senior Director
On filings since 2022
37.5 hrs/week
$210K (2022) → $256K (2025)
Amy Christine Chai
Agc, Director & Advocacy
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$232K (2025)
Tracy Preston
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donny Ching
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bindu Cudjoe
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Herzog
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Brown
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joanna Totsky
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Martin
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kobie Conner
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sahia Ahmad
Director
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Klinger
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christie Yang
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Ford
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
LaTanya Langley
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lorne O'Reilly
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Finch
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hossein Nowbar
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessie Loong
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandrine Auffret
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aviram Gavish
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dirk Naumann
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Inderpreet Sawhney
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Trudeau
Vice President & Chro
Vice President & CAO → Vice President & Chro, 2023
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$259K (2019) → $332K (2025)
Susanna McDonald
Vice President & Clo
Vice President & Chief Legal Officer → Vice President & Clo, 2023
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$278K (2019) → $390K (2025)
Tori Payne
Vice President & Cgmo
Associate Vp- Leadership Development → Vice President & CMO, 2020
Vice President & CMO → Vice President & Cgmo, 2023
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$204K (2019) → $365K (2025)
Edima Elinewinga
Vice President & CTO
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$24K (2023) → $323K (2025)
Maria Volpe-Viles
Associate Vice President & Education
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$205K (2023) → $241K (2025)
Amy H Repke
Vice President & CCO
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$171K (2024) → $246K (2025)
Ed Sharrer
Vice President & CFO
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$224K (2025)
Prabir Chakrabarty - Director
Intl. Corp. Membership & Clo Engage
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$233K (2025)
Ed Paulis
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Bamlango
Vice Chair
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Campbell
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (38)
- Former: Adrian Goss (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Kevin Buck (2019–2024) — COO
- Former: Naveen Raju (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mary Jo Veronica Pastor (2020–2024) — Deputy General Counsel
- Former: Prabir Chakrabarty (2024) — Director Int'l Corporate Membership & Clo
- Former: Mike Madden (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Monica Palko (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sara Hall (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tiffani Alexander (2021–2023) — Associate Vice President & Editorial Strategy
- Former: Elizabeth Walker (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: James Merklinger (2019–2022) — President & Acc Credentialing
- Former: Jo Anne Schwendinger (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Robert Falk (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Robin Grossfeld (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President & Global Initiatives
- Former: Rudy Rivera (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Justin Connor (2020–2022) — Director of Clo & Stakeholder Engagement
- Former: Melissa Kennedy (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Eitan Israeli (2022) — Director
- Former: Anneliese Reinhold (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Catherine Moynihan (2019–2021) — Associate Vice President of Legal Management Svcs
- Former: Jeffrey W Wheeler (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lily Hughes (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Renee D Benjamin (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sharon Barner (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jan Robey Alonzo (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Maria Varsellona (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mary Blatch (2019–2020) — Agc & Senior Director of Advocacy
- Former: Russ Dempsey (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Simon A Fish (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Scott Taylor (2020) — Director
- Former: Alan K Tse (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Alexander N Erlam (2019) — Director
- Former: Amitabh Dogta (2019) — Database Administrator
- Former: Bill Mordan (2019) — Director
- Former: Daniel R Harper (2019) — Director
- Former: Derede McAlpin (2019) — Vice President & CCO
- Former: Ernest A Tuckett (2019) — Director
- Former: Timothy Delaney (2019) — Chief Marketing Officer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $584K, to Veta Richardson (President & CEO). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Association of Corporate Counsel
How much does Association of Corporate Counsel give each year?
Association of Corporate Counsel gave $55K across 7 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $82K across 9 grants.
What is Association of Corporate Counsel's typical grant size?
Association of Corporate Counsel's median grant in 2025 was $7,913, and its average grant was $7,825, across 7 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Association of Corporate Counsel give grants?
Association of Corporate Counsel's top state is California, with 26% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Michigan (23%) and Florida (15%).
Does Association of Corporate Counsel give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 7 grants with a stated purpose on Association of Corporate Counsel's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Chapter Assistance Grant" (7 grants).
Who are Association of Corporate Counsel's largest grantees?
Association of Corporate Counsel's largest 2025 grantees include ACC Michigan Chapter ($12,864), ACC Southern California Chapter ($8,000) and ACC Central Florida Chapter ($7,996), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 53% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Association of Corporate Counsel?
Association of Corporate Counsel reported $29.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $27.0M.
What is Association of Corporate Counsel's EIN?
Association of Corporate Counsel's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1267965. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 7, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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