The American College of Trust and
Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of professional responsibility; and cooperate with bar associations and other organizations with similar missions.
The American College of Trust and at a glance
- Total assets
- $7,725,742
- -17.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $9,067,043
- +1.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $199,102
- -46.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $9,171,074
- +5.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990 filing, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990 filing, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The American College of Trust and funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $9K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Actec Foundation Washington, DC | Sponsorship of the Rudy Ogburn Memorial | $9,000 |
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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 | $7,725,742 | $9,067,043 | $9,171,074 | — | — | $199,102 |
| 2024 | $9,365,873 | $8,900,341 | $8,660,170 | — | — | $369,575 |
| 2023 | $7,449,896 | $7,424,706 | $7,966,770 | $9,000 | 1 | $119,769 |
| 2022 | $7,291,426 | $5,965,924 | $6,053,444 | — | — | $282,016 |
| 2021 | $7,617,682 | $4,366,383 | $3,656,776 | — | — | $334,541 |
| 2020 | $6,068,404 | $6,514,366 | $6,724,935 | — | — | $96,136 |
| 2019 | $7,194,230 | $6,501,410 | $6,479,941 | — | — | $161,054 |
About The American College of Trust and
Based on IRS filings
The American College of Trust and is a nonprofit organization focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $199K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The American College of Trust and is led by Deborah O. McKinnon, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 6 of 49 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Deborah O. McKinnon
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
34 hrs/week
$282K (2019) → $505K (2025)
Peter S. Gordon
President
Vice President → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dylah E. Wallenius
Meetings Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$129K (2019) → $159K (2025)
Amy Crawford
Director, Membership & Foundation Management
Committees & Cle Director → Director, Membership & Foundation Management, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$106K (2021) → $127K (2025)
Rebecca Vandall
Director, Communications & Marketing
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$139K (2023) → $164K (2025)
Virna J. Tavarez
State & Regional Meetings
State & Rregional Meetings Director → State & Rregional Meetings, 2020
State & Rregional Meetings → State & Regional Meetings, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$110K (2019) → $139K (2025)
Deborah Oberst
Controller
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$125K (2022) → $138K (2025)
Elaine M. Bucher
Treasurer
Regent → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kurt A. Sommer
Immediate Past President
President-Elect → President, 2023
President → Immediate Past President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Ew Sager
Secretary
Regent → Member at Large, 2022
Member at Large → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan D. Snyder
Immediate Past President
President-Elect → President, 2024
President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregory V. Gadarian
Regent
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Kamin
Regent
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret G. Lodise
President-Elect
Treasurer → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie B. Casteel
Regent
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Suzanne Brown Walsh
Regent
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James D. Lamm
Member at Large
Regent → Member at Large, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joshua E. Husbands
Regent
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leigh-Alexandra Basha
Regent
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Miriam W. Henry
Regent
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Benetta Y. Park
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brad Bedingfield
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Ann Reers
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Holland Hutchins
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Farhad Aghdami
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Wolven
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melissa J. Willms
Vice President
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michaelle D. Rafferty
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shannon K. Barks
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven E. Trytten
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven K. Mignogna
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tami Conetta
Regent
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dana G. Fitzsimons Jr.
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffery T. Peetz
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lyat Eyal
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle A. W. McKinnon
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond Clifford Odom
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie M. Tuthill
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Shields
Regent
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffery C. Thede
Member at Large
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Matz
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lora G. Davis
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ronald J. Scalise
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
S. Gray Edmondson
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah S. Butters
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shaheen I. Imami
Regent
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edward J. Beckwith
Member at Large
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tara Anne Pleat
Regent
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (41)
- Former: Beth Shapiro Kaufman (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: Bridget A. Logstrom Koci (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: Christopher H. Gadsen (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: Gerry W. Beyer (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: James D. Spratt Jr. (2019–2024) — Member at Large
- Former: Lora L. Brown (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: Peter T. Mott (2019–2024) — Regent
- Former: Robert W. Goldman (2019–2024) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Ann B. Burns (2019–2023) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Lauren Y. Detzel (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Lynne K. Green (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Mickey R. Davis (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Nancy McLaughlin (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Robert E. Temmerman Jr. (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Steven B. Gorin (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Trent S. Kiziah (2019–2023) — Regent
- Former: Jeffrey Thede (2023) — Member at Large
- Former: Amy K. Kanyuk (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: C. Kevin McCrindle (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Dale B. Stone (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Donna M. Braman (2019–2022) — Digital Communitcations
- Former: Keith Bradoc Gallant (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Lynn B. Sassin (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Randall Ml Yee (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Rudy L. Ogburn (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Stephanie Loomis-Price (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Stephen R. Akers (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Thomas L. Overbey (2019–2022) — Regent
- Former: Susan Sundius (2021–2022) — Committees & Cle Director
- Former: Barbara A. Sloan (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Dan W. Holbrook (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: John A. Terrill II (2019–2021) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Margaret Van Houten (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Nancy C. Hughes (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Nancy Schmidt Roush (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Terrence M. Franklin (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Thomas N. Masland (2019–2021) — Regent
- Former: Charles D. Fox IV (2019–2020) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Brendan McGinn (2019) — Director of Finance
- Former: Laird A. Lile (2019) — Regent
- Former: Susan T. House (2019) — Immediate Past President
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 $505K, to Deborah O McKinnon (Executive Director). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The American College of Trust and
How large is The American College of Trust and?
The American College of Trust and reported $7.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990 filing. Its revenue that year was $9.1M.
What is The American College of Trust and?
The American College of Trust and is a nonprofit organization focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Washington, DC. It holds $7.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The American College of Trust and operate?
The American College of Trust and has awarded grants in District of Columbia.
What is The American College of Trust and's EIN?
The American College of Trust and's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-4395855. 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
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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