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US China Business Council

501(c)(6) organization Washington, DC EIN: 23-7275160 Website

The united states china business council's primary purpose is to represent American companies that do business in china and expand the us-china commercial relationship to the benefit of its membership and the us economy.

US China Business Council at a glance

In short: US China Business Council gave $15K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $15K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$15,000
-50.0% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
-50.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$15,000
+0.0% vs 2023
Median grant
$15,000
Total assets
$10,670,716
+6.0% vs 2023
Primary geography
District of Columbia (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who US China Business Council funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

World Resources Institute: $15KWorld Resources Institute$15K

The largest 2024 recipient was World Resources Institute ($15K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

WashingtonAlexandriaSheridan

How US China Business Council gives

  • Giving grew 50% 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

$0$10K$20K$30K0 grants2019 Total only2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2020) to $30K (2023). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $15K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
World Resources Institute Washington, DCGeneral Support$15,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$10,670,716$7,567,214$7,863,305$15,0001$338,319
2023$10,067,521$8,702,874$7,786,219$30,0002$306,249
2022$8,963,858$6,046,859$5,819,963$15,0001$98,119
2021$8,553,714$5,557,622$4,693,958$10,0001$6,916
2020$7,794,240$5,010,498$4,200,703$3,100Total only$60,529
2019$5,074,934$4,809,724$4,228,137——$83,056

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About US China Business Council

Based on IRS filings

US China Business Council is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $10.7M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $15K. Net investment income was $338K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

US China Business Council is led by Craig Allen, President on every filing since 2019; 7 of 59 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Craig Allen

    President

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $410K (2019) → $527K (2024)

  • Sean Stein

    President

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $79K (2024)

  • Rajesh Subramaniam

    Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Barr

    Senior Director, Finance & Administration

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $159K (2023) → $163K (2024)

  • Doug McMillon

    Director

    Vice Chair → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evan G. Greenberg

    Director

    Chair → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack P. Williams

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Quincey

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Fitterling

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John E. Waldron

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Krishnan Rajagopalan

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Callahan Erdoes

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ramon Laguarta

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Seifi Ghasemi

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terrence R. Curtin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michel A. Khalaf

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert B. Ford

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roberta Lipson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Hwang

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carmine Di Sibio

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David E. Constable

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Williams

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lal Karsanbhai

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael F. Roman

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Sternfels

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Sikes

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Billings

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deborah Lehr

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric S. Musser

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Donahoe

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Milind Pant

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • William S. Cohen

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harvey M. Schwartz

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon R. Moeller

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laxman Narasimhan

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stanley A. Deal

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Albert Bourla

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amit Sevak

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brendan J. Nelson Ao

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Umpleby

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janet Truncale

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucian Boldea

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Nelson

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • R. Adam Norwitt

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Goldstein

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sanjay Mehrotra

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Monahan

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • William M. Brown

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gloria Gonzalez-Micklin

    Vice President, Programs & Strategic Partnerships

    Vice President & Programs → Vice President, Programs & Strategic Partnerships, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $183K (2022) → $195K (2024)

  • David Thomas

    Senior Vice President

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $314K (2024)

  • Karen Elliott

    Vice President, Strategic Communications & Publications

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $193K (2024)

  • Noah Fraser

    Senior Vice President & China Offices

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $202K (2024)

  • Eric C. Emerson

    Counsel

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan McInerney

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Scanlon

    Secretary-Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc N. Casper

    Vice Chair

    Director → Chair, 2022

    Chair → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cristiano R. Amon

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darius Adamczyk

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Geoff Martha

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (40)
  • Former: D. James Umpleby III (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Matthew Margulies (2021–2023) — Senior Vice President & China Offices
  • Former: Rory Murphy (2022–2023) — Vice President & Government Affairs
  • Former: William David Thomas (2022–2023) — Senior Vice President & Dc Officer
  • Former: Gary E. Dickerson (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Mary T. Barra (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: James D. Farley Jr. (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Marc Allen (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Douglas Barry (2022) — Vice President, Communications & Publications
  • Former: Peter J. Clare (2022) — Director
  • Former: Brian Duperreault (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: David S. Taylor (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Doug Barry (2019–2021) — Senior Director, Communications & Publications
  • Former: Douglas L. Peterson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Gloria Gonzalez (2019–2021) — Vice President & Programs
  • Former: Kewsong Lee (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Tom Linebarger (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Ann Sarnoff (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Joe Stone (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Juan Luciano (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Anna Ashton (2021) — Vice President & Government Affairs
  • Former: John Kamensky (2021) — Director & Business Advisory Services
  • Former: Julie Sweet (2021) — Director
  • Former: Matthew Maddox (2021) — Director
  • Former: Bertrand-Marc Allen (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Carlos M. Hernandez (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: David N. Farr (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jacob Parker (2019–2020) — Vice President & China Operations
  • Former: Jessica Logan (2019–2020) — Vice President, Finance & Administration
  • Former: Steve Mollenkopf (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: The Honorable Barbara H. Franklin (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Erin Ennis (2019) — Senior Vice President
  • Former: John J. Haley (2019) — Director
  • Former: Keith E. Williams (2019) — Secretary-Treasurer
  • Former: Marius A. Haas (2019) — Director
  • Former: Miles D. White (2019) — Director
  • Former: Ray G. Young (2019) — Director
  • Former: Stephen F. Angel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Steve C. Voorhees (2019) — Director
  • Former: The Honorable William S. Cohen (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "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

Craig Allen — President (Until 12/31/24): $527KCraig AllenPresident (Until 12/31/24)$527KDavid Thomas — Senior Vice President: $314KDavid ThomasSenior Vice President$314KNoah Fraser — SVP, China Offices: $202KNoah FraserSVP, China Offices$202KGloria Gonzalez-Micklin — VP, Programs & Strategic Partnerships: $195KGloria Gonzalez-MicklinVP, Programs & Strategic…$195KKaren Elliott — VP, Strategic Communications & Publications: $193KKaren ElliottVP, Strategic Communications &…$193KAndrew Barr — Senior Director, Finance & Administration: $163KAndrew BarrSenior Director, Finance &…$163KSean Stein — President (From 11/4/24): $79KSean SteinPresident (From 11/4/24)$79K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $527K, to Craig Allen (President (Until 12/31/24)). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about US China Business Council

How much does US China Business Council give each year?

US China Business Council gave $15K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $30K across 2 grants.

How large is US China Business Council?

US China Business Council reported $10.7M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.6M.

Where does US China Business Council operate?

US China Business Council has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Virginia, Wyoming.

What is US China Business Council's EIN?

US China Business Council's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7275160. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 7, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 28, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 14, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 8, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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