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2020: A YEAR OF DISRUPTION& INNOVATION
President’s Report to theExecutive Committee of the Board of Directors
March 19, 2021
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2021: A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY
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Financial Sustainability
Convening Global Audiences Content is King
2021: A year of opportunity2
The Power of our People
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THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE
New centers and initiatives
New centers
New initiatives
CENTERS & INITIATIVES
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Building our team: 173 intellectual entrepreneurs
Number of staff over the years
HR
4 staff members converted from intern to full time
69% of staff under age of 35 ( 5% )
Average age of employees: 35
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Above average representation: Middle East & Asian staff Double national average: LGBTQ Work to do: Black, Hispanic program staff; vets, conservatives; improve gender balance at some position levels
Gender balance
DIVERSITY
24% are non US citizens
72% speak a
language besides English
Diversity: From 37 countries, speaking more than 30languages, based in 14 countries
Full team Senior management
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NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS New Senior Staff
Promotions
Fulltime Senior Fellows
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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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$1.2MUS Gvmt Grants
( 27%)
Pivot, Adjust, Manage & Mitigate RiskDEVELOPMENT
2020 Revenue: $42.3M ( 8%) 2020 Assets: $85.4M ( 4%)2020 Restricted Surplus: $7.4M( 295%)
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1/3$17.1M
Corporate Revenue
( 37%)
$25MBoard & IAB
Revenue
( 12%)
$110MSurpassed
original goal;73% of stretch
goal
$10.4MFoundation Grants
( 16%)
$5.5MNon-US Gvmt
Grants
( 12%)
CONVENINGGLOBAL AUDIENCES
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Expanded impact: Virtual847 events held in 2020 (+32% over last year)
EVENTS
MOST EVENTS
IN A SINGLE YEAR
2MParticipants +
views
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EVENTS
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#ACFrontPage
1/3of our audience
attended#ACFP
#ACFrontPage Events
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754KEvent views
CONTENT IS KING
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Editorial: Newsletters, Publications, Blogs
More than ⅓ of those subscribers are receiving one of 10 newsletters launched this year
80K+subscribers across
20+newsletters
EDITORIAL
EuropeWatch
BelarusAlert
DirectCurrent
FastThinking
Guide to Global Economy
SAC Weekly
State of the Order
The Future is Here
The Strategist
TurkeySource
2020PUBLICATIONS
403,602 Page views ( 70%)
99,748 Downloads ( 51%)
131 Publications ( 34%)
87%Blog
readership growth
●AfricaSource (812%)●Inflection Points (403%)●MENASource (176%)●New Atlanticist (129%)●Econographics (107%)●UkraineAlert (66%)
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Blogs withmost growth in 2020
PublicationsTop 5 downloads
Top 5 page views
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EXPANDING DIGITAL AUDIENCES
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Digital: Website pageviews
2020
2019
2016
2018
2017
April: ACFP with IMF chief; Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu; What world post-COVID
June: ACFP with NATO Sec Gen; Saudi Vision 2030; Operation Carthage; CBDC Tracker
August: Coronavirus Alert
November: Elections 2020;Fast Thinking
January: GEF;Soleimani assassination
October: NATO 20/2020
July: Report: Shaping the post-COVID world
December: Global QE Tracker
March: COVID-19 Blog
9Mpage views
193%Growth
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2019 2020
1 United States 41.60% United States
40.73
%
2 United Kingdom 6.70% United Kingdom 7.32%
3 Ukraine 5.40% Canada 3.99%
4 Canada 4.70% India 3.56%
5 India 2.60% Ukraine 2.88%
6 Germany 2.39% Germany 2.11%
7 France 2.36% Australia 1.89%
8 Australia 1.80% Pakistan 1.53%
9 Netherlands 1.47% Netherlands 1.41%
10 Russia 1.40% France 1.37%
11 Turkey 1.22% United Arab Emirates 1.32%
12 Pakistan 1.04% South Africa 1.10%
13 Italy 1.01% Turkey 1.08%
14 Poland 0.96% Colombia 1.03%
15 Belgium 0.96% Singapore 0.96%
16 United Arab Emirates 0.93% Italy 0.96%
17 Sweden 0.84% Oman 0.79%
18 Egypt 0.72% Belgium 0.77%
19 Spain 0.70% Sweden 0.74%
20 Switzerland 0.66% Poland 0.72%
Digital ReachTop 20
x
x
x
Top 20
x
Top 20
Top 20
Top 20
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60%
25%European web traffic
Web audience outside US
MEDIA
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Media 73.4K
944 top tier media mentions
+7% over 2019
Media mentions by month
Jan: Soleimani assasination
Feb: NSA O’Brien Event
March-May: Media focus shifts to COVID
June - July: Disinfo in George Floyd protests; ACFP with Stoltenberg, Ghani, AKK, Singaporean PM
Aug: Belarus elections, US elections disinfo, Iran sanctions
Sept: ACFP with Pompeo
Nov - Dec: US election coverage
Oct: ACFP with Esper
media mentionsOnline and print media: 64k
Broadcast media: 8.69k
+27% over 2019
POTENTIAL AUDIENCE
REACH
+71% over 2019
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INSIGHT & IMPACT
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University of Pennsylvania2020 Go To Think Tank Index Report
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20201 Brookings Brookings Brookings Brookings CSIS Peterson
2 Carnegie CFR CSIS CSIS Carnegie CSIS
3 CSIS CSIS Carnegie Carnegie Heritage Carnegie
4 CFR Carnegie Heritage Heritage Peterson Urban
5 Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Urban CAP
6 Cato RAND RAND RAND Wilson Heritage
7 RAND Heritage CAP Peterson CAP AC
8 Heritage Cato CFR CAP AC Wilson
9 CAP CAP Peterson Urban RAND RAND
10 NBER Peterson Cato AC Hudson Stimson
11 Pew AEI Urban CFR CFR CFR
12 AEI Urban NBER CNAS Belfer Center Belfer
13 CNAS NBER AC Cato Cato Cato
14 Peterson AC AEI Belfer CNAS Hudson
15 WRI CNAS CNAS Hudson AEI Baker
16 AC WRI WRI AEI Baker CNAS
17 Urban Baker Baker Baker Stimson AEI
18 Baker Hoover Hudson WRI HRW GMF
19 Hoover Pew Belfer Stimson RFF RFF
20 Belfer Belfer Stimson HRW Freedom House Freedom House
4-star Charity Navigator rating 6 years running
putting the Council in the top 9% of
1.5 million nonprofits
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GLOBAL US
Think Tank to Watch in 2020 #7 ↑ 1 #4 ( = )
Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy #16 ↑ 5 #8 ↑ 3
Recognition of our substance
Top Energy and Resource Policy #30 ↑ 1 #9 ↑ 1
Top Defense and National Security #8 ( = ) #5 ( = )
Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs #10 ↑ 4 #6 ↑ 2
Best New Idea or Paradigm Developed by a Think Tank #15 ↑ 3 #7 ↑ 1
Best Regional Studies Centers #17 NEW #4 NEW
Recognition of our management
Best Managed Think Tanks #12 ↑ 3 #4 ↑ 3
Best Quality Assurance and Integrity Policies and Procedures #18 ( = ) #10 ↑ 1
Recognition of our convening and communicating
Best Think Tank Conference #15 ( = ) #4 ( = )
Think Tanks with the Best External Relations/Public Engagement Program #10 ↑ 5 #7 ( = )
Where we ranked
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2021: A year of opportunity
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2021: A year of opportunity
Advance ambitious substantive agenda
●Build China Hub●Secure the core (Europe Center +
NATO work)●Advance climate/energy portfolio●Double down on prosperity pillar
(GeoEconomics Center)●Deepen technology focus
(GeoTech Center)
AC 4.0: Reimagined organization to meet
historic moment
Significantly strengthen financial sustainability
●Ensure continued protection of staff with return to work
●Create digitally native organization (work, engagement,
operations)●Prioritize talent, culture, and high-
performance diversity
●Pursue transformative gifts through Global Atlantic Council Campaign
●Convene in-person/hybrid awards dinners (DC, NYC)
●Strengthen sustainability of Africa Center, Millennium Leadership Program, South Asia Center,
Turkey Program
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