German Marshall Fund
GMF headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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| Abbreviation | GMF |
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| Motto | Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation |
| Formation | 1972 |
| Type | Public Policy Think Tank and grantmaking institution |
| Headquarters | 1744 R Street NW |
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President
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Karen Donfried |
| Website | www |
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy think tank and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe.
Founded in 1972 through a gift from the West German government on the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, GMF contributes research and analysis on transatlantic and global issues; convenes policy and business leaders at international conferences; provides exchange opportunities for emerging American and European leaders; and supports initiatives to strengthen democracies. GMF focuses on policy, leadership, and civil society.
In addition to its headquarters in Washington, D.C., GMF has offices in several European cities.
Among its programs and initiatives are: the Brussels Forum, Atlantic Dialogues, Transatlantic Academy, and the Transatlantic Trends Survey. GMF's policy programs include: Asia, the European Union, Europe's East and Russia, Foreign and Security Policy, Energy Security, NATO, Trade and Investment and Urban and Regional Policy. GMF's Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives include the Manfred Wörner Seminar, the Marshall Memorial Fellowship, the Young Transatlantic Network, the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network, the Congress Bundestag Forum and the Lugar Diplomacy Institute. GMF's Civil Society projects include the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation.
The president of GMF is Karen Donfried, who joined in April 2014. Donfried was previously special assistant to President Barack Obama. Past presidents of GMF include Benjamin H. Read (1973–77), Robert Gerald Livingston (1977–81), Frank E. Loy (1981–95), and Craig Kennedy (1996-2014). Members of GMF's Board of Trustees.,
GMF was founded as a permanent memorial to Marshall Plan assistance through a grant from the West German government. It was founded by Guido Goldman, who was the director of Harvard's West European Studies program in the early 1970s. Goldman, an American whose family had fled Germany in 1940, lobbied the West German government, particularly Finance Minister Alex Möller for an endowment to promote European and U.S. relations on the 25th anniversary of Marshall Plan aid. Working with a planning group that was to constitute the Fund's initial Board of Trustees - including physicist Harvey Brooks, diplomat Robert Ellsworth journalist Max Franke, economist Richard N. Cooper, and educator Howard Swearer - Goldman eventually received an agreement to support an independent institution in 1971.
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