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Council on Foreign Relations vs The Business Council
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Verificado September 2026
Comunidad solo por invitación
Verificado September 2026 Council on Foreign Relations
Senior figures in foreign policy and adjacent fields: government officials, scholars, business executives, journalists, lawyers and nonprofit leaders
Comunidad solo por invitación
The Business Council
Sitting chief executives of leading multinational companies
Lo que indican los registros
- Maximum age at joining: Council on Foreign Relations: Term membership: aged thirty to thirty-six on 1 January 2027; The Business Council: No published maximum age at joining.
- Minimum age: Council on Foreign Relations: Term membership: aged thirty to thirty-six on 1 January 2027; The Business Council: No published minimum age.
- Role or title: Council on Foreign Relations: No published role or title; The Business Council: Chief executive officer of a leading multinational business.
- Accredited-investor status: Council on Foreign Relations: Restricted to US citizens (native born or naturalized) and permanent residents who have formally applied to become citizens; The Business Council: No published accredited-investor status.
- Annual dues: Council on Foreign Relations: $3,520–5,810 a year; The Business Council: Not publicly disclosed.
Lado a lado
| Council on Foreign Relations | The Business Council | |
|---|---|---|
| Perfil | ||
| Tipo | Invitation-only community | Invitation-only community |
| Fundado | 1921 ("Since its founding in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has grown a membership of more than five thousand of the most prominent leaders in the foreign policy arena.") | 1933 ("Originally convened in 1933 to advise the executive branch of the U.S. Government"; it began life as the Business Advisory Council attached to the Department of Commerce and later separated from government.) |
| Sede | New York, United States | Washington, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States, concentrated around its New York headquarters at 58 East 68th Street and its Washington office at 1777 F Street NW, with members elsewhere in the US and abroad; dues are banded by proximity to those two cities | Based in Washington, D.C.; membership is drawn from chief executives of leading multinational businesses, including some headquartered outside the United States |
| Miembros | 5,000as of September 2026 | 250as of September 2026 |
| Capítulos | No chapters. CFR operates from New York and Washington, D.C. and convenes nearly a thousand events a year. | No chapters; the Council convenes as a single body at three meetings a year |
| Primary audience | Senior figures in foreign policy and adjacent fields: government officials, scholars, business executives, journalists, lawyers and nonprofit leaders | Sitting chief executives of leading multinational companies |
| Miembro tipo | Members include top government officials, scholars, business executives, journalists, lawyers and nonprofit professionals. Life members are elected on intellectual attainment, involvement in international affairs and standing among peers; term members are elected each year from candidates aged thirty to thirty-six and serve a fixed five-year term. | Active members are serving chief executives of large multinational businesses, selected as individuals rather than as company representatives. Members who leave the chief executive role move to a graduate-member category. The published lists include chief executives of major US public companies alongside a smaller number of non-US companies. |
| Qualification | ||
| Edad máxima al incorporarse | Term membership: aged thirty to thirty-six on 1 January 2027Graduate students are generally advised to wait until after completing their degree before applying.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No published maximum age at joining |
| Edad mínima | Term membership: aged thirty to thirty-six on 1 January 2027Applies only to the Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program; life membership has no published age band.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No published minimum age |
| Función o cargo | No published role or title | Chief executive officer of a leading multinational business"limited to 250 active members, each of whom is selected on the basis of personal qualities and position as the chief executive officer of a leading multinational business."verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Condición de inversor acreditado | Restricted to US citizens (native born or naturalized) and permanent residents who have formally applied to become citizensPermanent residents must email CFR a statement of their current citizenship and the date of their formal US citizenship application.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No published accredited-investor status |
| Invitation required | Yes | Yes |
| Sponsor required | Yes | Yes |
| Application process | Candidates request an application, then submit it online with contact information, a CV, and nominator and seconder details. Life membership requires a written nomination from a current member plus three to four seconding letters; term membership requires a nomination plus two to three seconding letters. Letter writers receive submission instructions automatically once entered into the portal. Life membership deadlines are 1 March and 1 November, with decisions in late June and early March respectively; the term membership deadline is 10 January, with decisions in late June. The Board of Directors elects new members twice a year. | There is no application. Members invite peers, and candidates are selected on the basis of personal qualities and their position as chief executive of a leading multinational business. The public site offers only a contact form for those wanting to learn more. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. CFR publishes its criteria, deadlines and letter requirements but no acceptance rate or applicant volume. | Active membership is capped at 250. No acceptance rate, candidate volume or selection procedure is published. |
| Costo | ||
| Cuotas anuales | $3,520–5,810 a yearBusiness-category life membership, effective 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026: $5,810 for New York area members (residence or principal place of business within fifty miles of Manhattan City Hall), $5,310 for Washington, D.C. area members (within fifty miles of the Capitol) and $3,520 nationally.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Cuota de inscripción | Not publicly disclosed; the published dues schedule names no initiation fee.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No dues or meeting fees are published; the Council's public site directs prospective enquiries to a contact form only. |
| Costos de eventos | Dues are billed in July, the first month of CFR's fiscal year, and may be paid annually or in two equal instalments. They cover goods and services including a year's subscription to Foreign Affairs and are stated not to be tax-deductible as a charitable contribution. The by-laws provide for suspension of privileges if a member is more than sixty days in default. | Not publicly disclosed. The Council holds three meetings a year but publishes no attendance cost.verified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Life membership for elected members; term membership runs for a fixed five-year term | Active membership runs while the member serves as a chief executive; on leaving that role members move to the graduate-member category |
| Estructura | ||
| Meeting frequency | Nearly one thousand events a year, including panel discussions, symposia, town halls, livestreams and members-only CEO forums; term members also have an annual conference and study trips | Three meetings a year |
| Peer forums | Events, roundtables and workshops rather than standing small-group forums; term member breakout sessions are held not-for-attribution | Whole-membership meetings with panels, interviews and presentations; no standing small groups are described |
| Confidentiality | Term Member Conference breakout sessions are described as not-for-attribution; CFR publishes transcripts of many of its main events | The Council describes its meetings as taking place in an "intimate and safe environment"; no written confidentiality policy is published |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual | Event-focused |
| Foros confidenciales entre pares | Partial | Yes |
| Capítulos locales | No | No |
| Membresía virtual | Partial | No |
| Comunidad en línea | Yes | Partial |
| Directorio de miembros | Yes | Yes |
| Eventos | Yes | Yes |
| Programación | ||
| Programación educativa | Yes | Yes |
| Desarrollo del liderazgo | Partial | Partial |
| Retiros | Partial | Yes |
| Viajes | Yes | No |
| Programación familiar | No | Not documented |
| Programación para cónyuges y parejas | No | Not documented |
| Programación para la nueva generación | Yes | No |
| Debates sobre inversión | Partial | Not documented |
| Oportunidades de inversión | No | No |
| Componente filantrópico | No | No |
| Énfasis en el networking | High | High |
| Énfasis social | Low | Medium |
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