Comparison · 10 material differences
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. vs The Real Estate Roundtable
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Verified September 2026
Invitation-only community
Verified September 2026 The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
Executive-level leaders of large businesses based in or connected to the Washington, D.C. region
Invitation-only community
The Real Estate Roundtable
Chairs, presidents and chief executives of the largest US real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms, plus the elected heads of national real estate trade…
What the records say
- Role or title: The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.: Executive-level leader of a top-tier business; The Real Estate Roundtable: Roundtable membership: chairman, CEO, president or managing director (or functional equivalent) of a national, market-leading real estate entity, or the elected head of a major real estate trade association.
- Geographic restriction: The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.: Based in the Washington region, or elsewhere in the United States; The Real Estate Roundtable: United States.
- Annual dues: The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.: Not publicly disclosed. The Club states that "annual membership dues cover the cost of attendance" at regularly scheduled Signature Events but does not publish the amount.; The Real Estate Roundtable: Not publicly disclosed.
Side by side
| The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. | The Real Estate Roundtable | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Invitation-only community | Invitation-only community |
| Founded | 1986 (Formed in 1986 to give business leaders in the Washington region a forum for discussion of economic issues, at a point when the area was becoming a corporate centre in its own right.) | 1999 (Formed in 1999, when the National Realty Committee became The Real Estate Roundtable, per Wikipedia. The underlying legal entity, Real Estate Roundtable Inc, carries an IRS ruling date of October 1978.) |
| Headquarters | Washington, United States | Washington, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Metropolitan Washington, D.C., with members also drawn from businesses operating elsewhere in the United States and abroad | United States; a single Washington DC-based national body with no chapters |
| Members | 1,000as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. The Roundtable's member roster is behind a member login. Wikipedia states each of the two membership tiers is capped at 100 members, which would imply an upper bound of about 200, but the Roundtable itself publishes no figure. It does say its 18 national trade association partners represent more than one million people. |
| Chapters | No chapters. The Club takes part in a reciprocity programme with the Economic Clubs of New York and Chicago. | No chapters; the Roundtable operates as a single national organisation meeting in Washington DC. |
| Primary audience | Executive-level leaders of large businesses based in or connected to the Washington, D.C. region | Chairs, presidents and chief executives of the largest US real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms, plus the elected heads of national real estate trade associations |
| Typical member | Members include heads of regional and national corporations, entrepreneurs, investment professionals, government-affairs experts, lawyers, accountants and other business leaders from the Washington region. The Club states that no industry, profession or field of expertise is over-represented, and caps membership at two people from any one company. | The Roundtable publishes a breakdown of its membership as 67 percent owners, 20 percent financial services, 3 percent asset managers and 10 percent real estate trade organisations. It states that members collectively manage more than 12 billion square feet of commercial space and more than four million apartments. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Executive-level leader of a top-tier businessThe Club describes membership as "exclusive to executive-level leaders of top tier businesses". No revenue or company-size test is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Roundtable membership: chairman, CEO, president or managing director (or functional equivalent) of a national, market-leading real estate entity, or the elected head of a major real estate trade associationRoundtable members attend four Washington meetings a year.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | Based in the Washington region, or elsewhere in the United StatesThe Club's two membership pages differ slightly: one restricts membership to leaders "based in the Washington region", the other says "whether based in the Washington region or elsewhere in the US".verified September 2026 · source ↗ | United StatesThe organisation is the public policy advocate for the US commercial real estate industry and meets in Washington DC.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | Yes | Yes |
| Sponsor required | Yes | Not documented |
| Application process | A current member nominates the candidate and a second member from a different organisation seconds the nomination. The candidate's biography and application form, including the nominating member's statement of support, are submitted to the Club. The Membership Committee meets regularly to consider nominations, weighing business and professional achievement, government and diplomatic service, civic leadership and area of expertise, and applying the two-members-per-company cap. | There is no open application. The organisation describes itself as invitation-only and directs interested parties to a membership inquiry form; eligibility turns on the applicant's role and the scale of their firm. Nothing is published about who nominates, how candidates are reviewed, or how long the process takes. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. No acceptance rate or applicant volume is published; the Club reports growing to nearly 1,000 members. | Not publicly disclosed. No acceptance rate is published and the member roster is restricted to members. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. The Club states that "annual membership dues cover the cost of attendance" at regularly scheduled Signature Events but does not publish the amount.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Event costs | Members may invite a limited number of guests to each event "for a reasonable fee"; the amount is not published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | The Roundtable publishes no dues figures. Its 2024 IRS Form 990 reports total revenue of about $8.0m, but the filing summary available does not break that down per member. |
| Membership term | Annual dues; term length is not publicly disclosed | Not documented |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | A series of Signature Events through the year, plus smaller group gatherings | Four Washington DC meetings a year for Roundtable members; two a year for President's Council members |
| Peer forums | Signature Events with invited speakers, supplemented by small group gatherings; no standing confidential forums are described | Policy committees (tax, capital and credit, energy, homeland security, sustainability) rather than peer forums |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed; the Club publishes speaker material and media advisories | Not publicly disclosed; committee rosters and the member roster are restricted to logged-in members |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | No | No |
| Online community | Partial | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Partial |
| Leadership development | Partial | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | No |
| Investment discussions | Partial | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Low |
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