Program areas at MRC
Merchant Risk Council's programs, goals, and objectives are built on four pillars - collaboration, networking, education, and advocacy. With those fundamental pillars as the guiding principles, Merchant Risk Council (MRC) hosted two in-person conferences, welcoming payments and fraud professionals from around the world and providing an environment for learning, sharing industry insights and best practices, and networking. To continually offer different ways for industry professionals to get together, collaborate, and learn from colleagues, the MRC also hosted a number of virtual summits on trending industry topics, as well as in-person regional networking events in the americas, europe, and asia-pacific.
The MRC leveraged its extensive institutional knowledge and relationships across the payments and fraud prevention industries to develop an unprecedented certification program. Certified payments and fraud prevention professional (cpfpp) certification provides verified proof of expertise for anyone hoping to advance their career in the related fields.
The MRC places great value on industry education and provides educational content through webinars, workshops, and an ever-expanding catalog of accredited online courses on topics relevant to payments and fraud prevention professionals.
Personnel at MRC
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Julie Fergerson | Chief Executive Officer | $343,753 | 2025-03-25 |
| Julie Lynch | Vice President , Finance and Administration | $124,361 | 2025-03-25 |
| Kerry Langstaff | Vice President, Marketing | | 2023-08-06 |
| Tracy Brown | Vice President , Programs and Technology | $222,070 | 2025-03-25 |
| Rhianna Collier | Vice President , Membership and Events | $163,405 | 2025-03-25 |
| ...and 26 more key personnel |
Financials for MRC
| Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $0 | $573,055 | -100% |
| Program services | $9,268,987 | $8,598,009 | 7.8% |
| Investment income and dividends | $123,250 | $4,226 | 2816.5% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $9,392,237 | $9,175,290 | 2.4% |
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Data update history
November 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 18, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 10, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
August 7, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Trade associationsBusiness and community development organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Science and technologyBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsOperates internationally
General information
- Address
- 8201 164th Ave Ne 200
- Redmond, WA 98052
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- County
- King County, WA
- Website URL
- merchantriskcouncil.org/Â
- Phone
- (206) 364-2789
- Twitter profile
- @merchriskÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 13-4142147
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2000
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- No
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- S41: Promotion of Business
- NAICS code, primary
- 813910: Trade Associations
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
California AB-488 details
- AB 488 status
- Not Operating or In Process of Dissolving
- Charity Registration status
- Withdrawn
- FTB status revoked
- Not revoked
- AG Registration Number
- CT0212588
- FTB Entity ID
- 3720162
- AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
- 2025-03-19
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