Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Security Foundation
THE SECURITY FOUNDATION helps protect united states citizens and interests at home and abroad through education, information sharing and funding security-related organizations.
- $10k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Security Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $100k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostage US Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Diplomatic Security Foundation Incorporated | $60,070 | 3 | 16% |
| Girl Security an Illinois Not for Profit Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| James W Foley Legacy Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Security Foundation
- How much does The Security Foundation give?
- The Security Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Security Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (45%), Philanthropy (26%), International (21%).
- Who are The Security Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Hostage US Inc ($95k), Diplomatic Security Foundation Incorporated ($60k), Girl Security an Illinois Not for Profit Corporation ($50k).
- Does The Security Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Security Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Security Foundation based?
- The Security Foundation is based in DC.
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