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CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION
CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,285 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($93,021). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $919k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $162k
What Center for Cyber Safety and Education does
Mission
The primary mission of the Center for Cyber Safety and Education(center) is to conduct the charitable and educational activities of international information system security certification consortium, inc., (isc2), as permitted under rev. Rul. 54-243. (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
50 by 50: the center's 50 by 50 program is a global initiative to elevate women's voices, innovation, and leadership in cybersecurity, with the goal of creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce with women making up 50% by 2050. It focuses on career awareness, mentoring, communities, education, financial access, employment pathways, holistic support, and visibility. Using this framework charts the path from intention to impact and supports careers from youth to senior leadership.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Scholarships: the center's scholarship program provides academic scholarships to those studying in the information security or cyber security fields. The center provides financial and educational support to women, undergraduates, graduates, and veterans.in the past eleven years, the center has awarded over $2 million in financial aid.
$263,712 spentof which $75,310 as grants41% of program spending50 by 50: the center's 50 by 50 program is a global initiative to elevate women's voices, innovation, and leadership in cybersecurity, with the goal of creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce with women making up 50% by 2050. It focuses on career awareness, mentoring, communities, education, financial access, employment pathways, holistic support, and visibility. Using this framework charts the path from intention to impact and supports careers from youth to senior leadership.
$106,788 spent17% of program spendingSafe and secure: the center's safe and secure online program provides resources for the general public to become more knowledgeable about safe online practices. The program is designed to provide a general knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and safety concerns that using the internet pose. Each lesson builds on various topics including cyber security, cyber ethics, and protections from online predators. Volunteers deliver presentations to the general public through virtual and in-person sessions. The program has been designed to benefit all ages as the lessons are geared toward children, parents, and adults alike.
$95,510 spent15% of program spendingOutreach
$91,846 spent14% of program spendingWomen's scholarship
$22,000 spentof which $22,000 as grants3% of program spendingCertification scholarship
$21,858 spentof which $2,887 as grants3% of program spending1mcc (1 million certified in cybersecurity boost): the center provides financial support to help those with the most need to travel to the entry level certified in cybersecurity exam and pay the first year annual maintenance fee. In addition, volunteers provide support such as mentorship and study sessions.
$8,572 spent1% of program spendingOther programs
$28,740 spent4% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $639,026.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $380k to $206k (−46%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
102% of CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Debra Taylor
Acting CEO & CFO
Board chair
Zachary Tudor
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $26k → $41k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5.4M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest International Information System Security Certification Consortium Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION raised.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 94% · 2019 52% · 2020 89% · 2021 74% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $83k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $201k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
27%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- International Information System Security Cert Consortium Inc · exempt
- Isc2 Limited 1 · corp_trust
- Isc2 Limited 2 · corp_trust
- Isc2 Pte Ltd · corp_trust
- Isc2 Gmbh · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION?
- CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,285 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($93,021). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $201,285 in grants to CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $93,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing