Virginia · Nonprofit
Culper
Culper (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,348 to it, the largest being CM BASS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $207k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $68k
What Culper does
Mission
Culper is an exclusive community providing a powerful network and purposeful programming to support national security professionals at every stage of their professional journey. We are a non-partisan, unclassified,and volunteer-driven organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Culper Annual Conference: CulperCon is the annual flagship conference held every September in Washington, D.C. CulperCon2024 brought together 500 Culper members, hosted 3 keynote speakers including senior national security professionals and Congressional leadership, and showcased over 50 Culper members as presenters and panelists. We were supported by 13 corporate sponsors. Feedback: I wanted to hear from the industrys best , and CulperCon definitely delivered. In terms of value for the cost and time, this was the best networking opportunity Ive ever attended.
$68,043 spent$29,367 earned by the program68% of program spendingMeet-Ups; Culper Hosts social events nationwide centered on themes of interest to the Culper community. In 2024 Culper hosted a dozen events in locations including Washington, DC, Seattle, LA, and Dallas. These events are funded through our corporate sponsors or donations.
$15,977 spent16% of program spendingCulper Cohorts (career transition program) is a competitive, free 6-week professional transition program offering resume workshops, mock interviews, compensation negotiations, and executive coaching. Cohorts run in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
$13,100 spent13% of program spendingMentoring Program:A peer-to-peer mentoring network with 80+ member volunteers offering guidance at every career stage.
$3,275 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $100,395.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Culper’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
Culper leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 Culper.
“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.
Where its funders are
55% of Culper'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Culper runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Culper
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Culper: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Culper?
- Culper (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,348 to it, the largest being CM BASS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Culper have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $55,348 in grants to Culper.
- Who is the largest funder of Culper?
- CM BASS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Culper 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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