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CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION

CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $230,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($230,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$3k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$230k
Net assets
$177k
0/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Cyber Conflict Studies Association does

Mission

CCSA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and leading a diversified research agenda in the field of cyber conflict. To achieve this, CCSA promotes and leads international intellectual development efforts to advance the field of cyber conflict research. These activities include workshops that bring together professionals from industry, academia and government to discuss strategic issues surrounding cyber conflict and the publication of insightful research articles and position papers. CCSA also plays an important role in our national cyber-readiness strategy, serving as a resource for national security decision-makers and helping to frame and promote national cyber conflict policy.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.

Program

State of the Field Conference: CCSA organized a State of the Field Conference, In State of the Field Conference: CCSA organized a State of the Field Conference whereby experts were able to discuss the state of research in the field of cyber conflict.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3k) Expenses 100 ($21k) Net assets 100 ($32k)2018 Revenue 2803 ($74k) Expenses 73 ($15k) Net assets 290 ($93k)2019 Revenue 8767 ($232k) Expenses 363 ($76k) Net assets 774 ($249k)2020 Revenue 108 ($3k) Expenses 356 ($75k) Net assets 550 ($177k)
2017201820192020
Revenue (108)Expenses (356)Net assets (550)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $93k to $249k (+167%).

$32k
$93k
$249k
$177k
2017201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$18k
’17
$59k
’18
$156k
’19
−$72k
’20
39
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION’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.

Where its funders are

CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION

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In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DE

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION: 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 CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION?
CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $230,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($230,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $230,000 in grants to CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION.
Who is the largest funder of CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION?
THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $230,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CYBER CONFLICT STUDIES ASSOCIATION 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 1 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