Missouri · Nonprofit
CyberUp
CyberUp (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $507,823 to it, the largest being CORTEX ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $508k
- Net assets
- $791k
What CyberUp does
Mission
To elevate the cybersecurity workforce by igniting curiosity, developing talent, and transforming career pathways.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
LevelUp: We develop candidates from overlooked backgrounds with the motivation and grit to become cyber professionals. LevelUp Training courses are designed for adults to be able to maintain their current job and busy lifestyles while pursuing a career in cybersecurity. Our Instructor-Led training class is a 6-month course that meets 1 night per week and is 100% virtual. The class focuses on CompTIA Security+ curriculum, hands-on-labs, and professional development. Candidates earn their Security+ certification at the end of the class. In 2025, 129 candidates enrolled in LevelUp Training with a total of 16,250 training hours completed. continued on schedule OLevelUp Apprenticeship: We transform how employers attract, upskill, and retain their workforce through high-quality apprenticeships. Related Training Instruction: Each apprentice receives an additional certification during their 12-month program. Certifications are customizable based on employer's needs and aligned with the future role of each apprentice. Mentorship: Apprentices have monthly check-ins with our Apprenticeship Coordinator, participate in monthly mentor meetups, and other professional development opportunities.…
$769,794 spent$218,666 earned by the program80% of program spendingPowerUp: We ignite the curiosity of K-12 students to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow. K-8 Cyber Safety: Using industry volunteers in elementary and middle school classrooms, PowerUp creates more informed digital citizens and inspires future industry leaders with free, hands-on lessons. We supply all materials and lesson plans for these free, hands-on activities. 6-12 Career Exploration: Bring awareness of the pathways available to students, whether that be college or an alternative option, to show them how they can work in this amazing, growing industry. Share experiences and advice with future professionals. In 2025, 889 students were "ignited" through PowerUp.
$197,412 spent20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $967,206.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $448k to $737k (+64%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of CyberUp’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Tony Bryan
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $11k → $244k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 CyberUp’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
CyberUp has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
89% 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 CyberUp.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 41% · 2022 33% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.
“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
75% of CyberUp's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
62% of CyberUp's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $130k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CyberUp holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CyberUp receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- Department of Commerce$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CyberUp
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CyberUp: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds CyberUp?
- CyberUp (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $507,823 to it, the largest being CORTEX ($150,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CyberUp have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $507,823 in grants to CyberUp, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CyberUp?
- CORTEX is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CyberUp find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds CyberUp →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 12 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