Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc
Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being The Stanton Foundation ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc does
Mission
To inform and educate the American public on issues of national security and advocate for a strong national foreign policy that best serves the interests of the United States.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Organization continues to engage with and inform the public about American national security policy. Personnel advocated for a strong foreign policy through media outlet interviews, public speaking opportunities, and the public dissemination of scholarly articles via its website.
$358,814 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $358,814.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $5.1M (+47%).
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.
97% of Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Kathleen Flavin
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc’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
Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc: 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 Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc?
- Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being The Stanton Foundation ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $55,500 in grants to Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc?
- The Stanton 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 Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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