Missouri · Nonprofit
Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex
Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $170k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $84k
What Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex does
Mission
To use our platform to put more people in cyber and IT jobs by creating opportunities for employers to interact with job seekers who are upskilled and ready for work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Washington University in St Louis Roundtable on Cybersecurity-The GCC plans and facilities eight Cybersecurity Roundtables a year for Washington University. Corporations invest in their Chief Information Security Officers and other Cyber leaders by providing them membership to the Cybersecurity Roundtable. Individuals who want to accelerate their career progression in Cybersecurity also join the Roundtable promoting career trajectory.
$49,394 spent59% of program spendingSPARKS-In 2024 we hosted a Spring and Fall SPARKS program. Each semester four high school students experienced what it is like to apply for a job and the teamwork it takes to stay successful once you are hired. These students had the opportunity to visit business locations and meet with cyber teams. An even more critical part of the program provides them the opportunity to demonstrate their decision making and problem solving skills through practical exercises. This program helps inform students decisions about cybersecurity and lets them build the relationships that will help shape their future after high school.
$22,071 spent26% of program spendingSecure Pathway Workshops-The Secure Pathways series of workshops with high school students has proven to generate career awareness and interest in careers in cybersecurity. High School students can spend an informative and fun day with Cybersecurity Leaders and Mentors learning and having fun while they learn. In 2024 over 405 high school students from around the St. Louis metropolitan area spent the day at the GCCs Secure Pathway Workshops in conjunction with several local universities.
$12,349 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $53k to $90k (+71%).
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.
100% of Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Maurice Mahone
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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
100% of Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
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
Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex has grown faster 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 Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex
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
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Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex: 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 Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex?
- Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $100,000 in grants to Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex?
- REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex 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.
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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 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 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