Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY
GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750,784 to it, the largest being FOURTH FREEDOM FORUM INC ($1,687,359). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $66k
What Global Center on Cooperative Security does
Mission
Gccs seeks to achieve lasting security by advancing inclusive, human rights-based policies, partnerships, and practices that address the root causes of violent extremism. We deliver solutions that are globally informed and locally grounded.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Financial integrity and inclusion: we promote transparent and equitable financial systems that curb terrorism and illicit finance. In 2024, we continued to deepen anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (aml/cft) capacities in the asia pacific, east africa, west africa, middle east, and western balkans. Our programs focus on the financing of isil affiliates, virtual assets and cryptocurrency, financial investigations, risk-based supervision, and protecting non-profit organizations from terrorism financing abuse. We advised international policymakers on improving global financial transparency to combat corruption and kleptocracy and continued promoting meaningful collaboration between government and civil society on the design and implementation of cft measures that safeguard civic space, human rights, and non-profit operations.
$2,046,443 spentof which $144,765 as grants53% of program spendingPreventing violent extremism: we foster partnerships between civil society, governments, the private sector, and multilateral institutions to collaboratively address terrorism. In 2024, we continued to provide pilot funding and capacity development support to civil societyorganizations on community resilience, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and rehabilitation and reintegration across africa and south and southeast asia. In the maghreb, we facilitated a network of regional experts to produce localized research on the drivers of violent extremism, returning foreign fighters, and transnational organized crime networks. We developed a toolkit on gender-responsive approaches to counterterrorism, which will be used in a new initiative with practitioners in the philippines. Drawing on our programs, we hosted a series of roundtable events to connect national experts with policymakers at the united nations ("un"). Our sixth independent review of the un's counterterrorism efforts and entities was published, and we are continuing to lead global consultations on an independent mechanism for civil society to engage with the un.
$1,118,570 spentof which $86,633 as grants29% of program spendingCriminal justice and rule of law: we advance accountable and accessible criminal justice systems that uphold human rights and the rule of law in context of counterterrorism. In 2024, we continued working with national prison systems in kenya, indonesia, and morocco to institutionalize human rights-based approaches to the management, rehabilitation, and reintegration of violent extremist prisoners. In morocco, we began expanding our work to provide a train-the-trainers program on gender-responsive approaches for women involved in or impacted by violent extremism, terrorism, and other forms of conflict. We also concluded a program with the law enforcement training academy in the maldives to foster a policing culture that proactively addresses the needs of communities.
$664,321 spentof which $112,699 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,829,334.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.3M to $3.5M (+51%).
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: 2018 77% · 2019 85% · 2020 96% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 90% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Eelco Kessels
Executive director
Board chair
David Mcgowan
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $908k → $22k.
From the IRS filings of GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY’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
GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 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
GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY 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
GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.8M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.4M on record.
- Department of State$18.4M
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 GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY: 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 ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY?
- GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750,784 to it, the largest being FOURTH FREEDOM FORUM INC ($1,687,359). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,750,784 in grants to GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY?
- FOURTH FREEDOM FORUM INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,687,359 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL CENTER ON COOPERATIVE SECURITY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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