Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $315,000 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $315k
- Net assets
- $440k
What National Security Space Association Inc does
Mission
Nssa is solely dedicated to the national security space enterprise. It works to foster long-term cooperation among industry and government officials, leading the way with expert opinion, insight and analysis. Nssa is devoted to fostering a holistic, mission-oriented workforce that will shape the face of national security space for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Nssa discontinued its sifu program
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Nssa engages across the full range of dod (title 10) and ic (title 50) equities. Through its public awareness and education activities, nssa seeks to:- inspire, support, and advance u.s. Government and industry cooperation in national security space;- provide strategic, dedicated, and active education to ensure the u.s.'s continued leadership in space;- promote robust industry and government collaboration focused on the maturation of a synergetic, full-spectrum, mission-oriented national security space enterprise;- be the nation's trusted and central platform for focused and informed engagement aimed at the prioritization of national security space efforts and missions;- develop and mature leadership perspectives and foster public and government support for national security space advancement and initiatives;- be the nation's "go-to" entity for thought leadership and independent, trusted perspectives on space and the u.s. National security and defense interests in space;- shape a holistic, mission-oriented national security space enterprise by providing expert leadership, opinion, insight, and analysis;- provide independent, thought-provoking studies and analyses aimed at…
$1,463,055 spent$761,465 earned by the program92% of program spendingThe moorman center for space studies serves as the association's thought leadership hub. The moorman center works to foster enhanced cooperation and information sharing between us industry and us government officials, through expert opinion, impactful programming, and insightful and actionable analysis and recommendations. The center conducts research, publishes scholarly papers, and convenes public and private classified and unclassified events that foster practical solutions to the highly complex issues and challenges facing the u.s. National security space enterprise. The spacetime interview series conducts insightful interviews with key u.s. National security space officials, policymakers and operators, thereby promoting information sharing between the us government and us industry on critical national security space programs, issues and developments.
$119,343 spent8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,582,398.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $107k to $353k (+230%).
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.
65% of NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Joseph K Dodd
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $50k → $250k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION 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
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster 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
Organizations like NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 15 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION 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 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC?
- NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $315,000 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $315,000 in grants to NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC?
- SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE ASSOCIATION INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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