Nebraska · Nonprofit
National Strategic Research Institute
National Strategic Research Institute (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,325,887 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($2,325,887). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What National Strategic Research Institute does
Mission
National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI)'s mission is to enable deterrence of, preparedness for, and response to strategic national security threats across multiple domains through research and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) was organized to operate as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) in responding to the research and development needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). NSRI's purpose in establishing and operating the UARC is to provide a partnership between DOD and the University of Nebraska to meet the engineering, research, and technology needs of the DOD/USSTRATCOM in support of the U.S. Government's responsibility to undertake research related to advancing the science of countering threats to U.S. National Security in the areas of (1) Nuclear detection and forensics, (2) Detection of chemical and biological weapons, (3) Passive defense against weapons of mass destruction, (4) consequence management, and (5) mission-related research.
$19,967,321 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $19,967,321.
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 2023 to 2024, from $8.8M to $16M (+80%).
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: 2019 89% · 2020 87% · 2021 78% · 2022 84% · 2023 89% · 2024 89% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of National Strategic Research Institute’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Richard Evans III
Executive Director
Board chair
Carl V Van Mauney
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $728k → $486k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $870k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Nebraska Medical Center). These are real filings, and they are not money National Strategic Research Institute raised.
From the IRS filings of National Strategic Research Institute’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.
Where its funders are
National Strategic Research Institute draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nebraska, across 1 state 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
National Strategic Research Institute's revenue grew 18% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 78 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding National Strategic Research Institute receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $140.9M on record.
- Department of Defense$131.9M
- Department of State$5.4M
- Department of Energy$3.6M
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 National Strategic Research Institute
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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
Part of a family of 11 related entities
- University of Nebraska Board of Regents · exempt
- Univeristy Technology Development Corporation · exempt
- Nutech Ventures · exempt
- Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corp · exempt
- Unemed Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Strategic Research Institute: 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 Strategic Research Institute?
- National Strategic Research Institute (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,325,887 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($2,325,887). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Strategic Research Institute have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,325,887 in grants to National Strategic Research Institute, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Strategic Research Institute?
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $2,325,887 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Strategic Research Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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