Virginia · Nonprofit
SECURITY STUDIES GROUP
SECURITY STUDIES GROUP (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $542,800 to it, the largest being AMERICA MATTERS ($542,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $543k
- Net assets
- $-8800
What Security Studies Group does
Mission
Security Studies Group focuses on defending the value of american power against the true threats we face. Both the legislative and executive branches need rapid access to concise and factual data to inform strategic re-orientation in counterterrorism and national security policy.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
We have four full-time members who work on the following subject areas: iran, china, russia, isis, rogue nuclear states, counterterrorism, defense budget, and other national security topics as needed. We produce white papers based on originial research and incorporating existing information. We present these at seminars and conferences as well as online outlets like foxnews.com
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
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 $68k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $334k → $172k.
From the IRS filings of SECURITY STUDIES GROUP’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
100% of SECURITY STUDIES GROUP's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
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.
Organizations like SECURITY STUDIES GROUP
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
3% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SECURITY STUDIES GROUP: 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 SECURITY STUDIES GROUP?
- SECURITY STUDIES GROUP (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $542,800 to it, the largest being AMERICA MATTERS ($542,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SECURITY STUDIES GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $542,800 in grants to SECURITY STUDIES GROUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SECURITY STUDIES GROUP?
- AMERICA MATTERS is the largest funder on record, with $542,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SECURITY STUDIES GROUP 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), 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