Virginia · Nonprofit
THE MITRE CORPORATION
THE MITRE CORPORATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,517,426 to it, the largest being BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM INC ($4,408,856). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5B
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $817M
What The Mitre Corporation does
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of The Mitre Corporation is to conduct scientific research activities in the public interest that ensure the safety and security of the united states, enabling solutions and decisions related to complex challenges of national and global significance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mitre labs serves as a national center for innovation, advancing science and technology in support of the public interest. Through its world-class technical workforce and research capabilities, mitre labs develops practical solutions for national and global challenges. Working closely with mitre's national security and public sector divisions, mitre labs provides technical expertise, research platforms and partnerships to the six federally funded research and development centers operated by mitre. It also conducts independent research to anticipate and address future mission needs.
$76,663,366 spent$2,311,152 earned by the program4% of program spendingMitre national security (mns) bridges applied science and mission-specific needs to advance the nation's security. Mns operates in the public interest by helping the u.s. Government advance the national security and national defense strategies, and address the most pressing security challenges facing our country. Mns includes the national security engineering center (nsec) federally funded research and development center which mitre has operated on behalf of the department of war (dow) for over 65 years. Mns delivers mission-critical capabilities, accelerates commercial solutions, promotes enterprise-level outcomes, and enhances system interoperability within the dow and the nation's intelligence community.
$1,235,561,356 spent58% of program spendingMitre public sector advances the health, safety, and security of all americans through the operation of five federally-funded research and development centers and public-private partnerships. Mps solves today's most pressing technology challenges, fostering cooperation between industry and the government while applying systems thinking and innovative approaches that enhance government effectiveness and mission success. Mps serves the public interest by helping to modernize mission-critical government functions and supporting technology infrastructures.
$827,006,342 spent39% of program spendingMitre engenuity conducts scientific research in the public interest, providing collaborative solutions to national challenges that require private organizations, and investors in a non-competitive space. Mitre engenuity focuses on solving complex challenges beyond what the government alone can address by engaging public and private stakeholders around the advancement of critical technologies, such cybersecurity, 5g, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, health it, and transportation.
$5,685,847 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,144,916,911.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.0B to $1.2B (+14%).
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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE MITRE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (36% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Rodney Earl Slater
Trustee, chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $1.0M.
Left out of every figure on this page: $498k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Carnegie Mellon University). These are real filings, and they are not money THE MITRE CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE MITRE CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE MITRE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 THE MITRE CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 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
THE MITRE CORPORATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 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
THE MITRE CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 42 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 42 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding THE MITRE CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.1B on record — $18.1B federal, $3.9M state.
- Department of Defense$10.1B
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.2B
- Department of Transportation$1.6B
- Department of Homeland Security$1.4B
- Department of Veterans Affairs$768.5M
- Department of the Treasury$693.2M
- MA$3.9M
- FL$2k
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 THE MITRE CORPORATION
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
89% 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 4 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Mitre Engenuity LLC · disregarded
- Mitre Australia Ltd · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MITRE CORPORATION: 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 THE MITRE CORPORATION?
- THE MITRE CORPORATION (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,517,426 to it, the largest being BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM INC ($4,408,856). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MITRE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,517,426 in grants to THE MITRE CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MITRE CORPORATION?
- BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,408,856 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MITRE CORPORATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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