Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE SECURITY FOUNDATION
THE SECURITY FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,372 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($72,732). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $270k
- Net assets
- $988k
What The Security Foundation does
Mission
The Security Foundation helps protect united states citizens and interests at home and abroad through education, information sharing and funding security-related organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Security Foundation enhances the security of personnel and operations of u.s. Organizations worldwide by promoting the regular exchange of security information among private and public sector individuals and organizations. In addition, the organization fosters local and regional training symposia and other educational forums in order to advance awareness of immediate and long-term security threats, advances the identification and deployment of effective preventative countermeasures to security threats, and encourages effective emergency contingency planning and response. The Security Foundation (tsf) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit enabling a safer, more secure future for u.s. Interests and citizens around the world. Tsf accelerates and enhances the impact of public-private collaboration through purposeful investments, an education-first mindset and a future-focused vision, creating a meaningful impact across the country, globe and multiple sectors. Tsf enhances education through security information exchange programs, symposia and networking programs. The foundation also raises funds from the private sector to enhance osac's and dsac's vital public- private partnerships to work…
$1,243,028 spentof which $10,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,243,028.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+31%).
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.
105% of THE SECURITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $37k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 THE SECURITY FOUNDATION’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
THE SECURITY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
88% 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 SECURITY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 44% · 2021 57% · 2022 51% · 2023 42% — 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
60% of THE SECURITY FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $108k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $162k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
THE SECURITY FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SECURITY FOUNDATION
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 THE SECURITY FOUNDATION: 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 SECURITY FOUNDATION?
- THE SECURITY FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,372 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($72,732). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SECURITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $270,372 in grants to THE SECURITY FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SECURITY FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $72,732 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SECURITY FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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