Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT
TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,330,500 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($895,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $-98216
What Truman National Security Project does
Mission
We offer timely, principled, and innovative solutions to pressing national security challenges. We envision an inclusive us national security policy that makes american lives better because it advances democracy, human rights, prosperity, and security at home and abroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy: tnsp engages in advocacy activities such as public education, town hall meetings, speaking events, and media to affect policies seen as essential to our country's national security. These advocacy activities are nonpartisan and take place across the united states. Advocacy issues are chosen for their salience to america's security in the 21st century - from the importance of american leadership globally, to reducing our reliance on oil, rationalizing our budget, and other policy choices that affect whether america can remain a strong country whose policies are based in our founding values. Advocacy campaigns may involve working with a number of other organizations who share our policy views and may be engaged in project title - such as operation free - denotes activities across a group of organizations.
$530,881 spent$5,450 earned by the program84% of program spendingLeadership development programs: the organization trains rising leaders as truman security fellows, political partners, and defense council members. The leaders represent who are activists, elected officials, and communications consultants. Truman's unique and innovative national security education, training, and advocacy program prepares our fellows, partners, and defense council members to reach, learn from, inform, educate, and train national security leaders for today and the next generation. With all three groups, the organization teaches them about defense, development, diplomacy, and democracy policy (among other key national security topics) through a series of curated "101" training programs (e.g., military 101, development 101, climate & energy 101 and others). We also offer all three groups a leadership development seminar, including a structured mentorship program during their associate (first) year as truman members. We also offer advanced educational opportunities to strengthen and hone members' cache and standing as leading experts in their fields, as well as practical skills building in communication and messaging, among other skills, to assist in their…
$58,975 spent$112,968 earned by the program9% of program spendingNational security education (training): tnsp offers a certified training program for its more advanced leaders, who in turn, offer trainings for other organizations on issues of national security interest, such as military 101 training for civilian leaders to understand the military, city and state diplomacy 101 training for leaders to understand the relationship between foreign policy, national security and state and local engagement. The organization of engages in writing and media appearances in national and state publications, radio, and television on a variety of national security and foreign policy topics.
$45,585 spent$28,242 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $635,441.
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 $1.2M to $618k (−48%).
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.
31% of TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mark Lindsay
Acting chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $390k → $305k.
From the IRS filings of TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT’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
TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 46% · 2021 71% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
67% of TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. 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.
Against its field
TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT's revenue fell 58% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Truman Center for National Policy · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT?
- TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,330,500 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($895,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,330,500 in grants to TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT?
- Democracy Fund Voice Inc is the largest funder on record, with $895,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT 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.
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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 6 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