Virginia · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,529 to it, the largest being GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($148,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation does
Mission
Usgifs purpose is to promote the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and to develop a stronger community of interest between government, industry, academia, professional organizations and individuals who share a mission focused around the development and application of geospatial intelligence to address national security objectives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To sponsor, conduct and support public discussion groups, panels, lectures and forum, to which will be invited members of the public, scientists, governmental leaders and others for an interchange of views and the instruction of the public on the topics under review. To publish and distribute educational publications relevant to civic associations, governmental bodies, libraries, schools, universities and other interested groups (educational activities shall be designed and presented in a manner that will enable the listener or reader to draw his or her own conclusions) in doing so, the foundation shall not espouse policies of positions the accomplishment of which may only be achieved by the passage or defeat of legislation. To conduct, sponsor, or promote educational programs including, but not limited to, programs for teachers, administrators and students.
$6,097,871 spent98% of program spendingTo award scholarships to students at accredited institutions of higher education to pursue geospatial intelligence disciplines, to include such areas as: geographic information systems, remote sensing, intelligence analysis, and other related topical areas.
$154,000 spentof which $154,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,251,871.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $4.5M to $10M (+128%).
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: 2021 14% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Mr Robert Cardillo
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $26k → $30k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE 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
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 62% · 2020 57% · 2021 90% · 2022 99% · 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $54k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$50k
- Department of State$4k
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 UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE 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 Virginia
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
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE 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 UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION?
- UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,529 to it, the largest being GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($148,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $246,529 in grants to UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION?
- GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $148,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION 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.
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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 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 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