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US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,372,669 to it, the largest being BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ($1,589,093). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $74M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What US Civilian Research & Development Foundation does
Mission
Crdf global facilitates scientific collaborations between countries, promotes safe and responsible science, encourages entrepreneurship that supports economic growth, and improves the capacity of individual scientists and institutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Security assistance:crdf global partners with international government agencies, industry, academia, and non-government organizations to develop solutions to mitigate the proliferation of cbrne threats and the intentional and accidental misuse of these materials. Our projects strengthen international safety and security culture by enhancing risk management practices, improving in-country detection and response capabilities, securing facilities, and encouraging collaborative partnerships to reduce risk. In addition, our programs enhance national export control regulation and the interdiction and detection capabilities of border security forces. We enhance regional, interagency, and industry coordination among stakeholders, building partner nation capacity to prevent transshipment of illicit goods, detect falsified information and improve the security infrastructure of land, air, and sea borders.
$57,077,265 spentof which $2,162,055 as grants77% of program spendingGlobal health:crdf global advances global health security through: international research collaboration, building capacity to prevent, detect and respond to infectious diseases threats; facilitating the elimination, security, detection and surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens and strengthening the capability of partners to detect and facilitating the elimination, security, detection and surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens and strengthening the capability of partners to detect and interdict weapons of mass destruction related to trafficking across borders or through maritime jurisdictions.
$12,051,314 spentof which $258,860 as grants$2,625,697 earned by the program16% of program spendingDevelopment & exchanges:crdf global builds and manages comprehensive, sustainable cybersecurity programs that strengthen critical infrastructure, improve private and public sector cyber workforces, and build resilient cybersecurity institutions. Our projects foster entrepreneurial cultures and strengthen in-country capacities to catalyze local innovation. By supporting technology companies with access to industry best practices and gateways to local and international markets; and analyzing regional barriers and constraints that impede innovation and entrepreneurship. Crdf develops tailored growth strategies to strengthen the innovation ecosystem within a country, market sector, or region.
$5,222,421 spentof which $22,401 as grants7% of program spendingCrdf funded programs to further the organizations mission to support security assistance and development.
$13,109 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $74,364,109.
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 2019 to 2020, from $53M to $80M (+49%).
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 81% · 2018 85% · 2019 86% · 2020 90% · 2021 92% · 2022 93% · 2023 86% · 2024 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% 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.
Chief executive
Michael Dignam
CEO & president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $201k → $533k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 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
US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 39% · 2019 66% · 2020 71% · 2021 72% · 2022 38% · 2023 33% — 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
33% of US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $240k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 149 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $364.1M on record.
- Department of State$205.9M
- National Science Foundation$87.2M
- Department of Agriculture$44.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$22.3M
- Agency for International Development$3.0M
- Department of Energy$863k
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 US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 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 US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,372,669 to it, the largest being BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ($1,589,093). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,372,669 in grants to US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,589,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US CIVILIAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 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.
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 13 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