British American Security Information Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521637281
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2025468055
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $92,106
- Expenses
- $134,723
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL INGRAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- PAUL INGRAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $56,597 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We look to a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons, formalized in negotiated treaties, established by a cooperative global security agenda. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are inseparable. They are both essential to global security, and to greater international trust and confidence. Basic looks to develop and use our established reputation as a respected and trusted independent source of information, ideas and perspectives to strengthen the international momentum gathering behind both these processes in the united states and in europe. We aim to do so by facilitating informed dialogue and debate in an inclusive manner that is at once realistic and transformational, and addresses security concerns directly. We are focusing our efforts on encouraging everyone to engage with an open mind in the search for more sustainable global security.
What it reported doing in 2015
The next generation project aims to transcend the stale technical debate and circular arguments that maintain our dependency on nuclear deterrence. The project is bringing new voices focused on future scenarios rather than historical precedent into the debate and inspiring the next generiaton of policy shapers to develop and apply experience beyond the nuclear field. We seek to stimulate awareness of the context in which nuclear weapons policy sits and to make it relevant. This is in turn will drive more public awareness and increase political and public support for significant changes in policy and institutions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -46.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $128K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.