Global Center for Cybersecurity at Cortex
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851132854
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $170,000
- Expenses
- $138,758
- Assets
- $90,416
- Liabilities
- $6,307
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joshua Jaffe (President)
- Josh Knopp (Vice President)
- Maurice Mahone (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Joshua Jaffe (President)
- Josh Knopp (Vice President)
- Roshunda Martin (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To use our platform to put more people in cyber and IT jobs by creating opportunities for employers to interact with job seekers who are upskilled and ready for work.
What it reported doing in 2024
SPARKS-In 2024 we hosted a Spring and Fall SPARKS program. Each semester four high school students experienced what it is like to apply for a job and the teamwork it takes to stay successful once you are hired. These students had the opportunity to visit business locations and meet with cyber teams. An even more critical part of the program provides them the opportunity to demonstrate their decision making and problem solving skills through practical exercises. This program helps inform students decisions about cybersecurity and lets them build the relationships that will help shape their future after high school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.3%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 60.4%; rating input score 60
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.4%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.3% of revenue deployed · 60.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.