Intelligence and National Security Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521161757
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7032244672
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,540,175
- Expenses
- $4,317,941
- Assets
- $3,609,977
- Liabilities
- $2,396,167
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUZANNE WILSON HECKENBERG (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN M DOYON (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SUZANNE WILSON HECKENBERG (PRESIDENT): $452,563 total reported compensation
- JOHN M DOYON (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $313,031 total reported compensation
- BISHOP GARRISON (VP FOR POLICY (UNTIL 06/25)): $220,564 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Intelligence and national security alliance (insa) provides a non-partisan forum for collaboration among the public, private, and academic sectors of the intelligence and national security communities that bring together committed experts in and out of government to identify, develop, and promote practical and creative solutions to national security problems.
What it reported doing in 2024
In fy25, the organization shaped national security priorities by hosting 28 in-person and virtual programs, including webinars, panels, dinners, symposiums, and award ceremonies. These events facilitated critical dialogue among senior leaders and engaged over 11,000 participants. Our signature programs, the intelligence and national security summit and the baker dinner, achieved record attendance, underscoring our impact on the community. We furthered our reputation as a leading voice through the publication of five white papers and editorials along with 29 podcast episodes. These contributions provided expert analysis on essential topics ranging from insider threats and clearance reform to ai policy recommendations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $453K · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $119K reported
- Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.