National Intelligence University Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452763650
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7036316166
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Peace and Security
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,082
- Expenses
- $91,311
- Assets
- $477,294
- Liabilities
- $32,231
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAPT Ray Cross USN Ret (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- GEN Michael V Hayden USAF Ret (Chairman)
- Honorable Susan M Gordon (Vice Chair)
- Honorable Jeffrey Harris (Director)
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
Support educational and degreed programs at NIU
What it reported doing in 2024
Supported various seminars and panel discussions for students at NIU with experts in the fields of AI Cyber security threat analysis and assessment and data collection relative to national security threats
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -117%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.23; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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 7/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.