National Security Space Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Nssa engages across the full range of dod (title 10) and ic (title 50) equities. Through its public awareness and education activities, nssa seeks to:- inspire, support, and advance u.s. Government and industry cooperation in national security space;- provide strategic, dedicated, and active education to ensure the u.s.'s continued leadership in space;- promote robust industry and government collaboration focused on the maturation of a synergetic, full-spectrum, mission-oriented national security space enterprise;- be the nation's trusted and central platform for focused and informed engagement aimed at the prioritization of national security space efforts and missions;- develop and mature leadership perspectives and foster public and government support for national security space advancement and initiatives;- be the nation's "go-to" entity for thought leadership and independent, trusted perspectives on space and the u.s. National security and defense interests in space;- shape a holistic, mission-oriented national security space enterprise by providing expert leadership, opinion, insight, and analysis;- provide independent, thought-provoking studies and analyses aimed at fostering and illuminating substantive debate on a wide range of critical national security space topics through a dedicated center called the national security space association studies & analysis center;- make sustained u.s. Preeminence in national security space activities a bipartisan national priority;- inform the public and national leaders on the need to implement an effective and efficient governance structure to guide the u.s. National security space enterprise; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to secure stable and sufficient funding for u.s. National security space activities to foster innovation, improve agility, and accelerate research, engineering, acquisition, and sustainment of vital new national security space missions and solutions; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to increase investments in next generation technology to yield major national security space mission benefits; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to base decisions concerning future architecture and programs for national security space initiatives on rigorous systems engineering and analysis; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to address the u.s.'s vital needs for new national security space initiatives and activities while recognizing the importance of and maintaining ongoing defense and intelligence space programs; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to establish and nurture government-industry partnerships to secure u.s. Dominance in national security space activities; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to cultivate a robust, diverse, qualified national security space workforce and industrial enterprise; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to establish a coordinated u.s. Government effort to address acquiring national security space systems, technologies, and capabilities and to clarify responsibilities for such activities for the u.s.; - inform the public and national leaders on the need to develop and publish a national security space roadmap to provide insight into department of defense and intelligence community long-range plans to allow u.s. Government and industry partners to make more informed decisions in areas such as internal investments, alignment of personnel and timing of hiring decisions, and determining facility needs; and - inform the public and national leaders on the need to expand threat-information sharing between u.s. Government and industry partners.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.9%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 64.4%; rating input score 64
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th 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: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 37.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings