Ns2 Serves

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464244747
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Herndon, VA, USA
Phone
5716127888
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Job Training

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,850
Expenses
$35,420
Assets
$17,713
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOSEPH KERNAN (CHAIRMAN)
  • LAURA CARMACK (BOARD MEMBER)
  • LAURA RIFFE (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ns2 serves is an independent, nonprofit organization established by sap national security services that offers training and employment assistance to recent veterans.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ns2 serves is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established by sap national security services, inc. (sap ns2) to give back to the community it serves by training and employing veterans in high tech careers. The course is open to post-9/11 military service veterans and reservists (including disabled veterans) and gold star spouses who meet certain eligibility requirements. As its signature initiative, ns2 serves is offering training and employment to recent veterans of u.s. National security missions. Full-time paid participants will be trained in world class software solutions that support u.s. National security, leading to certifications that are valuable in many career paths in the u.s. And globally. The training program is modeled on the successful mawared.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.