Opensecuritytraining Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861180701
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Colesville, MD, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational, Technical Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,167
Expenses
$65,148
Assets
$150,492

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Xeno Kovah (President)

People named in this filing

  • Xeno Kovah (President)
  • Gerry Cardinal (Secretary)
  • Marion Michaud (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Publish free computer security training online at https: ost2.fyi

What it reported doing in 2025

Publish classes for https: ost2.fyi TC2202 https: ost2.fyi Fuzz1001 https: ost2.fyi Dbg1103 https: ost2.fyi BT2222. Overall registered students at OST2 year ending 2025 were 32,778.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.7%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.31; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.7% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.