United States Cyber Consequences Unit
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208747503
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Norwich, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8022999081
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Computer Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,271
- Expenses
- $69,013
- Assets
- $2,265
- Liabilities
- $800
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT L BORG (PRESIDENT/CEO/CHIEF ECONOM)
People named in this filing
- SCOTT L BORG (PRESIDENT/CEO/CHIEF ECONOM)
- JOHN N BUMGARNER (RESEARCH DIR. FOR SECURITY)
- C WARREN AXELROD (RES. DIR. FOR FIN. SRVCS ()
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the us-ccu is to investigate what sorts of cyber-attacks are actually possible and what their consequences would be, to provide this information and analysis to the relevant industries and government departments, to offer tools for improving cyber-security to cyber-security professionals in america and abroad, and to disseminate reliable information about cyber-security to the media and the general public.
What it reported doing in 2015
During 2015, the us-ccu carried out a comprehensive review of all the cyber-security defenses currently employed by corporations and government agencies. This resulted in a list of over a thousand cyber-security measures that can be used to prevent cyber attackers from achieving their objectives. The us-ccu identified which of these measures that are currently employed by only a small number of pioneering organizations have already been shown to be effective. It also added a few measures that have not yet been put into practice, but that were demonstrated to be effective in test environments. The resulting list of security measures was then organized using a new and more practical strategic framework. This massive research effort will result in a powerful, new cyber-security tool, which the us-ccu will make available for free in 2016. In addition to this groundbreaking research, the us-ccu continued during 2015 to provide courses for cyber-security practitioners and briefings for journalists and leaders.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -56.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.