International Security Foundation

Analysis

International Security Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, International Security Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $2.1m, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.3m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, International Security Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Humanitarian Relief ($1.2m), Women of the World ($1.3m) and Mercy in Action Vineyard Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $272k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $315k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $208k, net assets of $1.1m.