Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
6 people listed on the 990-EZ; $61K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Craig Hale’s $33K as Secretarytreasurer is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 156 <$100K crime & legal nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Brian Zimmer | $28,462 | $153,514 | $183,577 | $91,154 | — |
| Brian Zimmer | — | — | — | — | $99,231 |
| Craig Hale | $32,577 | $75,257 | $69,294 | $65,112 | $60,990 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Keeping Identities Safe INC executive salaries →Programs and updates
Educates the public about security concerns regarding driver's licenses.
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In 2023, major program advances for public education about drivers license security for programs to prevent child identity theft and counteracting counterfeit IDs, aka Dont Buy that Fake ID, Keeping IDentities Safe dba Coalition for a Secure Drivers Licenses President completed work as:1.Co-Exhibitor with Document Security Alliance (DSA)…
Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-2360176) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 4, 2025 | $44K | −$8K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 7, 2024 | $476K | $460K | $16K | $128K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2023 | $78K | $467K | −$389K | $112K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 21, 2022 | $512K | $353K | $159K | $502K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 28, 2021 | $337K | $388K | −$51K | $343K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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