Hacking for Defense Incorporated EIN 81-2345565 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Hacking for Defense Incorporated FY2021 filing

Not yet claimed Claim this org →

Fosters campus innovation and entrepreneurship to solve national security challenges. For fiscal year 2021 it reported $2.2M in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, and $1.3M in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Public Safety & Disaster
Location
Arlington, VA
Website
www.commonmission.us
Filings
5 on file (2021–2021)
Revenue
$2.2MFY2021
Expenses
$1.4M
Net assets
$1.3M
People
4
Filings
5
Updates
0
More identity details & actions ⌄
EIN  81-2345565 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Arlington, VA
Form 990 (PDF)
You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2025) →
Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Hacking for Defense Incorporated claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$1–10M
What they do
Fosters campus innovation and entrepreneurship to solve national security challenges.
Leadership
Alexander Gallo · Executive Di · $137K
Money in and out
$2.2M revenue, $1.4M expenses
Bottom line
84% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$2.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.4M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.3M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $882K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.84 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.02
Program efficiency
84%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
11.8mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+39%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2021
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2021
Total assets
$1.4M
FY2021
Total liabilities
$82K
FY2021
Total revenue
$2.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.4M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.3M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$882K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.4M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B84%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 42

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CHacking for Defense Incorporated
EINHdr · item D81-2345565
Principal addressHdr · item CArlington, VA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.commonmission.us
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MVA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFPublic Safety & Disaster (M12)
Ruling yearIRS BMFAug 2017

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b2
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$136,661Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairm
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ashley Bayana Thru Jan 2025’s $131K as Director of Operations is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Alexander Gallo Thru Dec 2023$214,225
Eric Perreca$205,921
Alexander Gallo$205,100$193,939$136,661
Joseph Sowers$180,544$172,859
Tyrome Smith$144,382$161,789
Emily McMahan Thru 012022$153,167
James Santa$151,525
Ashley Bayana Thru Jan 2025$130,864

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / 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 Hacking for Defense Incorporated executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $1.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

"hacking for" university programs -CMP expanded this program to support 49 universities, including hacking for defense, hacking for homeland security, and hacking for diplomacy. -supported 725 graduate and undergraduate-level students working on over 181 problems.

$735Kprogram expense
02

Hacking for defense acceleration support -provided acceleration support to hacking for defense student teams from stanford university

$255Kprogram expense
03

Impact fund support -awarded grants to inspire, support, and build mission-driven entrepreneurs to solve complex, real-world national security, social, civic, and environmental problems.

$150Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Program service revenue$1.7M · 75%
Contributions & grants$550K · 25%
Program service revenue75%$1.7M
Contributions & grants25%$550K
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.84 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.02
Program services84%$1.1M
Management & general14%$197K
Fundraising2%$26K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$82K
Total net assetsLn 32$1.3M
Months of cash on handcomputed11.8

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2021 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $1.3M · Operating expenses/yr $1.4M
11.8 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $1.1M · Total expenses $1.4M
84%
Management & General
Management & general $197K · Total expenses $1.4M
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $26K · Total expenses $1.4M
2%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $26K · Solicited contributions $550K
$0.05 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $550K · Total revenue $2.2M
25%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $2.2M
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $1.7M · Total revenue $2.2M
75%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $2.2M
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $1.7M · Total expenses $1.4M
124%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $2.2M · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $1.3M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $2.2M · Expenses $1.4M
+39%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $1.4M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $1.3M · Total assets $1.4M
94%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $1.4M
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Alexander Gallo · Reported title EXECUTIVE DI · Highest reported compensation $137K · Total expenses $1.4M
10%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $611K · Total expenses $1.4M
45%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 84%
Overhead ratio 14%
Fundraising cost ratio 5%
Accounting fee ratio 0.3%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2021
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 42 grants · $899K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$63,426
Y Mwmbwls LLCFY2024$22,217
Valis SystemsFY2024$14,800
Pharos AerospaceFY2024$10,000
Cama Security INCFY2024$8,941
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,332
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,100
University of ChicagoIL · FY2022$15,000
The University of Texas at DallasFY2022$15,000
Texas A&m FoundationTX · FY2022$15,000
Saif Systems INCFY2022$15,000
See all 42 grants →

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Hacking for Defense Incorporated →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$1.2M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$939K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$1.9M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$2.4M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$2.2M revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

Keep this kind of thing free
Keep public charity data easy to read.

Free to the public, because obviously. Like this? Pay it forward. Don't like this? Help us get better.

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. One time.

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.