The Council on Strategic Risks

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2017Public & Societal BenefitEIN 82-3106472Revenue $6.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRScouncilonstrategicrisks.org1025 Connecticut Ave Nw Ste 1000, 20036-5417 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Mar 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization is a non-partisan security policy institute incorporated in washington, d.c., devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic Risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these Risks intersect and exacerbate one another. To further this goal, csr currently hosts non-partisan institutes on climate and security (the center for climate and security) and Strategic weapons Risks (the center on Strategic weapons), as well as a program designed to study converging, cross-sectoral Risks (the converging Risks lab), which includes the climate-nuclear-security project. Csr also hosts Council members, including practitioners and scholars pursuing individual research and policy programs that explore systemic Risks to security and the intersections between them. Csr contends that though societies are facing unprecedented Risks, they also possess unprecedented foresight, and this dynamic creates a "responsibility to prepare".

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 29 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $949K a year · 20% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.9M
to officers and key staff · 36% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 85% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 36% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $832K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$435K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
-0.4% vs prior year
Spent
$5.2M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$6.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2025-0.4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$6.4M
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$5.2M
Net assets
$6.4M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2025$6.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $4.5M Management & general 12% · $614K Fundraising 1% · $48K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $1.9M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$261,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Programs
$209,935Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$205,680Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$200,400Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$200,223Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director
$198,949Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Advisor
$165,420Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Fellow
$161,912Pt VII · Sec A

Christine Parthemore’s $261K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 731 $1–10M public & societal benefit 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christine Parthemore$261,000$265,085$235,205$156,750$129,000$120,000
Catherine Dill$209,935$193,920$166,073———
Erin Sikorsky$205,680$193,920$174,000———
Caroline Baxter$200,400—————
Scott Stinson$200,223—————
John Moulton$198,949$194,508$176,613———
Franceso Femia$165,420—————
Jessica Rogers$161,912—————

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Analyzes and addresses systemic security risks, focusing on their intersections.

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3 programs · $4.5M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The janne e. Nolan center on strategic weapons ("CSW") - CSW is a non-partisan institute of CSR that explores threat reduction opportunities related to the development, diffusion and use of strategic weapons in a challenging security landscape.

$2.8Mprogram expense
02

The Center for Climate and Security ("ccs")

CCS is a non-partisan institute of CSR with a team and distinguished advisory board of security and military experts. CCS envisions a climate-resilient world which recognizes that climate change threats to security are significant and unprecedented, and acts to address those threats in a manner that is commensurate to their scale…

$1.5Mprogram expense
03

The Converging Risks Lab ("crl")

CRL is a research and policy development-oriented program designed to study converging, cross-sectoral risks in a rapidly-changing world. The CRL will bring together experts from within the CSR'S distinct institutes, and from multiple sectors of the security community, to ask forward-thinking questions about these converging risks, and…

$243Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$130K
Money outPt IX
$5.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.5M
Managementcol C$614K
Fundraisingcol D$48K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$435K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$130K
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$500K
Other assetsLn 15$313K
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$435K
Net assetsLn 32$6.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.1M$5.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25K$500K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$321K$435K
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M$6.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$802K$487K$284K$31K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.9M$2.8M$81K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$283K$251K$28K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$253K$225K$25K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$92K$92K
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$335K$287K$48K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$6K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$26K$7K$19K
OccupancyLn 16$23K$10K$13K
TravelLn 17$293K$292K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$197K$197K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$130$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.2M$4.5M$614K$48K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.4M$5.2M$1.3M$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.5M$5.4M$1.1M$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$5.3M−$1.5M$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.0M$3.3M$1.6M$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.3M$2.2M$2.2M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.3M$1.2M$1.1M$1.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,445,581 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,335,358$6,315,088
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $133,519$130,493
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,468,877$6,445,581
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,718,370$4,189,054
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,700,298$995,255
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,418,668$5,184,309
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,050,209$1,261,272
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,445,581 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,315,088
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,315,088
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $130,493$130,493
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $130,493$6,445,581
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,184,309 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $487,455 · Management $283,909 · Fundraising $30,889$802,253
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,758,646 · Management $81,188 · Fundraising $11,189$2,851,023
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $251,194 · Management $28,252 · Fundraising $3,256$282,702
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $224,869 · Management $25,292 · Fundraising $2,915$253,076
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $91,835$91,835
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $15,056$15,056
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $287,262 · Management $47,778$335,040
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,356 · Management $1,023$7,379
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,776 · Management $18,924$25,700
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,990 · Management $13,336$23,326
IX-17 TravelPrograms $291,825 · Management $1,306$293,131
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $197,461$197,461
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $130 · Management $6,197$6,327
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,521,964 · Management $614,096 · Fundraising $48,249$5,184,309
Part X · Balance sheet $6,812,912 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,121,958$5,125,017
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $266,681$874,647
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $25,057$500,179
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $23,715$313,069
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,437,411$6,812,912
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $202,100$225,556
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $118,865$209,516
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $320,965$435,072
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $585,552$840,914
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,530,894$5,536,926
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,116,446$6,377,840
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,437,411$6,812,912
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,377,840 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,445,581
XI-2 Total expenses$5,184,309
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,261,272
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,116,446
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$122
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,377,840

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