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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE US.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,799,684
Total expenses
$8,510,177
Contributions and grants received
$12,799,684
Grants paid
$3,439,611
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,859,681
Total liabilities, end of year
$364,293
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,495,388
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,736,487
Management and general expenses
$520,965
Fundraising expenses
$252,725
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,736,487

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,041,066

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,758,618

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $136,981 · program services $136,981

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,302,630 · program services $3,302,630

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $453,112 · program services $190,307 · management and general $108,747 · fundraising $154,058

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,065,630 · program services $2,765,389 · management and general $233,849 · fundraising $66,392

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $85,990 · program services $75,708 · management and general $7,191 · fundraising $3,091

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $285,707 · program services $252,126 · management and general $23,696 · fundraising $9,885

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $282,463 · program services $238,399 · management and general $27,116 · fundraising $16,948

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,477 · program services $28,477

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,122 · program services $36,122

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $241,830 · program services $241,830

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,834 · program services $20,834

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,860 · program services $48,610 · management and general $2,250

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $69,909 · program services $69,909

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,652 · management and general $48,652

  • 17 · Travel

    total $197,744 · program services $195,393 · fundraising $2,351

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $137,237 · program services $133,707 · management and general $3,530

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,655 · management and general $17,655

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,170 · management and general $15,170

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $22,586 · management and general $22,586

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $7,860 · program services $65 · management and general $7,795

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND FEES

    total $2,728 · management and general $2,728

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $535,752 · end of year $3,672,024

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,558,754 · end of year $2,135,826

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $77,581 · end of year $42,151

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $35,361

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $25,681

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,333 · end of year $9,680

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $138,941 · end of year $248,352

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $89,356 · end of year $115,941

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,645 · end of year $4,225,956

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,936,478 · end of year $1,269,432

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ISD-US IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AGAINST THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY. ISD-US IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANALYZING AND INNOVATING SOLUTIONS TO THETHREATS OF VIOLENT GROUPS, HOSTILE STATE AND NON-STATE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS, AND EXTREMISM IN ALL ITS IDEOLOGICAL FORMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AGAINST THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

  • FUNDING FOR INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WORK ON DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AGAINST THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

    Expenses $7,736,487 · Grants $3,439,611

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sasha Havlicek

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $258,617
    From this org
    $248,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,078
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,539
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,078
    Filer's total
    $258,617

  • Mark Bergman

    CO-CHAIR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Kerry Healey

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shirley Lord Rosenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Farah Pandith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Rice

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meryl Chertoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dixon Osburn

    ED-USA

    Total calculated
    $194,495
    From this org
    $171,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,267
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,387
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,841
    Filer's total
    $194,495

  • Moustafa Ayad

    ED-AMEA

    Total calculated
    $154,785
    From this org
    $143,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,154
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,631
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,683
    Filer's total
    $154,785

  • Isabelle Wright

    DIR. TECH & SOCIETY

    Total calculated
    $149,888
    From this org
    $138,578
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,310
    Hours/week
    0

  • Katherine Keneally

    DIR. THREAT PREVENTION

    Total calculated
    $131,564
    From this org
    $121,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,468
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eric Rosand

    ED-STRONG CITIES NETWORK

    Total calculated
    $155,678
    From this org
    $137,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,337
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,341
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,943
    Filer's total
    $155,678

  • Anna Stolbova

    DIR. OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $122,833
    From this org
    $115,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,954
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD (FORMED OF TREASURER AND CHAIR) MEETS TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE CEO AND KEY EMPLOYEES SALARY. THEY DO THIS BY CONSIDERING PUBLIC SALARY BENCHMARKING DATA FROM THE SECTOR WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT COMPARABLE ORGANISATIONS SALARY INFORMATION AS WELL AS SALARY MARKET TRENDS. COMP IS CONSIDERED AND SET BY THIS COMMITTEE ANNUALLY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE UK

    PEACE, SECURITY AND COHESION · UK

  • ISD - GERMANY GGMBH

    PEACE, SECURITY AND COHESION · GM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349306780

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