Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$302,626

Total expenses

$264,976

Contributions and grants received

$302,626

Grants paid

$1,750

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$42,893

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$42,893

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$264,976

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$264,976

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• OPERATIONALIZEDAS A BRAND NEW ORGANIZATION, WE BUILT NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE (OUR WEBSITE, COMMUNICATIONS AND CRM PROCESSES, STAFFING STRUCTURE, ETC). WE GREW TO THREE PART-TIME STAFF, AND WE WORKED WITH SEVERAL FELLOWS AND PRACTICUM STUDENTS IN THE REGION ON PROJECT WORK. NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS ALSO HELPED US CARRY OUT OUR EVENTS. ALL IN ALL, WE BUILT A LEAN OPERATING MODEL.GREW TO ~25 MEMBERSINDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ARE INTERESTED IN, INVESTED IN, AND SIGNING UP TO BE PART OF THE WORK GCC IS LEADING. OUR MEMBERS RANGE FROM FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES TO BRAND NEW START-UPS. IN MANY WAYS, CYBERSECURITY IS PARAMOUNT AND FRONT OF MIND FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR REGION, AS SEEN IN OUR GROWING MEMBERSHIP.HELD A DOZEN EVENTSWE ACTIVATED SPACES LIKE CORTEX THAT HAD BEEN LARGELY UNUSED FOR EVENTS DURING COVID, AND WE DREW CROWDS OF UPWARD OF 350 PEOPLE. FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SEASONED CYBER VETERANS, WE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO CONNECT IN OUR CYBER COMMUNITIES.FACILITATED ~1000 INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONSTHROUGH OUR EVENTS AND PLATFORMS, WE CULTIVATED COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIONS. OUR DATABASE OF INTERESTED PEOPLE IS IN THE HUNDREDS, WE HELPED CONNECT FUTURE EMPLOYEES WITH COMPANIES LOOKING FOR TALENT, AND WE BROUGHT TOGETHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO PUSH OUR REGION FORWARD. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONNECTIONS ARE CRITICAL IN THIS WORK.GREW OUR ECOSYSTEM OF CORE PARTNERSWE STARTED THE YEAR OFF WITH A SELECT GROUP OF DEDICATED PARTNERS, AND ARE ENDING THE YEAR WITH THAT GROUP EXPANDED. ALONG WITH OUR MEMBERS, PER SCHOLAS, CYBERUP, NPOWER, GHECC, SAA, CIC, VENTURECAF, AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE KEY TO MOVING FORWARD IN THIS WORK.SPEARHEADED NEW WICYS AFFILIATEWE HELPED LAUNCH THE ST. LOUIS REGIONAL AFFILIATE OF THE WOMEN IN CYBERSECURITY GLOBAL ORGANIZATION. ALONGSIDE DEDICATED WOMEN, WE ARE STANDING UP LONG-TERM ORGANIZED SUPPORT FOR WOMEN IN THE CYBER INDUSTRY IN OUR REGION.

  Expenses $264,976 · Grants $1,750

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

6 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333119349300948

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