Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,824,077

Total expenses

$1,817,503

Contributions and grants received

$1,755,000

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$39,116

Investment income

$29,961

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,301,643

Total liabilities, end of year

$134,233

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,167,410

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,481,141

Management and general expenses

$245,017

Fundraising expenses

$91,345

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,481,141

Program services were 81.5% 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 · 2023

• BSX: BSX (BLACK SKY COMMUNICATIONS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM) IS AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED TO FUNCTION IN A TOTAL BLACKOUT, ENABLING VOICE AND HIGH-SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS SPANNING ALL SECTORS AND PROVIDING BEST-IN-CLASS PROTECTION AGAINST CYBER, EMP AND OTHER THREATS. THE EIS COUNCIL CURRENTLY HOLDS THE FCC CERTIFICATION FOR THE BNET RADIO, A COMPONENT OF THE BSX ARCHITECTURE, TO OPERATE ON A LIMITED SET OF FREQUENCIES IN THE USA. NINE FCC APPROVED EMP PROTECTED BNET RADIOS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT DOMINION ENERGY AND ARE CURRENTLY FULLY OPERATIONAL AND ROUTINELY TESTED AS PART OF THEIR BLACK-START PLAN. THE EIS COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO EXPAND THE FCC APPROVED OPERATIONAL FREQUENCIES FOR THE BNET RADIO, ALL HARDWARE TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) AND THE EIS COUNCIL IS WORKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BNET TO GATHER FINAL DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE BSX ARCHITECTURE IS THE ESWEB (ENERGY SECTOR WEB), THE CREATION OF A HIGH-SPEED EMP PROTECTED FIBER OPTIC NETWORK OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES THAT PROVIDES HIGH-SPEED VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN UTILITIES, AND EVENTUALLY OTHER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, DURING A TOTAL BLACKOUT. THE EIS COUNCIL HAS MOVED FROM THE INITIAL PILOT TEST WITH ITS FIRST THREE PARTNERS: DOMINION VIRGINIA ENERGY, EXELON AND PJM AND IS WORKING TO CREATE A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION. INITIAL TESTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ESWEB AND THE EIS COUNCIL'S VISION AT: HTTPS://EISCOUNCIL.ORG/ESW/. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BNET AT: HTTPS://EISCOUNCIL.ORG/TECHNOLOGY/#BSX

  Expenses $1,481,141 · Revenue $39,116

• GINOM | EXPANDED DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING: GINOM REPRESENTS A NEW, UNIQUE CAPABILITY, ESSENTIAL TO NAVIGATE EXTREME DISASTERS. THE SYSTEM IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A MULTICORPORATE SIMULATION OPERATING SYSTEM (MOS) FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DECISION SUPPORT DURING CATASTROPHES. ALLOWS AI-GUIDED COLLABORATION AMONG COMPANIES AND PARTNERS TO PREPARE FOR OR RECOVER FROM EXTREME DISASTERS. ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE PHASE 2 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO IMOE AND APPROVED.FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION OF PHASE 2 COMPETITIVE AWARD, THE THIRD PHASE OF THE GINOM IMOE PROJECT BEGAN (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) IN JUNE 2024, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE REALISM OF THE GINOM SIMULATION ENGINE AND CREATING AN ENTERPRISE-GRADE SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SETTING UP, RUNNING, AND ANALYZING SIMULATIONS.

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

• EIS WEBINARS: EIS CONVENES DECISION MAKERS AND EXPERTS IN BLACK SKY HAZARDS AND RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS, WITH OUTREACH TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. EIS COUNCIL INFORMS INTERESTED PEOPLE IN THE US AND WORLDWIDE. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, FREE WEBINARS TAKE PLACE REGULARLY, FEATURING GLOBAL LEADERS AND EXPERTS RANGING FROM NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTORS TO ASSISTANT DEFENSE SECRETARIES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY EXPERTS, DISCUSSING CRITICAL, TIMELY TOPICS IN INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE. EIS WEBINARS CONTINUE TO GAIN IN STATUS AND PARTICIPATION. THE WEBINARS ARE USUALLY HELD EVERY OTHER MONTH AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY DRAWN REGISTRATIONS OF 200-500 PEOPLE. THE WEBINARS, BY NECESSITY, HAVE THE EXPERT PANEL IN DISCUSSION, WHILE THE "AUDIENCE" CAN INTERJECT QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS VIA CHAT. THANKS TO THE INTEREST OF A BROADER AUDIENCE, WE INCREASED OUR DATABASE OF PROSPECTS TO 15,000.

• EARTH EX : EARTH EX, IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST MULTI-SECTOR, MULTI-NATION RESILIENCE EXERCISE SERIES, FOCUSED ON PREPARATIONS FOR EXTREME, BLACK SKY DISASTERS. IN ITS FIRST FIVE YEARS, MORE THAN 11,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM MORE THAN 40 NATIONS WERE ENGAGED. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS, HEALTH CARE AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES WERE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THESE UNIQUE EXERCISES PROVIDED FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. BUILDING ON ITS REMARKABLE HISTORY, PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR A MAJOR UPGRADE: A NEW MULTI-PLAYER PLATFORM POWERED BY GINOM -- TO ENABLE, TRULY COLLABORATIVE MULTICORPORATE BLACK SKY EXERCISES, WORLDWIDE. ONCE COMPLETE, GINOM MOS WILL PROVIDE THE VEHICLE FOR MULTICORPORATE SIMULATION IN THE NEW EARTH EX PLATFORM. THIS WILL ENABLE OPERATORS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS TO COLLABORATE ON RECOVERY OPTIONS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF EXTREME DISASTER SCENARIOS. WHILE GINOM'S DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, THE EARTH EX TEAM IS HOSTING A SERIES OF ONLINEEARTH EX LIVE! EXERCISES TO TEST AND OPTIMIZE PLANNING FOR THE NEW PLATFORM. A. EARTH EX REBOOT: RAISING THE BAR FOR DISASTER PLANNING EXERCISES. WHEN COMPLETE, THE UPGRADE WILL MAKE EARTH EX A COMPLETELY NEW, FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND, HIGHLY ENGAGING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE, READY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.B. CYBERTECH: THE EARTH EX TEAM SUPPORTED CYBERTECH IN TEL AVIV AND NEW YORK IN 2024 WITH A CHALLENGING EXERCISE DELIVERED IN A LIMITED TIME FORMAT. C. AVAILABLE ORGANIZATION-FOCUSED EXERCISES:IN PARALLEL WITH THE EARTH EX UPGRADE, WE CONTINUE HOSTING A SERIES OF ONLINE BLACK SKY EXERCISES. THESE ARE AVAILABLE AND FREE TO PLAY AT ANY TIME THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. THESE SCENARIOS INCLUDE CYBER, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE, MEGAFIRES, EXTREME FLOODING. D. EARTH EX LIVE: THE EARTH EX TEAM INCORPORATES A LIVE MULTI-SECTOR EXERCISE WITH AUDIENCE INVOLVEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR. EXPERTS FROM DIFFERENT ROTATING SECTORS DISCUSS THEIR APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE SCENARIOS THAT IMPACT ALL SECTORS. EARTH EX LIVE ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANT REGISTRATIONS FOR EACH EVENT.

• R2P SUMMIT: IN APRIL 2023, THE EIS COUNCIL AND IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST JOINT SUMMIT. THE EVENT WASHELD AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON PREMISES WITH OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS. THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE, EXPERT PANELISTS EXAMINED EMERGING, EXTREME "BLACK SKY" HAZARD SCENARIOS, AS A GROWING THREAT TO OUR CIVILIZATION'S TIGHTLY CONNECTED INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURES, AND AN EXPANDING RISK FOR HUMAN CONTINUITY. IN EACH SESSION, SCIENTISTS, POLITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS, EDUCATORS AND POLICYMAKERS FROM MANY SECTORS AND NATIONS LED WHAT ALSO BECAME AN EXTENSIVE DIALOGUE WITH CONFERENCE DELEGATES, CONSIDERING BOTH THESE EVOLVING THREAT SCENARIOS AND, AS A SPECIAL FOCUS, CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUILD SOCIETAL RESILIENCE FOR OUR RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH IMPERIAL COLLEGE CONTINUED, WITH THE SECOND CONFERENCE, RENAMED THE RESILIENT, RENEWABLE SOCIETY (R2S) TAKING PLACE IN SEPTEMBER 2024.IN THE INTERVENING MONTHS BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR CONFERENCES LISTED ABOVE, EIS CONTINUED ITS EXCELLENT PARTNERSHIP WITH PJM INTERCONNECTION, THE WORLD'S LARGEST ELECTRICITY MARKET IN THE WORLD, ALSO RECENTLY HOSTED THE RESILIENT, RENEWABLE ELECTRIC PLANET (R2EP) ON CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 5-6, 2024, WITH 40 SPEAKERS AND 100 ATTENDEES. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OUTPUT OF THE R2EP CONFERENCE WERE THE FACILITATION EFFORTS THAT HAVE SINCE CONTINUED. LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE ELECTRIC SECTOR AND ITS PARTNERS PARTICIPATED IN WORKING GROUPS, FOCUSING ON ACTION-ORIENTED OPTIONS FOR A ROBUST, RESILIENT, GREENER FUTURE. THE INITIAL WORKING GROUPS FORMED WERE: BLACKSTART;RESILIENCE AND REDUNDANCY POLICY; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND DATA CENTER RESILIENCE. THE CONFERENCE EXPLORED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE AND RELATED OPTIONS FOR INTERDEPENDENT SECTORS:GOVERNMENT, FINANCE, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND LIFELINE UTILITIES. AS A RESULTOF THIS CONFERENCE, EIS CREATED THE FOUR WORKING GROUPS THAT CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS MONTHLY, DEVELOPING WHITEPAPERS AND OTHER PLANS AND STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN BLACKSTART CAPABILITY, PROMOTION OF RESILIENCE THROUGH INCENTIVES AND REGULATIONS, ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR THAT ARE NOT RELIANT ON COMMERCIAL TELECOM, AND A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT DATA CENTER ENERGY USE AND SECURITY.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

• PAUL WILLIAMS

  PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR (AS OF 03/24)

  Total calculated

  $84,667

  From this org

  $84,667

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• AVI SCHNURR

  CEO & DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• DAVID HORWATT

  SECRETARY/ TREASURER/DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  20

• RITA EMERSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• JOHN HOUSTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• DR NEIL SIEGEL

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• CHRISTOPHER A BECK

  VP POLICY & STRATEGIC INITIATIVE

  Total calculated

  $163,405

  From this org

  $157,567

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $5,838

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $157,567

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $5,838

  Filer's total

  $163,405

• DR EHUD GANANI

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $104,400

  From this org

  $104,400

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• ANTHONY BUCCI

  TECH. DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE

  Total calculated

  $133,546

  From this org

  $130,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $3,546

  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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541349349312884

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