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CNA CORPORATION

EIN 54-1558882 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$154,356,745
Expenses 2024
$156,444,485

Program services were 84.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
3003 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CNA IS A NON-PROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES THE CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES, A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH CENTER THAT HAS SUPPORTED THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS FOR NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS, AND THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC RESEARCH THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO A BROAD RANGE OF GOVERNMENT CLIENTS IN EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELAND SECURITY, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. CNA SPECIALIZES IN OBJECTIVE, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO HELP DECISION MAKERS DEVELOP SOUND POLICIES, MAKE BETTER-INFORMED DECISIONS, AND MANAGE PROGRAMS MORE EFFECTIVELY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN OBJECTIVE, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO HELP DECISION MAKERS DEVELOP POLICIES, MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, AND MANAGE PROBLEMS.

  • THE OPERATIONAL WARFIGHTING (OPS) DIVISION FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY TO ORGANIZE, PLAN, TRAIN, AND EXECUTE AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL OF WARFARE. OPS ANALYSIS TYPICALLY LINKS WARGAMING, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, HYPOTHESIS TESTING, AND EXERCISE AND OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT INTO AN ITERATIVE CYCLE. THE DIVISION'S RESEARCH EMPHASIZES NAVAL INTEGRATION, JOINT AND COMBINED OPERATIONS, CYBER EFFECTS, INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $45,809,895

  • SAFETY & SECURITY (SAS) PROVIDES ANALYSIS AND GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT EVOLVING STANDARDS AND PRACTICES AND GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING DECISION-MAKING AT ALL LEVELS DURING CRISIS OPERATIONS. WE WORK WITH SENIOR DECISION-MAKERS IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL. (SEE ON SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $30,718,480

  • THE SYSTEMS, TACTICS AND FORCE DEVELOPMENT (STFD) DIVISION PROVIDES CLASSICAL WARFARE ANALYSES TO THE NAVY AND DOD FOCUSED ON SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION. STFD CONDUCTS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF FLEET SYSTEMS AND MULTI-MISSION PLATFORMS TO DEVELOP PERFORMANCE ESTIMATES AGAINST CHINA, RUSSIA AND OTHER THREATS. THE DIVISION ANALYZES AND ASSESSES COMBINATIONS OF NETWORKS, SENSORS, WEAPONS, AND PLATFORMS TO PROVIDE MARITIME WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES IN ALL WARFARE AREAS, UNDER REALISTIC CONDITIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS AND FUTURE-FORCE ARCHITECTURES.

    Expenses $18,490,750

  • OTHER PROGRAMS (SEE SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $37,102,329

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KATHERINE MCGRADY

    PRESIDENT & CEO, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $812,306
    From this org
    $737,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,562
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $489,940
    Bonus
    $193,815
    Other
    $53,989
    Deferred
    $34,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,058
    Filer's total
    $812,306

  • AMB WANDA L NESBITT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $42,938
    From this org
    $42,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CRAIG S FALLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $40,125
    From this org
    $40,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID C JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $43,750
    From this org
    $43,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DENNIS A CRALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $39,000
    From this org
    $39,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LINDA PETRONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $40,125
    From this org
    $40,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARY LOU LEARY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $40,125
    From this org
    $40,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MATHEW TRAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $42,938
    From this org
    $42,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NADJA WEST

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $36,125
    From this org
    $36,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ODEST CHADWICKE JENKINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $36,500
    From this org
    $36,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PETER V NEFFENGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $42,938
    From this org
    $42,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RODERICK K VON LIPSEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $59,000
    From this org
    $59,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SARAH SEWALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $43,750
    From this org
    $43,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • WILLIAM R MERZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $35,000
    From this org
    $35,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTINE PETERSON

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $479,719
    From this org
    $450,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,320
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,175
    Bonus
    $75,040
    Other
    $54,184
    Deferred
    $27,387
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,933
    Filer's total
    $479,719

  • MARK ROBERTSON

    SVP, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $8,654
    From this org
    $6,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,404
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID KAUFMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $424,766
    From this org
    $358,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,109
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,736
    Bonus
    $54,475
    Other
    $42,446
    Deferred
    $28,763
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,346
    Filer's total
    $424,766

  • GORDON S JAQUITH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $393,117
    From this org
    $344,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,905
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,035
    Bonus
    $41,063
    Other
    $16,114
    Deferred
    $22,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,684
    Filer's total
    $393,117

  • JASON THOMAS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $394,683
    From this org
    $332,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,328
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,128
    Bonus
    $46,338
    Other
    $24,889
    Deferred
    $29,692
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,636
    Filer's total
    $394,683

  • JEFFERY PETERSON

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $414,840
    From this org
    $387,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,320
    Bonus
    $43,814
    Other
    $32,913
    Deferred
    $27,418
    Nontaxable benefits
    $375
    Filer's total
    $414,840

  • TIMOTHY BERES

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $505,391
    From this org
    $465,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,335
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,383
    Bonus
    $77,580
    Other
    $84,093
    Deferred
    $31,051
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,284
    Filer's total
    $505,391

  • ELISA SOTO

    VP & CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $399,458
    From this org
    $368,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,141
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,124
    Bonus
    $46,508
    Other
    $60,685
    Deferred
    $15,743
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,398
    Filer's total
    $399,458

  • HALLEH SEYSON

    VP & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $380,704
    From this org
    $357,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,855
    Bonus
    $52,622
    Other
    $77,262
    Deferred
    $22,542
    Nontaxable benefits
    $423
    Filer's total
    $380,704

  • JASON MCNAMARA

    SR DIR EMERGENCY MGMT PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $398,201
    From this org
    $333,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,605
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,344
    Bonus
    $58,157
    Other
    $27,095
    Deferred
    $23,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,393
    Filer's total
    $398,201

  • KIM DEAL

    VP & CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER UNTIL MARCH 2025

    Total calculated
    $437,705
    From this org
    $376,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,715
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,452
    Bonus
    $49,760
    Other
    $51,778
    Deferred
    $31,513
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,202
    Filer's total
    $437,705

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $154,356,745
    Expenses
    $156,444,485
    Contributions
    $152,397,396
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $151,734,291
    Expenses
    $149,817,911
    Contributions
    $149,195,653
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $142,365,190
    Expenses
    $140,546,799
    Contributions
    $141,502,097
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $137,975,909
    Expenses
    $140,037,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,493,999

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $141,834,502
    Expenses
    $139,773,224
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,909,196

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $128,032,251
    Expenses
    $128,465,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,056,753

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $124,332,976
    Expenses
    $123,385,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,522,100

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $123,804,324
    Expenses
    $121,899,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,165,884

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,949,849
    Expenses
    $120,368,264
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,277,388

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $119,148,556
    Expenses
    $115,401,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,967,304

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,103,301
    Expenses
    $111,648,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,620,001

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $109,336,789
    Expenses
    $107,980,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,895,793

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $115,189,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,912,954

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.