BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q430

Classification

2000

Street

1030 15TH STREET NW 200 E

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 · 2025

• BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY (BENS) TODAY DELIVERS ITS PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT THROUGH A CAMPAIGN MODEL THAT ALIGNS PRIVATE-SECTOR EXPERTISE AND INSIGHT WITH THE NATION'S MOST PRESSING SECURITY CHALLENGES. THROUGH THIS FORCE-MULTIPLIER APPROACH, BENS SUSTAINS INTEGRATED EFFORTS THAT COMBINE ROUNDTABLES, SITE VISITS, APPLIED PROJECTS, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, AND DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SENIOR MILITARY LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS BRINGING INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE THAT INFORMS DECISION-MAKING AND DELIVERS PRACTICAL, ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN NATIONAL RESILIENCE, INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY, AND DEFENSE READINESS AT SCALE.IN 2025, BENS CONCENTRATED ITS WORK ON THREE PRIORITY AREAS. THROUGH ITS HOMELAND RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE EFFORTS, BENS ADVANCED A WHOLE-OF-NATION APPROACH TO EMERGING THREATS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, SPACE, AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOMAINS WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATES FRONTLINE SYSTEMS. BENS, PARTICULARLY SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGY, WHICH INFORMED LANDMARK LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE "INDEPENDENCE INVESTMENT FUND ACT AND THE "BIOMANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE ACT", WHILE PRODUCING ANALYSIS ON VULNERABILITIES IN PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN ITS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND RESILIENCE.THROUGH ITS STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS EFFORTS, BENS ADDRESSED VULNERABILITIES IN CRITICAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS EXPOSED BY GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION AND GLOBAL DISRUPTION. BENS WORKED WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO REINFORCE INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY, DIVERSIFY SOURCING, AND IMPROVE RESILIENCE. IN 2025, BENS PARTNERED WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN ESTABLISHING THE STRATEGIC HUB FOR INNOVATION, EXCHANGE AND LEADERSHIP IN DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIATIVE, A STATE-LEVEL EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE THROUGH REGIONAL INNOVATION, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. BENS VIEWS THIS MODEL AS REPLICABLE AND WILL WORK IN 2026 TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN MASSACHUSETTS TO HELP OTHER STATES STRENGTHEN THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA'S SECURITY.LASTLY, THROUGH ITS MOBILIZING PRIVATE CAPITAL EFFORTS, BENS ADVANCED MARKET-BASED APPROACHES TO ADDRESS THE GAP BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENT NEEDS AND AVAILABLE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. BENS PUBLISHED "ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY 2.0," OUTLINING HOW MODERN CAPITAL MARKETS AND PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAN SUPPORT DEFENSE MODERNIZATION, AND LAUNCHED A "PRACTITIONER RECOMMENDATION SERIES" TO PROVIDE ACTIONABLE MECHANISMS TO UNLOCK PRIVATE INVESTMENT. BENS ALSO CONVENED LEADERS ACROSS FINANCE, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT THROUGH ITS "FINANCING THE NEXT ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY SERIES" TO IDENTIFY PRACTICAL PATHWAYS TO SCALE INVESTMENT IN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY ESSENTIAL TO U.S. SECURITY.ACROSS THESE CAMPAIGNS, BENS SERVED AS A TRUSTED, NONPARTISAN CONVENER BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY, TRANSLATING PRIVATE-SECTOR EXPERIENCE INTO SOLUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, DETER, AND RESPOND IN TODAY'S INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND CONTESTED GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT.

  Expenses $3,319,444

• DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: BY HOSTING EVENTS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH SECURITY LEADERS AND EXPERTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS ORGANIZING SELF-FINANCED VISITS TO REGIONAL FACILITIES CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS, BENS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS TO GARNER FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES IMPACTING AMERICA'S SECURITY. IN 2025, BENS HOSTED MORE THAN 160 ENGAGEMENTS NATIONWIDE, ALONG WITH TWO FLAGSHIP EVENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 850 LEADERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR EXTRAORDINARY AMERICANS WHO EXEMPLIFY THE 'WHOLE-OF-NATION' APPROACH TO SAFEGUARDING OUR COUNTRY.

  Expenses $3,328,200

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $7,763,231

  Expenses

  $8,081,665

  Contributions

  $7,633,549

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,339,859

  Expenses

  $8,400,398

  Contributions

  $6,659,821

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,518,402

  Expenses

  $8,392,531

  Contributions

  $7,322,283

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,883,640

  Expenses

  $8,022,341

  Contributions

  $7,426,480

  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

  $8,874,143

  Expenses

  $7,023,900

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,639,432

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,074,689

  Expenses

  $6,711,984

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,000,291

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,624,961

  Expenses

  $6,749,437

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,928,597

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,548,821

  Expenses

  $6,551,196

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,491,134

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,395,569

  Expenses

  $5,840,585

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,028,528

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,395,569

  Expenses

  $5,840,585

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,028,528

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,719,503

  Expenses

  $5,908,022

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,452,826

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,406,829

  Expenses

  $5,571,470

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,399,884

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.

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $371,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $324,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $266,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $190,000

  2022 · INTERNATIONAL

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $187,500

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $180,200

  2022 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $175,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $143,800

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $135,000

  2022 · International Development

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $101,000

  2024 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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