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CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN SECURITY INC

EIN 20-8084828 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$21,633,486
Expenses 2024
$15,006,635

Program services were 73.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q43
Classification
1200
Street
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW STE 700

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

The mission of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is to develop strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies building on the the expertise and experience of its staff and advisors. CNAS engages policy makers, experts and the public with innovative, fact-based research, ideas and analyses to shape and elevate the national security debate. CNAS' mission is to inform and prepare the national security leaders of today and tomorrow.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Develop national security & defense policies that promote/protect American interests & values.

  • The Energy, Economics, and Security Program explores the changing global marketplace and implications for U.S. national security and foreign policy. In a highly interconnected global financial and trade system, leaders must increasingly leverage economic and financial assets to defend and promote U.S. national interests. The Energy, Economics, and Security Program develops practical strategies to help decision-makers understand, anticipate, and respond to these developments.

    Expenses $1,868,978

  • CNAS' Technology and National Security Program explores the policy challenges associated with these and other emerging technologies. A key focus of the program is bringing together the technology and policy communities to better understand these challenges and together develop solutions.

    Expenses $2,321,040

  • The CNAS Indo-Pacific Security Program addresses opportunities and challenges for the United States in the region, with a growing focus on issues that originate in the Indo-Pacific but have global implications. It draws on a team with deep government and nongovernment expertise in regional studies, U.S. foreign policy, international security, and economic statecraft.

    Expenses $1,342,297

  • Defense, Strategies and AssessmentsTransatlantic Security Outreach Middle East Security Military Veterans & Society

    Expenses $5,543,374 · Revenue $2,990,186

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.

  • Richard Fontaine

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $930,007
    From this org
    $873,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,570
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $510,937
    Bonus
    $362,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,770
    Filer's total
    $930,007

  • Richard L Armitage

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denis A Bovin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Dahut

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michele Flournoy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carl Glaeser

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adm Cecil Haney USN Ret

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Hogan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gov Jon M Huntsman Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Murdoch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adm John Richardson USN Ret

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Roche

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Schwimmer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Douglas Silverman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Sonnenfeldt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Wales

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Zak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Gephardt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carrie Cordero

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $203,822
    From this org
    $191,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,572
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,250
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,922
    Filer's total
    $203,822

  • Paul Scharre

    Executive Vice President

    Total calculated
    $444,470
    From this org
    $387,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $352,500
    Bonus
    $34,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,670
    Filer's total
    $444,470

  • Emily Kilcrease

    Program Dir., EES

    Total calculated
    $281,267
    From this org
    $229,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,810
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,024
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,433
    Filer's total
    $281,267

  • Anna Saito Carson

    Senior VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $277,463
    From this org
    $237,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,000
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,257
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,706
    Filer's total
    $277,463

  • Stacie Pettyjohn

    Program Dir., Defense

    Total calculated
    $260,519
    From this org
    $233,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,019
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,500
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,053
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,966
    Filer's total
    $260,519

  • Lisa Curtis

    Program Dir., IPS

    Total calculated
    $259,834
    From this org
    $220,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,750
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,715
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,369
    Filer's total
    $259,834

  • Vivek Chilukuri

    Program Dir., Technology & Nat'l Sec.

    Total calculated
    $244,282
    From this org
    $218,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,250
    Bonus
    $27,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,882
    Filer's total
    $244,282

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
    $21,633,486
    Expenses
    $15,006,635
    Contributions
    $18,253,868
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,063,810
    Expenses
    $13,803,095
    Contributions
    $11,774,176
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,400,563
    Expenses
    $11,784,293
    Contributions
    $13,321,466
    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
    $18,714,520
    Expenses
    $10,806,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,809,358

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,475,266
    Expenses
    $8,650,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,596,395

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,033,683
    Expenses
    $10,115,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,631,735

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,571,524
    Expenses
    $11,638,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,283,116

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,812,811
    Expenses
    $10,589,419
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,397,810

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,531,802
    Expenses
    $9,751,151
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,555,217

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,790,085
    Expenses
    $9,157,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,611,251

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,787,730
    Expenses
    $7,228,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,057,162

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,968,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,471,981

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,212,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,894,692

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

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.