Friends of Intelligence Practitioners Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Friends of Intelligence Practitioners, Inc. DBA Citizens For National Security is a national, non-partisan organization that identifies and addresses threats to the United States from extremist ideologies and rogue nations. It specializes in research and education that provide ordinary citizens and public officials with the accurate and credible information they need to understand and act upon national security issues.
- Income
- $152,339
- Spending
- $101,675
- Spent on programs
- 54%
- Reserves
- 3.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 88%
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 78 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 33% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 28% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1554% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 19 out of 100. Higher than 3% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Independent board
5 of 251 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $54,539 spent. Presented multiple educational seminars, open to the public, on national security issues. The objective was to provide citizens with expert-based, non-partisan, objective information to aid in their understanding of the strategic and tactical threats confronting America.
- Identified and vetted flawed K-12 public school textbooks. Objective was to identify and correct bias. Some school districts had certain history and geography textbooks reprinted, revised their content, or rejected them outright based upon CFNS intervention. During 2014 CFNS published a comprehensive book about CAIRs origin, activities and methods,documenting almost 150 cases of frivolous lawsuits, extortion, intimidation and subversion against individuals, organizations, government and businesses throughout North America - all aimed at silencing CAIRs critics and advancing its agenda of radical Islam.In 2017 work continued on a second edition of this book.
- Conducted research on organizations and movements that use terrorism and other radical measures in attempts to overthrow America's judicial and political systems and replace them with their extremist legal and religious ideologies. Made findings available to the law enforcement and intelligence communities, lawmakers, and the general public.
- Wrote script for two films pertaining to national security issues. Produced and distributed them free-of-charge via social media and other outlets.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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