2018-11-08T15:22:10-07:00 2017-12-31 900922827 RMR Consulting LLC 1807 Churchhill Lane Chester MD 21619 990 2017-01-01 300145807 Partnership for a Secure America PART 2022938580 1629 K Street NW Suite 450 Washington DC 200061602 Nathan Sermonis Executive Director 2022938580 2018-11-08 1 Rachael Murray Rakestraw P01625784 3013673368 2018-10-31 X 73.201.159.132 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Nathan Sermonis 1629 K Street NW Suite 450 Washington DC 200061602 537929 0 X www.psaonline.org X 2003 DE Activities to heighten the public awareness of and support for a bipartisan national security and foreign policy; to bring democrats and republicans together to seek common ground in national security and foreign policy; and to accomplish the preceding purposes through the use of the most effective tools of modern communications. 9 9 4 8 0 0 233100 537631 0 0 341 298 0 0 233441 537929 0 47097 0 0 256267 203630 0 0 0 296975 179498 553242 430225 -319801 107704 210536 305454 19858 7072 190678 298382 Activities to heighten the public awareness of and support for a bipartisan national security and foreign policy; to bring democrats and republicans together to seek common ground in national security and foreign policy; and to accomplish the preceding purposes through the use of the most effective tools of modern communications. 0 0 161286 0 0 PSA's Congressional Partnership Program is a unique program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and developed exclusively for congressional staff. Participants attend off-the-record events with former senior officials to learn their perspectives on current foreign policy and national security problems. CPP students also receive negotiation training, engage in expert-led crisis simulations, and complete a project requiring them to work in bipartisan groups to formulate common-ground policy approaches to a current, relevant problem. In 2017 PSA ran two courses of the Congressional Partnership Program (CPP), each over 3 months. In addition, PSA hosted 3 "High-Profile" CPP alumni dinners with Mr. Paul Kurtz , Sec. Chuck Hagel, and Sec. Michael Chertoff; hosted The Worldview Series: Japan featuring 4 dinners on US-Japan Relations and a week-long Congressional Staff Delegation to Japan in conjunction with the Japanese Embassy for select CPP alumni; hosted The Worldview Series: Baltic States featuring 3 dinners on US-Baltic Relations and a week-long Congressional Staff Delegation to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in conjunction with the 3 embassies for select CPP alumni; hosted 3 dinners for The Solutions Series focusing on US Arctic Policy, responding to North Korea's developing nuclear and missile capabilities, and Cyber Security in America's electric grid for select CPP alumni. 60485 47097 0 Nuclear Security - In 2017, with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, PSA completed work its work with the an international working group of former high-level civil servants and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials by hosting a launch event on Capitol Hill for PSA's report - Strengthening the IAEA: Technical Cooperation and Nuclear Security. In addition, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation PSA launched a joint Nuclear Security Project with the Arms Control Association. In 2017 we conducted 20 in-person interviews with Congressional staff who handle nuclear and/or national security and foreign policy portfolios using standardized questionnaire; distributed short-form digital survey to approximately 2,800 Congressional staff and received 107 responses; and conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of the aggregated data in 2 separate pools (20 in-person, 107 digital). 21463 0 0 Capitol Leaders Negotiation Program - In 2017, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, PSA continued its innovative partnership with Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation (PON), creating and running for congressional staffers two focus groups to inform the design of a new legislative negotiation course. 17250 0 0 Capitol Hill Briefings - PSA hosted a Capitol Hill Briefings to launch USIP's "The Jihadi Threat: ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Beyond"; hosted a Capitol Hill lunch to connect UNAOC Middle East/North Africa fellows with Congressional staff; and hosted 2 "Listen & Learn" discussions with the American Academy of Diplomacy seeking insight on American voter priorities in foreign policy and national security + summary reports to AAD. 168784 0 0 The Conflict Briefing Series is a joint effort by Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The series, started in 2012, is an educational program designed to provide congressional staff with opportunities to engage leading experts and fellow Capitol Hill staffers in bipartisan forums. The program aims to build cross-party relationships, encourage bipartisan dialogue, and equip staff with new perspectives on critical issues in the international conflict resolution and prevention field. 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The goals of the organization are to heighten public awareness of and support for a bipartisan national security and foreign policy; to bring leading Democrats and Republicans together to seek common ground in national security and foreign policy; and to accomplish the above tasks through the use of the most effective tools of modern communications. To achieve these goals PSA develops and seeks bipartisan consensus on a series of national security and foreign policy issues; works to build coalitions to support recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy; conducts a national free and paid media campaign using the most sophisticated communication tools based on joint, bipartisan positions; and organizes national events including town hall meetings, conferences, and speaker series to support the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. PSA's work is funded by donations from individuals and corporations, support from other publicly supported charities, and grants from foundations who support the PSA mission of advancing bipartisanship on national security and foreign policy challenges. PSA is a small organization with no investment revenue. The insignificant interest income is funneled back into program activities. All the activities outlined in the Statement of Program Service Accomplishments support the goals of the organization and are necessary to achieve the mission of bipartisanship on current critical national security and foreign policy challenges. General and administrative expenses are minimal in order to push as much revenue as possible toward the mission related activities. PSA continually works to broaden its donor base and during 2017 increased support from the public by two percentage points over the previous year. 1 Arms Control Association 1200 18th Street NW Suite 1175 Washington DC 20036 237124588 501(c)(3) 47097 0 Cash As outlined in the PSA-ACA grant proposal to the MacArthur Foundation, these funds shall be used for ACA expenses associated with the project to cover staff, contractors, printing the report, report layout and design, and proportional indirect costs. ACA will have primary responsibility for completing a historical analysis of Congress's past work on nuclear security and assist PSA with design and implementation of a Congressional staff knowledge and attitudes review. ACA will also assist with public communications efforts - such as report promotion, bipartisan policy statement development, and op-eds - and provide input on Congressional events planning. 1 1 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 PSA and the grantee organization have a written agreement and budget with all provisions of the grant terms explained and agreed to by the organizations. Progress toward completion of the grant terms is monitored by in person/telephone meetings and a final report with financials submitted at the end of the grant period. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form 990 is emailed to the PSA Board of Directors for review and comment prior to finalization. Any comments are reviewed and noted, as appropriate, prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Executive Director monitors for conflicts and resolves any that arise with board members or employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation of the Executive Directoris determined by the Board of Directors at their sole discretion. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements and the form 990 are available to the public upon written request to the Executive Director.