FORUM OF INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SECURITY TEAMS: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
FORUM OF INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SECURITY TEAMS (EIN 38-3943584)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-09-11
IRS object ID
202632549349300503
Schema version
2025v4.2
Source
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$9,320CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$12,329CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$97,339TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$21,360,829PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$24,170CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$28,936CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$53,106TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$24,170CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$28,936CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$53,106TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year$25,035CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$25,035TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,593,794CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,192,168CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,245,277CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,738,015CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$7,767,055CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$21,536,309TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.99190PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.99200PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00250InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00160InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part III, Line 12, Explanation of Other Income:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOther Income - 2025 Amount: $ 25,035.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,151OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,151DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$0TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescBeneficial ownership in 3rd party fundsDesc
Book Value$1,266,836BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$1,266,836TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,778,679TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$47,651NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue-$36,027OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$11,624RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$7,767,055RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$7,767,055TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,054,425TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$7,054,425ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$7,054,425TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X, Line 2:Management has evaluated FIRST's tax positions and concluded that FIRST's financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:Foreign currency exchange loss -36,027.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (13 entries)

RegionRegionTxtType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCnt
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)Program ServicesConferences$3,882,662
North AmericaProgram ServicesConferences$38,020
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)Staffing$276,52001
East Asia and the PacificStaffing$272,47002
Sub-Saharan AfricaStaffing$207,69102
East Asia and the PacificMembership Dues
Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)Membership Dues
Middle East and North AfricaMembership Dues
North AmericaMembership Dues
Russia and Neighboring StatesMembership Dues
South AmericaMembership Dues
South AsiaMembership Dues
Sub-Saharan AfricaMembership Dues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees5SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee5TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$4,677,363SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$4,677,363TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesYes (1)BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, line 3:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe organization uses GAAP to account for activities in foreign regions.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Chris Gibson
Executive Director$224,902$0$0$0$0$0$6,438$0$45,180$0$276,520$0$0$0
David Schwartsburg
Dir - IT and Security$152,343$0$0$0$0$0$4,976$0$30,955$0$188,274$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 5 and Part V, Line 2aThe number listed on Form 990 includes one US employee issued a Form W-2. In addition, the organization has five employees located overseas, for a total of six employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6Full members are security incident response teams who assist a defined constituency in preventing and handling security-related incidents; liaison members: Individuals that have a legitimate interest in and value to FIRST.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aThe members of the Forum of Incident Responses and Security Teams, Inc. annually hold an election where members of the Board of Directors are elected to the Board. Members vote for any changes to the bylaws or other governing documents of the Organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7bBoard of Directors meetings as well as the annual all group meeting are documented in meeting minutes by the Secretariat of the Organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8bThe organization does not have designated committees. The Board acts on behalf of the Organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe tax return is reviewed by the CFO and presented to the Board of Directors for review.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cEach director, officer, and member of a committee with board-delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms that they: A. Have received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, B. Have read and understands the policy, and C. Have agreed to comply with the policy. If a conflicts arises the Board member will abstain from voting. Outside counsel attends the orientation Board meeting for new members to review the policuy and collect signed agreements.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15aThe former Chair and previous CFO reviewed online data regarding salaries of other Executive Director's as well as average payment for leaders in the field of cyber security. The Full Board was involved in the input. The discussions regarding the deliberation and decisions were published to all members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The Organization makes the governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available on its website.
Form 990, Part V, Lines 2a/b, Part VII, Part IX Comp & Benefits Reporting:FIRST contracts with Velocity Global as its professional employer organization (PEO). Velocity Global is the employer of record for tax, benefits, and insurance purposes for FIRST's employees.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Foreign currency exchange loss -36,027.

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