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USING RESEARCH INTERVIEWS OF FORMER AND IMPRISONED TERRORISTS AS THEIR PRIMARY METHOD AND ALSO RELY ON SECONDARY SOURCES. BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER NARRATIVE PROJECT- GIVEN THE PROLIFIC USE OF MEDIA BY TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ISIS TO SPUR THEIR GLOBAL REACH AND PROPAGANDA, FIGHTING ISIS AND SIMILAR GROUPS IN THE DIGITAL AND INFORMATION REALM HAS BECOME A MAJOR PILLAR OF OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR FIELD-BASED PRIMARY RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL VIDEO MATERIALS TAHT ARE CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO COUNTER THE EFFORTS OF EXTREMIST AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS TO PUBLICIZE THEIR PROPAGANDA AND GARNER SUPPORT FOR VIOLENCE. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT THE VOICES OF DEFECTORS AND VICTIMS OF TERRORIST GROUPS SHOULD BE THE OVERRIDING FORCE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE COUNTER-NARRATIVE EFFORTS. 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COUNTER NARRATIVE DISTRIBUTION- INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISIM RESEARCHERS PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THEIR RESEARCH RESULTS GLOBALLY AND THEY ALSO LECTURE TO, CONSULT WITH GOVERNMENTS AND NGO'S AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THEIR WORK. 690255 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 1 0 false 1 true false false false false false false false false X 4 3 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false true true false false X ANNE C SPECKHARD 5713352021 6109 RAMSHORN PLACE MCLEAN VA 22101 ANNE C SPECKHARD CE/PRESIDENT 45.00 X X 255780 0 243707 DANIEL LINHARDT VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICIA SOMMERSBERGER BOARD MEMBER 0.25 X 0 0 0 JESSICA SPECKHARD BOARD MEMBER 0.25 X 0 0 0 255780 243707 1 false true false 75000 141 75141 DOD 541900 228981 228981 DOJ 541900 171409 171409 AFP 541900 139100 139100 DHS 541900 56491 56491 ICSVE EU 541900 41751 41751 29826 29826 667558 REIMBURSED EXPENSES 541900 5926 5926 5926 748625 673484 X 499487 479507 14985 4995 368 368 31990 30070 1600 320 2495 2495 104139 99285 4854 2384 2384 36 36 60518 60518 SOFTWARE & STORAGE 5861 5861 MEALS 4017 4017 SUPPLIES 2748 2748 UTILITIES 1833 1833 4967 3664 1303 720843 690255 25273 5315 X 54081 3404 10000 9388 9388 63469 22792 67000 1689 230 68689 230 X -5220 22562 -5220 22562 63469 22792 27782 X false false X 207167 47893 182286 75507 75141 587994 174113 673484 847597 207167 47893 182286 249620 748625 1435591 122000 75000 116751 313751 158613 578651 737264 122000 233613 695402 1051015 384576 11 11 11 11 207178 47893 182286 249620 748625 1435602 0.26790 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X false false false false false false false false false ANNE C SPECKHARD CE/PRESIDENT 255780 243707 499487 ANNE SPECHARD DIRECTOR LOAN 4 X 10000 10000 false true false 10000 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO PROVIDE RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND STRATEGIC ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT LEADERS, INTELLIGENCE, DEFENSE, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE AND CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE TO PREVENT AND DETER THE THREAT OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE CORE AREAS SUCH AS CAPACITY BUILDING AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT, COUNTERING EXTREMIST NARRATIVE, ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE, DEVELOPING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, MANAGING INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES, AND TRAINING. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A PRIMARY RESEARCH - INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM RESEARCHERS CONDUCT PRIMARY FIELD RESEARCH ON GROUPS LIKE ISIS, AL SHABAAB ETC. USING RESEARCH INTERVIEWS OF FORMER AND IMPRISONED TERRORISTS AS THEIR PRIMARY METHOD AND ALSO RELY ON SECONDARY SOURCES. BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER NARRATIVE PROJECT- GIVEN THE PROLIFIC USE OF MEDIA BY TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ISIS TO SPUR THEIR GLOBAL REACH AND PROPAGANDA, FIGHTING ISIS AND SIMILAR GROUPS IN THE DIGITAL AND INFORMATION REALM HAS BECOME A MAJOR PILLAR OF OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR FIELD-BASED PRIMARY RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL VIDEO MATERIALS TAHT ARE CAREFULLY CRAFTED TO COUNTER THE EFFORTS OF EXTREMIST AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS TO PUBLICIZE THEIR PROPAGANDA AND GARNER SUPPORT FOR VIOLENCE. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT THE VOICES OF DEFECTORS AND VICTIMS OF TERRORIST GROUPS SHOULD BE THE OVERRIDING FORCE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE COUNTER-NARRATIVE EFFORTS. FIRST-PERSON RESEARCH WITH EXTREMISTS, TERRORISTS, AND THEIR SUPPORTERS, AND EVIDENCE-BASED COUNTER-MESSAGING IS WHAT MAKES THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM STAND OUT FROM THE REST. COUNTER NARRATIVE DISTRIBUTION- INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISIM RESEARCHERS PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THEIR RESEARCH RESULTS GLOBALLY AND THEY ALSO LECTURE TO, CONSULT WITH GOVERNMENTS AND NGO'S AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THEIR WORK. FORM 990, PART VI QUESTION 12C TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX, THE BOARD SHALL AUTHORIZE AND OVERSEE AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE REVIEW MAY BE WRITTEN OR ORAL. THE REVIEW SHALL CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY, THE CONTINUING SUITABLITY OF THE POLICY, AND WHETHER THE POLICY SHOULD BE MODIFIED AND IMPROVED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 ANNE SPECKHARD JESSICA SPECKHARD PRESIDENT DIRECTOR MOTHER/DAUGHTER ANNE SPECKHARD DANIEL LINHARDT PRESIDENT TREAS./SEC. MOTHER/SON DANIEL LINHARDT JESSICA SPECKHARD TREAS./SEC. DIRECTOR BROTHER/SISTER FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE TAX RETURN. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM IS THE PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION FO THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM. THEREFORE, IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM TO PROVIDE A FAIR YET REASONABLE AND NOT EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE DIRECTOR (AND ANY OTHER HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS). THE ANNUAL PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION IS AS FOLLOWS: THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM FULL BOARD SHALL ANNUALLY EVALUATE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON HIS/HER PERFORMANCE, AND ASK FOR HIS/HER INPUT ON MATTERS OF PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION. THE BOARD WILL ALSO OBTAIN RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMPENSATION (SALARY AND BENEFITS) OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM DIRECTOR (AND OTHER HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES OR CONSULTANTS) BASED ON A REVIEW OF COMPARABILITY DATA. THE BOARD WILL COMPARE DATA THAT DOCUMENTS COMPENSATION LEVELS AND BENEFITS FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DANGER PAY FOR THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM CONDUCTS FOR THOSE INVOLDED IN FIELD RESEARCH AND CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS OF TERRORISTS. THIS DATA MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. SALARY AND BENEFIT COMPENSATION STUDIES BY INDEPENDENT SOURCES; 2. WRITTEN JOB OFFERS FOR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS; 3. DOCUMENTED TELEPHONE CALLS ABOUT SIMILAR POSITIONS AT BOTH NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; AND 4. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE IRS FORM 990 FILINGS OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECOR (AND OTHER HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS) THE BOARD WILL DOCUMENT HOW IT REACHED ITS DECISIONS, INCLUDING ANY DATA ON WHICH IT RELIED, IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING DURING WHICH THE COMPENSATION WAS APPROVED. DOCUMENTATION WILL INCLUDE: A) A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND THE DATE IT WAS APPROVED; B) THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO WERE PRESENT DURING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, AND THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE; C) A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPARABILITY DATA RELIED UPON AND HOW THE DATE WAS OBTAINED; AND D) ANY ACTIONS TAKEN (SUCH AS ABSTAINING FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTE) WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPENSATION BY ANYONE WHO IS OTHERWISE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD BUT WHO HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION ON THE COMPENSATION AND BENFITS. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO IS A VOLUNTEER AND NOT COMPENSATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM, WILL OVERSEE THE ABOVE AND OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT UNDUE INFLUENCE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM MAKES IT'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G TRANSLATION SERIVES 63,655 0 0 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 29,460 0 0 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - OTHER 0 4,854 0 CONTRACTOR 6,170 0 0 TOTAL 99,285 4,854 0 FORM 990, PART X CORRECTION TO 2023 BEGINNING BALANCE SHEET: IN THE 2023 FORM 990, A LOAN OF 67,000 FROM AN OFFICER TO THE ORGANIZATION WAS INCORRECTLY REPORTED AS A LOAN FROM THE ORGANIZATION TO THE OFFICER. AS A RESULT, THIS AMOUNT WAS SHOWN AS A LOAN RECEIVABLE (INSTEAD OF A LOAN PAYABLE), WHICH INCORRECTLY INFLATED THE NET ASSETS BY 134,000. SPECIFICALLY, THE 2023 FORM 990 REPORTED NET ASSETS OF 128,780, RATHER THAN THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF (5,220). THE 2024 FORM 990 REPORTS A CORRECTED 2023 BALANCE SHEET. THE LOAN IS NOW PROPERLY REPORTED AS A LIABILITY ON LINE 23 (LOANS AND OTHER PAYABLES), AND THE BEGINNING NET ASSET BALANCE IS CORRECTLY STATED AS (5,220). THIS CORRECTION RESULTS IN A 2023 BEGINNING BALANCE SHEET THAT DIFFERS FROM THE ENDING BALANCE SHEET REPORTED ON THE 2023 FORM 990. ICSVE EU ISCVE EU AVENUE DE BROQUEVILLE 70 AVENUE DE BROQUEVILLE 70 BRUSSELS BELGIUM BE 1200 RESEARCH BE 501C3 12D N/A false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false