2025-11-16T03:30:05Z 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 880950608 CYBER DEFENSE CENTER CYBE 8003813365 4833 FRONT STSTE B506 CASTLE ROCK CO 80104 Erin Owens Chair 4696829239 2025-11-16 true 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X cyberdefensecenter.org X X 133973 X 106976 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26997 27092 -95 0 0 0 0 106881 0 2034 0 7726 7533 1984 31043 50320 56561 355134 0 411695 X 0 0 0 0 355134 411695 355134 411695 0 0 355134 411695 The Cyber Defense Center is a not-for-profit charity organization with a mission of improving collective cyber defense for community protection We focus on workforce development with a purpose through our ACSEBD program and community outreach and mutual aid through our DEFEND program The Cyber Defense Center believes in the transformatative POWER OF PEOPLE In cyber defense Our mission is to uplift and upskill this critical workforce and provision these advanced COLLECTIVE DEFENSE resources for underserved communities The Cyber defense Center also performs essential industry research We believe cyber defense should be built on openness ethics and community Therefore our research exists not to serve narrow interests but to uplift society and secure the technologies we all depend on As a core tenet of our research the CYBER DEFENSE CENTER stays future focused We are not just defending todays networks we are shaping tomorrows cyber defense ASCEND Multiple Internships providing active student mentorship and workforce development provided to underserved students through our FORCE LABS forcelabsorg community lab program 3000 ACSEND OTSEC training and workforce development programs initiated Cyber Defense Associate Certification CDAC prepared for DOE grant reimbursement - CESER program DEFEND GridSim gridsimorg electricity subsector program initiated Partnering with DOE National Lab NREL to build first electricity subsector simulation outside of a National Lab for training threat and defense modeling and testing purposes 6700 Community Outreach Accomplishments include building a community for fun-raising raising money for partner veteran and neurodiverse community charities Sponsor CTFs Capture the Flag challenges summer camps and GenCyber mentorships with regional and local universities Present at partner universities Incubate and initiate over 40 new community projects research and innovations Collaborate and present at the energy modernization summit with the DOE participate in Podcasts and perform mentorship sessions with Women in Technology 9700 Erin Owens Chair 25.00 0 0 0 Robin Owens Treasurer 1.00 0 0 0 Rob Davis Secretary 1.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false CO Cyber Defense Center 4833 Front Street Suite B506 Castle Rock CO 80104 8003813365 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 403264 106976 510240 403264 106976 510240 510240 510240 X 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Whiskey Bowl 8392 0 8392 0 5031 6542 0 0 377 Honor Bell 8671 0 8671 0 8125 0 0 0 0 1 11934 0 11934 0 7017 0 0 0 0 28997 0 28997 0 20173 6542 0 0 377 27092 1905 Schedule O: Other Bank Fees -144.3 Business Meals -556.18 Storage Container Purchase -5000 Domain Asset Management -1817.69 Event Awards -151.06 Event Change (Petty Cash) -100 Event Supplies (Decorations) -226.06 Lab Supplies -3396.06 Event Parking -50 Payment Systems (POS) -747 Software and Subscriptions -721.07 Volunteer Travel -633.3 Expense Reimbursements -17500 TOTAL EXPENSES (OTHER): -31042.72 Our organization filed an extension because we needed additional time to collect and verify our annual contribution and fundraising records We were also transitioning from CPA-prepared filings to completing the Form 990-EZ internally for the first time which required additional administrative effort to ensure accuracy In addition a Department of Energy grant we were pursuing was withdrawn due to a change in federal priorities in 2025 which resulted in a significant loss of expected support and placed an unexpected administrative burden on our volunteer team during the normal filing period These circumstances contributed to the delay but the organization acted in good faith to complete the return as soon as all information was available The delay was reasonable and not due to willful neglect We have improved our internal procedures to ensure future filings are timely