PSSI WASHINGTON INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

5400 TUSCARAWAS RD, BETHESDA, MD 20816-3125

In care of

% ROGER ROBINSON JR

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

ROGER W ROBINSON JR, 5400 TUSCARAWAS ROAD, BETHESDA, MD 20816

Signed the 990

ROGER W ROBINSON JR, PRESIDENT

Phone

(571) 319-3717

Website

PSSIWASHINGTON.ORG

Return prepared by

DUANE MORRIS LLP

Mission

PSSI WASHINGTON IS DEDICATED TO HELPING ADVANCE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND OTHER POST-COMMUNIST STATES, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF AN INCREASINGLY RESURGENT RUSSIA.IT LIKEWISE SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE GROWING SECURITY RISKS EMANATING FROM THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. FINALLY, PSSI WASHINGTON INTENDS TO HELP COMMUNICATE, EXPLAIN AND PREDICT U.S. SECURITY POLICY PERCEPTIONS AND RESPONSES CONCERNING KEY GLOBAL FLASHPOINTS.

Program accomplishments

• CHINA/CAPITAL MARKETS TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVEPSSI WASHINGTON INC. LAUNCHED ITS CHINA CMTI IN MARCH, 2019, AN ISSUE AREA THAT HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH BY PSSI PRINCIPALS SINCE 1998. THIS PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAM REACHED "CRITICAL MASS" INTERNALLY WHEN PSSI'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREPARED A 105-PAGE REPORT FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ENTITLED NATIONAL SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF CHINA'S CORPORATE PRESENCE IN THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS. SUBMITTED IN JULY 2018. PSSI WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST NGO TO PURSUE SUCH A FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WARFIGHTING INITIATIVE, FOCUSED ON HOW U.S.-SANCTIONED, BLACKLISTED AND OTHER CHINESE CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" HAVE BEEN FUNDING THEMSELVES AND THEIR PREDATIONS TO THE TUNE OF SCORES OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY VIA THE U.S. DEBT AND EQUITY MARKETS AND PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS). U.S. INVESTOR FUNDING OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) AND THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER SOME 25 YEARS AND TOTALED IN THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. A TROUBLINGLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ROUGHLY 5,000 PUBLICLYTRADED CHINESE CORPORATE SECURITIES TRADED IN THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS ARE HELD BY AS MANY AS 75-100 MILLION UNWITTING AMERICAN RETAIL INVESTORS.IN THE PERIOD SINCE ITS LAUNCH, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN CATAPULTED BY PSSI TO THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL AND ENGAGED SEVERAL CABINET AGENCIES WITH FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY MANDATES, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENTS OF TREASURY, STATE, DEFENSE, COMMERCE, ODNI ,NSC, THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE SEC. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES -- ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS -- HAVE ALSO TAKEN UP THIS NEW ISSUE AREA AND PASSED SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION. IN ONE HIGH-PROFILE CASE, PSSI WASHINGTON'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROGER ROBINSON, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNCOVERING, ANALYZING AND PUBLICIZING THE ISSUE OF U.S.-SANCTIONED CHINESE COMPANIES AND OTHER CORPORATE "BAD ACTORS" IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADDED TO THE LIST OF INVESTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. THE RELEASE OF THIS DATA CREATED WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY LED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DIRECT INTERVENTION IN 2020. MOREOVER, PSSI WASHINGTON IS ALSO PRESENTLY PROVIDING RESEARCHFINDINGS TO SUPPORT A FOX NATION DOCUMENTARY SERIES ENTITLED UNDERWRITING THE ENEMY, HOSTED BY FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR, MARIA BARTIROMO AND NOW IN ITS FOURTH SEASON.
  Expenses $195,288
• SPACE SECURITY PROGRAMPSSI WASHINGTON HAS AMONG THE MOST DEVELOPED -- AND ACCOMPLISHED -- SPACE SECURITY PROGRAMS IN THE GLOBAL NGO COMMUNITY, ESTABLISHED IN 2010. INDEED, ITS ANNUAL SPACE SECURITY CONFERENCE SERIES, ENTITLED THE PRAGUE SPACE SECURITY CONFERENCE, BRINGS TOGETHER TOP SPACE POLICY OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS, PRIVATE SECTOR EXECUTIVES, JOURNALISTS, SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS, NGO REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER LEADING FIGURES FROM THE U.S., EUROPE AND ASIA. IT IS THE BEST KNOWN AND WIDELY RESPECTED SUCH CONFERENCE SERIES IN THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL WORLD, SPECIALIZING IN THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ALLIED STRUGGLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE TWO MOST PROMINENT AUTHORITARIAN SPACE POWERS, CHINA AND RUSSIA. THERE HAVE, TO DATE, BEEN EIGHT LARGE, TWO-DAY CONFERENCES CONVENED IN PRAGUE, WASHINGTON, DC, AND TOKYO.THE LATEST ONE WAS HELD ON JUNE 15-17, 2025, IN PRAGUE. PSSI WASHINGTON INC. HAS ALSO COMPLETED A CONTRACT COMMISSIONED BY THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF, AMONG OTHER TOPICS, "INTERNATIONAL SPACE PARTNERSHIPS" CONCLUDED BETWEEN SOME 123 COUNTRIES AND THESE TWO MALEVOLENT SPACE POWERS, WHICH ARE SEEKING TO COMPRISE OR "CAPTURE" THE SPACE SECTORS OF THESE ASPIRING SPACE NATIONS. OVER THE COURSE OF 2024, PSSI CONTINUED TO PIONEER WHAT MIGHT WE TERM "THE GROUND-BASED SPACE RACE," NAMELY, THE EFFORTS BY CHINA AND RUSSIA TO FORGE UNEQUAL SPACE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPING INORDINATE DEPENDENCIES ON THESE SPACE POWERS. THIS WORK WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND HELPED ESTABLISH THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ARENA OF SPACE SECURITY, INCLUDING THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES BEING TRANSFERRED IN THIS MALIGN CONTEXT, AND THE FORWARD DEPLOYMENT BY CHINA AND RUSSIA OF THEIR STATE-CONTROLLED SPACE COMPANIES TO ADVANCE THEIR HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS, AT ALLIED EXPENSE.
  Expenses $211,536 · grants $25,000
• ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STATECRAFT PROGRAMSINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2007, PSSI WASHINGTON INC. HAS MONITORED AND ANALYZED THE INSTRUMENTS OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POWER BROUGHT TO BEAR BY CHINA AND RUSSIA AGAINST NUMEROUS COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE TO ADVANCE THEIR BROADER STRATEGIC AIMS. IN THE CASE OF RUSSIA, THIS EFFORT HAS CENTERED ON THE USE OF ENERGY LEVERAGE, ARMS DELIVERIES, PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES AND OTHER AREAS OF ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, CULMINATING IN THE INVASION OF UKRAINE.WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, IT HAS INVOLVED GRANULAR ANALYSES OF ITS MASSIVE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, "MADE IN CHINA 2025" STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DOMINANCE, THE RESULTS OF THE ZERO-COVID DEBACLE, CHINA'S PROPERTY AND DEBT CRISES, THE CCP'S ANTAGONISM TOWARD ITS DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY, THE CRUSHING OF HONG KONG FREEDOMS, MILITARY INTIMIDATION OF TAIWAN, BELLIGERENT BEHAVIOR IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND THE TAPPING OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS FOR FUNDING MALEVOLENT ACTIVITIES. PSSI'S "RISK ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYTICS ARE WELL KNOWN GLOBALLY AND HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY UTILIZED AND CITED BY PROMINENT MEDIA OUTLETS, POLICYMAKERS, FELLOW THINK TANKS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.A NUMBER OF THE INSTITUTE'S ACTIVITIES HAVE INVOLVED ORIGINAL, CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH THAT HAS SHOWN TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MATERIALLY STRENGTHEN TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY COOPERATION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO ENSURE PRODUCTS MADE WITH FORCED LABOR IN CHINA AND ELSEWHERE ARE BANNED FROM ENTERING THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET. PSSI HAS SOUGHT TO ILLUMINATE DRAMATIC GAPS AND OMISSIONS REGARDING THIS PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WITH RESPECT TO CHINA THE WORLD'S LARGEST OFFENDER TO CREATE A MORE ROBUST, THOROUGH, AND JUST FORCED LABOR BAN. PSSI WASHINGTON'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN NUMEROUS PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR JAPANESE, EUROPEAN. U.S. AND NATO OFFICIALS REGARDING ACTUAL AND PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION ON UKRAINE, PARTICULARLY THOSE EFFECTIVE MEASURES THAT REMAIN ON THE TABLE FOR POTENTIAL USE. HE HAS LIKEWISE APPEARED REGULARLY ON MAJOR U.S. BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT TO THE CHINA THREAT.
  Expenses $105,743
• PSSI HAS CONSISTENTLY ORGANIZED THE NATO SUMMER SCHOOL IN COOPERATION WITH NATO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY DIVISION ANNUALLY SINCE 2005 WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING NATO'S KEY ROLE IN THE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE, PROVIDING EDUCATION ON THE MOST URGENT CURRENT AND EMERGING THREATS FOR NATO MEMBER STATES, DISCUSSING IMPLICATIONS OF VARIOUS POLICY RESPONSES AND TRAIN FUTURE GENERATIONS OF SECURITY-MINDED PROFESSIONALS FOR NATO AND MEMBER STATES' NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS.THE COURSE WAS HELD ON JULY 28 TO AUGUST 3, 2024, AT HOTEL ORLIK IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THIS EXCLUSIVE, WEEK-LONG PROGRAM, CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, ENCOMPASSES A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM OF LECTURES, INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND PRACTICAL SIMULATIONS AND WORKSHOPS. THE LECTURES AND SIMULATION ARE LED BY DISTINGUISHED POLICY DECISION-MAKERS, SENIOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS AND ACADEMICS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND OTHER NATO COUNTRIES.FOCUSED ON DELIVERING A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES BOTH TRADITIONAL AND EMERGING SECURITY THREATS. BY INCLUDING THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS AND THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING NATURE OF SECURITY CHALLENGES, IT ENSURES THAT THE PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT ONLY WELL-VERSED IN THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT ARE ALSO ADEPT AT APPLYING THESE INSIGHTS TO REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS. THIS FUSION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IS CRUCIAL IN PREPARING STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE AND CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVELY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WILL UTILIZE THEIR NEWLY GAINED KNOWLEDGE.
  grants $30,000

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

11-3792466

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2009

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Youth development (O41)

Assets (IRS master file)

$1,186,565

Income (IRS master file)

$644,085

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-3792466).

Questions about PSSI WASHINGTON INC

What is the EIN of PSSI WASHINGTON INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of PSSI WASHINGTON INC is 11-3792466.

Is PSSI WASHINGTON INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2009.

Are donations to PSSI WASHINGTON INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does PSSI WASHINGTON INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of PSSI WASHINGTON INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did PSSI WASHINGTON INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of PSSI WASHINGTON INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ROGER W ROBINSON JR.

Who are the officers and directors of PSSI WASHINGTON INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 5 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $210,000 (ROGER W ROBINSON JR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does PSSI WASHINGTON INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $624,236, expenses of $610,282 and total assets of $1,186,565 at year end.

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