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Institute for the Study of War

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Overview

Mission
Inferred from 1 source · high confidence

The IRS classifies Institute for the Study of War Inc under NTEE B05 (major group B, Education).

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Its public map holds 3 components across 9 parts of the business, 0 flows and 11 recorded numbers, drawn from 3 open-web sources. Who stands behind each item: 14 from the system atlas registry.

Public map3 components
  • Direction: deciding where it goes1
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Revenue and assets

The figures on the public map, the IRS return's first, each with its period and the page it came from.

Total assets
$11.0M
Registry record
irs.gov: show sources
  • IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (eo2.csv)irs.gov
    “Assets of $10,974,283 for the tax period ending 2024-12-31 (as of 2024). IRS Business Master File eo2.csv, row EIN 260273675: ASSET_AMT=10974283, TAX_PERIOD=202412.”
    Quoted sourceregistryRead 2 Nov 2026Open at the quote
as of 31 Dec 2024
Total income
$9.2M
Registry record
irs.gov: show sources
  • IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (eo2.csv)irs.gov
    “Income of $9,156,726 for the tax period ending 2024-12-31 (as of 2024). IRS Business Master File eo2.csv, row EIN 260273675: INCOME_AMT=9156726, TAX_PERIOD=202412.”
    Quoted sourceregistryRead 2 Nov 2026Open at the quote
as of 31 Dec 2024

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People and leadership

Notable people in their roles at Institute for the Study of War, as Wikidata or the source named states them. Anyone listed can ask to be taken off.

Former roles1
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Map

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Demand: winning customers
0 of 7 mapped
Supply: making or delivering the offer
0 of 9 mapped
Customers: keeping them
0 of 6 mapped
Money: getting paid and paying
0 of 9 mapped
People: who does the work
0 of 7 mapped
Systems: tools and data
0 of 6 mapped
Control: rules the company runs under
0 of 6 mapped
Direction: deciding where it goes
1 of 5 mapped
Specific to this company
1 of 1 mapped

Parts of the business

Every part of the business with the primitives in it: how many components the public map holds on each, and what is not mapped yet.

2 primitives mapped in 9 parts · 54 with nothing found yet
  • Decisions1

  1. Demand

    winning customers

    0 of 7 primitives mapped · 0 components

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    • Mission and cause
    • Donor and member acquisition
    • Development team
    • Program fees and suggested gifts
    • Proposals to funders
    • Grant agreements and service contracts
    • Fundraising

  2. Supply

    making or delivering the offer

    0 of 9 primitives mapped · 0 components

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    • Program design
    • Program planning
    • Procurement
    • Partners and contractors
    • Program delivery
    • Program quality
    • Facilities and donated goods
    • Logistics and fulfilment
    1 more not mapped
    • Programs

  3. Customers

    keeping them

    0 of 6 primitives mapped · 0 components

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    • Participant intake
    • Participant and supporter care
    • Donor stewardship
    • Participant records
    • Donor and member retention
    • Donor records

  4. Money

    getting paid and paying

    0 of 9 primitives mapped · 0 components

    Not mapped yet (9)
    • Grant claims and drawdowns
    • Pledges and receivables
    • Payments and payables
    • Payroll
    • Accounting and close
    • Budgets by fund
    • Reserves
    • Grants management
    1 more not mapped
    • Restricted funds and cost allocation

  5. People

    who does the work

    0 of 7 primitives mapped · 0 components

    Not mapped yet (7)
    • Org structure
    • Staff recruiting
    • Onboarding and training
    • Performance and pay
    • Scheduling and capacity
    • Policies and culture
    • Volunteers

  6. Systems

    tools and data

    0 of 6 primitives mapped · 0 components

    Not mapped yet (6)
    • Core system of record
    • Communication tools
    • Integrations
    • Reporting and dashboards
    • Data management
    • Security and access

  7. Control

    rules the company runs under

    0 of 6 primitives mapped · 0 components

    Not mapped yet (6)
    • Charitable registration and tax status
    • Charity regulation
    • Insurance and risk
    • Legal and contracts administration
    • Health, safety and environment
    • Reporting to funders

  8. Direction

    deciding where it goes

    1 of 5 primitives mapped · 1 component

    • Strategy and theory of change1
    Not mapped yet (4)
    • Board governance
    • Management cadence
    • Learning and improvement
    • Impact measurement

  9. Specific to this company

    2 components

    • Outside the industry schema2

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Dimensions
What the map shows most
  • InformationStrong
  • TechnicalModerate
  • EnergyFaint
  • PowerFaint

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What each box means
  • VerifiedConfirmed by the organization or a primary source
  • Self-reportedStated by the organization, not checked
  • InferredRead from public signals by research
  • Not mappedPart of the industry schema, nothing found yet
  • LockedExists on the map; opens with a free account or as a Member

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Timeline

Dated events from the sources, newest first. Funding and ownership carry the date the source stated them.

  1. 28 Mar 2024
    LeadershipJoe Lieberman, board member: ended
    wikidata.org
  2. 2014
    LeadershipJoe Lieberman, board member: started
    wikidata.org
  3. 2007
    FoundedFounded
    wikidata.org
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On the market

What data about it the marketplace holds, by type, and the listings its owner has open with their price.

Supply on the market board
TypePointsVerified30 days
Data130+13
Figures110+11
Leaders100+10
Official links90+9
Revenue20+2
Identifiers20+2
Decisions10+1
Asks: listings open for Institute for the Study of War

No listing is open. The owner can list its verified map on the marketplace.

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Sources

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Evidence
How sure each item is
  • Verified0
  • Self-reported0
  • Inferred14
  • Low confidence0
Sources most relied on
  • irs.gov8 items · read
  • wikidata.org5 items · read
  • apps.irs.gov1 item · read
Open-web sources cited
3

Identifiers

Its entries in open registers, each linked to its record where the register has one.

US EIN
26-0273675wikidata.org
Wikidata
Q6039802
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