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Filing year 2024

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams Inc

Cary, North Carolina·EIN 38-3943584·NTEE B90 · Education·3
Total revenue
$5.7M
Total assets
$4M
Total expenses
$4.6M
Reported officers
13
Mission

FIRST aspires to bring together incident response and security teams from every country across the world to ensure a safe internet for all. Effective response is a global task, mirroring the global nature of the internet. Based on a peer to peer network governance model, computer security incident response teams (CSIRTS), product security incident response teams (PSIRTS) and independent security researchers work together to limit the damage of security incidents. This requires a high level of trust; the fuel our members run on. FIRST fosters trust building among member through a variety of activities. Incidents are not confined to one cultural or political corner of the internet, nor do they respect borders or boundaries. FIRST thus promotes inclusiveness, inviting membership from all geographic and cultural regions.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$238k
$252k
Base
$195k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$37k
Dir - IT and Security
highest compensated employee
$179k
$190k
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$21k
Dir - Community & Capacity Bldg
highest compensated employee
$125k
$133k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 10 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 4%
from 2023

From $229k in 2023 to $238k in 2024.

$229k
2023
$238k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$250k to $252k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams Inc reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.2M
$3.7M
2023
$5.7M
$4.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in North Carolina

Comparable education organizations in North Carolina pay their highest-earning executive a median of $98,060.

25th percentile
$53k
Median
$98,060
75th percentile
$172k
90th percentile
$317k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 365 organizations across 365 filings (2021 – 2023).

See full Education pay data for North Carolina
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