IRON BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION
EIN 92-3831104 · Media & Communications (A30)
What they do
IN 2025, IRON BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE IN ADVANCING ITS MISSION to AMPLIFY THE STORIES of WOMEN IN INTELLIGENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY, and PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION of THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM, THE POWER WE HOLD: STORIES FROM WOMEN SPIESTHE FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY DEDICATED to THE EXPERIENCES of WOMEN IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A CORNERSTONE of THE FOUNDATIONS WORK to EXPAND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, CHALLENGE MISCONCEPTIONS, and ELEVATE UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL STORYTELLING. IN PARALLEL WITH THE FILMS COMPLETION, THE FOUNDATION DEEPENED ITS ROLE AS A CONVENER of LEADERS ACROSS NATIONAL SECURITY, PUBLIC SERVICE, and WOMENS ADVOCACY SPACES. IN 2025, WE HOSTED A PRIVATE GATHERING of LEADERS and CHANGEMAKERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GIRL SECURITY, A FELLOW 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION DEDICATED to EDUCATING and EMPOWERING HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE-AGED GIRLS to PURSUE PATHWAYS IN NATIONAL SECURITY. T
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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CADIENNE NAQUINDIRECTOR
MEGAN JAFFERDIRECTOR
SUZANNE WILSON HECKENBERGCHAIRMAN
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 6830 Elm St 302, McLean, VA 22101
- County
- Fairfax
- In care of
- Suzanne Heckenberg
- Primary officer
- Suzanne Heckenberg, Chairman
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- PATRICIA M VON KOLEN CPA
- NTEE classification
- Media & Communications (A30)
- IRS tax category
- Media & Communications