Assisting those who provide
a safe platform for American diplomacy
Established in 1995, the Diplomatic Security Foundation (DSF) provides timely financial support and charitable contributions to members, and their immediate family, of the US Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and colleagues in the law enforcement and US foreign affairs community.
Spring DSF Luncheon
Registration is now open for the spring DSF Luncheon. The event will be Thursday, March 27th at the Arlington Knights of Columbus. Open to current, former, retired DS employees or anyone with an interest in DS (contractors, friends, etc). Visit the Luncheon page to register now.
DSF SCHOLARSHIP 2025
Applications are now being accepted for the 19th Annual DSF Scholarship. Open to graduating HS seniors planning on attending university, community college or technical school. Visit Scholarship page for more info.
DSF BOARD ELECTIONS
We’re pleased to announce the newest members of the DSF Board: Welcome to Eddie Salazar and Josh Ellwein. Josh is the Officer-in-Charge, Engineering Security Center, U.S. Consulate, Dubai, UAE. Eddie is a retired DS Diplomatic Courier and currently works as a PSC for OBO’s Office of Special Projects Coordination (SPC). We say farewell to two outstanding board members who have retired. Special thanks to Doug Allison and Jeff Bozworth for sharing your wisdom and expertise with us, you will be missed.
2025 DSF CHARITY GOLF OUTING
The 34th Annual DSF Charity Golf Outing will be held Monday, June 2, 2024 at the Lansdowne Golf Resort in Leesburg, VA. Registration will open in early March. Thanks to all our golfers and sponsors, the 2024 event raised $210,000 for DSF! Visit our Golf Page for a recap and photos from the event.
LATEST GRANTS
Visit our Grants page for a list of all our recent grants, and then visit our Donate page and make a gift so that we can continue to provide for those in our world-wide DS family.
